Taking part in the ongoing talks around whether vaccination drive should have been open to all since the beginning, #RahulBhatia says everything needs to be systematic. The Anchor, dancer, blogger, actor, and entrepreneur goes on to adds that when the first wave of Covid-19 hit India, it was seen how people above 45 years were getting more affected.
“The situation was more dangerous for them that is the reason why after frontline workers and elders, vaccination was opened to 45 plus people and that was the right thing to do. When the second wave came in which youngsters between 18 to 44 years were getting more affected, we were not prepared and we didn’t know that something like this is going to happen. So the government then opened the process for everyone above the age of 18,” he says.
Rahul is yet to take his first dose. “I still did not get any slot. I try to get registered every day, sometimes the OTP doesn’t come, sometimes the site does not work. I check slots every morning, afternoon, and even during midnight but slots are always either unavailable or booked,” he adds.
He goes on to add that the pandemic has taught us one thing that such a crisis can happen again so we need to keep our immune system strong and for that, we have to take good care of our health and look after the well-being of our family too.
