A Million Indians Will Likely Have Died By the End of Second Covid Wave, Says Pandemic Researcher

[@cute_anusha]

No one will remember even if it is 10 million.... Baba n bollywood will fade these memories...

[@amitgoyal3101]

Straight and confident. Though a faculty member at IIM he did not hesitate to put his perspective across and did not mince his words. Appreciate that!

[@TRBhoopathy]

Human Life is never properly valued in India ever. Most of these deaths must be from the poorest segments of Indians. ? Very Sad and Tragic.

[@ToThoseWhoVanished]

India just has too many people, what's a life valued in a 3rd world anyway??

[@MrIrshadashrafi]

Rapid unchecked population growth is responsible for this. People shall now realise this fact.

[@tasneemshaikh4992]

@@MrIrshadashrafi What are your views on China?! Population is not an issue. Poor health infrastructure and improper management caused the deaths!! Period.

[@Peaceful_World130]

@@tasneemshaikh4992 china is not democratic country like India

[@aryan991000]

@@tasneemshaikh4992 population is the issue ..china had a one child policy for several decades...also most opposition to two child policy comes from religious fundamentalists who believe God will provide everything and we just have to sit and do nothing. Other option is social and economic boycott of families who have more than 2 children.

[@deepbora4249]

Unfortunately such a massacre led by Modi is not not raising anti government voice as required.

[@sauron2000000]

I thought things are under control in Assam. Before I heard that many in IIT Guwahati are positive.

[@frostbyte8285]

Most people massacred in non BJP led states, this debate is all about talking for BJP.

[@nithinfz]

@@frostbyte8285 dead wrong ! Bjp are not even reporting .. I am from Kerala cases are high but we support the govt bcz they are doing what they can and death are so low and no under reporting !

[@pushpendergusain4262]

The lesson learnt from this pandemic is that please improve public health system and allocate significant budget to public health.

[@taherafazal9968]

It will still not be enough. Because systems is so bad, it will be the safe heave for thieves, including Governments staffs

[@harshas7265]

Nice discussion. Even after 100 years we haven’t established a good health system to have a well documented data dealing with pandemics.

[@mouseeqhee]

Yes that is the tragedy People want mandir, mandir mandir, no schools or hospitals

[@pawankhurana1345]

Health is a,sensitive and emotional subject, that is why TATA,Ambani, Ambani who are known for profits as Industrialists never jumped in to hospital sector, they just made few hospital as memorial but never in large number and as an industry because they know, it is not easy to get money from public on such a,sensitive and emotional health subject, even Malvinder and Shivender who ventured as Fortis hospitals, Analjit Singh of Max Hospital too left Health sector, because you cannot make profit from hospitals in India, so left public on its destiny, even Government is no more making hospitals as they are costly , though not very easy to make but more than that it is very difficult to run hospitals in Government sector, so Government feels comfortable having penal in private hospitals as panel than opening Government Hospitals

[@freebee151]

@@pawankhurana1345 We should also be accepting the fact that more than 50% of the profit of TATASONS is spent for humanitarian causes. Good times and good days should also have good public healthcare

[@markchristi2649]

That’s why we left that country long ago

[@mouseeqhee]

@@markchristi2649 hmmm good decision?

[@sukhdevsohal5172]

In 1918-19, people were dying in India, the British and the loyalists were celebrating victory in the World War I۔ Now leaders and corporates are busy in ce!ebrating victories in elections and capital stockpiles۔ Nothing has changed۔ More you change, more you remain the same۔

[@munishyadav456]

Golden words Sir!

[@ammarkhankhattak4011]

Very nicely said sir

[@bharadwajtirunellai7698]

Why don't all of you come together and start a dashboard to publish daily statistics rather than these models estimating. That would be a great service to the nation, right?!

[@akkad-bakkad]

Search Corona in Google. You will get whole world's statistics there

[@munishyadav456]

That's what models do, they estimate. RIP you illiterate ass.

[@srinivasrao369]

In any other country the Health Minister would have resigned immediately.

[@atyuinnegi]

Which country health minister resigned during covid time.... USQ death toll is currently above 6 lakh nobody resigned there...

[@srinivasrao369]

@@atyuinnegi If sm one jumps down a cliff dont follow Whats the meaning of Ache din ayega

[@atyuinnegi]

@@srinivasrao369 what is the point of your comment??

[@srinivasrao369]

@@atyuinnegi My point is that why compare u resign make it a statement. Thats what our PM had told Good governance

[@atyuinnegi]

@@srinivasrao369 resigning doesn't make any statement....

[@kakaderaunak]

Chinmay is a legend. Check out his podcast episodes each with Amit Verma and Shruti Rajgopalan

[@yogi7277]

What's the name of his podcast?

[@hamadmeer3586]

What is it called ?,I have heard him on the seen&unseen podcast .

[@kakaderaunak]

That's the one, Hamad

[@kamalendughosh4014]

spotted a fanboy 😎😎

[@somasundarasivam]

This is really sad. The govt's priorities are misplaced. The people's life is more important than anything else. The focus should be on efforts to make Indians' life safer and the people don't need anything else.

[@nokulharidaspal9815]

Guess, both the centre and states should decide how they would like to be remembered in coming years. By being transparent about covid deaths or by covering it up. The British government has decided to open an investigation on itself about how it handled the covid pandemic. If Indians like to compare themselves with "others" they should also learn how that "others" are acting on it. Today Peru declared that it had under-reported covid deaths and their new data put them at number 1 in terms of per capita death. If Peru can do, so do we.

[@ShanteshRow]

When people don’t count for anything when alive, they won’t be counted for when dead. Life is cheap in India. And for an insidious government, life is very cheap indeed.

[@pursuitofcat]

Everyone should share this video across. Please.

[@syedatifhussainin]

There are 650000 villages in india and no less then 6 people died in each of them. Sometimes 6 of one family. That adds up to 40 lakhs. Which is four million. And i am yet to start on the cities and metros where furnaces melted and wood ran short. BJP has 306 MLA s in current UP assembly and 5 are dead. Which is 1.5 % of it. U. P. Has a population of 230 million. Extrapolate it. And that leaves 4 million dead in UP itself. More. There are 72 thousand teachers in UP and 1500 died as claimed by teachers body. Assuming an exaggeration of 33% and a thousand died that makes it 1.4%. Extrapolate it again and that makes 4 million dead in UP. Whatever matrix that you may apply it is no less then 10 million dead sir

[@basavannabloke2213]

Anyway you are producing hum Paanch, hamara pachaas, so numbers will match up, don't worry.

[@jammRJ]

I don't know why the BJP is trying to underplay the numbers. Even in Europe and Americas the numbers are high. So million deaths in India ( 10 lakhs) is not that high considering our population. I guess they oversold the first wave and now the reality is pointing to the fact that we got lucky then.

[@sanjivanipawde8658]

Actual number is different...They say it may be 4.6 million to 6nmillion

[@vinayakrathi5140]

Karan Sir is the best journalist.

[@mosamaster]

Dosthi Kayam rahe.....

[@munishyadav456]

Bani rahe*

[@capt.a.a.pirani5135]

Brilliant work....please share with people.

[@yogendrakumarupadhyay6904]

How many presstitutes have died approximately

[@dr.madhavjigajera4646]

The deaths of Covid-19 in Gujarat is not underreporting but data manipulation by the Deaths Audit Committee of major Hospitals

[@reggierosario4708]

Excellent insight ! Thanks !!

[@ismailabdullah8865]

Excellent appreciated, for your fantastic inclusive great interview

[@virendrasule3258]

How many million deaths doesn’t matter 30% of Bhakts will still vote the same party to power. 70% are in disarray. Not even 40% can come together to find an alternative.

[@ashoksinghal5620]

numbers o estimate deaths may not be very off marks but strangely states doubted refers to BJP ruled but no discussion of MH, Punjab , TN etc

[@maddy20032001]

Good population control strategy by govt. Masterstroke by godi.

[@venkataramaniiyer7716]

He is the planner and wholesome responsible.. person for all these .. When he met chinese president all action plans..drafted out and later executed.. Now everything gone beyond repair

[@Ali_Mohsin]

And yet we have just 23k views as against the filth that people are prone to these days where the views are in millions

[@anjankumarsarkar6243]

Bjp, non-BJP all have joined hands in under-reporting. No disputes on this issue.

[@janardhananadvocate7537]

Excellent interview Very valuable information

[@tomlopez8379]

Underreporting of covid cases and deaths encourages complacency in people... Further worsening the existing circumstances

[@KeralaSalad]

A very informative interview with some precise explanation.

[@anandhanbalagopal8382]

Just 7000 views, how blind our country is

[@anshumananand2796]

Excellent Karan Thapar sir.

[@Rohit-oz1or]

Very intelligent analysis👍

[@joye4725]

See even in Kerala where the data state government released until first of this month is above 9000, how the number of the deaths in north India so low, where unfortunately the medical facility available only in the urban and semi-urban places.The entire rural population could not have basic health facilities,yes a lot of cowdung and urine????!!!

[@rajeevdewaikar3477]

Excellent discussion

[@preg4225]

Nice to see Christoph Walts talking about India's covid situation

[@tasneemshaikh4992]

Excellent interview.. Very informative.

[@drrmdebnath8356]

Give us news of hope , Karanji.HarHarMahadev

[@chalsboy8177]

I totally agree with Chinmay Thumbe For ex. In my nearby village suddenly there was a spike in Covid 19 cases 3 people died of Covid after a couple of days 2 elderly otherwise healthy people died as well. No Other known health issues they had. They had fever for 2 3 days and they died, they were not taken to hospital or treatment, they were not reported or checked for Covid also. Now who knows how they died. Mostly likely they died of Covid. Where does that number counted? Unlike UP and all they had proper burial atleast

[@srinivasrao369]

Grt analysis our covid task force head should see above video

[@5pointerz-scientificknowle449]

Excellent analysis

[@fornews9627]

Karan can you also being back the two guys who did carry out calculations and said there was under reporting in the first wave

[@srinivasrao369]

Everything is under control as per our health minister Dr.Harshavardhan. Fooling poor people false narratives.

[@prajakt0789]

Census will not convey much. The no. of coronial babies is also significantly high. The government doesnot want to save lives of the people whom they govern so they dont want to report high mortality areas.

[@angelialvares]

1.2 MILLION PEOPLE DIED IN iNDIA FROM RESPIRATORY DISTRESS DUE TO P OLLUTION IN 2019...before the pandemic year. This was published by 'The Hindu" "The Business Standard" and 'The Times of India" So a million seems like a yearly average. However in 2017 1.7 million people (17 lakh people) also died from breathing problems due to pollution. So your news does not come as a surprise.

[@santanughosh9825]

1 Million Dispensible Indians as per the Indian Govt..

[@Sarthakkumarpal]

The truth is stark....

[@indian744]

The basic problem we have that we dont want to recognize the problem, and trying to solve it; instead we just try to hide the problem.

[@taherafazal9968]

not only hiding the problems but rather diverting the whole issue to blame minorities or citizens against each others. Anchors were screaming during most depressed time, instead of showing the real things need doings

[@idealfit718]

When we saw reporters showing crematorium or any funeral , cremation ground of various cities including Delhi , Non of this place has NO COMPUTERS , They have just old style registers Why current govt advertise and promote " Digital India"

[@manojk5904]

Daily death in India, pre-covid era was around 24,000. Yes daily average death in India. Out of that around 6000 was respiratory related. Yes, daily... During the pandemic days, traffic related death must have reduced for sure. Also, less crime related death. Delhi Death in 2019 and 2020 was around the same, as per Delhi Govt records. Guess why?

[@jmathew416]

Pandemic is an unfortunate fact. But handling of it is the issue. Kerala claims it fought & won.. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Gujarath, Delhi struggled & in control now.. Who is the real player in a health hazard? Central government or state government? Who is hiding & manipulating the numbers & real picture? Central is responsible no doubt but the report card of states are totally different according to the policy of ruling parties.

[@sunitamuralidas7412]

In our place angan wadi staff is coming door to door to find out about covid related data.

[@abhaykher9703]

Let's not depend on 1918 Spanish flue number going up subsequently , as those days communication , education , administrative levels were very low compared to today's technological advancement, as an indication of under reporting ! FUzzy logic just to abuse Govt

[@supritiphani1282]

Let no one play God

[@sunildamodar634]

I appreciate your concern and a wonderful interview with the author, but, I'm for sure this government will not come with actual figures of mortality, and will never try to control in curtailing the same, and upon above they're in no mood to rectify the situation because they lack experience and knowledge in governing the country. Perhaps, it's a tough ask, for those who expects the government to correct their mistakes. People have no time to battle egos and small minds.

[@anandhanbalagopal8382]

Why can't you just find out how many body bags were sold, it wd give a closer to real figure...🙄

[@lalithapadmanabhan9250]

Lies and Rumours. Agents of West. These people can be purchased, hired, leased, rented and sold.

[@omprakashsingh1435]

40-50 lakh died

[@dewdropsdancing]

* Pandemic Podcast * Stop 5g International Who will ensure Indemnity for long term side effects of Vaccines.. ? One shoe may not fit all... Indigenous Vaccines and medicine suitable for Indian population..

[@drrmdebnath8356]

How many already died, how many needed to meet this researchers estimate?HarHarMahadev

[@हिन्दस्वराजसंस्थापनाथार्य]

समय आने पर तुम गद्दारो का हिसाब लिया जाएगा।

[@jadabeswarbhattacharjee3537]

Will those deaths include interviewer and interviewee?

[@annut8554]

Why, don't we have good sense to understand their intelligent talk? Covid knows no religion, no boundary, no caste. It can come knocking on your door too.

[@probir1466]

what about the death numbers apart from covid 19..in last 2 years, where are these deaths being registered other than covid19, are these not getting included and merged with toll numbers..its never clear that way other than only increasing numbers

[@vkramchander1126]

Of course , the topic will not go away! KT has to keep it alive till 2024!

[@achinoy]

You can continue with bhakti.

[@SoI_JEE_NEET_Physics_Math_IITB]

u are discrediting india's contribution to number system !!

[@joye4725]

It's already happened, please count the above, and what is coming?

[@vkramchander1126]

By the way, how many million Indians, including migrant labour, as predicted ( gleeefully?) by the ' liberal' commentariat, have died of starvation during the pandemic so far?

[@vprakash2433]

What is the point you are trying to make Karan through these non descript researchers . This is pandemic, and deaths will happen. Last year we had imposed a long total lock down , so we escaped the wrath of virus. Talk about something better than creating panic on deaths.

[@subhasishbhattacharjee7011]

Bharkha mam you are great for awareness of death toll what is actually happened...WIRE is also recognises that you are right

[@nithinkrishna9861]

Hope 3 wave doesnt come. So that central vista can be completed soon. Without which modiji cant sleep or make tea and also the motta can plan to bring govt down in bengal and maharashtra. I think amit shah can develop indian football, in the sense if he has so much money to by MLAs, the he can bidd for football players like messi, rinaldo and neymar. So that they cancome and play in india... Such a disasters

[@kamalkishorejaitely1867]

It is amazing that wire invite only those anchors and guests who are known anti modi and have only one agenda to show modi in poor light.They can carry on shamelessly with.unsustianted information.This gentleman has no concrete proof of what he is saying.

[@ajaniqbalsinghdhaliwal5960]

66...🌾🙏🌾

[@aj-kl1hz]

isme naya kya bata diya tum logo ne ye to expected tha . tumne jitne experts bulaye sab galat hue covid cases now dowm below 1.5blakh . mere pass iska saboot hai ye jhut failae to alag baat jo wire karta hai .mein 5 din pehle hi apollo hospital gaya tha wife ko dikhane mene aise hi pucha beds available hai they said 5 icu beds 11 covid wards bed are available. it shows no of patients reduces drastically gao mein bhi jo hona tha ho gaya spread ab waha bhi samanya ho raha

[@joye4725]

We hope sooner,a situation come when less quantity of vaccine may be required since by that time the poor people have been more or less dead?

[@rockykhan6338]

Go corona go

[@blackmamba1025]

@सूर्य भण्डारी Gau Mata Too?

[@rockykhan6338]

@सूर्य भण्डारी high on cow urine mate????

[@Peaceful_World130]

@@rockykhan6338 camel urine halala product 😂😂😂

[@krishnavaishnavi3314]

Desai, a longtime practitioner of 'urine therapy', spoke in 1978 to Dan Rather on 60 Minutes about the benefits of drinking urine. The prime minister stated that urine therapy was the perfect medical solution for the millions of Indians who cannot afford medical treatment.[31][32][33] He also attributed his longevity to drinking urine - which he called "the water of life".[34][35]

[@subhasisghosh66]

In an opinion piece in last week's Times of India, Shri Swaminathan Aiyar has written - "the farm agitation supports a terrible farming system that kills aquifers, maims neighbours through stubble burning, and now kills them by spreading Covid. Those failing to condemn this are hypocrites or cowards." He describes beautifully The Wire and its loyal echo chamber.

[@SpiderMan-bb2jn]

Why only stats for India.... What about the world... Who started this genocide? Would have loved to have a frank interview on the origins of the virus and their accountability

[@munishyadav456]

www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/coronavirus-origins-misinformation-yan-report-fact-check-cvd

[@munishyadav456]

Oye chutiye spider man. Whatsapp University se bahar nikal aur sach jaan ne ki koshish kar. Who started this genocide. Lmao

[@SpiderMan-bb2jn]

@@munishyadav456 okay intellectual. You tell me who started it.

[@SpiderMan-bb2jn]

@@munishyadav456 and before giving the answer don't loose your dignity of speech. A request.

[@rashidaquil5284]

As a Pakistani, I have paid close attention to this pandemic I came up with 2.5 million covid19 death in India 70000 covid deaths in Pakistan so far

[@Nehasupnfan]

Good interview. But unfortunately, no lessons will be learnt.

[@RahulSingh-zb6zj]

Bhakto ko samajh nhi aayega ye data analysis!

[@pradeepchauhan7769]

Karan , why are you seeking a second opinion from an empirical economist and not a scientist researcher, when you have in your neighborhood the prophetic The Lancet .

[@pickyprincess9275]

Empirical economist bases their study on scientific data and statistics ... Both r not mutually exclusive. He wouldn't have been an economist then..

[@pradeepchauhan7769]

@@pickyprincess9275 : Economics may appear like science but it will never a SCIENCE.However , we are keenly waiting for Aug. to see the prophesies of The Lancet come true.

[@pickyprincess9275]

Ofcourse it's a social science. But increasingly complex in a changing world.. thats why some of the most reputed jobs around the world are of economists.. it's a great deal to be able to predict the next financial crisis.. n a commendable job to uplift millions of poor people out of poverty line based on good policymaking.. all the world ceo / IMF / wto chiefs are economists

[@pradeepchauhan7769]

@@pickyprincess9275 : Yes , it is evolving itself very rapidly especially with the assistance of computers. It is yet to come to that stage where it will be able to predict a global financial crisis or great depression. So far we have seen them only changing even GDP growth every quarter. At the end of the year their prediction has rarely matched with the actual.

[@rohitganoo6300]

Karan thappar has very shrewdly used Prof Tumbe shoulders to shoot and target only BJP ruled states what about Rajasthan, Maharashtra, etc

[@askhan403]

Great work keep going

[@yogendrakumarupadhyay6904]

What is credibility of this bogus and fake author

[@लौडे़कीसरकार-प8फ]

एक करोड़ तीस लाख लोग इंडिया मे मर गये

[@noahclark4097]

So you should thank the modi gvt

[@shamimmalik9038]

JAB KOI GINTI HI NAHI HOTI,, TOU KITNE BHI MAREN KYA FARQ PADEGA..500 MARENGE TOU 5 BATAYENGE...

[@manojkumarsharma7952]

तुम दोनों बच के रहना

[@govindrajan6598]

Hi Thapar Why are you just repeating what the interviewee has said. He also spoke in English which we well understand. Change your style, it has become stale

[@truth7653]

Rude man.

[@pawankmr16]

No one has feed mother breast is going to stop me they only bark after that they die

[@shelldie8523]

Alas I agree no cure for stupidity save the final cure. Can't even say get well soon.

[@isanayashiro2376]

Hide the number chacha

[@James-cq6qo]

Shame on this fake narrative creator. An anti Modi element.

[@gargsamyt]

Utter nonsense, fairy tales and urban myths by this foreign chor.

[@prabhatipurkayastha1120]

I believe that more than one million Indian citizens must have died due to the pandemic. But rather than blaming the government, I'll blame the iniscipline of the Indian people for it.

[@nt9476]

In a public health crisis which this is, the blame does lie with the government. Could people have saved themselves? Yes, but the degree of knowledge about diseases and spread, a culture that is not particularly hygienic or disciplined and general confusion world wide about this is why you have public health departments. Their responsibility is to minimize the damage and they have done little to nothing. Every other country rightly understood this to be a public health crisis and acted accordingly.

[@sukhbirnaidu4360]

Binod

[@mzdrabu]

guy is hot

[@elimccain1728]

Indian standards Yes.

[@mzdrabu]

@@elimccain1728 where are you from?

[@elimccain1728]

@@mzdrabu Goa

[@mzdrabu]

@@elimccain1728 ok

[@mrfacts6860]

Some dooms day pappus said 30 million in 1st wave too

[@Roshan75532]

modi maahaan!