The article also makes no mention of how woefully inadequate medical facilities were in India well before the pandemic had ever started. This is the result of neglect that goes back all the way to the Mughals.

I’m not joking. There are quite a few hospitals in the UK founded between 1100-1700. Some in France are older. Where are their Indian counterparts?

Mentioning the Mughals upsets some people. But there were hospitals (good ones, often better than contemporary Western ones) in Iran/Iraq/Turkey/Egypt. So it’s not about whiteness. Why were there very few in India?

If it hurts you that there has been neglect of the healthcare sector for centuries, start demanding more instead of tweeting at me. I know that’s easier. You will have to pay more taxes. Say you’ll do it. And do it.

India needs to spend a minimum of 5% of GDP on healthcare over the next 5 years to make a dent in requirements. If you don’t want to pay more GST, do not complain. No, cancelling the Central Vista won’t pay for it.

So people are playing silly buggers. You can even attack Nehru but not the Mughals. https://twitter.com/suvojitc/status/1391346503520854018

None of this means you shouldn’t ask the Brits or the Congress why they did so little that Indian public health expenditure and infrastructure (outside Delhi and Mumbai) is similar to subSaharan Africa. Or ask Modi why it wasn’t improved more in 7 years.

So this is where the traffic is coming from. https://twitter.com/sansip/status/1391300338032865280

He should make it his pinned tweet, it shows off his intellect best.

None of the indignantly squawking hordes is arguing that I’m wrong about the lack of hospitals in say 1600. They just think I shouldn’t talk about it. They also don’t want to pay more taxes. when I blamed Modi, I got about 1/100 the negative attention.