Kerala top on number of Covid patients- Is this also considered a golden feather?

 

Is this also considered a golden feather?

 

Now,Kerala has the highest number of Covid patients in India . Will the Government consider it also as an award ?No idea. What was the situation a few months ago. An hour-long press conference by the esteemed Chief Minister in the presence of two ministers as security on either side,one of them was the Minister of Health. He had given  details of the containment  zone, which was being set up even in a panchayat ward . He also announced the amount collected and deposited to CM's relief fund by different organizations. He was not satisfied with health workers performance and handed over  health related  work to the police. Social media contingent projected Kerala being the world's first in handling Covid, projected Chief Minister as a Messiah. No one cared that at this time Kerala was only conducting 50% sensitive antigen tests on a limited number of people,instead of RTPCR test that was advised by the Centre. Malayalis blamed the guest workers coming from other states including Tamil Nadu as those spreading the disease.In fact, Kerala was on a tactical strategy to ensure that the total number of patients diagnosed did not exceed one thousand and that reported deaths were limited to one or two.

 

During this time, more than 50,000 people in Tamil Nadu were subjected to mandatory RTPCR tests on a daily basis. When more than 7500 patients were found there daily, we said,the health sector in Tamil Nadu was in bad shape and should make Kerala as the model.The same time, health department of TN made the daily test up to 75,000. The peak of the disease was detected and then the graph began to decline. It has declined from five thousand to one thousand and now from 38 districts of TN, only 500 people are found sick on a daily basis. The same time , Kerala was moving beyond one thousand and five thousand. Now Tamilians are afraid of Malayalis coming to Tamil Nadu. After the entry of "celebrities" like Swapna and Saritha as political swords , the great victory in the local government elections, Kerala began to ignore Covid just as done by US and Brazil . Now there is no press conference and no statement from CM. All is entrusted to health minister Shylaja.

 

Bars and cinemas were opened to boost the commercial activities and to entertain the public.  Defensive actions ceased. Wedding celebrations are in full swing . The Indian Medical Association and the Union Ministry of Health began blaming Kerala. It is the right time for Vijayaraghavan,LDF convenor to make a statement that this is a destructive act planned globally by ugly forces to humiliate Kerala.

 

Now, there is something that can be done honestly. At least, one lakh people should be tested daily by RTPCR test to control the disease as soon as possible. Then,the number of patients may reach 10,000 daily. Without inhibition, Government should accept the reality and has to take responsibility to prevent the disease and save the people and Kerala . What is needed now is to buy the necessary equipment and expedite the process. It would be a mistake to think that the vaccine will come and everything will be fine. It is better for the government to remember that the vaccine does not help the sick, only prevent the spread