With the threat of the third wave of the coronavirus increasing by the day, it is becoming equally important to fight not only the Covid-19 pandemic, but also the accompanying infodemic that is contributing to it.
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No country in the world can defeat Covid-19 by ramping up its healthcare facilities alone. India is no exception. Preventive measures like vaccination and adherence to Covid-appropriate behaviour have to accompany treatment.
If you really intend to help people hit by Covid-19, you can do more than forward random forwards to them. You can follow Covid-Appropriate Behaviour (CAB) and help them personally and digitally by sharing personally verified information.
It seems the Coronavirus will keep on punishing us till we learn our lessons to fight it right. The jury is still out on the whats, the whys and the hows of the current wave of the Covid-19, but there is a unanimity that the Coronavirus is going to terrorise us for a long time.
If there is a less privileged section of the society that needs the least support to convert the Covid-19 pandemic challenge into an opportunity, it is that of craftspersons or artisans.
The Covid-19 vaccination drive needs to be accompanied with promotion of Covid-appropriate behaviour, which can be made a default lifestyle option with a dose of innovative small technology solutions developed by ingenious entrepreneurs, to fight better against the pandemic going forward
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