The Hawk and the Pigeon:
Some Pigeons had long lived in fear of a hawk, but isnce they had always kept on the alert and stayed near their dovecote, they had consistently managed to escape their enemy's attacks. Finding his sallies unsuccessful, the hawk now sought to use cunning to tirck the pigeons.
"Why", he once asked, "do you prefer this life of constant anxiety when I could keep you safe from any conceivable attack by the kites and falcons? all you hve to do is to make me your kind, and I wont bother you anymore".
Trusting his claims, the pigeons elected him to their throne, but no sooner was he installed than he began exercising his royal prerpgative by devouring a pogeon a day.
"It serves us right" said one poor pigeon whose turn was yet to come.
"Some remedies are worse than the disease itself"
The fable reminds me strongly of the story of Oral Polio Vaccine initiative in India.
Indeed, "Some remedies are worse than the disease itself"
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