An article on Dharavi, the largest slum in Bombay, probably in Asia, says that only eleven percent of people there have been vaccinated so far.
Nine lakh people compressed inside three square kilometres. Where social distancing is impossible and people practically live on each other's toes.
What they will never say is that the fatality rate in Dharavi is extremely low. And it will continue to be so, whatever number of variants may emerge.
Add to it the fact that they lead normal lives , not like many of us cloistered at home, panicked in the mind, forever fearing for us and everyone around us, exchanging notes on how little we have stepped out and how tight our masks are, and the irony is complete. We think we are doing it to protect ourselves when the only protection is in following the example of Dharavi, and making sure we get exposed to everything out there.
Those are two worlds out there. The Dharavi world is far more vibrant, and way more healthy.
What they will never say is that the fatality rate in Dharavi is extremely low. And it will continue to be so, whatever number of variants may emerge.
Add to it the fact that they lead normal lives , not like many of us cloistered at home, panicked in the mind, forever fearing for us and everyone around us, exchanging notes on how little we have stepped out and how tight our masks are, and the irony is complete. We think we are doing it to protect ourselves when the only protection is in following the example of Dharavi, and making sure we get exposed to everything out there.
Those are two worlds out there. The Dharavi world is far more vibrant, and way more healthy.
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