insidious inclination

As the perceived threat level has dropped, it is natural for the guards to become less. This is what has happened all around us, as reflected in the Delhi government’s latest directive to strictly enforce the wearing of masks in public places. On Thursday, the government said those found without masks would be severely punished and fined. The latest Covid numbers justify such caution. Delhi recorded 2,146 cases on Wednesday, taking the death toll in the last 10 days to 32. Across India, we haven’t seen that kind of volatility associated with the three big waves, but infections are on an insidious slant, with the country’s seven-day moving average with daily cases now above 17,000. The novel coronavirus variant that is emerging is milder than previous mutations, true, but immuno-compromised individuals are still at such high risk that we can all do what we can to prevent this infection from reaching high levels. can do. The tendency to live with the virus because of laziness should not result in laxity. It doesn’t take much to care for, and, as before, it is the most vulnerable among us whose health we must protect.