{"id":23077,"date":"2020-04-06T17:13:51","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T11:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/prof-steve-hanke-questions-pm-modis-strategy-of-handling-covid-19-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2020-04-06T17:13:51","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T11:43:51","slug":"prof-steve-hanke-questions-pm-modis-strategy-of-handling-covid19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=23077","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Steve Hanke Questions PM Modi&#8217;s strategy of handling COVID-19 Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Here are some of his tweets:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Modi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Modi<\/a> focused more on addressing the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PPE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PPE<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Testing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Testing<\/a>, &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ventilator?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ventilator<\/a> shortages, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/India?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#India<\/a> would be better prepared for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a>. His rhetoric has spread ignorance like wildfire. Quite literally. This is more <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ModiMadness?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ModiMadness<\/a>. Fireworks &amp; lamps are useless.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BSrhSUS7KT\">pic.twitter.com\/BSrhSUS7KT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steve_hanke\/status\/1247002567483293697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Really? Anti-<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a> rally\u2019s in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/India?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#India<\/a>? I doubt <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> will listen to these demands. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Modi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Modi<\/a>\u2019s rhetoric is peddling misinformation &amp; putting Indians in harms way. As Ataturk said, \u201cthe biggest battle is the war against ignorance.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sy6z10af35\">pic.twitter.com\/Sy6z10af35<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steve_hanke\/status\/1246987899696025638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Modi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Modi<\/a> called for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/India?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#India<\/a> to light candles &amp; lamps. I hope this shined some light at the terrifying <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Testing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Testing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Doctor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Doctor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ventilator?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ventilator<\/a>, &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PPEShortage?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PPEShortage<\/a>. Rhetoric &amp; singing kumbaya around the campfire accomplishes very little. Rapid action delivers. Is this how <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IndiaFightsCoronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IndiaFightsCoronavirus<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TVv1nh9UcB\">pic.twitter.com\/TVv1nh9UcB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steve_hanke\/status\/1246993492691365895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is estimated that there are at least 75K <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a> cases in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/India?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#India<\/a>. Much higher than the official figure of 4,288. Why? Because the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Testing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Testing<\/a> is inadequate. The 123 state-run labs are operating at 36% capacity. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> is spreading like wildfire.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hfeHw2l7ml\">https:\/\/t.co\/hfeHw2l7ml<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steve_hanke\/status\/1246998814759604225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some of his tweets: If #Modi focused more on addressing the #PPE, #Testing, &amp; #Ventilator shortages, #India would be better prepared for #Coronavirus. His rhetoric has spread ignorance like wildfire. Quite literally. This is more #ModiMadness. Fireworks &amp; lamps are useless.pic.twitter.com\/BSrhSUS7KT &mdash; Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) April 6, 2020 Really? Anti-#Coronavirus rally\u2019s in #India? 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