Hyperbole !! "Hundreds of Thousands died on the road ?!!" says the man to the Channel4wallah. When people expect to see funeral pyres in equivalent numbers, just spouting off some big wild number doesn't really wash. Queues don't follow social distancing advisory !!
It is all about the background music. You can have funeral pyres, with a happy music in the soundtrack, and that would impact so differently. Almost five decade ago there was sitar music when two groups carrying the almost-dead, competed for a spot. Similar thing happened in a Delhi parking lot with a different music.
A forward I received from Coimbatore circles: Dear all,Announce self lockdown.it’s becoming uncontrollable.Oxygen shortage ,No beds,Medicine shortage.wear mask,cut down travel,Avoid visitors at home.Do not visit anyone.Do not attend marriages and condolences.Stay back for fifteen days to control COVID spread.SAVE YOURSELF and SAVE INDIA It’s final advice ,No other way.Please understand Dr.K.Madeswaran Chairman, Royal Care Hospital. ------ Meanwhile, people thronging a cloth shop today, because shop will be closed till 20th from tomorrow. Why would they want to buy clothes ????
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