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> The dead body floating thing happened in 1 or 2 states. Those were the worst hit states - UP and Bihar. What was observed during the second wave was not norm

> The dead body floating thing happened in 1 or 2 states. Those were the worst hit states - UP and Bihar. What was observed during the second wave was not normal, something like that last happened in 1918 after the Spanish flu: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57068503 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57068503 "This is not the first time bodies have floated up in rivers in India during a pandemic. "The River Ganga was swollen with dead bodies", the famous Hindi language writer and poet, Suryakant Tripathi, better known as Nirala, wrote about the 1918 outbreak of Spanish flu in his village in a province which is now India's Uttar Pradesh state."

nonamechicken 5y ago
While I agree that we shouldn't be seeing bodies in rivers, I am not entirely convinced if Covid and Spanish flu in India are comparable. The below links say bodies were found in many rivers, not just Ganga. "A report released by the sanitary commissioner in 1918 later documented that it was not just Ganga that was clogged up with bodies, but all rivers across India." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/an-unwanted-shipment-the-indian-experience-of-the-1918-spanish-flu/articleshow/74963051.cms https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-natio... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic_in_India I don't think if scenarios such as below are happening in India, the leftist Indian media would stay silent. “India perhaps never saw such hard times before. There is wailing on all sides. … There is neither village nor town throughout the length and breadth of the country which has not paid a heavy toll. Elsewhere, the Sanitary Commissioner of the Punjab noted, “the streets and lanes of cities were littered with dead and dying people … nearly every household was lamenting a death, and everywhere terror and confusion reigned.” https://theconversation.com/1918-flu-pandemic-killed-12-million-indians-and-british-overlords-indifference-strengthened-the-anti-colonial-movement-133605 https://theconversation.com/1918-flu-pandemic-killed-12-mill...
nonamechicken 5y ago
Just found out that there was a similar incident back in 2015 where they found more than 100 dead bodies in Ganges in the same region. It was also reported by BBC. Now I am wondering if BBC conveniently forgot that and went far back to 1918, just so that they can compare India's current situation to Spanish flu? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30808745 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30808745 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unnao_dead_bodies_row https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unnao_dead_bodies_row

nonamechicken 5y ago

While I agree that we shouldn't be seeing bodies in rivers, I am not entirely convinced if Covid and Spanish flu in India are comparable. The below links say bodies were found in many rivers, not just Ganga. "A report released by the sanitary commissioner in 1918 later documented that it was not just Ganga that was clogged up with bodies, but all rivers across India." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/an-unwanted-shipment-the-indian-experience-of-the-1918-spanish-flu/articleshow/74963051.cms https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-natio... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic_in_India I don't think if scenarios such as below are happening in India, the leftist Indian media would stay silent. “India perhaps never saw such hard times before. There is wailing on all sides. … There is neither village nor town throughout the length and breadth of the country which has not paid a heavy toll. Elsewhere, the Sanitary Commissioner of the Punjab noted, “the streets and lanes of cities were littered with dead and dying people … nearly every household was lamenting a death, and everywhere terror and confusion reigned.” https://theconversation.com/1918-flu-pandemic-killed-12-million-indians-and-british-overlords-indifference-strengthened-the-anti-colonial-movement-133605 https://theconversation.com/1918-flu-pandemic-killed-12-mill...

nonamechicken 5y ago

Just found out that there was a similar incident back in 2015 where they found more than 100 dead bodies in Ganges in the same region. It was also reported by BBC. Now I am wondering if BBC conveniently forgot that and went far back to 1918, just so that they can compare India's current situation to Spanish flu? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30808745 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30808745 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unnao_dead_bodies_row https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unnao_dead_bodies_row