Covid as Protective factor?
Resilience?
I thought resilience was a socio-cultural construct
Precisely why I have reservations with evidence alone science, evidence constructed through statistical power
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Covid as Protective factor?
Resilience?
I thought resilience was a socio-cultural construct
Precisely why I have reservations with evidence alone science, evidence constructed through statistical power
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jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Malnutrition-known to be a risk factor for making TB symptomatic.
But our recent experience using a case-control design saw that this & other known risk factors may actually be over exaggerated @organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social @microlabdoc.bsky.social
Malnutrition-known to be a risk factor for making TB symptomatic.
But our recent experience using a case-control design saw that this & other known risk factors may actually be over exaggerated @organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social @microlabdoc.bsky.social
#CleanAirInSchools
The mis-information that it doesn’t impact kids has been busted many times over, yet our effort to correct that is very limited or restricted
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#CleanAirInSchools
The mis-information that it doesn’t impact kids has been busted many times over, yet our effort to correct that is very limited or restricted
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#NeglectedTropicalDiseases
#DogBite
#OtherAnimalBite
Come & join us as we explore the socio-cultural contextualisation of animal bite & the solutions there to
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#NeglectedTropicalDiseases
#DogBite
#OtherAnimalBite
Come & join us as we explore the socio-cultural contextualisation of animal bite & the solutions there to
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Is India witnessing it’s worst floods in the current century
If we go by the situation in North & Northeast India, it may well be
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While climate science is the earliest to recognise “Outliers/extreme weather conditions” as critical, is it too late to prevent the impact of these?
Have we moved so far ahead that preventing devastation is impossible? @elhopkins.bsky.social @organicbotanic.bsky.social
Is India witnessing it’s worst floods in the current century
If we go by the situation in North & Northeast India, it may well be
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While climate science is the earliest to recognise “Outliers/extreme weather conditions” as critical, is it too late to prevent the impact of these?
Have we moved so far ahead that preventing devastation is impossible? @elhopkins.bsky.social @organicbotanic.bsky.social
While climate science is the earliest to recognise “Outliers/extreme weather conditions” as critical, is it too late to prevent the impact of these?
Have we moved so far ahead that preventing devastation is impossible? @elhopkins.bsky.social @organicbotanic.bsky.social
Show this to the those who say “vaccines are harmful”
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Show this to the those who say “vaccines are harmful”
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www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/u...
www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/u...
It was never about “I”
Unfortunately that is being challenged now @organicbotanic.bsky.social @brownecfm.bsky.social @drinfosec.bsky.social @microlabdoc.bsky.social
This man is an existential threat.
It was never about “I”
Unfortunately that is being challenged now @organicbotanic.bsky.social @brownecfm.bsky.social @drinfosec.bsky.social @microlabdoc.bsky.social
India, the country that houses the most humans on this planet is expected to face twice as many heatwave days, 43% rise in extreme rainfall by 2030 @organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social
Extreme weather conditions r no more an outlier- the chances r higher now than before that they will happen every year @organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social
India, the country that houses the most humans on this planet is expected to face twice as many heatwave days, 43% rise in extreme rainfall by 2030 @organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social
Extreme weather conditions r no more an outlier- the chances r higher now than before that they will happen every year @organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social
Extreme weather conditions r no more an outlier- the chances r higher now than before that they will happen every year @organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social
It is not just about rising temperatures or melting glaciers
It is also about patterns/trends/prediction of rains, snow & sunshine
Single-day rainfall for the month of August in nearly a century
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www.greaterkashmir.com/latest-news/...
It is not just about rising temperatures or melting glaciers
It is also about patterns/trends/prediction of rains, snow & sunshine
Single-day rainfall for the month of August in nearly a century
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www.greaterkashmir.com/latest-news/...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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This infection is not just one-off event & we did underestimate it
SARS-CoV-2 infection results in increased macrophage numbers & extensive formation of enlarged lipid-laden macrophages or foam cells
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This infection is not just one-off event & we did underestimate it
SARS-CoV-2 infection results in increased macrophage numbers & extensive formation of enlarged lipid-laden macrophages or foam cells
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
In very near future, public health resources will largely be directed towards reducing impact of drug resistance & #XDRTB will partake the largest share of these & yet the rewards will be far from satisfactory
Time to act is now @organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social
Finding Solutions
Instead of asking “who is sick?” our solution asks “is transmission happening here?”—shifting the focus from individuals to locations where airborne spread occurs
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In very near future, public health resources will largely be directed towards reducing impact of drug resistance & #XDRTB will partake the largest share of these & yet the rewards will be far from satisfactory
Time to act is now @organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social
Solutions r a product of Knowledge
& Knowledge is widely distributed- in time, place & person
At a given point in time #Community is the best representative of Knowledge & without it no knowledge ever existed @organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social
Finding Solutions
Instead of asking “who is sick?” our solution asks “is transmission happening here?”—shifting the focus from individuals to locations where airborne spread occurs
@elhopkins.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social @drinfosec.bsky.social
unpolitics.global/pubs/project...
Solutions r a product of Knowledge
& Knowledge is widely distributed- in time, place & person
At a given point in time #Community is the best representative of Knowledge & without it no knowledge ever existed @organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social
Finding Solutions
Instead of asking “who is sick?” our solution asks “is transmission happening here?”—shifting the focus from individuals to locations where airborne spread occurs
@elhopkins.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social @drinfosec.bsky.social
unpolitics.global/pubs/project...
Finding Solutions
Instead of asking “who is sick?” our solution asks “is transmission happening here?”—shifting the focus from individuals to locations where airborne spread occurs
@elhopkins.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social @drinfosec.bsky.social
unpolitics.global/pubs/project...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Hidden in the lungs of some breast cancer survivors r tumour cells that can remain dormant for decades- until they one day trigger a relapse
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Hidden in the lungs of some breast cancer survivors r tumour cells that can remain dormant for decades- until they one day trigger a relapse
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
& there is no doubt that as individuals & as a “collective” we r living in an immune deficient state
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& there is no doubt that as individuals & as a “collective” we r living in an immune deficient state
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Why solutions fail- Because people believe knowledge is uniformly distributed & confuse results obtained while dealing with variables as finite & unchangeable @organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social
Why solutions fail- Because people believe knowledge is uniformly distributed & confuse results obtained while dealing with variables as finite & unchangeable @organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social
It has for centuries been a health & Social issue only
But now it is an environmental issue as well & with #MDRTB & #XDRTB, we can only imagine where it can go @organicbotanic.bsky.social @brownecfm.bsky.social @drinfosec.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social
I have said this before - we r dealing with a “ limited understanding of TB”
TB will continue to have the most severe & long term impact on not just our health but our socio-cultural evolution as well
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www.king5.com/article/news...
It has for centuries been a health & Social issue only
But now it is an environmental issue as well & with #MDRTB & #XDRTB, we can only imagine where it can go @organicbotanic.bsky.social @brownecfm.bsky.social @drinfosec.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social
I have said this before - we r dealing with a “ limited understanding of TB”
TB will continue to have the most severe & long term impact on not just our health but our socio-cultural evolution as well
@organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social
www.king5.com/article/news...
I have said this before - we r dealing with a “ limited understanding of TB”
TB will continue to have the most severe & long term impact on not just our health but our socio-cultural evolution as well
@organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social
www.king5.com/article/news...