Dr Rajiv Desai
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The Enigma of COVID-19:
The Enigma of COVID-19: _____ Caveat: Medicine is an ever-changing science. As COVID-19 pandemic is continuing worldwide, new research and clinical experience broaden our knowledge and necessitates changes in prevention and treatment. I have quoted sources believed to be reliable in their efforts to provide information that is complete and generally in accord with the standards accepted at the time of publication of this article. However, in view of the possibility of human error or changes in medical sciences, readers are encouraged to confirm the information contained herein with other sources. ______ Prologue: An epidemic happens when a disease spreads between large numbers of people in a short period of time. When an epidemic goes global, it is called a pandemic. The 1918 influenza pandemic was the deadliest event in human history (50 million or more deaths, equivalent in proportion to 200 million in today’s global population). […]
THE SWINE FLU
NOVEL H1N1 INFLUENZA OF THE YEAR 2009 (Misnomer- Swine Flu) Prologue: I never wanted to write on this subject because information is readily available on TV but as usual, Media is creating panic in the mind of people by showing every death as breaking news. Abbreviation used: Novel H1N1 influenza = H1N1 flu = HNF Let us start with number of deaths per year due to various infectious diseases in the world. Infectious disease deaths in millions Pneumonia 4.18 Diarrhea 2.16 HIV 2.08 TB 1.46 Malaria 1.3 Seasonal flu 0.5 HNF 0.002 People can see that there is no comparison between deaths due to other infectious diseases and HNF. However, HNF is a caused by a new virus and therefore people do not have immunity against it and so some amount of concern is acceptable but the virus is having low virulence .However, winter is a season of […]
