Thread by @sakie339

IIMB (agrahara that refuses to implement affirmative action) will decide on the 'exit strategy' for Karnataka. Why??
What's their credibility?
What do they understand of lived experience of people in Karnataka?
Look at the Kerala model-Call for a multi-stakeholder consultation.

One of their recommendations

"Till the normalcy is attained, warning signs should be put up in all public toilets to use it when it is absolutely required".

What is the definition of 'absolutely required'??
When your bladder bursts??

Another recommendation

Any place where large number of people use common toilets should be banned.

"We should keep the option of extended lockdown as an ammunition in case of a tsunami of patients hitting the nation in the future, which is very unlikely looking at the way government machinery is working".

Which government machinery???

Guess who benefits???? And more importantly, who loses??

"Couriers supplying food and goods of all types should be given ID cards and allowed to provide service. By servicing the needs of many households at a time they can reduce people movement significantly."

Guess who benefits???? And more importantly, who loses??

"Lockdown should continue for all educational institutions and Tutorials until 31st May 2020. They should, however, be encouraged to take online classes for students."

"Encourage more work-from-home for IT, BT and Commercial establishments. However, they can also operate at 50% strength".

Mmmmm....................And??? What about daily wage labourers??

"Most of the district hospitals will not be able to cope with huge influx of sick COVID patients. They have serious shortage of specialists trained to manage large ICU, trained ICU nurses, paramedics ,infrastructure to support to large number of patients on ventilators".

Devious

"Similarly, there are quite a few private hospitals which are well equipped and willing to manage COVID patients".

The CRUX of the matter

"Ministry of health can utilise the services of medical college and private hospitals by identifying them as COVID HOSPITAL, provide them with PPEs, drugs, disposables and reimburse them for the infrastructure and salaries for a month or two".

AAhhhhh !!

"Request more private labs to be recognised especially those that have been already approve/accredited for H1N1 testing"

Aha!!

"Conduct online training for Rapid Antibody testing using available online platforms"

Online trained lab techs!!
What about those areas where there are no labs itself - like most taluks and villages?? Will they be treated also online??

Put together by one management institute (agrahara), two cardiologists, one virologist, one chest physician and one Community medicine professor.!!!!

5 dominant caste men and one agrahara !!!
Diversity and representation under lockdown

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