The Backdrop of The Pandemic – A Note
Bhaskar Chakraborty We are now going through the COVID pandemic. We have braced the first wave as also the second. Along with it, the first and second waves of house arrests (lockdowns), waves to arrest the dissent of the peoples. Waves of loss of work. Waves of corruption. The first and second waves of selling the assets of the country. The third is waiting behind the wings of the stage, they say. Some critics and cynics say that before these waves started, there were much activity underneath. What activities, we probed; and came up with some gems. Well, whether they are gems, is for the readers to decide, so here goes the chronology of events. Since 2003, the top of the WHO Pandemic Preparedness homepage has contained the following statement: “An influenza pandemic occurs when a new influenza virus appears against which the human population has no immunity, resulting in several simultaneous epidemics worldwide with enormous numbers of deaths and illness.” However, scarcely one month
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