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Dear Unfair World . . . 

Who are you ?

Why are you so sad ?

Who are you trying to be ?

Not yourself ,anyone but yourself .

Living in a fantasy to bury the reality.

Making yourself the mystery , to disguise the misery.

Empty , but full to brim with fake confidence .

A guard that will never be broken,

Because you broke a long time ago.

You are hurting but don’t tell anyone

No one needs to know

Don’t show you have failed

Because it’s an unfair world where no one cares.

For those who say they never knew,

The saddest leave the least of clues .

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Living with Covid-19 : A solution that might work !

For better or worse life on Mother Earth has changed, forever ! There is no going back . This is not a doomsday declaration .

Let’s understand that Covid-19 may be here to stay .No one knows exactly how this virus will behave .But based on current evidence and on previous influenza pandemics ,it looks like it will last for 18 to 24 months .It will stay,lurking in some person or another ,hopefully unknown to most of us ,until we acquire the herd immunity we need to .

With global race for vaccine intensifying ,the course of pandemic could be influenced , but it will likely not be available until atleast sometime in 2021 and there is little knowledge of what challenge could arise during the development of vaccine which could delay timelines .Even after a vaccine is developed, it will still take a long time to administer it to all and get everyone protected .So let’s be prepared to live with Covid-19.Lets focus on healthy lifestyle like eating a balanced diet,regular exercise,avoid group gatherings as much as possible and practising personal hygiene measures.

The way forward is graded opening up and not an indefinite lockdown. While we open up we have to protect the vulnerable and accept that a large number of young will get infected .That will provide herd immunity.But most importantly this should be a lesson for the time to come — to build our public health facilities,our intensive care facilities and develop our research and development in public and tertiary health care .And it is a solution that might work !

[physiciandiaries-blog]

Living with Covid-19 : A solution that might work !

For better or worse life on Mother Earth has changed, forever ! There is no going back . This is not a doomsday declaration .

Let’s understand that Covid-19 may be here to stay .No one knows exactly how this virus will behave .But based on current evidence and on previous influenza pandemics ,it looks like it will last for 18 to 24 months .It will stay,lurking in some person or another ,hopefully unknown to most of us ,until we acquire the herd immunity we need to .

With global race for vaccine intensifying ,the course of pandemic could be influenced , but it will likely not be available until atleast sometime in 2021 and there is little knowledge of what challenge could arise during the development of vaccine which could delay timelines .Even after a vaccine is developed, it will still take a long time to administer it to all and get everyone protected .So let’s be prepared to live with Covid-19.Lets focus on healthy lifestyle like eating a balanced diet,regular exercise,avoid group gatherings as much as possible and practising personal hygiene measures.

The way forward is graded opening up and not an indefinite lockdown. While we open up we have to protect the vulnerable and accept that a large number of young will get infected .That will provide herd immunity.But most importantly this should be a lesson for the time to come — to build our public health facilities,our intensive care facilities and develop our research and development in public and tertiary health care .And it is a solution that might work !