All because of Newton's First Law of Motion.

"The new Omicron variant -- which early evidence suggests is far more transmissible than earlier versions but might cause milder cases of infection that will not require hospitalisation -- has set alarm bells ringing afresh across the world, with several of the economically developed nations mandating booster shots as a precautionary measure for their eligible populations," wrote Jug Suraiya. "UK researchers have analysed the likely impact that a Covid booster shot will have on Omicron and say it could provide around 85% protection against severe illness," BBC. "The protection is a bit less than vaccines gave against earlier versions of Covid. But it means the top-up dose should still keep many people out of hospital. It comes as a record 861,306 booster jabs and third doses were given in the UK on Thursday." "White House chief medical advisor Dr Anthony Fauci said Wednesday that currently available booster shots work against the omicron variant of Covid-19," CNBC. Strangely, even while western countries are going ahead with booster doses for everyone, here in India, "All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director Randeep Guleria on Tuesday said India does not need booster dose at this time," TOI. In complete contradiction to western scientific opinion, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Dr Balram Bhargava, said, "There is no scientific evidence so far to support the need for booster vaccine dose against COVID-19," India Today. It's not because of any shortage of vaccine because, "The world's largest vaccine maker will halve the production of its Covid-19 vaccine because it has no fresh orders, its top-ranking executive has said," BBC. "The economist Thorstein Veblen coined the term 'conspicuous consumption'," wrote Suraiya, but this is a case of "conspicuous non-consumption". "At the institutional level, conspicuous non-consumption could be stored stockpiles of something that is in such demand that it creates an innate inertia on the part of the controlling agency to allow that which is so coveted to go out of its proud ownership." It is Newton's first law of motion, the law of inertia, Britannica. The reason for not allowing booster maybe that the government does not want to spend on free vaccines for the poor and will not allow paid vaccines because it does not want to be accused of pandering to the rich just before elections in UP. "Politicians did no good before, and they are getting worse" wrote Vani S Kulkarni & Raghav Gaiha from the safety of the US. Their study shows that since this government was elected, "hate speech against religious minorities tend to be aired with impunity", "There are signs that corruption flourishes and crony capitalism has hit a new high," and "Criminality among politicians has risen sharply in the last decade." "A BJP leader in Kerala's Alappuzha was allegedly hacked to death at his home on Sunday by unidentified assailants. This comes a day after a Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) leader was allegedly attacked and later killed in the same district," msn. No vaccine against politicians, is there?