Originally Posted by
Dicknose
I think its both but seems its more complacency.
They did go relatively hard, shutting down stuff, encouraging workers to go back to their villages (a risk, but seemed to work out)
Now its opened up, more gatherings and religious events.
Its hard to stay locked up for long periods, real hard. Esp if it seems that covid is not that big a deal, which it wasnt for most of the last year in India.
They now have exponential growth that we havent really seen since March last year.
Im sure new strains are helping. And the death toll is up due to overloaded hospitals.