India's Public Domain Covid Data Is Embarrassing, It's Irresponsible Not to Share If More Exists' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzNMl6aXksQ Dec 27, 2021
Bhramar Mukherjee, who is a Professor of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Global Public Health at the University of Michigan and has done extensive work on Covid-19 projections in India which has been internationally recognised, was asked if she was saying India does not have data on the number of people who have been re-infected after an original infection, the number who have experienced breakthrough infections after two vaccinations, and how many went on to be seriously ill, how many required hospitalization and, within that, what number needed oxygen, ICU handling and ventilators and Prof. Mukherjee bluntly said: “if such data exists it’s privileged”. She said it’s not available in the public domain.
Prof. Mukherjee also agreed that it’s simply a presumption that such data exists. The truth is we don’t know whether it exists at all. Certainly, it makes no sense for the government not to make it public and not to extensively cite and refer to it when announcing policies on boosters for different categories of people.
Prof. Mukherjee told The Wire India simply does not have data – or it has not been made public, which is bizarre – that would assess and establish the efficacy of the vaccinations it has given. We, therefore, also do not know which vaccination would make the best booster – another one of the same or a mix and match approach.