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Praying for India

Mindy D — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:20:30 GMT

I'm feeling very sorry to see the pandemic ravage India. They had over 350,000 new COVID cases in one day. They are out of oxygen and they don't have enough vaccine. We and other countries are sending them items necessary to make more vaccine. I wish all the people well.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:24:20 GMT

I just heard only 2% of the population has been vaccinated.

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songbird — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:26:32 GMT

It's horrible what is happening in India. They do have an enormous population (second to China) so though the daily death COVID infection rate is very high, they do have the population to deal with. They are also entering their summer season. In cental and southern India, the heat is strong enough to kill many. The bulk of their population is under 30. So some are young enough to survive COVID and their deadly heat.

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Love my grandkids — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:27:31 GMT

And I saw on the news earlier this week that a huge, and I mean huge, outdoor festival was allowed. I think the government is answerable to this.

Thousands packed together, on the land and in the river. What is to be expected after something like that?

Have seen all the news reports about mass cremations and people allowed to bury their dead any place they can find room including in their own yards. Just terrible.

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bikerbabe — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:30:55 GMT

Indian government has been exporting oxygen this year! In fact, according to a New Delhi newspaper, O2 exports rose 700% in Jan 2021 vs Jan 2020. The government has also ordered cracking down on social media posts that criticize it. Hospital workers are operating in unsafe conditions without proper PPE. People are dying in hospital parking lots waiting to get seen. Everything is full.

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chessylady — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:33:45 GMT

What a lot of people don't understand is that to control the virus,it must be controlled everywhere. With the number of cases in India, it becomes a petri dish in which variants can replicate. Some may even defy the ability of the vaccine to be effective. The main reason to help India is because it is the right and decent thing to do for fellow human beings.

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Mindy D — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:50:25 GMT

@Love my grandkids wrote:
And I saw on the news earlier this week that a huge, and I mean huge, outdoor festival was allowed. I think the government is answerable to this.

Thousands packed together, on the land and in the river. What is to be expected after something like that?

Have seen all the news reports about mass cremations and people allowed to bury their dead any place they can find room including in their own yards. Just terrible.

@Love my grandkids @I think it was a religious festival. I think it's called Diwali. They have so many festivals. The government will have an extremely difficult time trying to message so many people without access to media and with so much long standing lack of health information and basic understanding among the many uneducated people. Controlling the virus will be incredibly hard there.

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Mz iMac — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:51:13 GMT

@Mindy D @Love my grandkids

It's a Hindu festival which is held every year leading/ending in the Ganges River. Usually over a million Hindus attend/participate.

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Mindy D — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:59:27 GMT

Besides the way my heart feels about the Indian people suffering, my practical side is thinking of the implications this crisis will have upon the US and the rest of the world. Chances are that the crisis in India will affect our supplies over here. I expect shortages of medications. It's also very important to realize that the fight against COVID in one country directly affects the rise of new variants that will affect other countries.

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Love my grandkids — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 01:01:22 GMT

@Mz iMac I saw that on the news. The government shold have stepped in.

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Mz iMac — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 01:11:47 GMT

@Love my grandkids India is a Hindu dominated country. For all we know, they probably dominate the "government."

There are certain "religious" factions in the U.S. that do not follow COVID restrictions too. None as large as India.

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SandySparkles — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 01:34:24 GMT

I will not judge, nor speculate this information, but am sending PRAYERS of love, healing, and protection for the country and it's people as they endure this humanitarian crisis.🙏🙏❤

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

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suzyQ3 — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 01:38:04 GMT

@Mindy D wrote:
Besides the way my heart feels about the Indian people suffering, my practical side is thinking of the implications this crisis will have upon the US and the rest of the world. Chances are that the crisis in India will affect our supplies over here. I expect shortages of medications. It's also very important to realize that the fight against COVID in one country directly affects the rise of new variants that will affect other countries.

@Mindy D, I have no such concern about our supplies. In fact, I think we're going to have a surplus, unfortunately.

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suzyQ3 — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 01:39:56 GMT

@SandySparkles wrote:
I will not judge, nor speculate this information, but am sending PRAYERS of love, healing, and protection for the country and it's people as they endure this humanitarian crisis.🙏🙏❤

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

@SandySparkles, that's really the point! I do hope that as many countries that can will help them with their needs right now.

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SandySparkles — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 01:43:52 GMT

@suzyQ3 wrote:
@SandySparkles wrote:
I will not judge, nor speculate this information, but am sending PRAYERS of love, healing, and protection for the country and it's people as they endure this humanitarian crisis.🙏🙏❤

~~~All we need is LOVE💖
@SandySparkles, that's really the point! I do hope that as many countries that can will help them with their needs right now.

@suzyQ3 Exactly! WE ARE ONE!

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

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bikerbabe — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 02:01:52 GMT

I see no basis for claiming that the crisis in India will impact our medical supplies in the United States. We are sending them assistance because we have excess and it’s the humanitarian thing to do.

I view the situation in India as a combination of dense population and a failure of leadership. Please don’t make this a denigration of the Hindu religion.

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JaneMarple — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 03:43:24 GMT

My sister and I were just discussing India and the virus a few days ago.

This is extremely horrifying. Over a billion people live in India and I'm very scared for the population. I don't even want to think about the major loss of human beings happening.

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Love my grandkids — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 03:45:05 GMT

@bikerbabe I didn't see any denigration of their religion but those huge festivals were obviously not a good idea, regardless of what the celebration was.

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Mindy D — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 19:19:52 GMT

@bikerbabe wrote:
I see no basis for claiming that the crisis in India will impact our medical supplies in the United States. We are sending them assistance because we have excess and it’s the humanitarian thing to do.

I view the situation in India as a combination of dense population and a failure of leadership. Please don’t make this a denigration of the Hindu religion.

@bikerbabe @suzyQ3 I didn't mean that sending things to aid the Indians would impact our supplies. I'm not concerned that would hurt us either. I meant that with so many people sick over there the products that are manufactured there and then sent over here could be affected. This includes the many pharmaceuticals that are made over there and sent here. The country accounts for around 30% to 40% of the US generics market. India is the largest provider of generic drugs in the world. For example, most of the generic blood pressure meds are made there for us. For more about this, look up Sun Pharma and Aurobinda Pharma.

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Firefly901 — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 03:57:41 GMT

We need to begin manufacturing more oxygen NOW. That virus could be here in a month and our situation could be critical. We can't afford to be unprepared.