Rob Wiblin
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So it seems like we're kind of killing it.
So that's probably COVID, right?
People being stuck at home and was it more than that?
Yeah.
So you're saying like a much larger fraction of kids are getting the first dose, but then it drops off.
I guess, well, it suggests that the parents don't object to vaccines.
You might think, oh, it's like it's anti-vaxxers who aren't getting their kids, because I suppose that's what we're more familiar with in the UK or in the US.
But in India, it's more just that life's very busy or it's like more difficult.
You've got to go to a specific place at a specific time to get the kids the vaccines.
Yeah.
What's the practical situation?
Yeah.
So is it possible to go out and just survey Indian parents and find out, at least among those who didn't bring their kids in for the later vaccinations, what's the deal?
What was the reason that they didn't do it?
So it seems like there's other countries at a similar income level that are managing to reach a larger fraction of kids with these later stage vaccinations.
So is something perhaps going wrong with the state level health department's approaches to vaccinations in India?
Is there something peculiar about the India situation that's making this a bigger issue?
Yeah, interesting.
Okay, let's push on and discuss the organization that you've made to try to try to fix this issue in India.
I guess in a nutshell, what does Savita do to try to get more more jabs in arms?