Kaberi Dutta ChatterjeeDirector, KAA Media · Narrative Architect | Director, KAA Media Inc.

COVID Times: The secret of low Covid deaths in India 🇮🇳

23 Jan 2021 · 4 min

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This content was created by Kaberi Dutta Chatterjee. This content was uploaded by Kaberi Dutta Chatterjee. This is a YouTube vlog titled "COVID Times: The secret of low Covid deaths in India 🇮🇳" (uploaded 2021-01-23). The excerpt is a casual street vlog recorded in Kolkata during Netaji's birthday celebrations, with two speakers narrating live observations: crowded streets, many pizza stalls, a rickshaw driver wearing a mask, people with masks (some worn improperly), a punctured tire, fish being cut on the street, and the vlogger arriving at a pharmacy. The topic centers on COVID-era public behavior and possible reasons for lower death rates (noting mask usage and street atmosphere). The tone is informal and observational.

This can't be the music for Nita's birthday, definitely.
But, uh, oh my God, like it's like I'm already stressed.
This might look, uh, shabby and, uh, unsteady, but it is very, very steady. Vlogging Oh wow, there are too many speed breakers. Speed breakers are there. I'm sure you cannot hear me, but I just wanted to show you, give you the sense, a sense of Netaji's birthday being celebrated. Unbelievable celebrations on the streets of Kolkata. The life, the sound, the vibration—it's unparalleled. You know, it's like that. This is why Kolkata is what it is—the eye of the storm. Like somebody said, there's something happening somewhere, and that is Kolkata. I think somebody's tire got punctured. Just heard right there. I don't know whose tire got punctured. In the middle, misty. This is another pizza. So the street shop, every second shop is pizza. And you can see most people are wearing masks. So on the streets you can see every third person is wearing mask. I would say every 2 people out of 3 are wearing masks, so which is why I think the death rate here is lower than usual. There you see people of other communities, everybody is wearing masks. It's incredible. The bonhomie I am experiencing is unbelievable. Oh, look at this. And some people have masks down their chin and they're on the most there over there. Some people are not wearing masks. They are comfortable without a mask, but most of them, like every two people out of three, are wearing masks. Even my rickshawwala is wearing mask. There is a okay there. Fish being cut on the street right there. We have come to our destination, to the pharmacy. Thanks for watching. Take care, guys. Keep, keep watching. Bye-bye.