Monthly Archives: December 2021

My Omicron Note: 20.12.21

Our defence against the virus should be multi layered. We must realise that no single layer gives us 100% protection. However, together they join hands to protect us from this pervasive virus. IAN M MACKAY November 11, 2021: Detected in Botswana November 14, 2021: Detected in South Africa  November 26, 2021: WHO classified it asContinue reading “My Omicron Note: 20.12.21”

The Vaccine hunters -1

The Summer of 2020 ( This is the beautiful story of the doctor couple Ugur-Tureci who took 14 years penance in oblivion to bring the first Covid-19 Vaccine. In this fiction, I have kept the immunology facts authentic. ) R.K.Mahapatra It had been an unusually quiet summer. The 5000 acres of the Frankfurt airport, theContinue reading “The Vaccine hunters -1”

How Safe Our Gyms Are ?

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7037e2.htm?s_cid=mm7037e2_w You are visiting a high fi Gym where everyone is vaccinated. What are the chances that one of them is carrying the virus to the Gym ? A rough assessment. Vaccination has its own advantages and limitations. Advantages: Vaccination prevents serious illness by 90%. On 10 September 2021, CDC of USA has released aContinue reading “How Safe Our Gyms Are ?”