Gunners Shot

1.             The increase of COVID 19 cases and deaths are indicative of exponential rise of COVID 19 in India. But is it a situation to become pessimistic? I am afraid not. There are dangers but if tackled properly we can ride the dragon and get the Indian elephant to outclass it. For this we must seize the opportunity that the world is presenting before others grab it. Amongst all the nations in the world that are affected, if we look at the total cases and deaths per million people India with figures of 51 cases per million (10 lakhs) and 3 deaths per million fares way down. The detractors quote low testing for these figures but for their information even in other countries testing is done of cases that report to hospital or are suspected of being infected with corona. In fact even the routine deaths in India have come down. So technically if India was badly infected we should have seen rise in number of deaths, which has not happened. 2.             But is everything

OUR DESTINY IS IN OUR HANDS  EIGHTH REVIEW :  https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/04/corona-combat-eighth-review-graded-exit.html General We are on our way to control our own destiny. As individuals, as a nation and as a people, each of us controls our destiny and it is in our hands to shape that destiny. That destiny could be fighting and overcoming the Virus or Freeing ourselves from an almost enslaving dependence on China for every little item in our houses. Enemy Immunity and Reinfection .   A report from South Korea says that if you are once infected with the Virus, you cannot get re-infected again [1] . So there is immunity available. Good news. As to how long this immunity lasts will also evolve.    Asymptomatic Cases . The major worry now is that most cases coming up are now asymptomatic (80 to 98%) [2] . It is both good and bad news. It is good that we are catching cases early. It is bad that people do not know that they are infected and are carriers.  We need to

Seventh Review: https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/04/corona-combat-seventh-review-attaining.html                            GENERAL Eighth Review. We are now looking at a graded exit from the lockdown. Are we ahead? Yes Sir, we are. The Corona is still panting to catch up. However as we exit from the safety of the lockdowns, we will be exposed and hunted down by the Virus mercilessly if we are not careful. Till now we had the government to herd us collectively into a defensive huddle. Hereafter we will be on our own. The individual matters more. The state can only enable and empower us. Beyond that it is up to us. The lessons of history should not be ignored. THE ENEMY Mutation The enemy has not mutated. However it has been studied a little bit more.  Vulnerability The Virus is very severe on the elderly and those with life style diseases. A study was carried out in New York of 5700 infected patients who were admitted in hospitals. Median ag