[sateesh]

The inaction of the government has much more impact. The government got complacent once the first wave receded, and didn't give heed to any expert opinions. There were reports that the Covid expert committee meeting itself didn't happen in past few months . In addition there was no concerted focus on vaccination, either to increase its capacity to cover majority of the population, or steps to dispel vaccine scepticism. In last few months except for the caller tune message one gets in mobile when you call someone, I didn't see any efforts to publicise the vaccination drive. These publicity efforts have stepped up now, and given the rampage now most of the people are willing to take vaccines but alas there is a shortage.