As I scanned through the daily covid-19 figures of our zone, I got a pleasant surprise. Even the new Covid-19 cases in the country has fallen below 10,000. Does it mean the present wave has come to an end ? There are too many caveats in this statement. Today Covid-19 has settled down to aContinue reading “Pandemic to Endemic and so on..”
Author Archives: Dr. Ramakanta
Donation & Degree
Those were the days. In the year 1979, when we completed our Intermediate ( ~Plus 2), there were very few options for engineering aspirants of our batch. There were the 5 IITs and two State government engineering colleges: one REC at Rourkela and one at Burla ( Not yet UCE) in addition to our 3Continue reading “Donation & Degree”
Vaccination and R0
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”
“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.””
Everybody likes a Good Pandemic
Year 2019 was devastating for all biotech start ups. Shares of the most established companies dealing with biotech Pharma products had nose dived. Stephan Bancel, the CEO of a little known mRNA company was worried sick. The company’s shares are trading 35% below its initial value. Developing a new drug molecule consumes billions of dollars.Continue reading “Everybody likes a Good Pandemic”
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