What to do when a colleague is tested covid positive ? A. The people who are thus exposed are called Contacts. Contacts are two type. 1. High Risk Contact–Anyone in close proximity ( < 1 meter) of a positive case without precautions ( Mask etc.., sanitiser) for a significant time ( 30 min). 2. LowContinue reading “Revisiting Covid definitions”
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The Virus has Aged.
There is this Kent strain from UK. There is the South African strain which may not respect our vaccines. There is the Brazil strain which is supposed to be more lethal. Are they the same Covid virus of 2020 or are they different ? Here is an example. When you meet one of your schoolContinue reading “The Virus has Aged.”
The Pandemic year ( part -1)
Plagues have afflicted us humans for thousands of year. They have wiped out civilisations and changed the course of our history. It is assumed that both Greek and Roman civilisations petered out after repeated attack of such plagues. Aztec and Mayan civilisation were wiped out not by the invaders but by the killer plague thatContinue reading “The Pandemic year ( part -1)”
How effective would be our vaccines against the Covid Variant strains ?
We always knew that the Covid virus is going to mutate. In adverse situations, it is going to change its structure to survive against such odds. That is Darwins law of Natural Selection. It is called “the law of the Survival of the fittest.” Andreano E et al. in an experiment in Italy, serially passedContinue reading “How effective would be our vaccines against the Covid Variant strains ?”
January 31, 2020 in the Epidemiological Profile of India
-Prologue- Kolkata, Thursday, January 23, 2020 The student had reached kolkata on the night of January 23. She had travelled to Kochi the next day from where she went to her hometown in Thrissur. She was 20 years, healthy but was worried. She had reasons to be. Next day, she walked to the nearest primaryContinue reading “January 31, 2020 in the Epidemiological Profile of India”
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