The pandemic sent 32 million people in India from the middle class last year. Now a second wave is threatening the dreams of millions more looking for a better life.
I love it when they slip in a many economists too:
Yet Mr. Modi appears unwilling to repeat last year’s draconian lockdown, which left more than 100 million Indians jobless and which many economists blame for worsening the pandemic’s problems.
I love it when they slip in a many economists too:
They gotta blame both the cure and the disease.
this is especially hilarious given that we have empirical evidence now that this is a false dichotomy in the first place https://theconversation.com/data-from-45-countries-show-containing-covid-vs-saving-the-economy-is-a-false-dichotomy-150533