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Covid-19 & Infectious Disease #MolecularTesting Specialist β€’ Frontline worker β€’ #PCR 🧬 β€’ God Bless America! πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
Aug 22, 2020 β€’ 14 tweets β€’ 4 min read
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#Pakistan continues to demonize its minorities unabated, thanks to the draconian blasphemy laws. While clerics may show a flavor of animosity against each other, this act of persecution under the pretense of "Khatme Nabuwwat" sows the seed of unity among them.

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Naturally, this culture of intolerance and extremism has trampled every avenue of progress in #Pakistan.

And so this Muharram, I wish to share a similar story of my grandfather and perhaps shed some light on the most common thread that unites us, #Humanity.

So here goes.../2
May 20, 2020 β€’ 6 tweets β€’ 3 min read
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#Muslims continue to battle the demons of division and bigotry. The senseless murder of #AyaHachem is so painful and yet her beliefs have overshadowed her death πŸ’”

#Ramadan is a time to step back and self-reflect - your collective conscious is screaming otherwise πŸ™„ /1 When will you understand that this is fuel and arsenal for Islamaphobic right-wing nutjobs? Its a feeding frenzy for the degenerates

You forget that by identifying yourself as #Muslims, you tarnish the reputation of #Islam by giving into your bigotries. /2
Apr 13, 2020 β€’ 11 tweets β€’ 4 min read
🚨 #Coronavirus Thread Part 3 🚨

Dr. Anthony Fauci announced that "antibody test is coming in a week or so". What does #antibody mean?

#Antibodies are proteins in the immune system that are developed after someone gets infected. It is the antibodies that make someone.../1 ...immune against getting reinfected. In other words, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

It means two things;
1. You were previously infected.
2. You are likely to be protected against the #coronavirus at least for a while. Again, this is a paradox - a herd immunity.../2