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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsReligion adds fuel to Covid disaster in India.
India's new coronavirus infections hit record as Hindu devotees immerse in GangesHARIDWAR/AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) -India's new coronavirus infections hit a record on Wednesday, as crowds of pilgrims gathered for a religious festival despite oxygen shortages and strict curbs in other areas.
The country reported 184,372 cases in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed, taking total infections to 13.9 million. Deaths rose by 1,027, to a toll of 172,085.
Still, hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus gathered to bathe in the Ganges river on Wednesday, the third key day of the weeks-long Kumbh Mela - or pitcher festival.
Sanjay Gunjyal, the inspector general of police at the festival, said around 650,000 people had bathed on Wednesday morning.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/indias-new-coronavirus-infections-hit-record-as-hindu-devotees-immerse-in-ganges/ar-BB1fCYdr
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speak easy
Apr 2021
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Amishman
(5,541 posts)1. Bathing in the Ganges... Yikes
3 billion liters of raw sewage go into it every day
Covid is probably only slightly more dangerous than the river itself
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,483 posts)2. Sort of like America's beaches during spring break.
Abandon all caution, spend all your money, risk getting drowned or arrested, get crazy drunk or stoned and maybe get a stranger pregnant......
but, but mom an dad said stay home......
And summer vacations haven't even started. So let's not be hypocritical........
speak easy
(9,101 posts)3. Or the FL, GA, TX churches during the Lockdown
'The blood of Jesus protects me'; The holy mother Ganges will protect me.
Azathoth
(4,603 posts)4. Mohdi is a right-wing Hindu nationalist
So this stuff probably has tacit support from the very top.
US, UK, Brazil, India... covid has certainly helped the right-wing nationalists earn their infamous place in history.