Pandemic to Endemic and so on..

As I scanned through the daily covid-19 figures of our zone, I got a pleasant surprise. Even the new Covid-19 cases in the country has fallen below 10,000. Does it mean the present wave has come to an end ?  There are too many caveats in this statement. Today Covid-19 has settled down to aContinue reading “Pandemic to Endemic and so on..”

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”

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”

My Omicron Note: 20.12.21

Our defence against the virus should be multi layered. We must realise that no single layer gives us 100% protection. However, together they join hands to protect us from this pervasive virus. IAN M MACKAY November 11, 2021: Detected in Botswana November 14, 2021: Detected in South Africa  November 26, 2021: WHO classified it asContinue reading “My Omicron Note: 20.12.21”