The media is still trying to decipher what Modi meant by “precautionary”. Some have called it “euphemism”, but that in itself is “euphemism by another name.” Throw political correctness into the Three Gorges and it is Narendra Modi trying to be himself—a standalone! The world can characterize the third vaccination dose “booster”, but Narendra Modi will name it “precautionary” — the danger is Modi has taken the urgency and the necessity out of the third dose. Now, it is only precautionary, not a booster, which conveys necessity, which has to be taken come hell or high water. A precaution does not have an edge to it, and some if not all people have the option to throw caution to the winds and go any which way they want to. Precautionary is even less than caution — there is a half-heartedness in precautionary. And it spells no punishment; in the sense that it is take it or leave it, you may or may not face punitive action. Narendra Modi tried to educate people on his decision to allow those over 60 with comorbidities to take the “precautionary dose” along with front-line healthcare workers — as also children of a certain age group. But why should others who had taken two doses be left out, would God Almighty or Modi protect them?Even otherwise, isn’t it a fact that Omicron gets even those who had taken two vaccine doses? Mind you, the potency of those two doses are long gone. The point is, Omicron is a dicey character. There is no knowing what it is going to turn into, or do. Does Modi know that Omicron has got his pal France President Emmanuel Macron into a tizzy of a jam? Friday, on Christmas Eve, Omicron delivered to France 100,000 in daily Covid cases, and Macron is lost for words. The United Kingdom is already in that phase, and in the United States, where Omicron has started killing, there is panic setting in. In the prison island of Rikers, inmates are testing positive like negative never was an answer!
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