The biggest mistake almost all Opposition Political Parties made since the start of the covid-19 pandemic (February 2020 to March 2021) is to spread the disinformation that vaccination is not effective and certain big businessmen are profiteering from it. They are responsible for fanning vaccine hesitancy.
Some opposition political leaders went to the extent of saying Covaxine is "BJP vaccine". Some others said that Modi "gets a cut" from SII, the manufacturer of Covishield, and vaccination drive is just a money-making scheme. Many questioned the veracity of clinical trials conducted by Covaxine. Most of the Opposition leaders rarely took pictures of them getting vaccinated to share publicly, while Central Government Ministers and BJP MPs were promoting vaccination.
Opposition political parties tried to politicise the vaccination drive. They succeeded in instilling doubt in the minds of many common people about vaccination, resulting in low vaccination participation among elderly people during Jan, Feb and Mar 2021. They chose to speak anti-science.
These same politicians are speaking in a completely different language now, without apologising for their past utterances.
They did not even attempt to persuade the Central Government to make big advance payments to vaccine manufacturers in 2020, at a time when many other rich countries were placing their bets on vaccine manufacturers. This concept was beyond their comprehension.
Thousands of lives could have been saved if these Opposition politicians conducted themselves in a responsible manner.
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