Tackling the COVID-19 Epidemic : The “Herd Immunity Factor”
1. With reference to my earlier published research paper (Cited as Reference No. (1) below).In…
WHAT IS THE LIKELY “BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER (R0)” OF SARS-COV-2 AT PRESENT?
Prologue: Ever since the present COVID pandemic unleashed its fury on mankind, an extremely important…
IS “FEVER” AN EFFECTIVE SCREENING SYMPTOM FOR COVID?
Fever is being taken as one of the leading symptom for screening for COVID-19. Whether…
WHAT IS THE “EPIDEMIOLOGICALLY CORRECT” MORTALITY MEASURE : INFECTION FATALITY RATE OR CASE FATALITY RATE
1. In the current COVID scenario, the fatality rate is being calculated as {(Cumulative Number of…
VACCINATION FOR SARS-Cov-2 (COVID – 19): DO WE REALLY NEED TO PURSUE IT SO ENERGETICALLY?
The first ever scientifically conducted vaccine trial was that of the Salk’s injectable polio vaccine,…
Lock-down for COVID in India: An alternative Viewpoint and Revised Epidemiological Estimates
Material and Methods: Data for the period 8 day and cumulative number of cases till…
SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR DEALING WITH THE COVID-19 EPIDEMIC IN OUR COUNTRY
It is suggested that the existing terms as “local transmission”, “community transmission” etc., should be…