Need we be worried about new variants?
The way the situation is being
advertised amply proves that the intention is to create a scare. Let us take a
look at the reality.
- The agency INSACOG who are
deciphering these variants have clearly stated that they are not behind the
rise in cases
- The Director of the Institute of
Life Sciences in Odisha has tweeted that the UK strain in the State N440K is
not a threat. All three who have been infected have recovered without any
incident
- Doctors in the UK have stated that
the C is a large virus with 30,000 RNA strands and 10,000 amino acids. The
mutations are taking place in a small protein structure. Consequently all the
mutations observed are 99.8% similar. If a person has been infected and has
recovered, the innate non specific immunity will be able to prevent all
mutations
- They have also said mutations
cannot be region specific. For example the so called UK strain has been
observed simultaneously in 46 countries. Viruses do not recognize borders and
create country wise mutations
- It is very normal for viruses to
mutate. By doing so they increase the rate of transmission and helps in
bringing herd immunity very quickly. The death rate however falls and this is
good
- As per public health experts from
Maharashtra this is exactly what is happening. The cases are increasing but
death rate is falling. We will have clear herd immunity by May
- Vaccine industry and BMGF expert Dr
Greet Vanden Bossche has pointed out that a second wave comes because we try to
contain an epidemic with measures like lockdown, masks, sanitizers etc. This
prevents the virus from spreading naturally and provides time for mutations.
Had these measures not been taken the epidemic would have passed very quickly
- We have faced much more dangerous
epidemics of Sars, Mers, Swine Flu without these measures and they emptied
themselves very quickly without a second wave
- Dr Bossche has warned that
vaccinating populations during the course of a pandemic will have serious
consequences. It is here that immune escape will occur creating super strains
that will infect the younger generation and those unvaccinated and "create
a catastrophe". His advice must be taken very seriously
- Creating fear in the minds of
people will drastically reduce immunity. Through such actions we are paving the
way for a more serious situation
- We should learn from past
experience and have a different protocol to treat people. Influenza is an
elimination disease. Giving medication to suppress symptoms will inevitably
lead to complications and death. Let us remember the old maxim, Doctor do as
much nothing as possible. Let us return to the days of bedside medicine and physician’s
personal experience as proposed by Dr William Osler, the father of modern
medicine
- The "fight against
disease" has turned into a war on health. Let us rectify ourselves and
become patient and health friendly otherwise whatever reputation that is left
will vanish with our wrong actions
It is time for the senior members of
the profession to speak up and end the lobbying efforts of groups. Medicine is
about attending to the needs of patients and helping them to recover. It is not
about selling the products of the industry.
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