Favouring the Rich
India is home to more than 100 billionaires, the fourth greatest proportion on earth and when it comes to surviving Covid-19, the wealthy have a leg up—the government organised the vaccine rollout over the internet, but half the population don’t have access to it.
Amid India’s vaccination roll-out there is corruption brewing. Two thirds of India’s population are expected to pay to be vaccinated. This is because 50% of the vaccine supply was distributed to public hospitals at a set rate and the other 50% was distributed to private hospitals at any cost.
Explaining why the CEO of one of India’s pharmaceutical giants, Serum, increased his wealth by 85% in the first months of the pandemic; for him, no dollar is too dirty.
On the contrary to what was originally thought, vaccines ARE effective against the new coronavirus variant first identified in India.
Vaccination Shortage
But hospitals are running out of vaccinations.
In Indian, officials did not prioritise the most vulnerable first which is one of the main reasons for the vaccination shortage.
Some states are now suspending vaccinations for the 18-44 years age group.
However, experts say ‘you cannot vaccinate yourself out of a surge’.
India’s drug manufacturers have seen the price of many raw materials they import from China, needed to fight Covid, skyrocket by as much as 300 per cent in recent weeks.
China’s drug manufacturers say it’s because they too face a shortage… that's another story!
Black Fungus Epidemic
As well as Covid-19, today a rare life-threatening disease called ‘Black Fungus’ has been declared as an epidemic in Rajasthan.
Black Fungus is primarily affecting people recovering from COVID-19. Can you believe it!?
Some Better News for Rajasthan
Rajasthan is among the top 10 worst affected states in India HOWEVER, Covid-19 management in Rajasthan is the BEST among the worst-affected.
The rise in new cases in Rajasthan has been on a decline for the last 6 days which highlights some success in Rajasthan’s lockdown efforts.
Despite decline in cases, city hospitals are still running to full capacity.
Peace and love 
Modern Societies Product Update
Our clothing is made in the Holy town of Pushkar, Rajasthan. Yesterday, Rajasthan's lockdown was extended till June 21st.
Our friend who makes our clothes is safe & with his family but says the situation is “very bad.”
He cannot work until the lockdown is over but our next collection IS NOT what’s important right now & we’ve transferred some money for support during this time.
Love and compassion are our priorities but we wanted to keep you updated.
While all but 3 of our One-of-a-Kind jacket’s have sold, we have a range of other beautiful handmade in India items, (previously reserved for markets only), which we'll add to our website over the coming weeks.
With love, MS x
