Author Archives: Dr. Ramakanta

Covid-19: from pandemic to endemic- the new normal

When and how will this pandemic end ? Here is one guess and two figures to substantiate what I’m going to relate in this article. The covid curve above reveals a bitter truth of our immediate  future.  Zero Covid figure is a mirage. Our Covid positive figures do not look like touching zero in theContinue reading “Covid-19: from pandemic to endemic- the new normal”

Covid Vaccine- few facts, more fictions.

We shall be discussing few issues that are on the burner today.  •  Quick Second Dose or a Delayed Second Dose: which is preferable ?  •  Third booster Dose ?  •  Cocktail of different jabs.(Mixing and matching different Covid Vaccines) … Stretching vaccine supply It seems the necessity to stretch the vaccine supply has motheredContinue reading “Covid Vaccine- few facts, more fictions.”

Breakthrough Infection in Covid-19

A total of 10,262 SARS-COV-2 vaccine breakthrough infections had been reported from 46 US states as of April 30, 2021. They have been vaccinated with a vaccine supposed to have 94.5% efficacy. How many of these infected became serious enough to be hospitalised ? How many died ? The data is not released. https://news.yahoo.com/cdc-reports-4-115-breakthrough-115033606.html?guccounter=1 BreakthroughContinue reading “Breakthrough Infection in Covid-19”

Breakthrough Infection and Vaccine Efficacy.

( Breakthrough infection is the new Covid cases among the fully vaccinated persons.) A total of 10,262 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine breakthrough infec­tions had been reported from 46 U.S. states and territories as of April 30, 2021. As of April 30, 2021, approximately 101 million per­sons in the United States had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7021e3.htmContinue reading “Breakthrough Infection and Vaccine Efficacy.”