In a large country like India, shuttering down businesses may not be the smartest strategy; faster vaccination is Even on February 4, when the active Covid-19 caseload was at its lowest, the government was repeatedly advising Covid appropriate behaviour, including masking, social distancing, and vaccination. Nearly five months after living through one of the worst nightmares, people’s carele ssness seems to have not changed at all. I spoke to a couple of friends who run hotels in hill stations around Delhi and they shared a horror story.