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"the Government can be tackle it if situation arises. Until then we are still in Stage 2 of the pandemic. We don't need to worry about expanding capacity at lea

"the Government can be tackle it if situation arises. Until then we are still in Stage 2 of the pandemic. We don't need to worry about expanding capacity at least for now." I found this reference¹ on that doctor's AMA: "Asked about why India is not testing more, top ICMR official comes up with odd response: more tests may throw up more positive cases, which we may not be able to.. manage?" This got me curious enough to include monitoring of India's situation in my group of interests. Only the time will tell how it will turn out. ¹ https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/fk649f/hi_im_dr_roshan_radhakrishnan_a_doctor_and_an/fkr2cc6/ https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/fk649f/hi_im_dr_rosh...

restalis 7y ago
Also a small pedantic note: we call it "pandemic" only when we are referring to the global scale of the disease. When the context is limited only to some region then it's just "epidemic".
shripadk 7y ago
> "Asked about why India is not testing more, top ICMR official comes up with odd response: more tests may throw up more positive cases, which we may not be able to.. manage?" THIS IS WRONG TRANSLATION. Please ask a Hindi speaking person and he can verify my translation. What the ICMR official said was this: "When the population is so high (1.3 billion+) you can't test everyone. I have told people to get tested but some people are so careless that when they do get the report of being tested positive they may not self-quarantine themselves. Out of fear they may not tell others around them. They hid their report. How will I be able to help such people because I have no idea about individual reports (when there are so many of them). The other issue is how do I confirm that the person is giving his personal details correctly? He can get himself tested with a wrong name and then it becomes difficult to follow up. It is not an easy solution to recommend getting every single person tested" Please before spreading falsehood and panic get it translated from the right person at the very least. DON'T FEAR MONGER. NDTV is a horrible source for gathering information. They twist reality and do not show facts as is. The ICMR official was giving this answer in a totally different context. See the first comment to the tweet: https://twitter.com/GiriGiriek/status/1239848388767580163 https://twitter.com/GiriGiriek/status/1239848388767580163 "I don't think testing 1.4 billion is practical. That's an exercise in futility, wasting effort and resources when isolating those with symptoms and their after-care assumes priority. Misleading, panic spreading tweet." India is a vast country. Not everyone is fluent in all languages. Many just believe the lies spread by Mainstream Media. We, being part of the tech community, should exercise extreme caution when quoting things out of context and mistranslating something that was never said. This doesn't help the cause. I will definitely get this nonsensical tweet reported to the News Broadcasting Standards Authority of India for blatantly misreporting to induce fear and panic. Thanks for bringing this news clipping to my attention.

restalis 7y ago

Also a small pedantic note: we call it "pandemic" only when we are referring to the global scale of the disease. When the context is limited only to some region then it's just "epidemic".

shripadk 7y ago

> "Asked about why India is not testing more, top ICMR official comes up with odd response: more tests may throw up more positive cases, which we may not be able to.. manage?" THIS IS WRONG TRANSLATION. Please ask a Hindi speaking person and he can verify my translation. What the ICMR official said was this: "When the population is so high (1.3 billion+) you can't test everyone. I have told people to get tested but some people are so careless that when they do get the report of being tested positive they may not self-quarantine themselves. Out of fear they may not tell others around them. They hid their report. How will I be able to help such people because I have no idea about individual reports (when there are so many of them). The other issue is how do I confirm that the person is giving his personal details correctly? He can get himself tested with a wrong name and then it becomes difficult to follow up. It is not an easy solution to recommend getting every single person tested" Please before spreading falsehood and panic get it translated from the right person at the very least. DON'T FEAR MONGER. NDTV is a horrible source for gathering information. They twist reality and do not show facts as is. The ICMR official was giving this answer in a totally different context. See the first comment to the tweet: https://twitter.com/GiriGiriek/status/1239848388767580163 https://twitter.com/GiriGiriek/status/1239848388767580163 "I don't think testing 1.4 billion is practical. That's an exercise in futility, wasting effort and resources when isolating those with symptoms and their after-care assumes priority. Misleading, panic spreading tweet." India is a vast country. Not everyone is fluent in all languages. Many just believe the lies spread by Mainstream Media. We, being part of the tech community, should exercise extreme caution when quoting things out of context and mistranslating something that was never said. This doesn't help the cause. I will definitely get this nonsensical tweet reported to the News Broadcasting Standards Authority of India for blatantly misreporting to induce fear and panic. Thanks for bringing this news clipping to my attention.