We have developed Covid vaccines that are highly efficacious ( 94%) as early as December 2020. Yet in the mid 2021, the world reeled under the attack of Delta and the Omicrons. Today we are going to discuss two aspect of the Covid Vaccines: Vaccine Efficacy (VE) Immunological Memory ( IM) Let us classify allContinue reading “Vaccine Efficacy vs Immunological Memory”
Author Archives: Dr. Ramakanta
Correlates of Protection
In search of a true Correlate of protection against new viruses. The old world of immunology and vaccination are crumbling. For 100 years we thought that our antibody levels are synonymous with Protection against the microbe. Whenever the efficacy of a vaccine needed evaluation, we only measured the serum antibody level against the antigen atContinue reading “Correlates of Protection”
A Brief history of Immunology
We live in a dangerous world full of a billion pathogens ready to infect us at any time. No wonder nature has endowed us with a strong immunity against these pathogen. The whole history of our knowledge about such an important life story is hardly 120 years. The first Nobel prize in medicine was awardedContinue reading “A Brief history of Immunology”
On Academics
…An Idiot Speaks. I’m not a Cretin, though I know since birth that I’m an Idiot. Because everyone calls me Idiot. Initially I thought it was my nickname, a noun. But then I came to know that it is an adjective to my intellect. So be it. Recently I heard this brand new word thatContinue reading “On Academics”
The Grief Cycle.
[ Dr Elisabeth Kübler-Ross is a Swiss Psychiatrist. Here I have tried to illustrate one of her complex psyche theory from her famous treatise ‘Death and Dying’ with an autobiographical example ] – Ramakanta Mahapatra It was a December night, 18 years ago. I was on duty at the hospital that night. In the morningContinue reading “The Grief Cycle.”
