Mass Belief of a ‘Cure’
The widespread belief of his ‘treatment’ among people, who believe it to be a ‘cure’ for COVID-19, has posed a double challenge for authorities. Apart from criticism from medical practitioners and rationalists over Anandaiah’s claims to ‘cure’ COVID-19, the ‘treatment’ has also led to large gatherings (including COVID-19 patients) without following COVID-19 protocol. Before the treatment was stopped earlier this week, nearly 4,000 to 5,000 people had been gathering at the distribution site every day.
MLA Govardhan Reddy said that district authorities were awaiting lab reports before deciding on the permission for Anandaiah’s treatment.
An alternative location will be arranged for better crowd management and distribution will be limited to around 500 to 1,000 people a day, he said. “Today, nearly 10,000 people arrived, including people from other states. We need to create awareness on protocols, but crowd management has been very…