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The first step is to throw away the fascist regime which decided that even the vaccines should be paid for by the citizens. The leader who was so happy to see the large crowds waiting for him at election rallies. The callous ministers who are more interested in arresting people who are requesting for Oxygen cylinders in twitter, while at the same time peddling cow urine as the ultimate cure for coronavirus. The NRIs, many of whom cheered all of this regimes atrocities, are busy writing eloquent policy prescriptions, while conveniently hiding the fact if Modi had applied basic commonsense, many Indians would not have to light the funeral pyres of their loved ones.

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I disagree. Modi is a very liked leader and has always followed the advise of scientists and doctors. The experts unfortunately have proved wrong. The virus mutated going after the young population for the first time and India is doing its best and will quickly recover.

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1. Hindu Nationalists Are Pushing Magical Remedies for the Coronavirus https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/09/hindu-nationalists-magical-remedies-coronavirus-bjp-india/

2. The IMA (Indian Medical Association) on Monday expressed shock over the "blatant lie of WHO certification" for Patanjali's Coronil tablet, which the company claims is an evidence-based medicine to fight COVID-19, and demanded an explanation from Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan in whose presence the medicine was launched. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/ima-shocked-over-patanjalis-claim-on-coronil-demands-explanation-from-health-minister-harsh-vardhan-216087

3. Drink cow urine to fight virus: Bengal BJP chief https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/drink-cow-urine-to-fight-virus-bengal-bjp-chief/article32119516.ece

4. A police case filed against man who sought twitter help to get oxygen cylinders for his grandfather: https://scroll.in/latest/993484/up-fir-filed-against-man-who-sought-twitter-help-for-oxygen-for-grandfather

5. India's health minister wants significant progress on cow science before PM's speech on independence day: https://theprint.in/india/harsh-vardhan-wants-significant-progress-on-cow-science-front-before-pm-speech-on-75th-i-day/639274/

So, is [1-5], the scientific way to respond to a pandemic? Which scientist endorsed it?

Instead of ordering the 1.7bn doses that India needs, from every manufacturer possible, it drove away companies like pfizer, which applied for a license in India because of a false sense of nationalistic pride. Right now, only 2% of India is fully vaccinated.

India has been underreporting deaths several times: https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1384789570957500416/photo/1

This instant defense of the ruling party, only proves my assertion. All these policy prescriptions are moot, when the ruling dispensation has a contempt for expertise and believes in pseudoscience. The point that I wanted to highlight, though, was that people who eloquently write such policy pieces ignore the fundamental problem with this despotic regime (in the best case) and are often cheerleaders for it (in the worst case).

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