Sanjay Mehta Profile picture
10 Apr, 19 tweets, 3 min read
Dear @narendramodi @PMOIndia Sir,
I have been a passionate fan and supporter of yours, for years. My Twitter feed will bear out that fact.

But at this time, I have to convey the bitter disappointment that I feel!
If you see the ground situation, we have hospitals bursting through their seams, people panicking and not finding a bed, vaccination coming to a grinding halt, critical Covid medicines running in short supply.
And people suffering and dying as well!
The graph of hospital beds’ demand and their availability is diverging continuously, and there appear to be no serious means to arrest this. And it can only mean complete mayhem coming up!
In the first wave of Covid, you had shown a decisiveness to flatten the curve and the measures brought up then, might have saved us from large numbers that other countries were experiencing. Lockdown, tracing, sealing borders etc are examples of those steps.
This time around, it seems to be only lip service, both from the centre and from the state. And then there is squabbling across state and centre, name calling, pointing fingers. In the midst of it, people continue to suffer!
I am not an expert and would not like to claim to know what it will take to arrest these rising numbers. But social distancing, masks, large scale vaccination should be a part of that set of answers, I presume.
What is really being done to enforce these? Left to people, mere requests are not going to help. People want to go to work, establishments want to stay open, people want to travel, people want their conveniences. But if these are harmful, we need to restrain, isn’t it?
What is really being done to enforce these? Left to people, mere requests are not going to help. People want to go to work, establishments want to stay open, people want to travel, people want their conveniences. But if these are harmful, we need to restrain, isn’t it?
If some stronger measures need to be applied just to bring the numbers back in control, the needful has to be done. These may not be populist measures. But we are not in a popularity contest at this time, are we??
The ball is being tossed between state and centre. No one wants to be the bad guy with people. And there is lack of decision making in the process.
We look up to you as our ultimate leader. You have swallowed many a bitter pill in the interest of the country, and we hope that you will swallow this one more too. And we look for some decisive action from your side.
Coming to other challenges. If the vaccine plant is falling short of a raw material, I am sure you can help. Whether pressurising US Govt to force them to release it, or calling your friends in Germany or Japan or Israel or wherever else, and enabling it, I am sure you can do it.
If the plant needs some investments to ramp up capacities, the amount asked for is so nominal, in the larger scheme of things. Again, it is something you can easily arrange. I don’t have any doubts!
Can other vaccine manufacturers be asked to also jump in and manufacture this vaccine? I am sure you can facilitate this, in the interest of the country.
Why should a critical of Covid be in short supply?? I suspect hoarding and black marketing. Again problems that you can easily take on, and find answers for.
I have a feeling that this second wave has caught everyone, including perhaps your ministries, by surprise. Maybe the preparation was not there at all.
On top of that, I can see that we are in the middle of multi-state elections and there are other political agendas in active play, incl Vazegate, Anil Deshmukh matter etc.
But I sense a much bigger urgency and emergency situation developing on Covid cases, if not actively intervened immediately. I urge you, Sir, to pause other stuff if need be, and focus on helping the Covid situation here.
In conclusion, Sir, we have a lot of hope and expectation from you. And we urge you to please take this up on priority. Thank you. 🙏

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