Research on man made disasters that are the scourge of the 21st century regarding covid
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The current situation in India — call it a nightmare, a challenge, mayhem, a carnage, or an apocalypse — will end someday after destroying millions of lives and livelihoods. And questions are and shall rightly be raised: Was it largely a man-made disaster? Could this be avoided or its impact lessened? This piece answers these questions for the sake of history and our collective memory.
On May 1 this year, India’s daily COVID-19 case tally hit a grim global record with 4,01,993 fresh infections in the last 24 hours and 3,523 deaths reported.
The third phase of the world’s largest vaccination drive also started on May 1 amid chaos as several states have flagged a shortage. India recorded over four lakh cases for the first time after reporting three lakh daily infections for nine straight days.
The country, hit by a deadly second wave, logged one lakh cases in a day for the first time about three weeks ago. While the total caseload has crossed the two-crore mark, the number of active cases adds up to more than 20 lakh, and the number of deaths has crossed two lakh, as per the government figures.
Interestingly, however, even the die-hard, pro-government people do not believe these figures. Since the testing is very low (in many states like Uttar Pradesh, private laboratories have been ordered not to conduct tests), and many test reports are not coming even after five days, one never knows the actual number of infections. But deaths continue to take place.
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