Dr. Laxminarayan said the vast unvaccinated population and the persistent circulation of the virus meant there would still be flare-ups large and small. “It is not going anywhere; it is going to be an endemic disease that will stay with us,” he said. India’s upper hand as the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer was wasted because of mismanagement. “I’ve myself been vaccinated with both doses,” he told one villager who joined his monthly radio call-in last week to report that people were afraid. Urban elites question the vaccines because of their rushed development and a lack of transparency about a domestically developed shot.

Source: New York Times July 11, 2021 19:52 UTC