India's initiative on Omicron - too little and too late, we learned nothing from the second wave

SARS-CoV-2 (covid 19) is surprising again and again. Scientists and governments are dumbfounded. Scientists do not know how the virus will behave next. He is mutating and producing variants without giving any warning. Governments are in trouble again and again - imposing social restrictions, such as strict lockdowns, to slow the spread of the virus. The curve of the epidemic has to be leveled so that lives are not at stake – the economy does not suffer serious damage.

The curved, curved line of one variant is flat, until the 'new variant of concern' creates a second wave. In many developed countries where social restrictions were imposed more, there have been four to five waves of epidemics.

India has now faced two big waves. The first was a variant of the original virus, and the second was a delta variant that came when the first wave was taking off in India.

Our wave pattern is also unique around the world. Kerala is an exception where the curve has flattened and like developed countries, there have been four waves of epidemics.

Everyone underestimated the danger of the delta variant, until it became a giant wave – it spreads four times as fast and caused twice as many cases as the first wave. The reason for its rapid spread was Delta's Higher Basic Reproduction Number (Ro).