In an email to The Hindu, Dr. Giridhara Babu, epidemiologist at the Public Health Foundation of India, Bengaluru, explains why doing away with RT-PCR testing is not correct and how it could endanger others. Since fully vaccinated people can still get infected, is it a correct decision by the Maharashtra government to do away with the requirement of RT-PCR testing for fully vaccinated people? Not testing vaccinated persons is an ill-considered and unjust decision, mostly to reduce the inconveniences to the vaccinated persons. From the perspective of rights of the unvaccinated, it is important to protect them from getting the infection from everyone, including vaccinated persons. Since only 8% in India are fully vaccinated, is exemption from RT-PCR testing for fully vaccinated people a correct decision?

Source: The Hindu July 17, 2021 15:00 UTC