When science-denial and signs-denial come together

The Home Minister tells us that we have successfully fought the COVID-19 pandemic. Where have we heard this before? Ah yes. His boss had said something similar at the World Economic Forum at the end o

The Home Minister tells us that we have successfully fought the COVID-19 pandemic. Where have we heard this before? Ah yes. His boss had said something similar at the World Economic Forum at the end of January. Since then we’ve had close to 20 million cases. The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand assures us that the coronavirus is a living being too and has the right to life like the rest of us. Luckily for the rest of us, he hasn’t taken the matter to court. The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand criticizes the Delhi government for vaccinating “too quickly” and suggests that one way of making the vaccines last is to slow down the process. He’s right. With a little planning (or more correctly, the lack of it) we can make the pandemic last till 2030 spreading out the small amount of vaccine we currently have.