How India’s Covid Crisis Got Out of Control | WSJ
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- Опубліковано 18 тра 2021
- India's Covid-19 crisis has resulted in record numbers of cases and deaths. WSJ breaks down the chain of events that led to the fastest-growing wave of infection since the pandemic started, and what it means for the world. Photo: Samuel Rajkumar/Reuters
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This is the biggest "celebrated too early" moment
"Mission Accomplished"
Yes
A big country like India (or even US) can never be safe unless and until we eradicate the virus from the World.
they never won.. just a game because they need people goes out to vote.
New, more contagious variant be like hold my corona
"Never seen a crowd like this before"
India's PM is such a character.
We have an uneducated PM,who has too much ego.
What do u expect frm dolan trum and Netanyahu best buddy. 😅😜
@@aburetik4866 true
@@pranititiwari6525 no he is educated but act like hes not ,but better hes not educated
@@azmanabas8425 true
i lost my dad last thursday most painful feeling ever.. he had a dream to see me as doctor im in final year mbbs now he left me now before i become doctor i hope this ends soon no family should go through wt we have been thro my mom n brother recovered unfortunately we lost my dad..
stay safe take care of your parents you cant see them suffering..
God bless you brother
My condolescence to your family. Stay strong.
I'm sorry to hear that please take care ❤️
Deepest condolences to you brother.. you dad will always be proud of you.
Sorry to Hera that my friendo your a very smart young man please mero fieras maje your farree proud more proud god bleds
Modi- I have never seen such crowd
Corona- 👀😱
Corona: Now, let me show you the dead crowd.
@@codelucky Modi: I sincerely apologize for you, Mr. Covid..plz take back your madness from my people😓
@norceros xD now that's accurate
I have Trump Rallies No masks in sight
Corona: I will end this man's whole career
Credits goes to supreme leader & his party.
"Corona Go, Go corona"
Electon campaigning, religious gathering,
Indian economy is on the brink of collapse. Get your money and assets out of India ASAP, before it's too late.
@@aburetik4866 It has begun. Rich are already leaving India.
@@aburetik4866 is that how you serve your mother land, leave when in trouble! Mind your own business Chinese
modi is now a laughingstock whole world is laughing at his stupidity
@@_-6912 what's going on? Let me guess. Someone is not rich and can't get out. Unlucky you.
"I have never seen such a crowd before"🤣...
what to expect from religious facist government
This what you get when you vote for building temples and mosques instead hospitals and schools
@Rajat Gupta UP government should quit then
When u take cowdung as medicine, this is what happens
@Rajat Gupta Are you a nationalist?
This is what happens when the govt. Focus more on election rather than its people. This is horrible and as an Indian I am leaving everyday with a lot of fear. I'm hoping that everything will come to normal soon. 😔😔
I cant stop thinking. What if 2021 wasn’t an election year.
A government which has eroded inclusive democracy for a sectorial theocracy will always be a disaster waiting to happen
@@ashwingopinath4634 Probably PM would have concentrated on crisis management rather than doing rallies and image management.
U mean "Living" in fear
Sorry, but which govt have you ever seen not do that? These things do happen in democracies, after all. Perhaps you'd like to invent a new system called COVID-ocracy? Everybody claims to be smarter in hindsight. Everybody claims to be the smarter cricket coach after the match only.
Still india will elect BJP into power in the next election. Religion and Patriotism has proven to be the best tool to influence these voters. We can only hope that this crisis had opened their eyes.
@S R ya sure! Whatever makes you sleep at night. Seriously if u live in india and knows what going on and still defend this government then there is something seriously wrong with u.
@@abhisheksharma-sb3er Seriously? Is India really in panic as depicted by Media. My neighborhood is safe, maybe it's miracle, or maybe the reports are hypening
@@utkarshrai4795 where u r living? Bcoz till the few days back we were getting like 400k + cases each day and shortage of oxygen and hospital beds and people were dying in record no's. See if it isn't happening in ur neighborhood that doesn't mean it's not happening. U r such a ignorant.
And if u open the tv and listen to 99% channels they speak like a spokesperson of bjp, literally.
Didn't u see modi fake crying on tv, if things weren't bad did u think he would do that?
@@abhisheksharma-sb3er let me tell you of Uttar Pradesh, peak Daily Cases were about 30000 (.015 per 100 people in population), only 5% of cases needed hospitalisation i.e. .00075 per 100 people. And only 1% resulted in death i.e .00015 per 100 people. So, The scale to which things are happening in India is comparably very small when it comes to Population. Only magacities with high population density struggled for bed while most of the suburbs and towns, villages were peaceful!! Where are you living?
And, I live in India, and India is not in panic! Don't create a false one. Delhi, Mumbai and other megacities dont represent whole of India. India is stable at large and open for business
I lost my 5 family members , my dad and sister and others family members. Really poor medical in India 🇮🇳. People died there every day.
I'm really sorry for your loss. My best wishes and prayers to you and your people. Hope India gets through it quick and fast. 🙏🙏
Do something, go try herbal medicine there's plenty options. Don't just rely on medical services. At least do something to save your family before it's too late
@@Joe-qw8qx 还是有点同情心攒人品吧。 中国也曾经穷困过。 作恶和无能的是高高在上的政治家和宗教头目。
I may not be in the right position to say this but I pray and hope you are doing fine. Please stay strong.. My Condolences to you❤️ God Bless!
@@Joe-qw8qx 陌生人死了五个家人，在此哀悼。你与他素未平生，却要来羞辱他！亏你还懂得青青子衿，悠悠我心。诗经就是这么教育你的？
When will people learn, never celebrate too early!
Sadly our government doesn't have any brains. They literally did this in December in we know what happened. Be safe and get ready for an early 5th wave.
@@codeman90000000 Indian government should become communist and force lockdown on people 😘👍
@@alpha_4050 they focus on election,and too many ppl gather together
Unfortunately, the US is also not heeding your warning.
@@alpha_4050 Its what everyone should do till the virus has no host to feed off of and keep spreading to.
Modi: I've never seen such a crowd
Me: I've never seen such an idiot
🤣🤣savage
Well said in a concise manner
Nailed it 😂
🤣🤣
Never looked in the mirror before?
moral of the story: you can not get complacent, true on both individual level and national level
@Russo R what do you mean with picture of India in 2021? Due feel the fatalities will to high? Just check the number of people India vaccinated. I know the population is huge, I will agree with the fact but other countries are exploiting the same by setting up their banned industries in India and also to pay lower wages. Just also go through the vaccination we distributed to other countries for free and the behaviour we got from developed countries who stopped our raw material. The picture is very different, I will be helpful you understand the Situation and comment of any nation setting get your home with high facilities.
@@sourabhs14 India PM = I have won the battle against corona virus
Exactly 2 months later: people are dying on the streets without Oxygen and treatment.
@@sourabhs14 the successful countries know it's worth it to sacrifice your economy for a while to beat the virus
BLAME CHYNA
@@KirkLee1983 You can blame whoever you want in the end its you and your country that is paying the price. Its like Argh! My house is burning down lets blame the gas company for supplying the gas.
The deaths are severely under reported.
Its a disaster in here
😞😒
Actual deaths are at least 4x times the official figures
That's true all bjp ruled states are under reporting deaths only delhi ,Maharashtra ,west bengal ,tamil Nadu and Kerala are reporting cases properly which are all opposition ruled states modi more busy saving his image then saving people
@@tanmaysingh267 so it's past a million?
@@jaefj6768 in first wave deaths were rare,but this time healthy people who shouldn't have died are dying every day around 50k are dying many of these in homes dying undected. around 1.5 million total death's
My mother died waiting for clyinder and hospital bed for 2 days, she was healthy before covid. This is a murder by Govt management n not a death by illness.
I’m sorry
I am so sorry India healthcare couldn't handle the wave don't worry she is always with you stay safe everyone
I am sorry for your loss bro.
My condolences! I can't imagine your pain!
Please accept my condolences.
Things I learned in this pandemic:
1. Never celebrate too early or get complacent.
2. We are nothing in front of mother nature .
3. Life is so unpredictable .
4. WHO is not that great as I used to think.
5. We have entered the era of Biologic warfare.
6. Never forget to count your blessings 🙏
Never elect arrogant power hungry people to power who doesn't care about the lives of people but their power only.
@@orasatk You think Indian people have a choice? It's a choice between bad and worse
Nice!!
Not to say about people not following rules of social distancing.
Not really take serious about virus prevention?
Sometimes you don’t have to blame your government or medical system. But yourself. For not aware of this pandemic.
@@kaanramatt37 Indias prime minister, chief ministers.etc. are all elected monarchs as democracy was simply transplanted into India. Yes there is some level of freedom of speech but few people would dare question the prime minister or chief ministers actions.
Mod: I have never seen such a huge crowd.
Covid: yeah me neither.
😀
busy defending Israel while the country itself is unable to manage 🙄
lol, So does that mean India should cut off all its diplomatic relations, and don't react on ongoing happenings?
The corona cases are declining here because the people are happy for what Israel have done to palestine. 😂😂
Except the un ambassador to India condemned Israel so nope.
You indians have gone through such a tough time, you guys are so resilient that will help prepare for future pandemics. Stay strong india and know that you'll eventually come out from the other side love from Hong Kong🇭🇰❤🇮🇳
Bless and best wishes! But HongKong is not part of UK, regardless of your personal reasons.
@@jamessun7721 I'm very aware that HK isn't part of the UK, random but okay👍
@@jamessun7721 ?
Thankyouuu man 😭i lost my granny
@@jamessun7721 You are not related to the Sun despite sharing the same name. Bless and best wishes!
You can't expect Indian media to show these these type of reports...
At 3:58 in the video where Prime Minister was boasting about large crowds at his political rally happened on April 17 instead of April 10. At that time, some of the states were in lockdown due to heavy surge in coronavirus cases
Nope. It's of April 10 only. This footage is from a rally held in Kolkata's Brigade ground. And at that time no Indian state was under any type of lockdown or restriction. On 17th April, Delhi became the first Indian state/UT to declare lockdown.
@@ashutoshgupta1999 This was a rally in Asansol on 17th April. Maharashtra and Delhi were under lockdown at that time.
Indeed it was on 17th April. See India today next day
Entire life of bhakts r based on lies and denial
My heart hurts bad. I feel lucky to just be healthy. Really hope things get better soon. 🙏❤️
I hope you are healthy now
You look very good, my friend. Thanks for your kindness.
India; We beat the Virus
Covid 19: how cute..
Modi is now investing massive amounts of money to rebrand his image. A massive PR excercise is being planned with hundreds of crore money and professionals
It's already going on since a decade now.
Opposition parties are salivating -- they never want to miss out on political opportunities for themselves -- any negative development delights them immensely. They're gleefully celebrating like vultures. When they see people suffering, they're filled with hope over their own political fortunes, which is all they care about.
@@manofsan like congress being banned to fund their own vaccines in Karnataka? Yep lol
@@mohit_panjwani - ohh, Congress wanted to fund their own vaccines? Congress Medical Hospital now?
Huge PR is gonna start now.... Dont fall for trap now.
I lost my job at the worst time of my life I'm already poor and I don't even know what to do I'm only earner in house hope everything becomes fine please take care everyone and stay strong we will recover this
Best of luck to you, we definitely WILL recover!
Hope the best for you sir god bless
@@Peteruspl thank you it means a lot
@@johniconcajang2159 thanks and take care
State benefit?
Me and my father got infected with covid 2 weeks before. Thankfully, we both are now fine and soon will be all right. But being in that mess has showed me how poor circumstances are right now in all over India. Govt. has just shrugged off their responsibilities, scammers are targetting people in need, bodies are floating in rivers bcoz creamtoriums are full..these things will make you sick through your stomach. I pray for my country and for those who are unwillingly succumbing to death for no reason at all.🙏🙏🙏
Bodies floating in rivers just began happening in India with covid?
@@exillens its not officially proved that the bodies found were all victims of covid19 but it's quite sure since crematoriums are full, people of every stature is finding it difficult to get a spot so that they can send their loved ones in a respectable religious manner. This is a sad state of humanity goong down on his knees as it struggles to stand again amidst this pandemic.
@@jantukumar I heard there's videos of people there in India saying the situation is not as bad as the media is reporting. I'm curious. I don't believe everything to the degree the news says it. I try to get local sources and alterior outlets as well to form my final opinion. Some people there are even saying it was a planned biological attack. I just want more information outside of the mainstream
@@exillens as a citizen I can't say if any planned biological attack was done, we don't believe in that story. The real truth is covid is not killing people, it's the lack of immediate medical attention and facilities which is failing the people. And that's the story when about 10-15% population is only at severe risk, rest like me have mild symptoms and can recover during home isolation while following strict protocols. If you just wonder if that percentage was higher, results would had been even more catastrophic.
@@jantukumar Ok, that's fear and reasonable. I'm very glad to hear from someone who's as actually there and can speak first hand. Thank you
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
What are angels fearful of?
◇ Lessons from human history ◇
♧ never put pineapple on pizza
♧ never invade russia in winter
♧ never have a -pool- river party during pandemic
yo, i love pineapple on pizza.
Veggie pizza with pineapple is the best
Agree with everything except for the pineapple on tge pizza. Don't hate on. my Hawaiian pizza. It's tge best
Ur last line killed me 😂😭😭😂
I like the "pool party" analogy however for me it looks closer to never jump into a sewer during a plague.
“India has saved humanity from a major tragedy by effectively containing the coronavirus” 😂🤣
The human over-population the root cause of the tragedy in India. Not to mention a host of other socioeconomic problems we face today. In 1947, the population of India was close to 320 million. India has added another 800+ million since then. And somehow magically, its citizens expect a supply system that should periodically adjust to a large population's demands of goods and services? China is the only country on the same scale and has done a better job at achieving order/governance. Then again, they have earned it by brute force. Not to mention all the industrial activity has resulted in large-scale environmental damage - water/air/soil for which all of us will pay sooner or later.
In comparison, the population of the U.S in 2021 is close to 330 million. The total land area is about 3.5 times that is of India, and an economy that is many times bigger. Picture India in 2021 if it were around 500/550 million people.
@@russor2045 Yup family planning and healthcare are severely underfunded here
@@russor2045 yeah so does overpopulation mean that I shouldn't expect to get healthcare even though I pay so much tax?
@@russor2045 the real cause is kumbh mela don't hide behind a filmsy excuse
yes india saved by producing millions of vaccines and medicines and yes per capita death rate of india is low to usa uk or any western nation
He failed us. That's the only thing I can say. Going through mental trauma
Who cares
@@KirkLee1983 i do.
I'm seeing a lot of people blaming govt. for the current mess. But in reality COVID's second wave in India is a result of Indian people's complacency.
I live in Delhi and people here became very careless during the months of January, February and March. Markets around my area were full of people. No one was maintain any social distancing. A lot of people were also not wearing mask.
@@ashutoshgupta1999 still defending the government?
@Harsh Harsh yup, I agree that in a lot of countries people stopped wearing masks. It was our bad luck that a highly virulent strain B.1.617 mutated in India. No government can tackle such a massively destructive wave, be it Narendra Modi or Arvind Kejriwal or Mamata Banerjee.
when people elect an unudecated person this kind of situation is obvious.
I pray for these unlucky Indian people,from France.
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My dear Indians ..this is time to realize that ur vote is very valuable..plz think once before u vote plz
India dont have any choice. Its either this guy or a congree blood sucking witch whos ruled for 70 years in the name of democracy.
None of the above?
no option
Important point WSJ missed here is that the government was warned around a months back by the health experts but still they went on with rallies, celebration and all. The government took a gamble on the people and apparently it's costing the people themselves.
Warned in mid feb about the new Variant. Because Indians had some natural resistance to first covid wave, and there was very low death rates in first wave, government ignored this warning. But this one was mutated in india a stronger virus ,mutated specially to survive India.
It feels like first one was designed to hit US and Europe, and slow the whole World IDK
One of their leading Scientist just resigned recently stating that the Govt never heeded their advice twice .Once in October 2020 and again in 2021.
The virus mutated most probably because most cases were either not checked or not tested prior to this 2nd wave..
theprint.in/health/india-is-missing-about-90-infections-for-every-covid-case-latest-govt-analysis-shows/567898/
@@kriswright4739 seriously you take your news from The Print
Modi should be charged & prosecuted for "Capital Murder" for each of the death that's been taking place throughout India. .... India the "EMPEROR WITH NO CLOTHS" ..... India should become a part of Bangladesh like it used to be instead of joining & become a junior sidekick of so called, "Q.U.A.D". .. So, deceased average Indian could not get abandoned by their own children or not to get their body thrown in the river to be feasted by the stray dogs.. .. SHAME!! ... INDIA ...SHAME!!...C'mon, India still it's not too late, what you gotta loose.. .. become a part of Bangladesh .. So, lives could be saved & people could be better off with good housing with "indoor plumbing", healthy food & better infrastructure, world class health care system with free world class education for everyone & equal justice law & order for each of it's citizens.. .. live life with dignity & guaranteed prosperous future for your children & get treated with respect & dignity when departed.
INDIA-
SUPA' POWER: 2020.
SUPER BEGGAR: 2021.
DELHI: "R AP E CAPITAL" of the World became " DEATH" CAPITAL of the World.
@@gsjdndnndns1818 The Print excerpt also correlates with India's ICMR
www.thehindu.com/news/national/coronavirus-india-likely-had-64-million-infections-in-may-icmr-serosurvey/article32576774.ece
Guess what we are gonna get many cases again very soon and if not we defiantly will see a huge surge in the holidays again because common sense is lost by human's.
Which is sad
@@animefan2454 Yeah very sad but everyone can see that our government doesn't care about us or our families or anyone which is even more sad because many of them have families themselves. But nope money more more important to them then lives.
Definitely i agree
They may reject, but our whole political system sitting on central aswell each n every on in all states have drenched their hands into the blood of countless thousands of people everyday since the beginning of April which could've been averted but their sheer negligence and incompetence costed us a huge tragedy of playing with human life.
So Modi is a runaway PM?
@@lipin007 Kerala was facing almost same number of daily cases (28000 around) when the covid was on high time. Need not to mention it used to count in Top 5 worst affected state considering small population size than other most affected states above than Kerala i.e Maharashtra and Karnataka
So at greater extent, Kerala too almost failed. Thing is none of Indian state had took any rightful proactive measure and took an update on every resource required when this sudden surge was expected and also warned about. They turned somehow ignorant towards the severity.
#Ricky Which country that had an intense Covid outbreak was very well prepared or could predict its mutations n impact to minimize its damage? None. Not even US-- it has highest number of Covid deaths.
So to blame any Govt for people's suffering & deaths due to Covid is stupidity
@@lipin007 Seems you are not aware of India's Govt set up . Health is the responsibility of State Govt , Disaster Centre. Not that any Govt can be wholly blamed for the Covid outbreak or the suffering its caused .. Covid strain in India causes severe disease and is highly virulent & transmissible
@@lipin007 Covid numbers started increasing in early Feb in Punjab . The only mass gathering that happened in *Punjab* was the protest by Farmer Union leaders . + There was a riot by them in Delhi on Jan 26 when 1000s entered Delhi without masks & zero Covid precautions.
*Delhi & Maharashtra* which had the steepest spike in cases arnd mid April, did not have any mass gatherings.
*UP* - Kumbh & *Bengal* - Election Rallies , numbers have remained much lower than several states even after more than a month since those 2 events..
Virus incubation period is 7- 14 days so numbers shld have spiked by early April in these 2 states, but it did not
Kumbh & Rallies as the primary source of the outbreak is a *narrative created by certain Media*
I was in a hospital with my mom. Everyday, I used to see dead bodies being carried on a stretcher and that broke me a lot. It was most horrible thing of my life. I also lost my mom. I wish all this crisis end as soon as possible. It has been the worst year for me and everyone.
Am sorry for your loss😢, take care of yourself💜💜
So sorry to hear, may she rest in peace. Stay strong !
Sorry for ur loss.. Take care...
This was the first balanced video I saw by a global news agency. They not only blamed government for the current crisis but also praised it for handling the pandemic effectively in the past. This is the kind of unbiased reporting that I expect from agencies like BBC and AlJazeera.
What started in Punjab slowly in early Feb became a steep spike in Maharashtra & Delhi in mid April within just few days Such severe, highly transmissible Covid has never been seen before.
But by early May number of infected people started plateauing in several places & by Mid May numbers started dipping in several places.
In a relatively short time India managed to turnaround the situation considerably . And that's highly commendable in a country with a population of 1.38 billion
So you in it for the monkeybalancing? That's weird
@Harsh Harsh so you think only government is to blame and not the people?
@@prasadchavan8313 Correct.
It's the govt's fault and NOT the citizens. People look up to their leaders. When the leaders have officially declared that covid is over, and are themselves inviting people to join gatherings, how do you even expect people to follow COVID appropriate behavior?
@@prasadchavan8313 absolutely, given it was the government who relaxed lockdown, encouraged gatherings like kumbh Mela.
Pray for India.Sympathy from Malaysia...🙏😪
Watching from Africa, I've not worn a mask since January, this gave serious reason to start wearing one
yikes
I was one of the first to put on a mask in my town in USA. We are up to 50 percent vaccinated now. I went to a store to buy some food and took my mask off. I cried with happiness. I am one of the first to take off the mask in public. I got both moderna shots. Work on getting vaccine and then you can remove mask.
There are so many people in India making videos on TikTok and Twitter saying this is all fake, that there is no problem there.
@@wednesdayschild3627 be careful the vaccine may be useless to the variants.
@@yangxiaochun34 that is not what tests show. I have friend in research at Pfizer.
The task force setup for monitoring covid had reported new variants B.1.617 and N440k back in march and the rallies and festival continued even after that ,the govt ignored the report of the more contagious variant and now we have failed 🙏
So many people don't even know that
The govt didn't ingored it, WHO and ICMR said that those are just "variants of interest" not "concern" . So, no need to panic.... - WHO & ICMR in March
And India's covid crisis is also worsened because of black marketers and political rallies of both govt and opposition + failure of State govts also.....
@@manishkumarpandey9702 The Covid task force setup by govt had warned them in march itself and the various labs which were told to track variants weren't given enough funds and samples of covid positive,even then they had tracked the new variants in bengal and andhra Pradesh.
Entire central govt cabinet and their staff was simply busy in elections and ignored all the warnings,they had alloted tenders for 150+ oxygen plants all over the country ,but the company didn't make more than 40 .Now they are blaming AAP for the mess,but in reality the tender is given by MOHFW.
It is a global embarrassment 🤦😞,our entire system and govt collapsed.
I just don't get one point,has any other previous central govt cabinet and PM rally for a freaking state election,still they lost Bengal🥴
That's why the chief epidemiologist quit, because their warning of serious new strains was ignored and suppressed by BJP for election.
Now the whole Asean and the world have to pay heavy price lockdown again because these Indians brought India Virus strains into their countries. Thks to Modi BJP leadership in coverup.
@@naturetruth5218 I agree with you man but calling it India virus is a bit too harsh I mean it originated in China and nobody calls it Chinese virus now do they?
There's rarely an Indian family, that haven't lost their own one
I have not lost any of my family members, are you brain dead?, only 4+ lakh people died out of 1.3bn people due to Covid-19. Western media has a habit of multiplying India's crisis × 10, and you are helping them.
@@tanujtripathi6064 it's not about western media, i am telling you ground position, there is a village named Juggaur. At least 45 people were suddenly died none of them was even had a covid test, my mami and my friend died, they didn't have a covid test, my mama, two cousins just somehow managed to avoid death, so idiots like u need to be sensible not to be jingoistic.
Come out from your door and see what is actually happening i am not among those who just watch tv...
Next time do some homework
@@shivamverma2390 i work in a steel company with 24/7 production and manufacturing, I always remain out of my home. Just because terrible things happened to you it doesn't mean that the world is bad, use your brain for once and try to see the facts, as per the report of world economic forum about 25000 to 27000 people die in india every day accross all regions due to other illness (not Covid-19) and annually about 1 cr people die annually due to non-covid related illness. Our daily average death rate during second wave was 4000/day. Media has played very pathetic game of spreading misinformation for their own TRP ratings for which there is a case filed in SC india, and people like you who don't see facts fell for that. I wrote a comment about western media multiplying India's crisis × 10, since past couple of weeks there is a major covid out break in America with daily 1+lakh cases, 77% of hospital beds are filled and homeless people are suffering there, why Western media is silent over it? Why so selective journalism?
@@tanujtripathi6064 u should just feel lucky that u didn't loose your loved ones during this pandemic, gov even says that no one died due to lack of oxygen rest u can understand
@@shivamverma2390 yes I herd that health minister said that there is no deaths due to lack of oxygen and that is a utter foolishness of him. But there are also reports that many states like delhi,punjab, Rajasthan etc demanded more oxygen then it's actual requirements due to which many people suffered.
Fairly balanced analysis from WSJ. Also the issue of overcentralisation of decisionmaking which would work in small countries regardless of whether its economic issues or health care doesnt really work for India, the optics of differential pricing was also ignored and the premature declaration of victory was kinda of jingoistic.
I guess decentralisation is important upto a point in the pandemic management. Like contact tracing, enforcing lockdowns, local healthcare centres. But yeah, differential pricing for vaccine procurement is a bad idea from the get go.
Except they are deleting comments that isn't in line with their narrative.
India the "EMPEROR WITH NO CLOTHS" ..... India should become a part of Bangladesh like it used to be instead of joining & become a junior sidekick of so called, "Q.U.A.D". .. So, deceased average Indian could not get abandoned by their own children or not to get their body thrown in the river to be feasted by the stray dogs.. .. SHAME!! ... INDIA ...SHAME!!...C'mon, India still it's not too late, what you gotta loose.. .. become a part of Bangladesh .. So, lives could be saved & people could be better off with good housing with "indoor plumbing", healthy food & better infrastructure, world class health care system with free world class education for everyone & equal justice law & order for each of it's citizens.. .. live life with dignity & guaranteed prosperous future for your children & get treated with respect & dignity when departed.
INDIA-
SUPA' POWER: 2020.
SUPER BEGGAR: 2021.
DELHI: "R AP E CAPITAL" of the World became " DEATH" CAPITAL of the World.
Still getting scam calls I thought the poeple were dying mabye the scammers are working remotely now if scammers are dying why not all the scammers
Even now, Government is more interested in protecting the image of Modi than containing COVID.
Hope you get through this respect from Australia 🇦🇺🇮🇳❤
and our pm modi tried so hard to protect his image in the international level..even twitter was forced to delete tweets critizing the gov.
In the united states It really feels like things have gone back to normal
Only because the CDC lifted the mask mandate and those of us high risk have hopefully been vaccinated by now. But I still think it's way too early and will backfire.
@@jessicah3450 yeah I definitely agree
@@jessicah3450 Oh it will it literally backfire 5 times now remember in march 2019 they reopened 3 months later and boom back fire. They even reopened in last December and again boom back fire why??? Because our government haven't even attacked the other variant's and still aren't doing anything at allllll about the variant's. That's why this virus is gonna be here forever because they are putting wood in a fire a FOREST FIRE mind you.
Good for you. Whereas here in India we are suffering. Becuase if our stupid goverment... He screwed up.
@@desmondmarak8990 Our government is more stupid don't worry and our place is far from normal. Its a fight with all everyone that we have to fight together. Stay safe we love you.
Honestly speaking covid is starting to feel like it's a global biochemical attack😭
depopulation commence
@@ITSLD69 the world we live in is f***** up💀
Fort Detrick, Maryland
Nah
Because it is courtesy of CHINA
I can't imagine what it's like for the medical staff there, u joined to save people but ur seeing them die helplessly
This is what happens when you fire all your scientific advisors and jail those who try to warn you.
Clearly religion takes away 100% of your brain😂
Major problem here are the uneducated politicians.
I live in town near The Ganges river.
One day people saw 20 to 30 dead bodies floating in river.
Continued for several days.
People don’t have enough money to cremate, they are disposing dead in river.
WHERE ARE THE CLCOROX SOLUTIION OR SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE DISPENSERS FOR NUMEROUS HAND WASHING. THIS IS A MUST FOR PUTTING OUT PANDEMIC.
@@alz123alz bro now its too deeply penetrated in the villages. Imagine if every 2nd house has COVID patients.
Lesson learn : you cannot blindly believe in religion and not thinking of others people
If you give priority to religion over Science, this will happen.
True, most of the times that they put common sense and logic aside and put religion first. Smh
According to them only Modi conducted political rallies and only hindu festivals saw mass gatherings
That's what Connngresss is all about
Yes , because that’s the fact .
@@dshnmusic Ok🤡
@@dshnmusic what fact
According to them also Modi said we have won over the covid virus. Grow up. Both state n centre is to be blamed. N to say the truth, most political parties are failures in terms. Politics is more important to them then all the rest of issues..
A painful lesson: never celebrate too early
The prime minister right now: 🤡🤡🤡
You will never get real numbers beauty of Indian democracy!
I'm seeing a lot of comments solely blaming the Indian Government and various state governments for the current COVID mess in India.
The thing is that people of India are also equally responsible for this current mess. We Indians became highly careless in the months of January, February and March. Nobody was following COVID protocols. People were thronging in cinemas to watch movies. Restaurant were full of people.
The 2nd wave was of such a huge magnitude that no one ever expected that such type of destructive wave could hit India. I remember that in 2020, Britain's Healthcare system was on the verge of collapsing. And compared to Britain's wave, this 2nd wave in India is at least 100 times more dangerous. Britain is considered a developed nation, whereas India is a developing nation. So when Britain's Healthcare system got overwhelmed than how can India's healthcare system handle such a wave.
Well said brother, we might as well be doomed😭
1.4 billion people is how.
The Chinese population is also very big and to my astonishment nothing happened there, as far as we know...
@@rruagg because we have a competent government. The pandemia passed in China since April 2020. But the rest part of the world reluctant to tell its people about it.
North indian breed like that
It's also about an incompetent government
@wallstreetjournal - Please put subtitles in Hindi for our Indian Viewers. Indians will get the necessary information from a credible source as well and WSJ will gain viewers, which in itself is necessary. Win-Win.
I was in my third year med school was working with an organization connecting calls for beds and oxygen and I remember this wave creating a havoc across the nation, there were young children dying, literally whole families being wiped out in a matter of weeks. Disastrous.
SCAM CALLS ARE DOWN 🙂
Doubt for long.. unfortunately we can ONLY HOPE that it wipes all of India out.
@PAJEET HUNTER because there DISGUSTING
Should have added that Govt started relaxing after vaccination started on 16th January 2021.
Also to be noted, the so called super spreder event where they happened those areas are still to be hit by second wave.
The biggest surge of cases happened in the state of Maharashtra and Delhi where none of the political rallies as well as religious festivals took place.
Agreed with the last part of the video where they said, everyone thought covid was over, because everyone in India would have told you same if you had asked them in January.
It's absolutely stupid to say that covid cases only increased in Delhi and Mumbai. Turns out only Delhi and Mumbai kept on testing for covid. The other states were self patting themselves for having defeated covid under the leadership of Modi.
@UC8QfoocPDhuiqeWZnQirtqQ I'm guessing you weren't trusting PM from get go, right.
How careful were you about Covid in January 21?
@@tariqueiitkgp it's also stupid to assume things that other states didn't conduct any testings.
Surge in cases started in Maharashtra itself and Delhi, that is the fact.
Seen a lot of story about him, he must be honest and for people to talk this good about him
😂😂😂
All delusion and talks
yes he is honest and hardworking don't believe biased media and people
Love you too from chattisgarh india 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
Lots of lies and half truths with same political motive of targeting Modi who has been Indias most popular leader in long time. In reality this is what happened in India. I know because I live here and saw everything with my own eyes
1. Lockdown only lasted first 3-4 months. By August 2020, restrictions were eased & in a country of nearly 1.4 billion social distancing is impossible.
2. But despite lack of social distancing things were not bad until December 2020.
3. Between November and December more than 65000 ppl came from UK and brought UK variant with them. This was widely reported in Indian media and you can refer to them. During Jan and Feb these NEW variants which are more powerful started spreading and mutating and by mid March (exactly 12 months after first wave) India got hit by 2nd wave and that crippled the health system
But it's funny that even after this American media is NOT criticising Joe Biden who is openly asking Americans to not wear masks after vaccination. This is same callous behavior but nobody in America will point that as American has worlds biggest corrupt media.
Why didn't India stop people coming from the UK? The Philippines did (well, for a while).
Modi :i've never seen such a big crowd before.
Corona :Me neither.I've never seen this much food.
Savage 🤣🤣🤣
Gatherings took place in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh but the surge was seen in Maharashtra and Delhi. So, looks like this justification is incorrect.
So what Bengal and UP did was right. 🤷♂️
@@jokers9 No it wasn't.
@@shrinivaspatil299 the pattern of spike was similar to last year. First Mumbai delhi (international airport) then goes to other states
Excellent video, but you missed the entire issue of vaccines. Up until Feb'21, India exported more vaccines than the amount given to our own people. This could have been because of pre-existing clauses or international diplomacy, but whoever advised the government on this matter was clearly mistaken. It's an absolute disaster now.
It's true, I can certainly say that real number of deaths and infections is as much as 50 % or 60 % more.
10 times more
@@nothing9220 that too, could be possible. They are pretty good at hiding stuff and distracting the public from ongoing critical matters.
Are you saying that 50-60% of all cases end fatally?
@@smfknj6010 My stats might not be exact but, the situation I saw locally suggests that minimum this much more deaths and cases are there.
@@smfknj6010 even a worker in a government hospital said that... There were about 1000 cases in one particular area in one day but the hospital was given instructions to report only 550 or 600 cases a day.
Modi should resign
Ok
Pray for another lockdown in india please
It's 2 year old video
I m from Delhi... I confirm what is reported is true.
Shan li a Chinese reporter giving update on India. They can’t event criticize their go to for this whole pandemic situation. They are talking about India.
blame everyone, but lord god modi. don't blame lord modi even that he make huge gathering for his political campaign
We were just overwhelmed we doctors were going crazy by so so many patients without enough manpower I felt so helpless so many times at work it's not a good feeling. It sucks to work in lack of resources lack of oxygen , faulty ventilators , lack of medicines. Only making it difficult for us.! Anyways cases are coming down now but ICUs are still full where I am working and that might explain why death toll is sitll rising 😞
Poor India. Wish you all the best from Bulgaria
can i ask a question Mam, which is more catastrophic in nature man made conflict or this a world record death in a single day isn't it a world concern too, it may cross borders faraway for it's populations comprises a big numbers, and how can you design a solutions without precedents thanks a lot
bring a good leader. India is poisoned with corrupt politions
@@adwaitT it will Sir patience and time Leo Tolstoy quote and a song Lenningrad by Billy Joel at walang pangyayari sa silong ng langit ang hindi alam ng Amang nasa langit, alam yan sa Kingsborough we share good beautifull mirrors those who are in departure area a borrowed words and i used dates of date, we designed our exits why i am here salamat sa time
Singapore has a lot of B1.617
First those lndian smear China, and now smear Singapore..what a low class standard lndia country!
Singapore is not a country lol its smaller than some of our districts.
so, can anyone tell me whether India is in lockdown now?
No one is safe unless everyone is safe..
Always celebrate everything too early ..
What if they actually kinda “got” (or reached o developed or whatever the correct word is) herd immunity and that’s why they seemed to be doing great but then the virus mutated (to the so called Indian variant) and everything had to start all over again?
That's what happened in India.
@@vishnuvardhanreddy4767 i really don’t know for sure, it’s just something i think
@@erickroman4550 I'm fron India and ik things here , what you thought is correct . Also people often blame government for everything , people neglected too. I think no country would be prepared if their no of cases raised from nearly 1k to 300k in 3 days cuz of the new variant.
Really appreciate such an unbiased reporting by WSJ, they not only discussed India covid crisis but also showed figures what happening in the world at that time.
Moral of the story is do not let your guard down until the end of Corona is scientifically proved with fact, figures and cases trend in the country and around the world.
It's their government to blame. Their PM admires Trump and follows Trump's footsteps, that's why
I agree But no one is as Dumb as Trump or his Followers
God bless India 🇮🇳 🙏 ❤ from nz
When u think cow stools and urine are medicine this is what happens
Don't knock it till you try it 💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩👍👍👍👍👍👍
I lost my aunty last night 😔. so much painful
For India, TBH we shouldn't be checking cases per million graph since it mostly downsizes the real scenario. There should be more concise measures probably.
Well cases per million depends on testing. Western countries like USA and UK test far more per million people than India, which leads to much greater proportion of cases being caught. Example test positivity rate, US, UK and Western European countries during their peak with >700/million cases a day saw positivity remain under 20%. India with around 290/million during peak saw positivity spike to nearly 50%
When I was Covid-19 Positive on 2 May, my final exams were to be started from next day and whole of India was going through this crisis but my college authorities didn't even bother to cancel exams, and I had to give online exams while having fever and whole family was positive. This was really bad experience when People don't understand the pain some go through due to Covid-19. People only understand when they go through same. And i couldn't give one paper. I am doing M. TECH from NIT
I'm Indian, and i see a lot of American comments of getting calls from India.. can anyone help me understanding what r these calls for, what r we asking u to buy??
Greedy corporate america sent away american jobs. Now, unemployed americans be angry that somebody else is doing their job. They can't blame corporate america, as they are powerless. Instead they come onto internet comments & blame the overseas emplioyees of corporate america.
It’s not the job they are complaining about. It’s the amount of calls they received and the harassment from said callers.
Scammers
@@vl5397 BS, Indians are best at not addressing the issues.
Your explanation is BS. The calls are selling fake services, MS troubleshooting BS, and many scammed calls taking advantage of senior citizens. CBC had a documentary about the situation.
WHERE ARE THE CLCOROX SOLUTIION OR SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE DISPENSERS FOR NUMEROUS HAND WASHING. THIS IS A MUST FOR PUTTING OUT PANDEMIC.
Nothing said about the farmers' protest. Why? India will rise! Unstoppable!
Because it’s not relevant rn? That happened last year and beginning of this year, long before the spike.
Currently deaths are high, cases are low
I lost my granny. And here our biggest problem is "media"
California...sweats nervously
California needs to be cautious
California is one of the 3 states that still refuses to listen to CDC and continues to require vaccinated people wear masks. Newsom's recall opponents should use it to attack him
fico imaginando se aki no brasil tivesse tido carnaval esse ano...
Ainda bem que não o realizaram. Foi uma decisão corajosa, mas racional.
However please get better soon... Pray for India
Still getting my daily calls from India.
That's what brought me here, I noticed they're back to work after about 2 weeks of peace.
I'm Indian, and i see a lot of American comments of getting calls from India... What find of calls are these, what r they asking u to buy.. can u help me know.
Plus, hardly 5-10% speak or converse in English, a foreign language to us.
Should've thought it through before outsourcing your jobs. Now, your locals are unemployed and you don't like those overseas employees.
BFD
@@vl5397 it’s not the job they are complaining about. It’s the amount of calls and the harassment from said callers.
Modi should just be a chaiwala. How can a waiter run a country. No education prime minister.
Actually it is India's medical crisis and hospital collapse that is causing the issue.
Everyone in every country blamed their leader and government when the cases went up...just saying the moment things came down, everyone went on with their daily lives.