Topic: herd immunity
How to win over vaccine sceptics & build herd immunity? Listen
While Covid-19 has been a catastrophe, it’s also an unprecedented opportunity, given the visible public health ravages, to change minds and prove the value of vaccines.
Herd immunity ‘very difficult’ to achieve, says AIIMS director
AIIMS director Randeep Guleria said one should not think of herd immunity in 'practical terms' in India, especially in the times of 'variant strains' of Covid-19 and varying immunity.
90% of milk in India comprises A2 protein, says Amul managing director
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Here’s why Brazil’s Manaus is battling a second Covid wave despite natural ‘herd immunity’
Covid-19 in Manaus peaked in April-May 2020 and then developed a supposed 76% herd immunity by October, but the Brazilian city is now besieged by a second wave.
Delhi could be heading towards attaining ‘herd immunity’, latest sero-survey indicates
The survey has found that in one district, 50-60 per cent of the sampled population has developed antibodies to Covid-19, say sources.
Indians must have no confusion about how we reached impressive Covid herd immunity
India’s masses didn’t have the luxury to ‘work from home’ and follow social distancing, but they might have silently built India’s herd immunity.
Herd immunity could be closer than we think, vaccines must end isolation
Evidence is compelling that a robust and rapid vaccination campaign could render Covid less of a threat than seasonal flu through building herd immunity.
Why India will not see a big second wave of Covid-19
Last August, I estimated that Covid-19 will end its epidemic phase in India by January 2021. It appears that this prediction was not too far off the mark.
Majority Indians have natural immunity. Vaccinating entire population can cause great harm
For recovered Covid patients, the vaccines provide no benefit and some harm. It is thus unethical to vaccinate them.
‘We want them infected’ — Trump official pushed for ‘herd immunity’ strategy, emails show
Paul Alexander, a senior adviser at the Department of Health and Humans Services, encouraged adoption of a policy to increase the number of infections among young adults.
Drone policing during Covid exposes India’s need for data protection law
Modi govt's Draft Drone Rules 2021 do not have any of the incremental provisions of the Unmanned Aircraft System Rules 2021 or any mention of safeguards to privacy.
Hope of continued Covid stimulus, economic recovery pushes Sensex, Nifty to record highs
The run-up in stocks comes ahead of the RBI's monetary policy Friday, where interest rates are expected to be left at an all-time low even as inflation rises.
Defence
Scrap L1 concept for procurement, need revolution in bureaucratic affairs, Army chief says
At a seminar by the United Services Institution, Army chief Gen. M.M. Naravane speaks out against procedural lacunae in defence procurement, emphasises need for more agile processes.
Why Mizoram vs Assam is a BJP project to ‘integrate’ northeast gone wrong
Assam-Mizoram violence is an outcome of BJP trying too hard to ‘integrate’ distinct northeastern states. This has unleashed latent regionalism.