Coronavirus: Global situation

Misinformation driving vaccine hesitancy

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Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev took to a podium a few days ago to lecture on the ills of modern medicine in tackling Covid-19.

Slamming doctors and front-line workers who are struggling with a devastating second wave of the disease, he said: "More people died because of allopathic treatment than those who died of oxygen shortage or because of Covid-19."

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on June 03, 2021, with the headline Misinformation driving vaccine hesitancy. Subscribe