Some thoughts below are from my colleague at IIT and the figures he quoted herein are copied from other sources.
When the country decided to adopt the CovishieId and Covaxin, the intelligentsia, non-BJP political parties, NGOs,
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all started speaking in the media that there is insufficient data on it’s efficacy, it is fake and we will not get it done.
The media also launched a movement against the Indian vaccine.
During this time, look at the list of how many news / articles were published in the
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media against the vaccine -
Indian Express-182,
Loksatta-172,
Navbharat Times-236,
Hindustan times -123,
Times of india -28,
The wire -78,
The print -59,
Scroll-122,
Newslundary-54,
Alt news -78,
The hindu -128
Look at the list of how many leaders of the opposition
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political parties spoke against the vaccine.
Congress Party-58,
Samajwadi Party-17,
Shiv Sena-27,
DMK-13,
CPM-12
TMC-12
The founders and employees of 265 major NGOs had spoken against the vaccine.
172 retired IAS, IPS, judges and other government officials
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also had spoken against the vaccine.
342 cartoons were produced by cartoonists in opposition to the vaccine.
After all this, a confusion arose among the large section of the people of the country that vaccine is not safe and hence is not to be taken. And when the
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vaccination started from 15 Jan, only a few people used to come to the vaccine centers.
On a couple of days some vaccination centers reported only 2-3 vaccinations.
If u look at the long lines for vaccines in Mumbai today, hundreds of people above 60 years are also seen.
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Someone may ask them that since March, when there were no crowds and vaccine doses were going waste, why did they not get the vaccination done then?
Similarly the HCWs and FLWs now queuing up did not want it January onwards when it had opened up exclusively for them.
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The reason are the same fear that these newspapers, politicians etc. had created.
Due to this fear, and vaccination hesitancy several million doses of vaccine were wasted, new orders were delayed, production capacity expansion did not take place and the result is there
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for all to see.
*Today these same agitators/protestors against the vaccine are going to get vaccinated quietly.*
Will WFH related HR and Management policies be a crucial factor in employee retention for firms ? COVID seems to be around much longer than we all hoped ;
Talking to some of my industry colleagues, especially at senior positions, I get to hear different voices.
Ones who are good at delegation of work at office seemed more receptive to idea of longer WFH policies & may even be fine to perpetualise the arrangement.
Managers who prefer to see their reportees in front are less amenable to the idea, as they fear lack of control &
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mask their insecurities with reasoning of productivity etc.
Employee perspective is very important while crystallising policies. Resources are more likely to evaluate job options more on HR policies concerning #WFH
Firms that have management push on accommodative #WFH
I was traveling in France and worked with a French gentleman who worked in the firm which gave us some automation hardware systems.
A proud French he took me to city tour almost everyday after our day’s work was over. Paris is a historical city with art & architecture!
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I was awestruck with his knowledge about European history & in particular knowledge about French art & history.
When we discussed families, he mentioned he has 2 sons busy with schooling.
Gentleman mentioned that the family has a History Teacher who comes home to
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teach both their kids, and it is twice a week. Some of his friends have somewhat similar arrangement.
He emphatically said, you know nothing if you don’t know your history and you must ensure kids know the real history and it is passed on from one generation to another.
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2/n. In mobile world, which runs on duopoly today, ‘Apple Phone📱 Release’ event is no less significant than unveiling of Boeing 737Max. Ardent followers of Apple Devices📱watch the release, a mega event that happened on-line this year in massive numbers, even staying awake in🇮🇳
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Apple, every year, manages to surprise with new features, which I often believe are reaching end of the line and can’t grow beyond a certain level, and every time am proven wrong by phenomenal team at apple 🍎.