Knee-jerk calls for a national lockdown to contain infections are misplaced. Such a blunt instrument can harm as much as it can help, especially when there are no systems to safeguard livelihoods. India needs a smart, flexible strategy of local lockdowns and containment zones. And an accelerated vaccination pan-nationally.
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