what did people do and said when there was no vaccine?
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COVID-19: Health minister says Indian govt never said it will vaccinate the entire country
Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that the government of India never said it will vaccinate the entire country. In a recent press conference held, Bhushan was asked how long will it take to vaccinate the entire country against the coronavirus. Bhushan responded saying, "I just want to make this clear that the government has never spoken about vaccinating the entire country". Which means that only those on the priority list will be vaccinated.
This can mean only a few crore people, that are in need of it (read: health workers, elderly, etc) will be vaccinated first, according to a CNN News18 news broadcast. Healthy people who can afford it will have to wait till the vaccines are available for commercial use and buy it off the shelf from pharmacies or get it from a hospital.
While we might think anti-vaxxer is just a western phenomenon, a recent conversation with Anant Bhan, a researcher in global health, bioethics and health policy told us otherwise. With that in mind, the government has given such people, who are part of the priority list but do not want to be vaccinated for whatever reason, the option to opt-out of receiving the vaccine.
According to other news reports, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan also made a similar statement when he said that up to 30 crore Indians would be inoculated against COVID-19 by August 2021 according to the central government's plans.