There should not be a discrimination of rich and poor now. Rationally speaking what you said is kinda right. But how many Jan Dhan accounts were opened in private banks? Sirf naam ke. The private labs won't give a shit when someone BPL comes for testing.
Actually now is the time for discrimination. Not even between rich & poor but there should be a discrimination between even healthy looking poor & sick looking poor. Targeted testing is the only way considering the population of India & the entire basis of targeted testing is discrimination based on symptoms,travel history,contact tracing etc.
What if a healthy and rich guy is positive but is asymptomatic?
Then he can pay for the test or choose to comfortably remain in isolation with all facilities as he doesn't really need to venture outside for earning. The point of testing is to stop those who are already infected from infecting others & poor tops the list because unlike rich/middle class they can't maintain social distancing while also earning their livelihood.
Bhai asymptomatic guy will never know that he has it.
That is why the social distancing for everyone,rich & poor. Obviously poor person will be in much difficult situation to strictly follow social distancing compared to rich/middle class people & that is why it is more important to test them first as they will be in the highest risk category for violating social distancing to earn their livelihood(even today it happened with migrant workers gathering at mumbai station & in other states).
So, an asymptomatic guy transmits the same to say 5 of his family members. Isn't that risky?
You are supposed to follow social distancing even within homes especially with older family members.
This is a start. Something is better than nothing. Not sure if testing 1.5 Billion will be ever possible(in a short span of time).
Uncle sam is testing around 1 million people per day. They pressed the pharmaceutical companies for rapid testing kits and they have a kit now which gives results in about 5 minutes. India on the other hand is mass producing Hydroxychloroquine.
Hydroxychloroquine production is still very much depends on china for the API supply.
Hydroxychloroquine production is still very much depends on china for the API supply.
Nothing is free in this world, you either pay for it in the form of money or something else(some concession in trade deal,diplomatic deal,arms deal etc).
I know but just because India is not asking for money does not mean it is "free".
