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View Poll Results: Do you support the lockdown extension? | |||
Yes | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 299 | 47.46% |
No | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 244 | 38.73% |
I'm unsure | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 87 | 13.81% |
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| ![]() Unfortunately, this thread sometimes goes to an explanation of why we need lockdown -- as if people who point out issues with the current lockdown are advocating for no lockdown at all. I dont think the members who are commenting on the ill effects of lockdown are Bolsonaros who want the economy to be opened in full swing. There is a new issue every day with a new social problem. There is no doubt this could have been planned and executed better. Daily conference meetings with all DGPs/Chief secretaries would enable central Home Dept to sort out all interstate transport issues in 1-2 days. A virtual grid for water, food, medicine and health care personnel could have been set up on centre's command where the much needed supplies could be channeled effectively across the country. Just requires a hundred or so civil servants to be put together with states help to run a control room in respective zones. We also have a large and disciplined army who should have been deployed to each state to work on the state home secretary's command to assist in moving people or stuff. The states whose chiefs do daily press briefing would know this -- it works immensely well in dispeling fake news, providing clear official information, answering all kinds of concerns from social media and mainstream media. Even Trump is doing it in such a federal system in US. If PM is not a fan, so be it, but there has to be a single daily press briefing by somebody from top where official information and plans have to be clearly provided. Most states are working very well. Most bureaucrats are working very hard. However, there is no centralized strategy. Would be okay for the first day or so, but we are already ending the first week. |
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That is what I meant by imprisonment and detention for (Stage 1 period) international travelers to India. If we'd only done dead serious quarantining at that point... No use crying over spilt milk now! |
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| ![]() Did the workers and their family deserve the below? Who's job was it to protect them? Link: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coro...home-topscroll "At a time when thousands of migrants across the country are trying to return to their hometowns amid nationwide lockdown over coronavirus or COVID-19, a shocking video has emerged from Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district - about 270 km from Lucknow - that shows a batch of migrants being sprayed by disinfectants. In the video, some men in protective gear are seen spraying disinfectants on a group of migrants, including women and children, sitting on the road. Among the spectators are some policemen. " Who's job was it to think and plan? "The fear and the panic over the coronavirus pandemic is bigger that the virus itself, Chief Justice of India SA Bobde said today as the Supreme Court heard two petitions seeking relief for thousands of migrant workers who are leaving big cities en masse for their hometowns because they don't have the resources to sustain during the 21-day coronavirus lockdown." Link: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coro...=home-bigstory Time and again people are being misled by rhetoric and ill-planned big-bang overnight sweeping announcements. After some months I hope people don't come and defend this exercise with benefits like a drop in pollution and road crash deaths. We've seen a similar scenario earlier where the objective was changed to suit the outcome. |
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Saw this a while back on NDTV, they need to clean their brains with such disinfectants which seem to have some parasites. I dread to think, what will happen when/ if this virus reaches the hinterland of India? Especially here in North part where even the Authorities, including some of the very senior guys in administration, gives a hoot to human rights or do they even consider them as a human being? Looks like water mixed with some soap, even the cops have not covered themselves. In the case of UP, it appears to be harsher or probably the way people are feeling, after a tiring foot journey of multiple days. I am not sure how the villages are going to accept such people- social distancing, no food or ration - used to be very common many years ago. Last edited by Turbanator : 30th March 2020 at 15:05. |
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Only difference here is that the spraying doesn't look harsh but the cops nearly spray from head to toe!! | |
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| ![]() Well, what's wrong with this method of getting disinfected? These are extraordinary times and everyone are trying to whatever they think/believe/feel is right: migrants trying to reach the comfort of their own families and villages, authorities trying to disinfect them as much as possible - humane or otherwise which is still better than typing paragraphs from the comfort of the homes. Last edited by vb-san : 30th March 2020 at 19:00. Reason: Please keep religious practices out of the discussion. Thanks! |
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To give them the benefit of doubt, I feel the union government has taken a stand to involve the state government to implement its policy with local sensitivity. However, there are clarification coming from the union from time to time when situation is going out of hand. Atleast in Karnataka, the government is briefing public on a daily basis and it is working well. But as a citizen concerned about the country, I would have liked the Minister of Health and Family Welfare to hold briefing everyday during this grave crisis and shun the cult of personality. | |
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| ![]() Karnatak Govt Showing some spine. Karnataka schools demanding fees for 2020-21 may face criminal cases, warns minister https://www.newindianexpress.com/sta...r-2123436.html |
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| ![]() Planning requires one to know what is the current structure that exists. Our country runs on adhoc measures. Best way is do something and then see the impact :( Even there the reaction is just talk and no action. But looking at whats happening around the world, there seems to be not much of planning anywhere. Action has been slow everywhere too. |
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Really? And how do these guys become Virus-free if they are already carrying it? What's next - Bury them alive or make them drink disinfectants? Last edited by vb-san : 30th March 2020 at 19:01. Reason: Removed the religious reference from the quoted post. Thank you! |
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Interesting point of view - this is how the police and the administration think?! I would like to know why the people spraying are wearing suits, why is it that they feel they themselves would not benefit from the purifying spray? Why would someone even come up with the idea of spraying others? Last edited by vb-san : 30th March 2020 at 19:01. Reason: Quoted post edited. |
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| ![]() For the lower 25% of the population there is no possibility of any lockdown. Whether they work, stay cramped together in makeshift shanties, are locked down in some government shelter or eat at community kitchens, they are going to stay close in small spaces without proper sanitation. Close the construction and factories, they will walk in large groups and cram on trains and buses to go back home. We needed to work on proper accommodation and sanitation for the past 10 years. Now it can’t be changed in 10 days. So, please let them work. At least they will make money and won’t have a reason to migrate in large numbers and we won’t cripple the country. Construction ban is totally unnecessary as an example. Making a road in open air presents low risk and people can be kept apart to some extent. Another benefit that India has is the warm weather along with almost no use of air conditioning in the poorer population. People live in open airy homes and travel in open vehicles or buses with open windows. These factors would, hopefully reduce the risk of infection to some extent. |
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What are they trying to disinfect? Chorine will harm humans than viruses inside humans. Here is WHO myth-buster - https://www.who.int/emergencies/dise...c/myth-busters ![]() Quote:
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This ain't true for all places, but for few. Since all offices / schools etc are closed, there are enough place for ~14 days to isolate them. | |
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