Fake News, Quackery Mar India s COVID Fight but Government is Doing Nothing About Infodemic
While social media is full of disinformation about COVID-19, none of which has prompted corrective measures from the government, the IT ministry s only warning on false news and misinformation is on the use of the term Indian variant for B.1.167.
Baba Ramdev launching his COVID-19 treatment kit . Photo: PTI
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Yoga guru-turned-businessman Baba Ramdev has created yet another controversy about COVID-19 deaths in India. “More people died because of allopathic treatment than those who died of oxygen shortage or because of COVID-19,” he claimed on Friday. This has invited sharp criticism from the Resident Doctors Association (RDA) of AIIMS-Delhi and Safdarjung Hospital. “All this is being done by Swami Ramdev to create fear amongst the public to sell his illegal and unapproved drug,” alleged the Indian Medical Association in a scathing reply to the godman’s claims.