"Indians must have no confusion about how we reached impressive Covid herd immunity"
tl;dr: covid just isn't that deadly, and has spread very widely in India. Other diseases like TB kill many more people, and the population correctly recognized the low risk. Based on antibody testing, there's probably 50+ undetected infections in India for every known case.
Case numbers have been dropping since Sept for the simple reason that herd immunity is real.
@pete has india done any lockdowns or whatever?
@Bitcoinlabrador They tried to early on. But they just ended up stranding millions of migrant workers, far away from home, and had to give it up.
Lockdown in India is impossible. The country is just too poor and too crowded. Western countries with every advantage can't keep cases down with strict lockdowns; impossible for India.
@pete thanks, didn't expect otherwise