Pooja Bedi calls Govt's mass vaccination drive 'illogical and sinister'; gets called out

Actor and columnist Pooja Bedi spurred controversy after criticising the government on their mass vaccination drive against COVID-19 in India, calling it 'sinister' and 'illogical. In a Twitter post, the actor not only called out the government but also responded to netizens comments, one of them rubbishing her 'half baked, half assessed' comments, further telling her to 'shut up'. On Thursday morning, Pooja uploaded a string of tweets, stating how one should 'certainly not discriminate against unvaccinated'. She also questioned the authorities about their urge to get everyone vaccinated, as she tagged them in her tweets. 

Pooja Bedi reacts to vaccination drive, calls it 'illogical'

The ongoing pandemic has been ravaging the globe since 2020, making it mandatory for everyone to adhere to the safety protocols and getting their shots of the stated vaccine to combat COVID-19. However, a series of tweets by Pooja Bedi has raised questions about the validity of 100% of people being subjected to vaccinations, further mentioning 'It's a bottomless pit of vaccines'. 

On Thursday morning, she mentioned how one should focus on isolating and vaccinating people with 'comorbidities' and those in the 'risk bracket'. Have a look at her tweet. 

In a separate tweet, she tagged several authorities and organisations, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the United Nations and other civic bodies asking for a credible answer, adding that 'Survival rate prior to vaccine was 99% Survival rate post vaccine is 99%.'

'It's a bottomless pit of vaccines': Pooja Bedi 

She further added how can two jabs of the vaccine be valid for a universal pass when the vaccinated people can get coronavirus and spread it just like the unvaccinated, especially when 'they' say that the need for booster shots may arise due to inadequacy of two doses. 'how is it ANY guarantee?'. she wrote. 

Her statement met with a lot of criticism from netizens. One of them shared a meme of another Pooja, from a reality show and wrote, "Pooja, if we had to hear half-baked, half-assessed arguments against #CovidVaccine, we will log in to our Whatsapp groups. Do us a favour, please shut up @poojabeditweets.". 

Other users also condemned the actor's behaviour. One wrote "Unvaccinated pose risk for everyone, you can’t expect to be rewarded for stupidity.", while another mentioned, "The number of deaths, cases of severe hospitalizations have reduced because immunity is better after vaccination.. this is basic information". Take a look

Pooja Bedi has been a renowned TV personality for a long time. She has worked in a handful of films and TV shows in her career. including Vishkanya, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, Comedy Couple and a few others. 

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