Among the many aspects of the second Covid wave that has baffled virologists in India is that unlike the first one the time span for reaching the peak has been rather short. This is a telling observation which has seen an extreme form of manifestation across all states and in Arunachal Pradesh too. It can be recalled that when the rest of the country was reeling under the venomous impact of the first wave in 2020, the state remained less troubled and it took several weeks for the pandemic to exert its real effects. But this time almost the whole of the state has come under its sway within very little time, treading the same national wavelength, a great reminder that the 2021 challenge will be huge and extended. To shield the state for one more time in a comprehensive way that was done in the previous year, the exemplary sense of duty by the alert and awake sections of the Arunachalee society will be urgently required. Without this it will not be possible for the state’s health administration alone to cope up with the calamity.
The foremost target of any citizen of the state should be not to get infected at any cost and for that no rocket science will be required. The country’s medical science community is more or less certain that the new strain has faster spreading capabilities and is transmissible via air. This is one of the primary reasons why so many people are getting infected in so little time and even a trifle laxity such as lowering of mask for a few seconds to wipe the sweat in a public place is proving fatal. And for those who have been ‘inspired’ by the triumphant declaration made in early March by certain ‘responsible stakeholder(s)’ that India has overwhelmed corona and threw their masks and hand sanitizers, the prevailing time is really cruel. It’s an irony that in a country which has made great strides in science and technology, anti-science talks on Covid are still aplenty and unfortunately have many takers. A marked contrast in national policies when it comes to fighting the pandemic has caught the global media attention. When it has been scientifically proven that gatherings, irrespective of sizes are the ideal settings for spread of coronavirus, super spreader events like the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar and massive election rallies in West Bengal coupled with an inexplicable 8-phase poll schedule received green signals.
Vaccines are in short supply and if cases continue to expand in the state in current momentum, beds and all medical needs will exhaust at some point of time. Such a situation can still be avoidable. Let’s not repeat the ‘mistakes’.

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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