Stepping away from this platform for some time. I won't be checking DMs, you know how to reach me by email. Stay safe.

Prof. Agrawal reached out regarding my thread on the supermodel, and I have responded.

My intent was not to single out Prof. Agrawal for blame. It was to criticise the Govt's over-reliance on a single highly sensitive model, one which is not a reliable basis for policy.

India has brilliant scientists, who asked for access to data to assess the current and predict the likely future trend. What is it about our system that we do not give our scientists data they need? nature.com/articles/d4158…

Since there has been a narrative floating around that no health expert predicted the second wave in India, I am sharing my tweet from February 27 (directly asking public and policymakers to do their part) with data table and metrics.

Perhaps I am not considered a health expert.

Sheila Jasanoff, at the opening event of Science Gallery Bengaluru’s CONTAGION, lists five fallacies about managing pandemics, lessons drawn from studying dozens of countries. The interactive program runs for the next 45 days, with materials in English and Kannada, don’t miss it.