Why are engineers and technologists running vaccination in #india@drharshvardhan@PMOIndia ? The #cowin portal leads to exclusion of those who don't have smart phones, aren't tech savvy, are women, have data packs. Don't you see ground realities before coming out with policies?
Also please refer us to the official document which is not an FAQ that mandates #cowin for vaccination
Until recently #cowin was only available in English. India isn't Bangalore.
Technical glitches are plenty, OTP is delayed or doesn't arrive, you insist on phone numbers when #aadhaar shd suffice there is no privacy policy specific to this portal, without consent you are issuing health ID to everyone. Why r u making everything so tough? @PMOIndia
There aren't enough doses. U ask for patent waivers tech transfer @wto but at home u refuse to do that and insist on a single manufacturer #BharatBiotech
U ve forced states to compete against each in Open mkt where neither @pfizer nor @moderna_tx will deal with them @PMOIndia
Each wave of the pandemic all you do is come up with apps that don't do the intended job. Last year it was #aarogyasetu totally useless.
This year is #CoWIN .
Please stop listening to tech billionaires. They don't know public health. Even a 12 yr old kid can write an app.
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