Awareness about the need for vaccination is low, not only in India but around the world. Low literacy rates contribute to the lack of awareness about the benefits of immunization. Governments should raise awareness levels through campaigns to clear doubts about vaccines and improve their effectiveness. Suman Bhatnagar,CalcuttaMind gamesSir — Ramachandra Guha has analysed the present regime’s eagerness to replace scientific thinking with mumbo jumbo (“Against knowledge”, April 27). Neither Yashwant Sinha nor George Fernandes, two other names that Ramachandra Guha mentions in his piece, seemed to mind the strategy of polarization.

Source: The Telegraph May 06, 2019 12:00 UTC