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New Delhi: Renowned international Epidemiologist and Health Economist Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding on Thursday evening called for the resignation of India’s Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan over mismanagement.

In a thread of tweets, Dr. Eric called Harsh Vardhan “unfit” to be the Health Minister of India and called for his resignation citing that Jordan’s Health Minister resigned after just seven people died from a shortage of oxygen at hospitals.

India has been under scrutiny with a lack of oxygen supplies across the country mounting deaths of thousands of people amidst a grappling second wave of deadly COVID-19.

Dr. Eric also added that India has been underreporting the deaths due to COVID-19 for several weeks now and that Harsh Vardhan had many chances, to tell the truth, but has continued to dismiss and downplay the truth about what is happening.

He further added that India is projected to hit 1 million deaths due to COVID by August 2021 which he said was a conservative projection based on reported deaths alone. He also hit out at UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for mismanagement of COVID-19 and those reporting the realities being implicated criminally in his state and added that Harsh Vardhan’s silence over the issue was “not okay”.

“And India’s #COVID19 humanitarian crisis is not a “domestic issue”—it’s out of control pandemic is endangering whole WORLD by allowing the virus to spread around Earth globe Asia-Australia because of lack of any India containment, and allowing more mutant variants to arise! That’s why I speak out!” he wrote in another tweet.

“Hence, calling for @drharshvardhan to either protect India & the world or to resign is *not* “domestic meddling”. India is a global crisis hotspot and potential incubator of a prolonged pandemic. This is a pandemic damnit! You have direct responsibility. Protect the people” he said in another tweet.

“For those conspiracy theorizing—I’m not paid for any tweeting. Heck, I don’t know a single Indian politician. What I do know is bad public health leadership when I see it. And I’ve called out bad COVID management before”.

About Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding:

Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding is an epidemiologist and health economist and a Senior Fellow at the Federation of American Scientists in Washington DC, and Chief Health Economist for Microclinic International.

He was previously a faculty and researcher at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Chan School of Public Health between 2004-2020, and an epidemiologist at the Brigham and Women's Hospital.

In January 2020, he was recognized in the media as one of the first to alert the public on the pandemic risk of COVID-19. He focuses his efforts on analyzing COVID-19 trends, stops COVID-19 misinformation, advocates for public health, and improve health policy.

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Chennai (PTI): Before giving birth, she had already delivered a mandate—a symbol of hope for Thiru Vi Ka Nagar.

Echoing Delhi’s 2013 “common citizen” political churn associated with the rise of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), an eight-month-pregnant homemaker, M R Pallavi, has been elected as an MLA from Chennai’s Thiru Vi Ka Nagar constituency, emerging as one of the notable first-time faces of the Vijay-led TVK in the recently held Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.

In the narrow lanes of Thiru Vi Ka Nagar, a steady stream of media personnel has been making their way to Pallavi’s residence—a scene reminiscent of the result day in Delhi when journalists thronged the modest home of Rakhi Birla, who had won from Mangolpuri on an AAP ticket.

Pallavi, 36, a homemaker educated up to class XII, defeated the DMK candidate K S Ravichandran by a margin of 22,333 votes in the reserved Thiru Vi Ka Nagar Assembly constituency.

Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam emerged as the single largest party by winning 108 seats, while DMK and AIADMK got 59 and 47, respectively.

Pallavi’s victory has drawn attention due to her personal circumstances. She campaigned extensively while eight months pregnant, going door-to-door to reach voters.

According to local accounts, she even fainted once during the campaign but continued her outreach.

She has not spoken to the media following her victory, as doctors have advised her to rest. Her husband, Rajesh, briefly recounted her campaign efforts.

A self-professed admirer of actor-turned-politician Vijay, Pallavi joined TVK soon after its formation and is now among its first-time legislators.

Doctors have advised her to be hospitalised around May 20, as she is expecting her second child. Ahead of that, voters in Thiru Vi Ka Nagar have entrusted her with representing them in the state Assembly.

Political observers say the rise of candidates like Pallavi signals a possible shift in Tamil Nadu’s political landscape, with voters backing a new party and candidates from non-traditional backgrounds.

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