The Indian Medical Association earlier this month said a “complete, well-planned, pre-announced national lockdown” for 10 to 15 days would give the country’s overstretched health system time to “recoup and replenish both the material and manpower” it needs.
And top US coronavirus advisor, Dr. Anthony Fauci on May 9 said of India: “You’ve got to shut down … you need to break the chain of transmission.”
However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has done that before, and learned a very painful lesson. Experts say shutting down the nation again is not realistic.
That lockdown, which…
