1/n Our human brains trick us.

They find correlations & causation where it doesn't exist.

We confuse flattening of the curve during Lockdown with the END of the crisis.

Flattening via lockdown just buys us TIME.

It DOES NOT guarantee fewer total infections.

2/n

HOW we come out of the Lockdown matters more than WHEN.

Whenever we come out of it. The virus waits.

Our behaviour spreads the virus, it doesn't spread itself.

Only our POST-LOCKDOWN social behaviour change guarantees fewer infections.

3/n HOW we distance, test, trace and isolate.

How prepared our infrastructure is. How protected our healthcare workers are.

How AWARE every single Indian is.

We have to learn to live WITH the virus.

4/n How to continue our daily lives while living with the virus is the challenge.

Livelihoods have to be restored, while lives are saved.

We need measured, careful steps to restore normalcy.

5/n All pandemics come in waves.

This won't end with April, or May or June. Nowhere in the world.

Each wave will respond to the prevailing social protocols and how we conduct ourselves.

And how much we let our guard down.

6/n A previous thread below discusses HOW we can come out of a lockdown effectively.

WHEN - depends on how well prepared we are. https://twitter.com/hchawlah/status/1242423180016246786?s=20