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Medicine. Writer. Poet. Probably busy strategising. Big believer in each to their own. check out my collection of poems “Night Skies”
May 7, 2021 8 tweets 2 min read
Last time I was home, my whole family was +ve. They’ve all recovered, and we’re going to celebrate that recovery and my 1st salary together. We all realise that it’s something to be grateful for- to survive 2 peaks & still be here. There were worrisome hiccups along the way. But I want to say I’m proud of the way we all dealt with it. Especially my parents- my mother, who even during her illness, did teleconsultation for as many pts as she could. “there’s too many cries for help, how do i not listen”
May 5, 2021 4 tweets 4 min read
Rheumatology Association of Gujarat has issued guidelines regarding role of immunomodulators in #COVID19 Attaching a summary here:

#MedTwitter #Immunology Image DM for full version
Apr 30, 2021 8 tweets 2 min read
My parents are doctors so we took both doses in March. Last week my family tested +ve. All of them had mild symptoms. All of them are on the road to recovery. This is to tell you vaccine DOES NOT prevent infection. But it CAN SAVE LIVES. #GetVaccinated #VaccinationDrive My grandparents also tested positive and have recovered as well. No fever since 2 days. They had yet to take the 2nd dose.

There are multiple things which have led to this outcome:
Mar 9, 2021 5 tweets 1 min read
Had to visit a store today. I was parking the car outside a society, next to the society gate across the shop. It was in no way hindering the gateway. The security guard started yelling at my mom very rudely to park it somewhere else. I did & later saw an auto in the same spot. I didn’t mind that he wanted me to park somewhere else but I didn’t like the tone he used with my mom. It was very disrespectful. Similar incident happened when I went with my friends to have dinner outside on Saturday.
Mar 9, 2021 18 tweets 8 min read
I wrote a small story to explain #ImmuneResponse in #COVID19 to better understand what happens in our bodies. Sharing it here. #Tweetorial

We’ll pretend that the virus is an intruder while our house represents our body. The door of our house is a portal of entry. /1 When an intruder enters our house, we would arm ourselves with whatever we can & try to fight him. We’re not experts. So our response may be amateur, our weapons may not even be sufficient to beat him. This is similar to the innate response.
Next, we’d call the cops.