Thread by @SandipGhose

.@ShyamalMajumdar Never expected @bsindia to be so shoddy on #FactCheck (that too in an editorial - not op-Ed). #MadhyaPradesh have been following vaccine holidays since May (see 👇). Besides, as a business daily BS ought to know basic principles Ops Management. This obsession

2/n to diss the #VaccineDrive even by respectable newspapers is baffling. Be that as it may 1) Inventory Management is neither usual nor a sin. It is routine practice in any ops 2) It is common sense that when supply chain is shifted from one channel to another (in this case 3/n

3/n from States to Centre) some dislocation is inevitable (in your and mine home state liquor distribution was disrupted for 3 months when the state took it over through its own agency😀); 3) Surge Tests are standard - to establish capacity, build confidence by demonstrating 4/n

4/n “it can be done”, boost team morale; Corporates do it regularly - like “Special Sales Days/Months”, recognising achievers, triggering healthy competition between regions. BS should understand it better. What’s important is the Moving Average and new normal achieved 5/n

5/n if this can take up daily rate from 30 lakhs to 45-50 L (which appears to be possible) then any number of Events can be justified. Finally, it is fine to criticise or discredit #ModiGovt - but we shouldn’t demoralise lakhs of health-workers down the line. #VaccinationDrive