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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Shot in the dark - Koustubh Panda

Shot in the dark - Koustubh Panda

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published Published on May 9, 2021   modified Modified on May 10, 2021

-The Telegraph

The government and its health administrators have bungled the roll out of the Covid vaccine but it's the citizenry that will have to play a huge role in controlling the second killer wave

This fight against Covid-19 is admittedly the most unprecedented and unpredictable battle that the human race has ever fought against a common enemy; it is not only invisible but also frustratingly elusive. That is why the strategy adopted to fight this virus is more important than the weapons we deploy against it.

Until now we have failed to find a single drug or therapeutic tool that will effectively kill this virus within the human body. All drugs and clinical tools that are being used are essentially being repurposed. This implies that they were already in use to treat other ailments or viral diseases and none of them has been pre-tested or incontrovertibly been proven to work on this virus, particularly its evolving variants.

The only viable option left to us to counter this virus are the vaccines. However, vaccines are essentially used to help build a fortress or defence mechanism within the body against viruses. They are not real-time therapeutic agents, and therefore they need to be administered long before an anticipated attack by a virus.

That is why embarking on an aggressive vaccination programme amidst a raging pandemic is somewhat like starting to build a fortress after sighting an approaching enemy. This strategy may well be a recipe for defeat. We may end up developing incomplete or no resistance to the virus at a point when the virus actually invades. This becomes even more relevant when the virus is constantly changing its looks and pattern of virulence through rapid mutations. This has baffled and evaded our immunological defence. Therefore, believing that a vaccine will always come with an assurance of immunity is not necessarily true.

It appears that many people are developing a false sense of immunity just after getting their first shot. They are shunning social distancing and masking up; this will promote more infections and imperil communities.

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The Telegraph, 9 May, 2021, https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/covid-19-shot-in-the-dark/cid/1814979?fbclid=IwAR0X9mdQvHYExuiAj4x8lVv3WWTOQtSmAftdc5KO8ibCLlPxIW_Rq8qfAow#.YJdzS_TskNc.facebook


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