The basic aim of vaccination is to reduce the R naught (R0) factor of a pathogen. r k mahapatra R0 is a measure of transmissibility of the virus. It is always observed that whenever a new pathogen enters a closed community, say an isolated island, it rapidly infects a large number of the residents causingContinue reading “Vaccination and R0”
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“Mr WATSON, COME HERE. I WANT YOU.”
It was a sultry afternoon.Boston, 10 March 1876. Thomas Watson was listening intently to the tuning fork sounds coming distantly from the closet of his boss TWO ROOMS APART. His boss had closeted himself two rooms away. A wire was connected between these two rooms. Assistant Watson was ordered to listen for any sound comingContinue reading ““Mr WATSON, COME HERE. I WANT YOU.””