Best of BS Opinion: Going viral on vaccines, another data breach & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Tuesday

Vaccine hesitancy and the absence of Covid-appropriate behaviour, especially in rural and moffusil India, are becoming critical problems in controlling the wildfire spread of the second wave of the pandemic. In this context, our lead editorial argues that a sustained campaign is required to spread awareness across the country. Read here
 

I think every company has to look at its own business model and target investor base. What is clear is that by listing in the US, you cut out domestic Indian investors entirely, writes Akash Prakash
 

It is past time that proper data privacy regulations be implemented in India, which correctly penalise companies that fail to inform customers about data breaches, notes our second editorial
 

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“Our supply agreements at this time are with national governments and supra-national organisations with allocation of doses and implementation within the country being a decision for local governments based on relevant health authority guidance.”

Pfizer Inc