Listen up, #India, #Indians, @MoHFW, @Drharshvardhan, @NITIAayog, #journalists, #TVAnchors, #Pundits,
if ther's one TV interview worth watching it is this one by @fayedsouza and @PSampathkumarMD.
Priya is quiet, calm rational, scientific, unequivocal
if ther's one TV interview worth watching it is this one by @fayedsouza and @PSampathkumarMD.
Priya is quiet, calm rational, scientific, unequivocal
her message in bullet points, (I've been arguing these same points on twitter):
1. Hospital admission should only be for those needing Intensive care or assisted ventilation of some kind.
2. Use clinical and common sense to judge severity, oxymeters are not vital.
1. Hospital admission should only be for those needing Intensive care or assisted ventilation of some kind.
2. Use clinical and common sense to judge severity, oxymeters are not vital.
3. A CT Chest is an irrelevance in most cases. Diagnostically it offers little and it DOES NOT determine treatment or prognosis.
4. Plasma and remdesivir DO NOT SAVE Lives. Dexamethasone does.
5. Chasing after them may actually be causing harm.
4. Plasma and remdesivir DO NOT SAVE Lives. Dexamethasone does.
5. Chasing after them may actually be causing harm.
6. In the present situation we shd work on a presumptive clinical diagnosis of COVID and not chase after test results.
7. Triage is everything, (But who does it and the algorithm they use is critical).
8. Vaccination offers a med-long term solution. In the meantime..:
7. Triage is everything, (But who does it and the algorithm they use is critical).
8. Vaccination offers a med-long term solution. In the meantime..:
9. Stay away from crowds, stay home. not easy for many but everyone who stays home makes it easier for those who can't. Mask up. #Lockdowns may become necessary.
Lastly, and this is just me speaking now, as a Public Health activist..
Lastly, and this is just me speaking now, as a Public Health activist..
10. Think about, campaign for, agitate, and press your Govt for CHANGE.
Hold them to account,
Health is about political choices,
When your leaders are working for themselves, they are NOT looking out for you.
It's NOT a zero-sum game. We each gain the most when everyone gains.
Hold them to account,
Health is about political choices,
When your leaders are working for themselves, they are NOT looking out for you.
It's NOT a zero-sum game. We each gain the most when everyone gains.
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