As a physician-scientist, I am asked how I can be sure that researchers will develop a successful Covid vaccine — after all, we still don’t have one for HIV.
The virus has divided humans in countless ways — if citizens opt to stay unvaccinated, the virus and messy ethics of compelling vaccination will create another permanent division.
The primary goal of the final study, which will include 30,000 people, will be to show the vaccine prevents people from developing symptoms of Covid-19.
It isn’t yet known whether CNBG’s vaccines, which employ a dead strain of the novel coronavirus to elicit an immune response from the body, can prevent the infection.
Sarah Gilbert, professor of vaccinology at Oxford University, told The Times that she is 80 per cent confident the vaccine would work, and could be ready in six months.
While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
Nitin Pai is right COVID is not Measles. Measles is sar deadlier, killing young children with years of promise. While its good to have a bold intention, vaccination is not holding the elections. For starters, for the organization, elections can have a low turnout or a high one, people decide. With vaccination programs, you have to get to high coverage, even if people dont want it.. like the polio drops. Elections brings the 18+ to the polling booth. With COVID we arent sure yet, whom to vaccinate. Current vaccines under development will when be available be safe for use in adults (18-55). They will need two back to back doses, a month apart. Like holding two general elections for 2 times the Indian population, one month apart with 100% turnout, with no EVMs failing and no one dying of pressing the button…
“Koi hai? Topee Pehao”
This is what our babus, netas, administrators are living in…..least bothered about disaster management because these fools hav already scaled heavens in power, fame, wealth, looted amounts of money….what they worry?
Damn tis nation and damn our Movie Actor peacock swaying leaders.
CURSE THEM & THEIR ILK
Is it true that the govt is indeed thinking in years? Are we dumb, stupid, complacent, incompetent or all 4? Like the author pointed out we do conduct massive elections successfully, we can also administer the vaccine. Cold chain is an issue and hence we need to start working on it. It will be criminal and cruel to drag the process more than 3-4 months.
Nitin Pai is right COVID is not Measles. Measles is sar deadlier, killing young children with years of promise. While its good to have a bold intention, vaccination is not holding the elections. For starters, for the organization, elections can have a low turnout or a high one, people decide. With vaccination programs, you have to get to high coverage, even if people dont want it.. like the polio drops. Elections brings the 18+ to the polling booth. With COVID we arent sure yet, whom to vaccinate. Current vaccines under development will when be available be safe for use in adults (18-55). They will need two back to back doses, a month apart. Like holding two general elections for 2 times the Indian population, one month apart with 100% turnout, with no EVMs failing and no one dying of pressing the button…
“Koi hai? Topee Pehao”
This is what our babus, netas, administrators are living in…..least bothered about disaster management because these fools hav already scaled heavens in power, fame, wealth, looted amounts of money….what they worry?
Damn tis nation and damn our Movie Actor peacock swaying leaders.
CURSE THEM & THEIR ILK
Is it true that the govt is indeed thinking in years? Are we dumb, stupid, complacent, incompetent or all 4? Like the author pointed out we do conduct massive elections successfully, we can also administer the vaccine. Cold chain is an issue and hence we need to start working on it. It will be criminal and cruel to drag the process more than 3-4 months.