January 2021 – Dr Ramakanta's Ideas

The Legacy of Covid 19 vaccine

In 1918, a deadly flu wiped away 100 million people from the face of the earth. ( An estimate.) It was 4% of the then population. If I project this to 2020, that would count up to 280 million deaths today. Unprecedented. In 2020, another flu known as Covid 19 has already affected 100 millionContinue reading “The Legacy of Covid 19 vaccine”

How effective would be our vaccines against the Covid Variant strains ?

We always knew that the Covid virus is going to mutate. In adverse situations, it is going to change its structure to survive against such odds. That is Darwins law of Natural Selection. It is called “the law of the Survival of the fittest.” Andreano E et al. in an experiment in Italy, serially passedContinue reading “How effective would be our vaccines against the Covid Variant strains ?”

Antibody and protection following a covid attack

Antibodies against covid 19 is not synonymous with protection against the disease. Antibodies are different types and different kinds. There can be Ig E, Ig G, Ig M and Ig A type antibodies. Some of them are neutralising ( kill the virus) and some other can be enhancing ( damage our lungs on behalf ofContinue reading “Antibody and protection following a covid attack”

January 31, 2020 in the Epidemiological Profile of India

-Prologue- Kolkata, Thursday, January 23, 2020 The student had reached kolkata on the night of January 23. She had travelled to Kochi the next day from where she went to her hometown in Thrissur. She was 20 years, healthy but was worried. She had reasons to be. Next day, she walked to the nearest primaryContinue reading “January 31, 2020 in the Epidemiological Profile of India”

Of Broken God, and a Distant Memory….

“Jatah Suryah Kalingeshu” Pushya Dashami. Shamba, Son of Lord Krishna said to have built this Sun temple in Konark followed by another one in Multan ( Pakisthan) The temple is destroyed. Prayers there are long discontinued. But the collective memory of Odias still observe 2 rituals: Today on the 10th day of the bright halfContinue reading “Of Broken God, and a Distant Memory….”