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Covid-19: facts versus fiction.

( A long term assessment of Covid-19 for the South East Asian nations) 1️⃣ Achieving a Zero Case number in Covid-19 is a fiction. It’s not at all a realistic target. The sooner we understand this, the better. We have hundred other deadly diseases: Tuberculosis, Dengue, or even Influenza. We never display their number cardsContinue reading “Covid-19: facts versus fiction.”

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.”

Gain Of Function

“Gain of Function” explained. Following a Genetic modification a virus can lose some function or gain some function. Example: A crop can become high yielding or a seed can be drought resistant after such modifications. Loss of Function: Best example is the Live Polio vaccine. In the laboratory set up live Polio virus is modifiedContinue reading “Gain Of Function”

14 June, Celebrating mother Earth and the Womanhood

Clouds gather.. Schools open. It has to be 14th June every year for the last 50 years. Fourteenth of June is one constant date of my childhood. Schools would usually open after 45 days of summer vacation. But summer vacation is a colonial term- the phirangis who could not tolerate the scorching heat of theContinue reading “14 June, Celebrating mother Earth and the Womanhood”