Whenever I have to think alone, I make it to the Buddha Park. Nicely ensconced in one of those chairs among the milling crowd of visitors, I could organise my thoughts which was not possible in the posh study of my house. These chairs in the park have given me thousand ideas. This article isContinue reading “Chairs of the Buddha Park”
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The Other Pandemic
CDC has come out with a sweeping statement: Unvaccinated people are 97% more likely to die than those who are up-to-date in their vaccination. ( Link below) That is a Seminal Statement. https://www.wxow.com/coronavirus/cdc-unvaccinated-97-more-likely-to-die-of-covid-19-than-boostered/article_e3c5d37e-9891-55c2-9422-aca476260eb4.html Today we have not one but two pandemics. There is the Pandemic of Numbers of New Cases. But there is also aContinue reading “The Other Pandemic”
Covid Home Test
At home Covid test kits are widely available now. How to interpret results of your own tests done by you at home ? None of the tests available now are perfect. The PCR tests are known to be the best and are considered to be the Gold Standard. But even they have some limitations. ForContinue reading “Covid Home Test”
A Nursery Rhyme that reminds us a Devastating Pandemic
Ring-a-ring-o’-roses’Ring-a-ring o’ roses,A pocket full of posies,A-tishoo! A-tishoo!We all fall down… This all time favourite nursery rhyme ‘Ring-a-ring-o’-roses’ reminisces about a begone days when a Pandemic Pneumonic Plague rampaged Britain and Europe. Please read again with the meaning as given below. ( a link is given below) The ‘roses‘ are the red blotches on theContinue reading “A Nursery Rhyme that reminds us a Devastating Pandemic”
Our Ugliest Coronavirus Pandemic of 1889
It is now established that the 1889 Russian flu pandemic was caused by the Coronavirus OC43 which now remains in our nose and causes mild common cold. Coronaviruses were first identified in 1965. Since then we have already identified Seven Human Coronaviruses. Apart from the 3 recent pandemics caused by the SARS-1, MERS and SARS-2Continue reading “Our Ugliest Coronavirus Pandemic of 1889”
