https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7037e2.htm?s_cid=mm7037e2_w You are visiting a high fi Gym where everyone is vaccinated. What are the chances that one of them is carrying the virus to the Gym ? A rough assessment. Vaccination has its own advantages and limitations. Advantages: Vaccination prevents serious illness by 90%. On 10 September 2021, CDC of USA has released aContinue reading “How Safe Our Gyms Are ?”
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Naming A Variant
(SARS-COV-2 variant nomenclature) Why do Corona viruses mutate so frequently ? Viruses can have either DNA or RNA at its core. DNAs are double stranded columns like a ladder with cross bridges interlocking each part of the both the strands tightly. DNAs which carry our genetic information for the future generations is one of theContinue reading “Naming A Variant”
How Safe Are Our Schools ?
Schools are opening. Children are still ineligible for vaccination. How to keep our children safe while they are in schools ? How to make our schools Pandemic safe ? Here is a case example recently published in the MMWR on August 27, 2021. The public health investigation is amazing and an eye opener. Link toContinue reading “How Safe Are Our Schools ?”
2 Zoonoses: Malaria, Measles
Surprised with the title ? It is now established that we have contracted these two from animals as a price when we left the hunting and gathering and settled down to a pastoral life by the great rivers. “There is a thin line between Zoonoses and all the Non-Zoonotic diseases. It’s actually a dimension ofContinue reading “2 Zoonoses: Malaria, Measles”
