Now we know that our Wizard with Words is passionate about print, even though he is equally engaged in other media. Let’s read what Dr Bhaskar Das has to say to this one in the January 11, 2022 edition of Das ka Dum. Read on…
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Q. When you see newspapers saying that they are safe to read and couldn’t be carriers of a virus, should one believe it? After all the person doordelivering the paper could be a carrier or may even be infected and not reported the sardi-khaansi? Many housing complexes are disallowing newspaper deliveries as they could be carriers of the virus. Setback again for newspapers?
A. It’s absolutely gobbledygook. There is no scientific evidence to prove it. In fact, in this so-called Third Wave, I haven’t noticed any such directive given by any housing society. And I think we shouldn’t extrapolate a metro-based superstition on the whole universe called India. The alpha generation (post-2000 born) are also suffering from cold etc in spite of the assumption that they consume news more through the digital media.