Thread on the infectiousness (capacity of patients to transmit a virus) of #COVID19 patients based on various studies.

1. The capacity for transmission of #SARSCoV2 is at its peak just under a day before symptoms start to show in a patient. 1/6
thehindu.com/data/data-when… This indicates that tracing a patient's contacts only until the day they start showing symptoms is extremely futile, it must extend to two to three days before onset of symptoms as most of the viral transmission happens before symptoms show. 2/6

Some relevant excerpts from Nathuram Godse's Why I Killed Gandhi:
I could never conceive that an armed resistance to an aggression is unjust. I would consider it a religious and moral duty to resist and, if possible, to overpower such an enemy by use of force. 1/n [In the Ramayana] Rama killed Ravana in a tumultuous fight and relieved Sita.. [In the Mahabharata], Krishna killed Kansa to end his wickedness; and Arjuna had to fight and slay quite a number of his friends and relations including the revered Bhishma..2/n