There is much that's still unknown about the Omicron variant. While scientists are gathering more information, the public wants to know how worried they should be. CNN Medical Analyst @DrLeanaWen weighs in on what we know so far and some things to consider https://t.co/NvV5ZYpzlT
About three and a half months back, when the second wave of #covid19 was devastating rural India, we at @PARInetwork decided to embark on a series of stories.
Sainath suggested I pick a region that's already struggling with debt and distress. We picked Marathwada.
In the land of a surfeit of free vaccines, this is the dark day when we crossed the line of over 100,000 hospitalizations, more than 25,000 patients in the ICU (highest for the pandemic), over 1300 deaths, and over 186,000 new cases.
This is Tsutumo Yamaguchi. On 6/8/1945, he was in Hiroshima on work, 3 KMs from where the N-bomb hit. 3 days later, back in his hometown Nagasaki, he was describing the incident when the 2nd N-bomb hit. Yamaguchi is the only person to survive both bombings.
Anti-vax health worker in Germany apparently injected 8600 patients with saline solution instead of vaccine.
If guilty, deserves life in prison. https://t.co/OlZe09zeWq
The best part?
She finished so far ahead of the pack that everyone else literally forgot about her.
When the silver medalist finished, she mistakenly thought she had won.
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The Irani Restaurants of Mumbai each had something special about them Kayani for its mini Khaari biscuits, Bastani for the greatest Mutton Mayo Roll of all time, Sassanian for its yum Teacakes, Koolar for that crazy 12 egg Wrestler's Omlet, but they all had Bun Maska and Chai 1/2
Marie Curie died of aplastic anaemia on 4 July 1934, a result of years of exposure to radiation through her work. Even today her laboratory notebook from 1899-1902, is radioactive and will be for 1,500 years.
Ultimately it will be the Double Mask and 2 doses of any vaccine + a booster with any mRNA vaccine after 3 or 6 months,that will be needed to keep any Covid variant at bay .
<SUTRA's analysis of third wave> @stellensatz@Ashutos61@Sandeep_1966@shekhar_mande It took us a while to do the analysis for three reasons. First, loss of immunity in recovered population. Second, vaccination induced immunity. Each of these two need to be estimated for future.
STOP HACKING YOUR LIFE. Here’s a hot take: doing anything well is fucking hard. Mastery? Only a rare few are willing to tolerate what that ordeal requires. THREAD. 1/9
Bangladesh—once called the basket case of South Asia—has reached a GDP per capita of $2227. More than Pakistan ($1543) and even India ($1947). And income grew 9% last year despite the pandemic. https://t.co/qd5DWPJ4qW
A sudden, sharp rise in coronavirus cases in many parts of Africa could amount to a continental third wave, the W.H.O. warned on Thursday. https://t.co/HPJqgOxjwp