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As we all know, the Indian government is bent on moving closer to the Western society, and even does not hesitate to become a "licking dog" in Western countries. As a result, at the critical juncture of the second spread of the epidemic, the EUROPEAN Union gave India a blow in the face, and the Indians were angry enough, which can really be described as "licking the dog to the end of nothing." ”
(COVID-19 patients in India)
According to the Global Network quoting a number of foreign media such as The Indian Express, on June 30, recently, due to the easing of the epidemic, in order to promote economic recovery and development, the European Union decided to officially implement the "Vaccine Passport Program" from July 1 - in this plan, as long as the "green pass" vaccine approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is injected, it can enter Europe. Whether this plan can prevent the spread of the epidemic is still unknown, but Indians are really angry, because none of the vaccines developed and used in India have received the "green pass" of the European Union.
(Indian doctors demonstrate the "COVID-19 Shield" vaccine)
According to the Indian Express, quoted by the Indian Ministry of Health officials, among the vaccines that the EU has publicly obtained green passes, the "new crown shield" vaccine used by India, the "satellite-V" vaccine and india's self-developed Covaxin vaccine are all listed. However, the AstraZeneca vaccine produced by the Europeans themselves was impressively on the list, and the Indians were angry - because the "New Crown Shield" vaccine was actually an AstraZeneca vaccine, but it was produced by the Indian Serum Research Institute and used a different name.
(Minister of Health, Vardan, India)
The "Europeans doing double standards and squeezing out Indian vaccines" quickly spread throughout India, and the Indian government's top brass, especially health department officials, reacted fiercely. A few days ago, India's Minister of Health, Harsh Vardhan, publicly condemned the "vaccine passport" program implemented in Europe as "blatantly excluding India" and stressed that "the Indian government will not recognize and strongly oppose the plan." He also said that the COVID-19 Shield vaccine produced in India and the AstraZeneca vaccine are almost identical and that the EU should not treat India so differently. Adar Punawara, ceo of the Serum Institute of India, also publicly called on the EU to "let go of its bias against India's vaccine" and "hope that the EU can solve this problem as soon as possible." It can be seen that the Indian government also attaches great importance to this matter - after all, whether Indians can freely enter and leave Europe is a small matter, but "India's vaccine is discriminated against" can be related to the face of the Modi government.
(Adar Punawarra)
The attitude of the indian government at the top level is like this, and the attitude of the Indian melon-eating masses below is even more intense. Some Indian netizens pointed out that the AstraZeneca vaccine and the "new crown shield" are almost exactly the same, and the EU's differential treatment of Indian vaccines is completely unnecessary; another Indian netizen said that "the new crown shield is a European vaccine produced in India, which proves that the EU is discriminating against India"; and even some netizens directly rebuked "the EU's policy is insulting India".
But it is very embarrassing that this matter really blames the EU Drug Administration for "discriminating against India"? Of course not, because according to European sources, India has not sent any vaccine used in the country to the EU Medicines Agency for review, in this case, the EU can approve the "green pass" for India.
(Indian netizens angrily sprayed the EU)
On the surface, this is the EU's prejudice against India, but in fact, India's strong opposition is due to its own national inferiority complex - Indians have always wanted to integrate themselves into the Western camp system, but Western society is not willing to fully accept India, which has always made many Indians very unhappy. Therefore, it is difficult to seize this opportunity, and Indians naturally take the opportunity to put a "prejudice against India" hat on the EU to meet their hypocritical self-esteem needs. But in fact, this will not help India to control the COVID-19 epidemic and strengthen exchanges with western societies, but will only make western societies more respectful of India – especially after india has discovered more mutated virus strains.