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Doctor • Senior Consultant Vascular & Interventional Radiology • Liver Cancer Interventions • Koshur • Tweets personal •
Dec 3, 2020 5 tweets 2 min read
If a vaccine has ~95% efficacy, it means we can END this COVID pandemic altogether.

A recovery rate of ~95% means DEATH of 5% patients and no end to pandemic.

Let me explain with examples:

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1.In absence of vaccine: A colony has 1000 residents. All are susceptible to COVID . If COVID attacks them, most (95%) individuals will recover, but 5% (means 50) will die.

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Sep 7, 2020 11 tweets 6 min read
Floods have caused havoc in #Sudan. Prayers and thoughts for the affected families.

A flood is more than that meets the eye.

7 Sept 2014, #Kashmir #Flood. A tale of disaster, rescue, despair and courage.

A thread... ...Sunday early morning we were finishing night duty shift, when water started entering our duty room at SMHS hospital Srinagar, Kashmir

Few medical personnel lifted the movable machinery on the beds with the hope to save them. Little did we know what is coming next...