India’s Coronavirus Lockdown Leaves Vast Numbers Stranded and Hungry

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Found at The American Journal of Bioethics Twitter feed -NY Times article:

The American Journal of Bioethics @bioethics_net:

Quote

India’s Coronavirus Lockdown Leaves Vast Numbers Stranded and Hungry

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/world/asia/coronavirus-india-migrants.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article

By Maria Abi-Habib and Sameer Yasir

March 29, 2020

Quote

NEW DELHI — In one of the biggest migrations in India’s modern history, hundreds of thousands of migrant laborers have begun long journeys on foot to get home, having been rendered homeless and jobless by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

With businesses shut down in cities across the country, vast numbers of migrants — many of whom lived and ate where they worked — were suddenly without food and shelter. Soup kitchens in Delhi, the capital, have been overwhelmed. So far, more than a dozen migrant laborers have lost their lives in different parts of the country as they tried to return to their home, hospital officials said.

Thousands of migrants in Delhi, including whole families, packed their pots, pans and blankets into rucksacks, some balancing children on their shoulders as they walked along interstate highways. Some planned to walk hundreds of miles. But as they reached the Delhi border, many were beaten back by the police..

[toomuchbaloney]

Thank you for posting.

[Emergent, RN]

Crazy. Medical tyranny. ?

[A Hit With The Ladies, BSN, RN]

The Corona-obsessed don't care one bit. Apparently the government can just cause food to rain down from the sky now.