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They really need to get their talking points in order now that the death rate is so drastically reduced so far I have heard:
1) Asymptomatic people may still suffer severe lung damage
2) Recovering from Covid does not confer any long term immunity you can be infected again and again.
3) we need to have a vaccine available before we can re-open fully.
Being the common sense person that I am my question is what good is this vaunted vaccine if it is not possible to create long term immunity?

they have hydroxy, of course.
Wikipedia: Crore denotes ten million:

9 Jul: Outlook India: 8 states account for 90 pc active coronavirus cases in India: GoM on COVID-19 informed
“A global comparison between the five most-affected countries clearly depicted that India has one of the lowest numbers of cases per million (538) and deaths per million (15), compared to the global average of 1,453 and 68.7 respectively,” the ministry said in a statement.

Within the country, eight states — Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat — account for around 90 per cent of the active coronavirus cases, it said.

As regards the COVID-19 healthcare infrastructure in India, the GoM was informed that as on Thursday, there were 3,914 facilities across the country with 3,77,737 isolation beds (without ICU support), 39,820 ICU beds and 1,42,415 oxygen-supported beds, along with 20,047 ventilators.

Over 21.3 crore N95 masks, 1.2 crore personal protective equipment (PPE) kits and 6.12 crore HYDROXOCHLOROQUINE tablets have so far been distributed, the GoM was told...

India saw a record single-day surge of 24,879 coronavirus cases on Thursday, which pushed the country’’s COVID-19 tally to 7,67,296, while the death toll due to the disease climbed to 21,129 with 487 new fatalities, according to the health ministry data updated at 8 am...
https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/8-states-account-for-90-pc-active-coronavirus-cases-in-india-gom-on-covid19-informed/1890504