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Originally Posted by how_you_doing Like I said earlier too, India is currently at 8th position in G20 countries despite being the poorest in terms of per capita GDP and with thin resources.
Go and read about the vaccine shortage in EU and Canada when they actually funded the BioNTech and Moderna and had the first right to them. Even till now, EU has given the same number of doses to India despite having 1/3rd of our population, being the first world region, starting 2 months before India and with the first right to vaccination.
I honestly don't know what you are complaining about? Are you asking why didn't we started a vaccination program without testing? Why didn't we gave Moderna/Pfizer when US/EU had first right? Why didn't we produced 100M doses in 1 month when we don't have such capacity for this vaccine?
I don't think you understand it is a miracle that India even got 15% population vaccinated by mid-May including all front line workers and elderly and we will be done with 70% in August. Please read more about how vaccination is going in other countries which are far more resourceful than us.
Just curious, what is wrong with it? especially when scientists and vaccine manufacturers are saying you should wait for 10-12 weeks? Please ask her to stay at home, maintain social distancing and get the vaccination in July which is about just 6 weeks from now.
You do know there are multiple levels of human testing and approval involved before allowing vaccination? India started its program just 6 weeks after US/UK/EU started where other developing countries and even developed countries like Canada were having a shortage of vaccines.
Mate, you can count whichever and whatever way you want, makes no difference to the ones who are getting vaccinated : |
Mate, Your eighth rank among G20 countries count for nothing whichever and whatever way you look at it, makes no difference to people who have lost their near and dear ones.
Some facts I am putting here for all to see :
1. Adar Poonawalla, CEO of SII himself said that there were no advance orders from Indian government and that they did not think of augmenting production since they didn’t think they had to produce 1 billion doses !! Indian government ordered just 21 million doses from SII at the end of February without indicating when or if they would order more. We should keep in mind that entire vaccine strategy was centralised. Also, I have highest respect for Adar Poonawalla, he took risk in making the vaccines even when the government didn’t support him financially at all !
2. Then suddenly, India ordered 110 million doses in March when cases started to rise and when India had already exported vaccines to many countries. This is not to say that India has not ordered more vaccines. Of course they have, the SII have also priced the vaccines differently since then, for central government its the lowest price, for states its some more and for private entities, some even more, to be used on people of India. This when the pandemic was raging with its second wave, talk of timing.
3. A country like India where population is huge although my good friend believes we have scarce resources but those scarce resources didn’t become a hindrance in making of statues and grand central vista project. India as a country which is the largest vaccine producer in the world should have thought of its populace and funded SII and Bharat Biotech to accelerate the vaccine production just like US did with the program
Operation Warp Speed, where it funded vaccine companies like Moderna to come up with vaccines quickly. Company like Pfizer didn’t take any funding from the US government but still were part of the project to supply vaccines. You see, one should have the empathy for fellow human beings to think of them and their good. The operation resulted in accelerated drug development and results are for all to see. Also, just to add, Operation Warp Speed was officially announced on May 15,2020 and what were we doing- showering flowers on doctors and banging thalis while the migrant labourers died walking. Oh, and by the way, no sane mind would think that vaccines are approved without trials !!
4. The vaccine strategy was centralised but then when shortages became an issue, states were suddenly allowed to order for vaccines. As a result of which some 10-12 states floated global tenders for the import of vaccines( which itself is shameful since India is a powerful global nation) but then the problem struck. Vaccine companies like Moderna and J&J said that they will only deal with Indian Government and not the states. You see, the vaccine strategy lay in tatters now. If the vaccine strategy of the central government was so good, why were the states required to float global tenders ??
5. We were a global superpower until few months back but we have been forced to receive something as basic as oxygen concentrators from countries such as Sri Lanka and Bhutan. Oxygen and medicines, which are taken for granted by people of other countries, we were forced to literally beg for those because people died waiting for oxygen and now we are bragging that it’s diplomacy which has resulted in such help !!
6. You talk of other developed nations, US has administered 86 doses per 100 people and we are doing this to 14 persons. International average is 21 doses per 100 people and we rank 78th in the international list. But then, as you said, I will wait for August to see 70% of people vaccinated and if it happens, then nothing like it. Who wouldn’t want this mayhem to stop, to see bodies not floating in the Ganges, to see people not dying outside hospitals for want of oxygen, to see young people not dying leaving small kids behind but living since they got the vaccines. I will wait..
Also, nothing wrong in my mother getting the second shot of vaccine after 90 days or whatever. Thing is, when the dates keep changing every 15 days then older people become finicky. They start to question not the vaccine program but us poor souls who have to convince them that this is what the government says and that no amount of cajoling helps then
This thread has now got most of my posts starting last year, I think I have to stop it here now lest I am certified by some name that’s in vogue now. Time to return to automobiles
P.S- I haven’t quoted any link since I might be accused of being one eyed but everyone is free to deduce their own judgement after using google as a source and that, we are the largest vaccine producing country in the world, please don’t compare us with ASEAN countries or Australia !!