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In 🇮🇳 we have had the benefit of research conducted in the west. Masking, Dexamethasone, Lockdowns, Toci, etc have helped us manage the #COVID19 pandemic. But we like to do jugaad so we added to the mix Steam inhalation’s, multiple antibiotics, zinc, Vit C 1/n
Then there are kadhas, 💧 neeti, IVM, HCQ and so on and so forth. We have a high diabetic population which means we have a even higher prediabetic one which when sick with COVID19 can fiddle with our glucose homeostasis. This has probably resulted in a heady mix. 2/n
The west has given us #COVID19Vaccine to protect against #COVID19 We don’t yet have phase 3 data for the really 🇮🇳 one. Whether we like it or not our medical care depends on research done in the west - at least most of it. Now we have the #BlackFungus problem that no one has 3/n
The budget director Ayush in 2021 is roughly 2300 crore rupees as compared to Health Research which is 1900 crore (2020). How has that worked out in pandemic times. Why am I doing this thread on Ayush and COVID19?
Last year when the pandemic began govt distributed 1/n
Last year when the pandemic began govt distributed 1/n
The GUJ govt distributed preventive Ayush meds across #Covid19 hospitals and healthcare workers as well as contacts were encouraged to utilize it. Mild cases also got it and the Principal Secretary Health actively promoted it as @narendramodi had endorsed it. 2/n
Initially it was fun for me as I saw colleagues take it and the sceptic in me could not be more sarcastic. As we hit the first wave and people began dying I almost forgot about this till April 2021 when my kids tested positive. I was shaken when the local PHC 🚐 pulled 🆙 3/n
When we talk of Immunity we mean that our body has the resistance to fight or is impervious to a external threat. In the biological context it means we can fight of an organism.1/n
@docphiloshoper @HaryaxPathak @pankti4299 @rud_ras @sarkarrahul
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@harish_a12
@docphiloshoper @HaryaxPathak @pankti4299 @rud_ras @sarkarrahul
@naveenthacker
@harish_a12
The organism that we currently are interested in is the #SARS_CoV_2 virus 🦠 and it’s variants. Anything that helps us boost our immune system for that is a #ImmunityBooster 2/n
@happygoel4 @imacuriosguy @ChaitanyaD2020 @Apoxipril @docyrh @dr_syedfurqan @Mohan02523702 @meetKool
@happygoel4 @imacuriosguy @ChaitanyaD2020 @Apoxipril @docyrh @dr_syedfurqan @Mohan02523702 @meetKool
It means when #SARSCoV2 virus 🦠 enters our body we have a immune system that is prepared to take on the virus and reduce its effect over us. Remember the virus is getting into our body and is in our system. Our #Immunity needs a #ImmunityBooster to fight back. 3/n
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