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Quarantine diaries: Bollywood stars go domestic during lockdown

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    • An Jo Says:
      April 21, 2020 at 11:33 AM

      lol; they just couldn’t resist, could they? Even when praising citizen awareness, you had to insert the bread-and-butter earning words of these folks writing for these publications..xenophobia, fractious.

      Waiting for ‘genocide’, and ‘Hiter’, next…

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  2. munna Says:
    April 19, 2020 at 10:27 PM

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  3. munna Says:
    April 20, 2020 at 1:06 PM

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  6. sanjana Says:
    April 22, 2020 at 12:39 PM

    Greta Thunberg urges world leaders to cooperate

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  9. sanjana Says:
    April 22, 2020 at 8:46 PM

    First Lady Savita Kovind on Wednesday stitched face masks at Shakti Haat in the President’s Estate as part of the fight against Covid-19.

    These masks will be distributed at various shelter homes of Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board. The First Lady was seen covering her face with a red colour cloth mask.

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  10. sanjana Says:
    April 22, 2020 at 8:49 PM

    According to the ministry’s data, 12 districts across eight states – Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Indore, Pune, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Thane, Surat, Chennai, Bhopal, Agra and Jodhpur – account for 50.8% of all 17,250 Covid-19 positive cases for which district is known.(PTI )

    https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/3-cities-account-for-one-third-cases/story-0bLHYRODsG1bGXHzPLDgJM.html

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  12. sanjana Says:
    April 23, 2020 at 2:48 PM

    ‘Name? Corona’: A new TikTok trend has users interviewing the novel coronavirus
    Indian TikTok users are using a filter that gives them an alien-like face, allowing them to pretend to be the coronavirus at an interview.

    https://scroll.in/video/959994/name-corona-a-new-tiktok-trend-has-users-interviewing-the-novel-coronavirus

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    • Shivaay Says:
      April 24, 2020 at 11:51 AM

      Wait for the WHO conmen to call this an incorrect fake theory and talk about some more unending misery and ultimate doom despite the fact that Sars Cov 2 has so far been a lot less potent in the southern hemisphere due to the summer/post summer season.

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  15. sanjana Says:
    April 24, 2020 at 6:16 AM

    Nicotine Could Stick To Cell Receptors, Block Coronavirus: Researchers
    The findings come after researchers at a top Paris hospital examined 343 coronavirus patients along with 139 people infected with the illness with milder symptoms.
    https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/coronavirus-drug-news-france-testing-if-nicotine-prevents-coronavirus-from-attaching-to-cells-2217313?pfrom=home-topstories

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  16. Shivaay Says:
    April 24, 2020 at 11:48 AM

    Its high time these actors charging lump sum amounts cut down their fees to zero for the next couple of years to enable movies, daily workers and cinemas to survive this pandemic wave. Movie theaters have been the pulse of Indian audiences across India for decades and the industry employs millions every year. Shooting sets would anyways be stalled till at least December due to distancing norms. Even if cinemas reopen in August or September, audiences would be wary to visiting implying no new releases till the year end with most cinemas showing re-runs of older films. Single screens which were already dying a slow death would perhaps be wiped out in entirety post this pandemic. A lot of multiplexes too might cut down on their branches, millions of lost jobs in the process. Its obvious, entertainment, hospitality, tourism and aviation sectors are gonna go through irreparable damage over the next 12-18 months but unfortunately in a country like India, these are the last priority even though the combined job loss in these sectors would be well over 10 million.

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  17. sanjana Says:
    April 24, 2020 at 12:38 PM

    Don’t Inject Or Ingest: Lysol Maker After Trump’s “Disinfectant” Remark
    Donald Trump said researchers should try to apply their findings to coronavirus patients by inserting light or disinfectant into their bodies.

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  18. sanjana Says:
    April 24, 2020 at 12:41 PM

    Coronavirus: Mumbai’s Dharavi, A COVID-19 Hotspot, Reports Sharp Drop In New Cases
    The BMC has set up several containment zones with door to door delivery of essentials to ‘break the chain’ in Dharavi and stop the spread of the deadly virus.
    https://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/coronavirus-mumbais-dharavi-a-covid-19-hotspot-reports-sharp-drop-in-new-cases-2217864?pfrom=home-topstories

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  19. Shivaay Says:
    April 24, 2020 at 3:56 PM

    Not until we have cinemas reopen. Even the reopening would be staggered statewise, hardly any major production house would be willing to release their films in the near future as govt norms would mandate selling of <50% of tickets with the general public living in fear anyways. It would take a good 12-18 months for cinemas to get back on their feet in the real sense. By then though, I fear the 4000-4500 screen count might just come down to 2000-2500 even for the biggies. And of course we'd have a much more vocal set of dimwits backing snooze-worthy OTT slice of life (cr)binge worthy content that last 366 seasons on their puny 6 inch Xio-mummy screens. I'm ready to wait for an indefinite number of months (and save up in the process) to watch a Tenet or a Bond 25 on a 4K IMAX screen than 90% of the junk that Netflix and Amazon deliver. In fact I hope that in a post Covid world we'd have half a dozen open weeks reserved for the cinematic worthy deserving films like Bahubali, Dangal and Tenet while the slice of life yawn fests shot with cheap cameras and dingy lighting can release straight on OTT (yeah Imtiaz Ali, Kashyap and Bharadwaj deserve to be fired from 70mm).

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  20. sanjana Says:
    April 25, 2020 at 3:43 AM

    Cinema hall owners feel that the post lockdown scenarios will be tricky. They feel it will be a slow run for the first few months.

    Meanwhile, business owners have reached out to ministries for monetary help. An exhibitor said that cinemas were the first to shut shop and will probably be the last to open as well.

    Meanwhile, a Delhi exhibitor said that they will need the help of the government and producers to get back on their feet. While single screens in smaller cities will have a different battle to fight for survival.

    Bolywood Hungama

    With the coronavirus pandemic on the rise across the globe, several events have been put on hold or cancelled. Now, the National Film Awards that honours excellence in the entire national spectrum of Indian cinema on May 3 every year also stands delayed indefinitely as of now.

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  21. sanjana Says:
    April 25, 2020 at 3:46 AM

    Coronavirus pandemic has installed films, television series and releases to a standstill. Be it Bollywood or Hollywood, all the fraternities across the world are facing a huge crisis. Now, adding to the same, makers of Akshay Kumar’s Laxmmi Bomb are also planning to release the film on the OTT platform, mostly Disney+Hostar.

    A source close to Mid-Day has revealed that director, Raghava Lawrence is already in talks with actor Akshay Kumar and he also feels that producers shouldn’t bear any kind of losses and hence might just release on the OTT platform.

    https://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/breaking-akshay-kumars-laxmmi-bomb-to-arrive-straight-on-a-digital-platform-not-have-a-theatrical-release/

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  22. sanjana Says:
    April 25, 2020 at 3:49 AM

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  23. sanjana Says:
    April 25, 2020 at 4:05 AM

    And all of them demand her immediate attention. Says a source, “She was supposed to shoot in March with Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Gangubai Kathiawadi in Mumbai, and then join S S Rajamouli in Hyderabad for RRR in April. In the second-half of 2020 she was supposed to shoot for her father (Mahesh Bhatt)’s Sadak 3.”

    Now with the lockdown throwing all schedules haywire, Alia has a lot of figuring out do. Should she complete Bhansali’s film first, and then go on to the delayed Rajamouli project? And what about her father’s project? Give it the least attention …ghar ki murgi daal baraabar?

    And what happens to the monstrously delayed Karan Johar-Ayan Mukerjee sci-fi fantasy Brahmastra which was to release in December 2020. Given the crisis, the film’s last schedule and the release remain postponed indefinitely.

    Alia Bhatt’s date dilemma after lockdown
    BySubhash K. JhaCreated: Apr 25, 2020 – 11:13 am IST
    Bollywood Hungama

    Reportedly, over the past few days, different departments of cinema including production, distribution and exhibition chains have been holding virtual conferences to discuss the details of the post lockdown phase.

    An exhibitor talking to a tabloid said that fighting the fear in the minds of the audience has been a major point of discussion. He said that cinema will take safety measures even if there is no directive. Cinemas will be practising social distancing by keeping seats vacant between groups, individuals or couples, making masks and sanitisers compulsory. They will also be sanitising common areas and will provide PPE kits for the staff.

    https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/cinema-halls-start-planning-safety-measures-post-lockdown-cinema-viewing-experience/

    Ticket prices will go up. And who will have money to watch films after all this?

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  24. sanjana Says:
    April 25, 2020 at 12:43 PM

    https://www.ndtv.com/karnataka-news/coronavirus-2-brothers-sell-land-for-rs-25-lakh-to-feed-the-poor-in-karnataka-2218179?pfrom=home-topstories

    Two businessmen brothers, Tajammul Pasha and Muzammil Pasha, in Karnataka’s Kolar district have set out to help people in need amid the lockdown over the COVID-19 pandemic by selling their land for Rs 25 lakh.
    On seeing daily wage labourers and their families in Kolar suffer during the lockdown, the brothers said they decided to sell their land and use the money to buy essentials and food grain for a large number of poor people.

    The brothers also bought oil and cereals with the money. Then they set up a tent next to their house and started a community kitchen to make food for labourers and homeless people.

    “Our parents died early. When we shifted to our maternal grandmother’s place at Kolar, people from communities, Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims helped us survive without any religious bias,” said Tajammul Pasha, visibly emotional.

    The Pasha brothers are into banana cultivation and real estate. Tajammul was five and his sibling Muzammil was three when they lost their parents. They had to move from Chickbalapor to Kollar, where their grandmother lived.

    “We were brought up in poverty. We survived because of the support of people of all communities and religions. We have signed the society agreement bond and handed it over to our friend who purchased our site and gave the money,” the brothers said.

    Once the lockdown ends and the land registrar’s office opens, the remaining steps to transfer the land will be completed, they said.

    So far the two brothers have supplied food grain, oil, sugar and other essentials to over 3,000 families. They have also given hand sanitizers and masks to the poor.

    The Kolar administration has issued passes to their volunteers so that they can help in this difficult time.

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  26. sanjana Says:
    April 25, 2020 at 10:00 PM

    Gujarat’s high fatality rate could be due to the significant presence of L strain of coronavirus over the S strain, said Dr Atul Patel, infectious disease specialist at the Sterling hospital, which is one of the three private hospitals in Gujarat designated to treat COVID-19 patients.

    https://indianexpress.com/article/india/states-high-death-rate-could-be-due-to-presence-of-wuhan-strain-coronavirus-6379410/

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  27. sanjana Says:
    April 26, 2020 at 2:27 AM

    https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/amitabh-bachchan-has-a-crisis-at-home-in-covid-19-times-says-breaking-news-a-bat-just-entered-my-home/story-I7KsfxKsyexlmqZDW42shM.html

    He wrote in English and Hindi: “BREAKING NEWS !!! News of the hour .. a BAT , yes chamkadadh just entered my room ..3rd floor Jalsa .. where we all sit and chill .. never seen before in the area, let alone a house , … in my house … in my room !!! Aur hamara hi ghar mila usse! Corona piccha chhod hi nahin raha! Udd udd ke aa raha hai, kambakht!!”

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  28. sanjana Says:
    April 26, 2020 at 4:32 AM

    Vijay Deverakonda on coronavirus outbreak: Wasn’t prepared mentally or financially
    Vijay Deverakonda said his foundation has been teaching youngsters skills to make them more employable and this will continue. His dream, Deverakonda said, is to ultimately employ 1 lakh people in his lifetime.
    https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/telugu/vijay-deverakonda-on-coronavirus-outbreak-wasnt-prepared-mentally-or-financially-6379875/

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  29. sanjana Says:
    April 26, 2020 at 10:50 PM

    The makers of Kangana Ranaut’s Thalaivi are resigned to the fact that the film, like many other Bollywood offerings, will be delayed. However, they have a more pressing problem on their hands — two elaborate sets that were built in Hyderabad and Chennai have been standing unused over the past six weeks, leading to losses. If the lockdown extends to June, the makers fear the sets may be destroyed in the rains.

    “We need to wrap up the film before the rains hit. Since they are outdoor set-up, they will be ruined in the monsoon. Reconstructing the set will be an expensive affair,” laments producer Shailesh R Singh.

    The shoot of the biopic on J Jayalalithaa, the late chief minister of Tamil Nadu, was running like clockwork until March. With a 45-day shooting stint slated to kick off on March 10, the AL Vijay-led team had constructed a set of the Parliament House at the Ramakrishna Cine Studios in Hyderabad. After the shoot would be wrapped up by the third week of April, their next pit-stop was Chennai.

    “We have recreated Mount Road at the AVM Studio in Chennai, and had planned a patchwork shoot there. Almost 40 per cent of the movie is left to be filmed,” says producer Vishnu Vardhan Induri, adding that they pre-emptively cancelled the Hyderabad shoot in the wake of the pandemic.

    Sources say that the makers, who are bearing the maintenance cost of the sets and the studio rent, have incurred losses of R5 crore so far due to the lockdown. While Singh is unwilling to put a number to the damages, he adds, “Our team’s safety is our priority. We had paid [the studio] for March, but were unable to shoot for a single day in Hyderabad. It’s uncertain when the lockdown will be lifted. Even if we get a 10-day window, we will finish shooting the outdoor portions.”

    https://www.mid-day.com/articles/kangana-ranauts-thalaivi-makers-fear-their-unused-sets-may-be-destroyed-in-the-rains/22752298?from=home-p1

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  31. sanjana Says:
    April 27, 2020 at 3:00 PM

    Universal misery
    Universal tension
    Universal oneness
    Universal vulnerability.

    Travel has become unsafe
    Going out is unsafe
    Crowds are unsafe
    Sports are unsafe.

    Masks are in
    Gloves are in
    Lazing at home is in.

    Socialising is trouble
    Touching is trouble
    Sneezing, coughing are trouble
    Fever is trouble.

    Once upon a time I enjoyed being sick
    running fever and having hot tea
    hot rasam, hot soup
    while my near ones touched me to see how much fever I had 
    even slept beside me to comfort me
    and making me feel that I am not alone.

    Touching used to be healing 
    But now touching is harming.

    Passing time with our phones and computers
    eating food mechanically
    exchanging Coronavirus news. What else?

    But there are little joys like going through fun cartoons
    About the effect of coronovirus on people’s lives.
    I am getting so many whatsapp fun cartoons and videos.
    Cant stop laughing forgetting the worries
    of bad news and lockdown blues.

    Coronavirus made life topsyturvy
    Sometimes ludicrous and funny
    Sometimes sorrowful and gloomy.
    Tomorrow may bring some hope for those
    Who can see tomorrow.

    Coronavirus is one enemy who I cant hate too much
    Maybe I am even falling in love with it.
    Sleeping and waking up with the enemy.
    And watching the enemy bringing So many things in its bag, good and bad.
    Stockholm syndrome?

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  34. sanjana Says:
    May 2, 2020 at 3:19 AM

    https://indianexpress.com/article/world/protests-mark-growing-unrest-with-california-stay-home-order-6390104/

    Protests mark growing unrest with California stay-home order
    While much of the state’s population remained behind closed doors to deter the spread of the coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged the building anxiety while repeatedly teasing the possibility the state could begin relaxing some aspects of the restrictions next week.

    In Sacramento, as police lined steps outside the Capitol, protesters waved signs that said “Defend Freedom” and broke into “U-S-A” chants, most eschewing face masks intended to deter spread of the virus. A small plane circled overhead, displaying a banner carrying an image of Newsom’s face and the slogan, “End his tyranny.”

    Joe Ranciato from Roseville, California, showed up to the protest inside a homemade “socially distancing cage,” made with plastic pipes and duct tape.

    “I’m really fed up with what’s going on,” said Ranciato, 58. “I don’t like my freedom to be put in jeopardy.”

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  37. sanjana Says:
    May 6, 2020 at 1:25 PM

    Tejas Gopalan’s device to make mask-wearing comfortable – the COVID-19 Ear Protector – is finding its way to hospitals in the city
    We may be relieved that masks are now compulsory for anyone stepping out, but what we don’t realise is that most of us have it easy as we need to wear them only when we are outdoors. On the other hand, doctors and medical practitioners — who wear them for hours at a stretch — have been dealing with nagging ear pain as the masks pull on their ears.

    The product design student at Ahmedabad’s National Institute of Design says the idea came about when his father developed an ear infection due to constantly wearing masks to his office, prior to the lockdown. Taking us through the process, he says he started off by sketching out simple ideas.

    While he is now working towards shipping orders received from hospitals in Bengaluru, Mumbai and Pune, he will soon make this an open-source design. “I have decided against a patent as it is important that design is made accessible to everyone at such times,” says Gopalan, who plans on working on similar COVID-related products, and aims at starting his own design studio in the future.

    https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/tejas-gopalans-device-to-make-mask-wearing-comfortable-the-covid-19-ear-protector-is-finding-its-way-to-hospitals-in-the-city/article31518575.ece?homepage=true

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  39. Naveen Says:
    May 12, 2020 at 7:46 AM

    From a facebook acquaintance-

    WE ARE NOT IN THE SAME BOAT …
    I heard that we are all in the same boat, but it’s not like that. We are sailing in the same storm, but not in the same boat. Your ship could be shipwrecked and mine might not be. Or vice versa.

    For some, quarantine is optimal. A moment of reflection, of re-connection, easy in flip flops, with a cocktail or coffee. For others, this is a desperate financial & family crisis.

    For some that live alone they’re facing endless loneliness. While for others it is peace, rest & time with their mother, father, sons & daughters.

    Some are bringing in extra money with endless overtime, Others are working more hours for less money due to pay cuts or loss in sales. Others no longer have a job.

    Some families of 4 will receive $1500 per month from the stimulus while other families of 4 will see $0 for the duration of it.

    Some were concerned about getting a certain chocolate for Easter while others were concerned if there would be enough bread, milk and eggs for the weekend.

    Some want to go back to work because they don’t qualify for unemployment and are running out of money. Others want to kill those who break the quarantine and are seen outside.

    Some are home spending 2-3 hours/day helping their child with online schooling while others are spending 2-3 hours/day to educate their children on top of a 10-12 hour workday.

    Some have experienced the near death of the virus, some have already lost someone from it and some are not sure if their loved ones are going to make it. Others don’t believe this is a big deal.

    Some have faith and expect miracles during this 2020. Others say the worst is yet to come.

    So, friends, we are not in the same boat. We are going through a time when our perceptions and needs are completely different.

    Each of us will emerge, in our own way, from this storm. It is very important to see beyond what is seen at first glance. Not just looking, actually seeing.

    We are all on different ships during this storm experiencing a very different journey so don’t judge others by what’s happening in your boat, we are all just fighting our way through the storm.
    Good luck to you all and we’ll see you in the calm.

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    • Z Says:
      May 12, 2020 at 4:27 PM

      Very nice.

      “Each of us will emerge, in our own way, from this storm”

      And this is the time where some of us who are in decent position needs to help the needy ones. Especially if you are in foreign countries making good living, help people in India. The daily earners are suffering. It’s not like USA where most are getting $1,200 stimulus check per person (most have already go it).

      We truly are not all in same boat. If you see someone sinking, throw a life jacket at them regardless of their color, race, religion…

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  47. Aman Basha Says:
    May 7, 2021 at 1:52 AM

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  49. Master Says:
    May 11, 2021 at 6:51 AM

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  50. sanjana Says:
    May 11, 2021 at 7:36 AM


    Martin Scorsese’s new film Killers of the Flower Moon has brought the audience to one conclusion already – it isn’t going to present actor Leonardo DiCaprio like anything we’ve seen before. The first look of DiCaprio from the upcoming crime-drama was released by Apply TV on Monday, leaving fans curious and intrigued, all at once.

    The still shared by the Apply TV’s official Instagram handle also shows actor Lily Gladstone sitting at a dining table with DiCaprio, gazing at him earnestly, as DiCaprio is unmoved by her interest, lost in his own thoughts.

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  51. sanjana Says:
    May 11, 2021 at 7:39 AM

    FROM SENIOR professors to para-teachers in rural pockets, from Delhi to Uttar Pradesh, both bearing the brunt of the raging pandemic, all sections of the teaching community are reeling under the loss of colleagues and friends.

    Among the institutions that have been hit hard is Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), which has lost close to 50 members in the current wave, including serving and retired teachers, teachers in its school, and non-teaching staff members, spokesperson Rahat Abrar said.

    At Delhi University (DU), teachers estimate that around 24 members of the teaching staff have lost their lives in this wave. Jamia Millia Islamia has lost four professors, and a total of 15 staff members to Covid, according to its Public Relations Officer.

    https://indianexpress.com/article/education/covid-second-wave-delhi-to-up-du-to-amu-teaching-community-battles-loss-7310102/

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  52. sanjana Says:
    May 11, 2021 at 7:40 AM

    Delhi: 9,400 funerals in April alone, worst month since the pandemic began
    Paras Singh / TNN / Updated: May 11, 2021, 16:50 IST

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/9400-funerals-in-april-alone-worst-month-since-the-pandemic-began/articleshow/82537471.cms

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  53. Master Says:
    May 11, 2021 at 11:50 AM

    Doctors in India are warning against the practice of using cow dung in the belief it will ward off COVID-19, saying there is no scientific evidence for its effectiveness and that it risks spreading other diseases.

    https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indian-doctors-warn-against-cow-dung-covid-cure-2021-05-11/

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  54. sanjana Says:
    May 11, 2021 at 12:35 PM

    The Union Health Ministry Tuesday appreciated Covid-19 containment models of Mumbai and Pune, saying that such models need to be replicated at the national level to curb the spread of the pandemic. The way in which Pune contained the upsurge of COVID-19 cases also drew praise from the Ministry, calling it as a fine example that shows how containment measures can help restrict the spread of the disease.

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  55. sanjana Says:
    May 11, 2021 at 10:36 PM

    Indian workers allege ‘shocking violations’ in building Hindu temple in New Jersey
    The suit says the workers were kept under constant watch and were threatened with pay cuts, arrest and return to India if they spoke to outsiders.

    https://indianexpress.com/article/world/indian-workers-allege-shocking-violations-in-building-hindu-temple-in-new-jersey-7311615/

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    • munna Says:
      May 12, 2021 at 1:39 AM

      If people work, you have to pay minimum wage. But more egregious violation would be Visa fraud…If they came to US on religious Visa and worked..that is violation of issual of Visa. Hefty fine and possibly prison terms if allegations are true. Having said that, in many instances people come knowingly because even if they don’t get US wages it is much better than India wages. It doesn’t take away the blame of employer. It was a similar case with Indian diplomats Devyani Khobragade and the help she took from India..

      ps – I was going to airport sometime back and Uber driver was Sardar..There was Toll on bridge and he paid cash instead of automated tag….I started talking..so he came on religious Visa and knowingly overstayed. He was driving Uber and earning livelihood.

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  56. sanjana Says:
    May 12, 2021 at 2:20 AM

    Bengal Tiger Seen Roaming In Texas Neighbourhood, ‘Owner’ Arrested
    “The tiger portion of the investigation is continuing,” Houston police tweeted after the arrest of 26 year old Victor Hugo Cuevas, whose lawyer insisted the tiger does not belong to Cuevas.

    Police in an upscale Texas neighborhood searched Tuesday for a fugitive Bengal tiger that was seen roaming on lawns and streets until its apparent owner fled with the animal.
    That man, who already had legal troubles, was arrested Monday night for felony evasion of arrest after loading the tiger into a car and driving away, just as police arrived at his home in Houston.

    But there was no sign of the big cat.

    https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/in-texas-bengal-tiger-seen-roaming-on-street-2439758?pfrom=home-ndtv_lateststories

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  57. sanjana Says:
    May 12, 2021 at 2:39 AM

    Minari on prime. A clean entertainer. The grandmother won academy award for best supporting actress.

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  58. sanjana Says:
    May 12, 2021 at 4:02 AM

    What to watch on May 12: Oxygen, The Upshaws, Ziwe
    From the French film Oxygen to a brand new family sitcom The Upshaws, here’s what you can stream today.

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  59. sanjana Says:
    May 12, 2021 at 4:05 AM

    Plea in Delhi high court to stop release of Malayalam film on nuns
    The petitioner, Jessy Mani, who is a nun and a psychologist by profession has opposed release of the film on the grounds that it allegedly “depicts the sexual relationship of nuns with two priests”

    https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/plea-in-delhi-hc-to-stop-release-of-malayalam-film-on-nuns-7311918/

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  60. sanjana Says:
    May 12, 2021 at 4:58 AM

    How come top filmstars, top cricketers, top politicians, top industrialists recover so well while the poor, middleclass, upper middleclass, health workers, doctors are not so fortunate and succumb after some fight? Is it because the top people get the best medical help or is it sheer luck? Exception being the beloved singer SPB. UK PM also got covid19 but recovered fully. Especially UK PM was serious for quite sometime during the first phase.
    No grudges but simply curious.
    It is not only the top guns but many ordinary people also escape from the jaws of coronavirus due to luck, immunity etc. while their not so lucky brothers and sisters dont survive.
    Hope coronavirus loosens its grip and make more people whether ordinary or extraordinary survive and live their full lives fulfilling their duties and dreams.

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    • munna Says:
      May 12, 2021 at 5:36 AM

      Film stars do get better care but they are also in better shape. Any comorbidities, it is easier for Virus to attack especially people who are overweight or have blood pressure, which quite common in people.

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      • Yodha Says:
        May 12, 2021 at 7:06 AM

        How many here have got both doses of vaccines i.e. fully vaccinated against Covid 19? Please share experience.

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        • Z Says:
          May 12, 2021 at 7:48 AM

          My second dose was on Monday (pfizer).

          1st dose, felt pressure in my arm for about 24 hours and stiffness in the are of the shot.

          2nd dose, nothing at all.

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        • munna Says:
          May 12, 2021 at 12:59 PM

          I have second Moderna dose over the weekend.

          My dad who got second dose of Covishield 3-4 weeks back, needed some attention. Mostly weakness. Couple of days back he suggested he is fine now.

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        • munna Says:
          May 18, 2021 at 12:44 PM

          Got sick (fever, chills, aches, a bout of dizziness) after taking second dose. Now on the mend.
          They say if you get side effects, your immune system is good and working!

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        • munna Says:
          May 18, 2021 at 12:45 PM

          Sent an email to An Jo but haven’t received any reply. he was dealing with health issues when I last sent him an email.

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        • Master Says:
          May 18, 2021 at 12:51 PM

          Hope An Jo is doing well. He has some prior health issues already. You take care as well Munna.

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        • munna Says:
          May 19, 2021 at 1:42 AM

          Thanks!
          I am much better today.

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        • Naveen Says:
          May 12, 2021 at 8:06 AM

          Many of my relatives, living in India have got both the doses. No problem whatsoever.
          Process is super smooth.

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        • Yodha Says:
          May 12, 2021 at 10:24 AM

          Z, where did you get your vaccinations m? like a pharmacy or hospital or a doctor’s visit? $ cost for Pfizer vaccination that the receipent needed to shell out?

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        • munna Says:
          May 12, 2021 at 1:05 PM

          You can get in any local pharmacies. It is free. But to administer Pharmacies would be charging Insurance companies. No one would be denied vaccine. People travelled 25-30 miles around mid April but now it is pretty easy to get.
          https://www.vaccinespotter.org

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        • Master Says:
          May 12, 2021 at 11:43 AM

          ” No problem whatsoever. Process is super smooth.”

          Yes, the process is smooth but it’s not easy to get 2nd shot. Many times the appointments are cancelled for 2nd shot and priority given for 1st shots. Lot of my known people got 1st shots but 2nd shots like 1 in 10 as it’s delayed for them.

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        • sanjana Says:
          May 12, 2021 at 8:23 AM

          Now vaccine shortage is rampant in many places and many confirmed appointments are dismissed for lack of vaccines. Second dose is difficult to get as everyone above 22 or so are eligible and they crowd vacconation centres.

          Maharashtra suspends COVID-19 vaccine drive for 18-44 age group due to shortageMaharashtra
          Times Now DigitalTimes Now DigitalUpdated May 11, 2021 | 14:39 IST

          Shortage serious, can’t carry out Covid-19 vaccination drive, says BBMPBBMP Commissioner Gaurav Gupta said 400 to 500 dosages per day is required per ward to meet the growing public demand for vaccination Akhil Kadidal, DHNS, Bengaluru, MAY 12 2021…

          Facing acute shortage of COVID-19 vaccines amid the raging second wave, at least 10 Indian states have decided to reach out to international vaccine manufacturers to fast-track the inoculation drive.
          On Tuesday, Delhi, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Uttarakhand decided to issue global tenders to procure vaccines. Earlier, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Rajasthan, and Odisha reportedly floated global tenders for vaccines.
          Here’s more.

          forget vaccination and start wearing double masks and maintain social distance until things improve.

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    • Z Says:
      May 12, 2021 at 7:51 AM

      Film stars/sports people are generally in good shape and are able to afford much better care in hospital than ordinary people just as the politicians and businessmen do. They are in good care with hourly watch by doctors and they get different dose of cocktails if needed to treat underlaying condition.

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      • sanjana Says:
        May 12, 2021 at 8:29 AM

        Of course they pay huge tributes to doctors for the special services rendered!
        And the experience of common man is completely different. Forget hourly watch, they are lucky if the doctors visit them even once in a day in some of the covid centres. Our health services are stretched in these unexpected circumstances. Privilege for the privileged comes in handy to get the best. The story is same everywhere.

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        • Master Says:
          May 12, 2021 at 12:18 PM

          Sometime back I mentioned that Indian medical system is decreasing and more govt policies are keeping the youngsters away from entering in this field. Half the doctors in India are not medical based and medical doctors are paid peanuts even after working years to get the professional degree. Somewhere the cracks will begin to show up.

          On another side, the private hospitals are making young doctors in long long shifts without any pay increase while they are charging a bomb from patients. The young doctors are losing motivation to work and quitting at some places. The hospitals are also in tight spot. They are getting abuses physically and mentally from relatives of dead patients on daily basis.

          Yes, I don’t want to blame just this govt for medical system collapse but there’s one thing that this govt has done very openly. Encourage non-scientific medicine and talks all the way from top to bottom. They have just killed the scientific advancement India has progressed for decades and moving into the opposite direction.

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  61. sanjana Says:
    May 12, 2021 at 8:39 AM

    https://indianexpress.com/article/india/coronavirus-india-live-updates-delhi-maharashtra-kerala-uttar-pradesh-7310399/

    Coronavirus India Live Updates: Bharat Biotech refused to supply additional Covaxin doses to Delhi, says Sisodia
    Coronavirus (Covid-19) India Lockdown News Live Updates: The total number of coronavirus cases in India has reached 2,33,40,938, out of which, 37,04,099 are active cases, 2,54,197 people have lost their lives while 1,93,82,642 have recovered.

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  62. Yodha Says:
    May 12, 2021 at 9:17 AM

    RnR Hall of Fame inductees class of 2021.

    Like Motorhead, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden snubbed this year

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  63. Master Says:
    May 12, 2021 at 11:37 AM

    Modi’s handle follows 250 people and if they are requesting for help , they can at least help them.

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    • Z Says:
      May 12, 2021 at 12:41 PM

      Not sure if I feel sorry for this family. I mean I do but makes me question below.

      All was well and you supported Modi 100% blindly and were even okay when others were dying, now that your own died, you want Modi to change and do things differently?

      Not sure it works that way.

      People like these are not even drop in the ocean (modi) that they created.

      I do feel bad for this family but they’re not going to get any help from any government, be it modi or any other.

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      • Master Says:
        May 13, 2021 at 8:48 AM

        The family is crying now but I doubt even the dead person will blame Modi here. He is after all an andhbhakt mentioned by his family who was not ready to hear even single negative comment against Modi and Yogi and hero worshipped them and having Modi’s pictures everywhere. Maybe he was fine to die instead of showing the government cracks in handling Covid that we’ll never know. Either ways he lost life hoping at least someone should help him. He could have reached to other parties social workers during such times, any local parties instead of just relying on one party members to help.

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  64. Aman Basha Says:
    May 12, 2021 at 11:56 AM

    So much for Covid changing the priorities of people in life, Israelis are the first country to get fully vaccinated and what do they do? Dive straight back into the old fights with renewed vigor as Netanyahu provokes violence in his bid to retain power. Aur Bharat mein Anupam Kher is going on NDTV to criticize the Centre!! Yeh kya ho raha hai

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    • Master Says:
      May 12, 2021 at 12:25 PM

      BJP doing image building even at this stage is shameful. Creating fake websites to praise Modi and then all the BJP ministers tweeting from that fake website is hilarious. If ‘The Guardian’ criticized Modi, they create another website and praise modi. If Australian media criticized Modi, they created another fake website in counter to praise him. Can’t imagine any other govt doing this anywhere in the world. Maybe Chinese govt can do apart from Modi.

      Two fake websites created just promote Modi’s image.

      1. The Daily Guardian https://thedailyguardian.com
      2. The Australian Today https://theaustraliatoday.com.au

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      • Aman Basha Says:
        May 12, 2021 at 12:47 PM

        I didn’t know about this..LOL..

        Honestly, I’ve said this many times before, I always thought of Modi as a Reagan-Thatcher figure (and I’m not a fan of either), but he’s seriously joining the Trump, Putin, Bolsanaro club with his response to the second wave.

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        • munna Says:
          May 12, 2021 at 2:14 PM

          It all depends upon which side of aisle newspaper you want to read (and it is mostly confirmation bias)…
          If you read CNN, NYT, WasingtonPost its is Vaccination, Liz Cheney, Israel, Trump
          If you read Fox, National review,Washington Examiner it is Inflation, Gas shortage, Palestine-Israel mess, immigrant crisis.

          In India
          If you are pro Modi – You will find all news how more oxygen is made available, Covid numbers are stagnating, Army opening new facilities with more beds, it is a flu..
          If you are Anti Modi – bodies in Ganges, Oxygen shortages, unreported numbers, vaccine shortage.

          In some sense, all of them are right in smaller context but is that the bigger and objective picture?
          And like people, media has become partisan. Both in India and the West catering to the audience.

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        • Master Says:
          May 12, 2021 at 3:34 PM

          Yes, there is bias in everything in the world but you need to be blind to not find fault in government’s actions in last 2 months.

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        • Master Says:
          May 12, 2021 at 3:39 PM

          Last week Gujarat CM said there is not a single death in Gujarat for lack of Oxygen. Something similar Yogi said couple of weeks back. Even who don’t read any news or follow any channel can figure out that’s blatant lies. It is just not possible in a country like India. If there’s a crisis it will surely impact huge states like Gujarat and UP.

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        • sanjana Says:
          May 12, 2021 at 10:43 PM

          I will rather believe some with a pinch of salt than others who spin and lie with little truth. It is indefensible to support the latter even indirectly in these times. It is not about giving fair chance to all the parties but it is about helpless and hapless people caught in the whirlpool of politics when all they need is healthcare inspite of paying taxes.

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      • munna Says:
        May 12, 2021 at 2:21 PM

        Daily Guardian has been there for sometime..
        https://www.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?checkAvail=1&tmskey=tmskey%3D123&domain=thedailyguardian.com
        Some ITV Network owns it.

        The other site, I was not aware but it has Indian name as registrant.
        https://www.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?checkAvail=1&tmskey=tmskey%3D123&domain=theaustraliatoday.com.au

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  65. Aman Basha Says:
    May 12, 2021 at 12:48 PM

    I didn’t know about this..LOL..

    Honestly, I’ve said this many times before, I always thought of Modi as a Reagan-Thatcher figure (and I’m not a fan of either), but he’s seriously joining the Trump, Putin, Bolsanaro club with his response to the second wave.

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  66. sanjana Says:
    May 12, 2021 at 3:18 PM

    50% Covid deaths at Gurugram hospitals in this wave were of 50% of deaths were of patients agged between 21-40

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/50-covid-deaths-at-hospitals-in-this-wave-were-of-patients-aged-21-40/articleshow/82560688.cms

    In Tamil Nadu, virus is killing young people with no comorbidities.

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  67. sanjana Says:
    May 12, 2021 at 3:28 PM

    The COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver Fight Is Far From Over
    The waiver’s timing and scope, plus the transfer of technological know-how and development of manufacturing infrastructure, will all be fiercely debated.
    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/covid-19-vaccine-patent-waiver-fight_n_609c059fe4b03e1dd3849e4e

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  70. jayshah Says:
    May 13, 2021 at 5:41 PM

    Getting 1st jab on Wednesday 🙌

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    • Naveen Says:
      May 13, 2021 at 9:00 PM

      Am waiting for mine. Bloody Aussies are safe so our govt is taking its own sweet time.

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    • munna Says:
      May 14, 2021 at 12:22 AM

      Good luck; you can officially ask your better half to look after the kids for couple of days 🙂
      ps – spouses should take at different times because you don’t know how your body is going to react.

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  72. Master Says:
    May 15, 2021 at 2:04 PM

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    • Master Says:
      May 15, 2021 at 2:08 PM

      The image of old lady with oxygen cylinder is from 2018 from UP and not from Corona infected age. That was already proven in multiple news sources right away. Kangana is saying that obvious but it was just symbolic as O2 was in dire shortage everywhere which is a FACT. Just coz someone used incorrect picture doesn’t mean there is no shortage.

      Secondly, bodies floating are not from India but from Nigeria is such a big joke that doesn’t warrant reply to Kangana.

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  75. Naveen Says:
    May 16, 2021 at 8:42 AM

    Opposition has disappointed me a lot in the current pandemic.

    If i am in opposition , this is what i will do-

    1. Stop giving press conferences and advises on twitter, FB

    2. As CM focus on my state first, do my job well, track vaccinations, hospital facilities like bed and medicine availability and cremation facilities. These 3 are current pain point in covid.

    Make it easy and smooth.

    3. If i am jobless opposition like Rahul gandhi…i will try to get a job, do voluntary work and keep quiet. Win the trust which he has lost.

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    • Naveen Says:
      May 16, 2021 at 8:45 AM

      Having said this, not that i am defending the government. Indian government has made a mess of what could have been a lesser disaster.
      Disaster it would have been…but could have been less painful.

      Now what can be done –

      Modi has to only focus on crisis management and nothing else. The best way is to show work and not image makeover.

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  77. Master Says:
    May 17, 2021 at 7:05 PM

    We don’t need scientific vaccines or medicines. India can go back holistic approach of medicine completely. I was saying this even before this Covid 2nd wave that there is no respect for medical infrastructure and medicine in India anymore. When you have Health Minister promoting an unproven cure in Coronil for political gain and then last week suggesting that if you get covid, have dark chocolate, it’ll help you. Folks are dying without facilities and many don’t have money for even food and country’s health minister saying to eat dark chocolate is cringeworthy. The govt’s attitude is given lot of encouragement for people to give out such idoitic opinions out in the open bringing embarrassment form International media. But but.. nothing will change. Aayega to Modi hi!

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  78. Master Says:
    May 18, 2021 at 2:03 PM

    A day after celebrating their 24th birthday under lockdown in April, twins Joefred and Ralphred Varghese Gregory from India’s Uttar Pradesh state tested positive for Covid-19. Weeks later, the twins who were inseparable in life, died within hours of each other.

    https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/covid-india-meerut-twins-techies-b1849369.html

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  80. Shivaay Says:
    May 18, 2021 at 6:30 PM

    Always knew Dr Fauci is a despicable criminal of the highest degree. These are no longer conspiracy theories!

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  81. sanjana Says:
    May 19, 2021 at 4:50 AM

    COVID-19 is ravaging Brazil, and, in a disturbing new wrinkle that experts are working to understand, it appears to be killing babies and small children at an unusually high rate.

    Since the start of the pandemic, 832 children 5 and under have died of the virus, according to Brazil’s health ministry. Comparable data is scarce because countries track the impact of the virus differently, but in the United States, which has a far larger population than Brazil, and a higher overall death toll from COVID-19, 139 children 4 and under have died.

    And Brazil’s official number of child deaths is likely a substantial undercount, as a lack of widespread testing means many cases go undiagnosed, said Dr. Fátima Marinho, an epidemiologist at the University of São Paulo.

    Marinho, who is leading a study tallying the death toll among children based on both suspected and confirmed cases, estimates that more than 2,200 children under 5 have died since the start of the pandemic, including more than 1,600 babies less than a year old.

    “We are seeing a huge impact on children,” said Marinho. “It’s a number that’s absurdly high. We haven’t seen this anywhere else in the world.”

    https://indianexpress.com/article/world/covid-killing-young-children-brazil-doctors-baffled-7321230/

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    • Naveen Says:
      May 19, 2021 at 7:35 AM

      Oh my god. This is not something one can relax about. 5 saal ka pandemic hai ye.

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      • Shivaay Says:
        May 20, 2021 at 6:01 AM

        Its gonna be an endemic that’s way longer than 5 years. Seasonal or rotational spikes will keep cropping up in some part of the world or another even though mass vaccinations will dilute the impact of the waves over the years. Something like a more devious form of the seasonal flu at a much more global level. I do feel though that the 2nd wave should be the worst for India just like it was for the US & UK last winter. A likely 3rd wave should be as dilute as the 1st unless vaccination programs go completely haywire.

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  83. jayshah Says:
    May 19, 2021 at 8:49 AM

    Pfizer’ed up!

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  86. munna Says:
    May 20, 2021 at 5:28 AM

    Questions around 22 minute..

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  87. sanjana Says:
    May 20, 2021 at 6:23 AM

    https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/madhya-pradesh-watch-wedding-guests-end-up-doing-frog-jumps-for-lockdown-violation-2445646?pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll

    Cops have become old time teachers.
    This is unacceptable and should be condemned by civilised people.
    That is why cops are hated.

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  89. Master Says:
    May 20, 2021 at 11:00 AM

    Why do they even call it meeting with chief ministers? When it’s just 1 person speaking and everyone forced muted. We call that announcement and not meeting.

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  90. Master Says:
    May 20, 2021 at 11:08 AM

    The media is all over that cases are reducing. There is allegation that testing is being reduced and that’s reflecting in lesser cases. But the surprise is that even with lower numbers, the death numbers are increasing every day. The numbers at 3 lacs is higher than number at 4 lacs. Makes no sense unless the testing numbers are less. We are over 4500 deaths just yesterday with 2.67 lacs cases.

    Until the death numbers is controlled, we shouldn’t think this wave is past us.

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    • jayshah Says:
      May 20, 2021 at 12:30 PM

      Deaths lag cases…possible testing is lower. But that relationship between cases/deaths is lagged. It could be the deaths relate to cases from weeks back.

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      • munna Says:
        May 20, 2021 at 8:21 PM

        One possibility pointed by Shekhar Gupta is that, Rural testing is less but deaths are more.

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      • Master Says:
        May 21, 2021 at 8:49 AM

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  91. sanjana Says:
    May 20, 2021 at 10:04 PM

    Covid And 2-Month Coma: Indian-Origin Doctor In UK On Miracle Recovery
    ECMO is a superior sort of life support system which functions like a pair of lungs while the patient’s lungs rest and heal.

    https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/covid-and-2-month-coma-indian-origin-doctor-in-uk-on-miracle-recovery-2446059?pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll

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  93. sanjana Says:
    May 21, 2021 at 9:13 AM

    Posaconazole
    – Cresemba
    – Tocilzumab
    – Remdesivir
    – Liposomal Amphoterecin
    – Flavipiravir
    – Molnupiravir
    – Baricitinib

    And the list goes on…

    Shashi Tharoor’s Reply After KTR Suspects His Role In Naming Covid Drugs
    The TRS leader shared a list of medicines used to treat COVID-19 and wondered why the names were so complicated

    https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/k-t-rama-rao-shashi-tharoor-engage-in-fun-banter-over-convoluted-covid-medicine-names-2446585?pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll

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  94. sanjana Says:
    May 21, 2021 at 9:23 AM

    Shooting coach Monali Gorhe succumbs to post Covid-19 mucormycosis
    Covid -19 struck the 44-year-old, as she was hospitalised for a fortnight. After 15 days she was moved to the non-Covid ward but succumbed to mucormycosis, the lethal fungal infection.

    https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/shooting-coach-monali-gorhe-succumbs-to-post-covid-19-mucormycosis-7323609/

    Noted environmentalist 94 yeaqr old Sunderlal Bahuguna dies of Covid-19
    Bahuguna, an eco activist, spent his life persuading and educating the villagers to protest against the destruction of the forests and Himalayan mountains. The Chipko Movement had gained traction under Bahuguna.

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  96. sanjana Says:
    May 22, 2021 at 5:40 AM

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  105. sanjana Says:
    May 24, 2021 at 3:59 AM

    Coronavirus India Live Updates: India’s Covid-19 death toll crosses 3-lakh mark, new cases dip to lowest since April 15
    Coronavirus (Covid-19) India Lockdown and Cases News Live Updates: Daily cases have dipped to 2,22,315, the lowest since April 15, while the active case count has come down to 27.2 lakh.
    By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi |
    Updated: May 24, 2021 1:22:58 pm

    https://indianexpress.com/article/india/coronavirus-india-live-updates-7326468/

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    • sanjana Says:
      May 24, 2021 at 7:43 AM

      “The first batch of the antibody cocktail (Casirivimab and Imdevimab) is now available in India while a second batch will be made available by mid-June. In total they can potentially benefit 2,00,000 patients as each of the 1,00,000 packs that will be available in India offers treatment for two patients,” Cipla and Roche said in a joint statement.
      The price for each patient dose [a combined dose of 1,200 mg (600 mg of Casirivimab and 600 mg of Imdevimab)] will be Rs 59,750 inclusive of all taxes. The maximum retail price for the multi dose pack (each pack can treat two patients) is Rs 1,19,500 inclusive of all taxes
      As per the statement, the drug will be available through leading hospitals and Covid treatment centers.
      The cocktail drug has been shown to help high-risk patients before their condition worsens — reducing the risk of hospitalisation and fatality by 70 per cent and shortening the duration of symptoms by four days.
      The antibody cocktail is to be administered for the treatment of mild to moderate Covid-19 in adults and pediatric patients (12 years of age or older, weighing at least 40 kg) and who are at high risk of developing severe Covid-19 disease and do not require oxygen.
      Each pack can treat two patients as the dosage per patient is a combined dose of 1200 mg (600 mg of Casirivimab and 600 mg of Imdevimab) administered by intravenous infusion or subcutaneous route. The vials need to be stored at 2 degrees Celsius to 8 degrees Celsius. If opened for the first patients’ dose, a vial can be used for the second patients’ dose within 48 hours if stored at 2 degrees Celsius to 8 degrees Celsius, the company said.

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    • jayshah Says:
      May 25, 2021 at 10:30 AM

      5 variants from what I know
      – UK (Kent)
      – SA (this is the one I feel UK is really aggressively doing localised testing for when case arises)
      – Brazilian
      – Indian
      – over weekend I read that in North England (Yorkshire) there is a triple mutant variant on the loose maybe(?)

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  108. jayshah Says:
    May 25, 2021 at 10:43 AM

    A clip from X Files

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  109. sanjana Says:
    May 25, 2021 at 3:04 PM

    https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/will-you-die-within-2-yrs-after-taking-vaccine-centre-busts-fake-news-post-101621961181280.html

    One such fake news has been doing the rounds in India. The Centre on Tuesday tweeted a post which allegedly quoted Nobel Laureate and prominent French Virologist Luc Montagnier, stating that all those who have been vaccinated against the Covid-19 disease will die within two years. “The claim in the image is fake. The Covid-19 vaccine is completely safe. Do not forward this message,” the Centre said in a subsequent tweet.

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    • munna Says:
      May 25, 2021 at 5:31 PM

      Saw in WhatsApp and since it was from a college mate, I didn’t want to offend him..just asked has he taken shots..

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  110. munna Says:
    May 30, 2021 at 4:11 AM

    They wrote this in 2020 but no one tried publishing it..
    paper link

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  111. munna Says:
    June 3, 2021 at 4:51 AM

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  112. sanjana Says:
    June 3, 2021 at 7:34 AM

    https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/this-not-shah-rukh-khan-will-make-you-rub-your-eyes-in-disbelief-see-pics-and-videos-2455487?pfrom=home-ndtv_lateststories

    This Not-Shah Rukh Khan Will Make You Rub Your Eyes In Disbelief. See Pics And Videos
    Would you believe us if we say this is not Shah Rukh Khan?

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  113. sanjana Says:
    June 3, 2021 at 11:35 PM

    Fake Remdesivir, ₹ 10-Lakh Hospital Bed: How Covid Patients Were Fleeced
    The Delhi Police alone has launched at least 600 investigations in recent weeks with people scamming those looking for oxygen, hospital beds and drugs.

    From fake medicines to fire extinguishers disguised as oxygen cylinders and recycled personal protective equipment, India’s coronavirus hell has been lucrative for its ever-inventive army of scammers, with sometimes deadly consequences.
    Komal Taneja’s husband Chandrakant died gasping for breath at his New Delhi home last month after the oxygen canister that they paid around ₹ 15,000 for on the internet never arrived.

    “We desperately tried to find a hospital bed for a week… Two private hospitals asked us for a million rupees (Rs 10 lakh) in advance,” Komal, her voice cracking on the phone, told AFP.

    “Then we came across a contact online promising an oxygen cylinder delivery within an hour of making the 15,000 rupees payment. When we did, they asked for more money, and then stopped responding,” Komal added.

    Chandrakant, 36, who worked at the stock market, died on May 1, leaving his homemaker wife looking for a job to help look after his ailing parents.

    The COVID-19 profiteering is the latest in a long line of scams ripping off ordinary people, including beyond its borders.

    In just one typical case, in December police busted a call centre that allegedly defrauded 4,500 Americans out of $14 million.

    Impersonating US officials, they told victims that their bank accounts were being used by drug cartels and that the only option was to convert their assets into bitcoin — which the gang would then cash in.

    One elaborate scam involving police and doctors that emerged in 2019 saw hundreds of villagers in Haryana declared dead in road accidents to claim insurance.

    Investigators say many scammers have turned their attention to ripping off desperate COVID-19 patients and relatives as India suffers a devastating coronavirus surge.

    Narang, a private company executive in Noida, said he was swindled by a sophisticated scam when he was desperately looking for an oxygen concentrator for a sick friend.

    “I came across a link for a supplier which looked genuine, and even had a catalogue with different models. The prices too were competitive,” Narang told AFP.

    “I spoke with a person on the phone. He asked for about 45,000 rupees in two instalments. I was sure it was genuine and even recommended this supplier to another acquaintance.

    The device never arrived.

    His case is one of at least 600 investigations launched by police in New Delhi alone in recent weeks with people desperately looking for oxygen, hospital beds and drugs.

    “These criminals saw it as an opportune moment to make an entry,” senior Delhi police officer Shibesh Singh told AFP.

    His Crime Branch teams have already arrested many scammers, including a gang that made and sold counterfeit doses of the antiviral drug Remdesivir for up to 40 times the market price.

    “These people were producing fake vials which cost them about 20 rupees and (they) sold it in the market for anything above 10,000 rupees,” Singh said.

    In another case, a gang repainted fire extinguishers and sold them as oxygen cylinders, while another posed as doctors offering non-existent hospital beds.

    This week, six men were reportedly arrested on suspicion of washing, repackaging and selling several tonnes of used surgical gloves from hospitals.

    “We can only urge the people to be extra cautious while approaching such contacts for online help,” Singh said.

    Some victims are demanding tough punishments.

    “Hang them all,” said Narang.

    https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/fake-remdesivir-rs-10-lakh-hospital-bed-how-covid-patients-were-fleeced-2455975?pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll

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    • Master Says:
      June 4, 2021 at 2:05 AM

      Lab leak theory sounds plausible with technicians getting infected and spreading to others but there’s another theory that China purportedly leaked it on the world as bioweapon which doesn’t look believableto me. Irrespective of truth, it was better to suppress this theory in early stages of pandemic. No point in creating anti- China hate all over the world for someone’s lab mistake.

      There are tons of articles, videos that everything is a hoax and they created this and vaccines just to earn billions and inject something into everyone’s body. You believe what you want to… there’s enough theories for everything. Personally don’t see any benefit for anyone by confirming lab leak theory as fact. Pointless IMO and just unwanted additional hate in the world.

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  116. sanjana Says:
    June 4, 2021 at 3:22 PM

    https://indianexpress.com/article/world/britain-reports-6238-new-covid-19-cases-highest-since-march-7344567/

    The prevalence of COVID-19 infections in England almost doubled in the last week of May and the estimated reproduction “R” number crept up as the “Delta” variant became more widespread, raising worries about the country’s unlocking plans.

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    • jayshah Says:
      June 4, 2021 at 4:42 PM

      I think the key metrics are whether those positives are increasing pressure in hospitals or not. Hard to know yet.

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  117. sanjana Says:
    June 5, 2021 at 5:19 AM

    Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut took to her Instagram handle and shared a video detailing her experience with Covid-19 and her recovery process. She emphasised that Covid-19 gives a false sense of recovery and those recovering should rest properly.

    Sharing her experience of fighting the virus, Kangana said, “I am here to talk about my experience of recovering from coronavirus. Covid-19 is like ‘sardi-zukaam’ – (common cold) as I had told you all earlier, that has been my experience, but while fighting and recovering from Covid, many shocking things happened to me, something I’ve never experienced before. I have always seen that when you are ill, once you start recovering, it is a perpetual journey forward. But, in the case of coronavirus, it is a fake sense of recovery.”

    https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/kangana-ranaut-on-covid-19-recovery-virus-gives-fake-sense-of-recovery-relapse-7345084/

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  118. sanjana Says:
    June 5, 2021 at 8:47 AM

    An especially infective Covid variant known as N440K has a mutation in its spike protein and had lingered for quite a while in the southern states along with the now dominant double mutant B.1.617. It is B.1.617 that has wreaked havoc across the country during the second wave. But few know that the N440K variant was also seen in Gujarat in at least nine Covid samples of the 293 tested between January and April 24 this year.
    This fact was revealed in a research paper published recently by the Academy for Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), headquartered on the CSIR campus in Ghaziabad.
    “The N440K variant produces ten times higher infectious viral titers than a prevalent A2a strain,” says the paper. The authors of the paper are Dixit Tandel, Divya Gupta, and Krishnan Harinivas Harshan of AcSIR; and Vishal Sah, of the infectious disease department at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad. Sah had explained in a tweet, “We did not compare the infective titer of N440K with the UK or the double mutant B.1.617 in this study.”
    He had gone on to say: “We compared it with its parent strain which did not have mutation and with another strain which is now almost lost among the population
    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/n440k-the-new-super-infective-virus-strain-on-the-block/articleshow/83245950.cms

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  122. munna Says:
    June 14, 2021 at 5:14 AM

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  126. sanjana Says:
    June 22, 2021 at 7:00 PM

    Fake vaccines are undermining the world’s fight against Covid-19
    Why are counterfeit vaccines so prevalent, and how can they be stopped?
    Mark Stevenson, The Conversation
    6 hours ago

    https://scroll.in/article/998023/fake-vaccines-are-undermining-the-worlds-fight-against-covid-19

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  127. sanjana Says:
    June 23, 2021 at 5:13 AM

    IAF Personnel Challenges Termination Of Job Over Refusal To Get Jab
    The petitioner on February 26 wrote to the Commanding Officer of their squadron, expressing his unwillingness to take vaccination against COVID-19.
    https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/gujarat-high-court-notice-to-indian-air-force-on-plea-of-its-employee-unwilling-to-take-covid-vaccine-2470488?pfrom=home-ndtv_topstories

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  128. munna Says:
    June 23, 2021 at 2:20 PM

    Apparently recovered database suggest it didn’t come from wet market..but it is not clear it is lab leak or natural spillover

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/china-deleted-early-coronavirus-data-could-help-explain-pandemic/

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  129. sanjana Says:
    June 25, 2021 at 10:07 PM

    Nearly all Covid-19 deaths in the US now are in people who haven’t been vaccinated, LA Times reported.

    The paper cites an Associated Press analysis of available government data from May that shows “breakthrough” infections in fully vaccinated people accounted for fewer than 1,200 of more than 853,000 Covid hospitalizations, which is about 0.1 per cent. Only about 150 of the more than 18,000 Covid deaths in May were in fully vaccinated people, which translates to about 0.8 per cent, or five deaths per day on average.

    CDC Director Dr Rochelle Walensky said Tuesday that the vaccine is so effective that “nearly every death, especially among adults, due to Covid-19 is, at this point, entirely preventable.”

    US has seen the highest number of Covid cases — 34,464,956 — and 618,685 deaths so far.

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  131. sanjana Says:
    June 30, 2021 at 2:22 PM

    Fauci warns of ‘two Americas’ as Delta variant cases rise in US
    By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
    PUBLISHED ON JUN 30, 2021 10:16 PM IST
    According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Delta variant, first detected in India, accounts for more than one-fourth of the total active Covid-19 cases in the country.

    https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/fauci-warns-of-two-americas-as-delta-variant-cases-rise-in-us-101625070616548.html

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  133. sanjana Says:
    July 4, 2021 at 8:56 PM

    “Over 6,000 bodies were cremated at Bhadbhada Vishram Ghat with strict adherence to the COVID-19 protocols during a 90-day period from March 15 to June 15. Most of the family members collected the bones but left the ashes due to the coronavirus-induced restrictions,” Mamtesh Sharma, the crematorium’s management committee secretary told news agency PTI.

    “Due to this, 21 truckloads of ashes of the dead were left at the crematorium. It was hard and not environment-friendly to release the ashes into the Narmada river. Doing so could have polluted the river. So, we decided to develop a park with the ashes,” he said.

    https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/uncollected-ash-of-covid-victims-used-to-make-park-at-bhopal-crematorium-2479158?pfrom=home-ndtv_topstories

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  134. sanjana Says:
    July 4, 2021 at 9:08 PM

    The other day I was watching a documentary about Diamond Princess and it reminded of the horrors of the virus. It was dystopian.
    Now we have come to terms with it but the horrors of the waves are too recent to forget in a jiffy.
    I always felt that I never faced any big historical event like world wars. But this virus is nothing less.

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  135. munna Says:
    July 7, 2021 at 8:11 PM

    Very apt comment in comment section..

    “What’s our excuse? Probably the social and psychological rewards of the sneering, poorly-thought-through Twitter dunk. The platform makes it so easy and satisfying to come up with a snarky response that sounds intellectually superior, and the culture that has grown up around the platform has normalized those kinds of responses so thoroughly, that even intelligent, well-informed people like Koerth yield to temptation. I’ve seen it in political as well as scientific disputes; I’ve seen the smartest people I know retweet dunks that are easily seen, on non-confirmation-biased reflection, to not really answer the argument they’re dunking on. It’s more evidence that Twitter culture is undermining both our cognition and our moral sense.”

    https://www.theinsight.org/p/our-remarkable-media-bubble-the-location

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  136. sanjana Says:
    July 7, 2021 at 8:51 PM

    Producer-director Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s elder brother Vir Chopra passed away yesterday due to COVID-19. He had worked with Vidhu on films like ‘Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.’, ‘Broken Horses’, ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai’ and ‘3 Idiots’.
    We have learnt that Vir Chopra passed away on 5th July. The producer got infected with the virus while he was in the Maldives. After two days, he landed in Mumbai and was rushed to H. N. Reliance hospital, for 21 days. He was kept under the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). He passed away on the 5th evening and was cremated on the 6th.
    Toi

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  139. munna Says:
    July 18, 2021 at 5:01 PM

    There have been several proclamation regarding models, strategy…Nothings works against it…You have to vaccinate or have social distancing…even mask efficacy is all over the place in different studies.

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/pandemic-epicenter-indonesia-140930410.html

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  144. munna Says:
    August 9, 2021 at 9:07 PM

    Same size is only 10 (Samples came from six vaccinated and four naturally infected individuals. The Pfizer, Moderna and J&J vaccine groups each have two individuals with pre- and post- samples. ).
    The study suggests that you get antibody immunity against more variants than vaccine.

    https://www.cure-hub.com/post/sars-cov-2-vaccines-breakthrough-infections-and-lasting-natural-immunity

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  145. munna Says:
    August 10, 2021 at 7:36 PM

    side effect not widely talked and not even listed….
    https://qz.com/2045518/does-the-covid-19-vaccine-effect-womens-periods/

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  146. munna Says:
    August 11, 2021 at 1:06 PM

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  147. munna Says:
    August 17, 2021 at 4:49 PM

    Nicholas Wade new piece..Most of the information is known but presented in persuasive manner.

    https://thebulletin.org/2021/08/how-covid-19s-origins-were-obscured-by-the-east-and-the-west/

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  149. munna Says:
    August 23, 2021 at 1:49 PM

    Embedding is not allowed, please watch at YouTube.

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  151. sanjana Says:
    August 29, 2021 at 2:54 PM

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/caleb-wallace-freedom-defenders-covid-rally-death-texas_n_612aca58e4b02be25b5c9d26

    Wallace last year organized two major protests against what he called the “COVID tyranny” of business lockdowns, masks and vaccinations.

    A tragic end at such an young age.

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  153. munna Says:
    September 13, 2021 at 5:18 PM

    Two people at FDA who resigned from vaccine review posts; making a case against Booster shots

    Link to Lancet

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  155. sanjana Says:
    September 21, 2021 at 10:32 PM

    Delta “has become more fit, it is more transmissible and it is out-competing, it is replacing the other viruses that are circulating,” she told a WHO social media live interaction, adding that Delta had been detected in more than 185 countries to date.

    All viruses mutate over time, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes Covid-19 disease.

    During late 2020, the emergence of variants that posed an increased risk to global public health prompted the WHO to start characterising them as variants of interest, and the more-worrying variants of concern, to inform the response to the pandemic.

    The UN health agency decided to name the variants after the letters of the Greek alphabet, to avoid the countries that first detected them being stigmatised.

    https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/delta-overwhelming-other-covid-variants-of-concern-who-2549057#pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll

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  158. sanjana Says:
    September 27, 2021 at 3:03 AM

    “Who Will Get Ventilator” – Tough Choices In Parts Of US Ravaged By Delta
    Coronavirus in US: Nationwide, the number of people dying in hospitals appears to have peaked, according to U.S. Department of Health and Human Service data.
    https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/coronavirus-coronavirus-us-delta-variant-hit-parts-of-us-now-deal-with-rationed-medical-care-2554993#pfrom=home-ndtv_topstories

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  159. munna Says:
    September 30, 2021 at 10:48 PM

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  165. munna Says:
    October 21, 2021 at 3:03 AM

    Things are unwinding slowly…

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  169. sanjana Says:
    October 31, 2021 at 11:09 PM

    An average of 31 children died by suicide every day in India in 2020, according to the data by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), with experts blaming the coronavirus pandemic for accentuating their psychological stress on the children.

    https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/31-children-died-by-suicide-every-day-in-2020-reveals-govt-data-experts-blame-covid19-101635728283964.html

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  175. sanjana Says:
    November 25, 2021 at 8:22 PM

    Centre Asks States for Strict Screening of Foreign Fliers As New Covid Variant With ‘Horrific’ Mutations Found
    https://www.news18.com/news/india/centre-ask-states-for-rigorous-screening-of-foreign-fliers-as-new-covid-variant-with-horrific-mutations-found-4487444.html

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  176. sanjana Says:
    November 26, 2021 at 4:20 PM

    Newly identified Covid strain ‘omicron’ is variant of concern: WHO
    The WHO assigned the Greek letter omicron to the variant, which had been known as B.1.1.529, following a meeting by a panel of experts Friday to discuss the strain.
    https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/newly-identified-covid-strain-omicron-is-variant-of-concern-who-101637951675535.html

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  178. munna Says:
    December 2, 2021 at 3:13 PM

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  179. munna Says:
    December 2, 2021 at 6:27 PM

    quite strange, It took 108 days to review 320k pages but to release it would take 55 years (500 pages per month)!

    https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/wait-what-fda-wants-55-years-process-foia-request-over-vaccine-data-2021-11-18/

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  181. sanjana Says:
    December 7, 2021 at 6:38 AM

    As the world is concerned over the new coronavirus variant, Omicron, American TV show host, Jimmy Kimmel took to the streets to test people’s awareness about it. His team interacted with passersby in Los Angeles for the “Lie Witness News” segment aired on December 2 to find out how aware they are about the new variant.

    Kimmel said, “When it comes to deadly virus variants, Omicron is still the new kid on the block, so we went out on the street and asked people questions about it in a new Omicron edition of Lie Witness News.”

    While one person believed that Omicron is a new Los Angeles Laker player, another wished her Jewish friends ‘Happy Omicron’! Yet another person was confident that it was a new Ye song. Two women said they were weed sellers and they were all ready to try out new Omicron weed strain!

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  182. sanjana Says:
    December 7, 2021 at 6:54 AM

    Dec 07, 2021, 04:28PM ISTSource: TNN & Agencies
    The list of those who got tested in Bihar’s Arwal district includes names of Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi as also celebrities like Priyanka Chopra and Akshay Kumar. PM Modi’s name appears thrice, while Priyanka Chopra’s name appears 6 times. All these people were allegedly tested for Covid-19 on October 27. The matter seems to be part of a Covid testing racket, where officials show fake names to ramp up the number of number of tests conducted.

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  183. sanjana Says:
    December 13, 2021 at 12:51 PM

    ‘No strain has spread this fast’: Hundreds rush for jabs as UK braces for Omicron ‘tidal wave’

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/hundreds-queue-for-vaccines-in-britain-after-omicron-tidal-wave-warning/articleshow/88258612.cms

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  185. sanjana Says:
    January 6, 2022 at 2:15 PM

    https://scroll.in/article/1014394/early-third-wave-data-from-mumbai-severity-low-oxygen-needs-low-but-puzzling-hospitalisation-rate
    Affluent patients demand antibody cocktail

    In Mumbai, civil officials say the city’s hospitalisation rate is higher because of an affluent section of society preferring admission out of caution. “If we start checking data for private hospitals, we will find a lot of asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients are admitted who really don’t require hospitalisation,” said Dr Mangala Gomare, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s executive health officer.

    Mumbai has 4,414 private beds available across 94 hospitals. Of these, 1,645 or 37% are full.

    What could also be skewing the hospitalisation rate is the demand for the monoclonal antibody cocktail therapy, in which artifically synthesised antibodies are infused in a patient to help their immune system fights off infection. Evidence suggests it is not as effective against Omicron as it was against Delta.

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  197. omrocky786 Says:
    April 1, 2022 at 8:08 PM

    superb Syed Sahab !!
    Syed Akbaruddin Speaks To Shiv Aroor On U.S Deputy NSA’s Comments On India-Russia Trade & More

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  198. munna Says:
    April 10, 2022 at 5:26 AM

    check the thread

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  208. sanjana Says:
    August 5, 2022 at 12:47 PM

    https://www.news18.com/news/india/julys-covid-cases-more-than-march-june-period-deaths-too-on-rise-health-ministry-data-5695525.html

    Covid Graph Going Up? July Case Tally Higher than March-June, Deaths on Rise, Shows Data​

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    • Shivaay Says:
      August 5, 2022 at 3:15 PM

      https://www.livemint.com/news/india/india-sees-steep-rise-in-covid-19-cases-health-experts-on-covid-19-symptoms-to-watch-out-for-11659613135397.html

      In the wake of Covid-19 cases witnessing another steep hike, health experts have recommended various measures to mitigate the situation. Interestingly, despite the alarming rise in cases, an expert on Thursday said the majority of cases have mild symptoms. Senior Pulmonologist at Apollo Hospital in Delhi, Dr Nikhil Modi said the Covid-19 cases are definitely rising but symptoms are mild, stating, “the Covid cases are definitely on the rise, Delhi also reported more than 2,000 cases yesterday. But most of the patients are having very mild symptoms.”

      Dr Gupta further informed that “the reasons for rising Covid numbers are reckless behaviour of people and not wearing masks. The changes in the weather also can be a reason,” adding that there are few deaths that have been reported, in which most of them died due to comorbidities rather than Covid infections. “Most of the cases are mild and it is more like flu-like symptoms which we are seeing cough, fever and some sometimes high fever for two or three days. Symptoms are usually settling with the first five or in a week,” he said. Dr Gupta further said the Covid is not done yet, people who tested positive for the infection three months back are testing positive again, according to news agency ANI report.

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    • Shivaay Says:
      August 5, 2022 at 3:17 PM

      https://www.livemint.com/news/india/india-sees-steep-rise-in-covid-19-cases-health-experts-on-covid-19-symptoms-to-watch-out-for-11659613135397.html

      Most case are mild with 3-4 days of infection symptoms including cold, cough, fever or abdomen infection. Lack of hygenic behavior and extremely low coverage of 3rd dose vaccine can be 2 factors behind the spike. Nothing alarming though.

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  209. munna Says:
    August 8, 2022 at 4:16 AM

    “In conclusion, our study among 6520 pregnant women suggests that SARS-CoV-2 was introduced in Norway before 2020, and that the spread was moderate throughout 2020. Early implementation and high compliance to extensive preventive measures may explain the low spread.”

    https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/epidemiology-and-infection/article/prevalence-of-antibodies-against-sarscov2-among-pregnant-women-in-norway-during-the-period-december-2019-through-december-2020/0178544CC4F04FC0A55C7B0BD5F28AB8

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  212. munna Says:
    October 29, 2022 at 4:39 PM

    long read…
    https://www.propublica.org/article/senate-report-covid-19-origin-wuhan-lab

    “On Feb. 24, 2020, Zhou became the first researcher in the world to apply for a patent for a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. His proposed vaccine worked by reproducing a part of the virus’s spike protein known as the receptor binding domain. In order to start vaccine development, researchers would have needed the entire SARS-CoV-2 genetic sequence, the interim report says.

    Shi Zhengli has said that her lab was the first to sequence the virus and completed that work on the morning of Jan. 2, 2020. That sequence is the one Zhou said he worked with in his Chinese patent application, which Vanity Fair and ProPublica reviewed.”

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  213. munna Says:
    December 24, 2022 at 9:33 PM

    China situation based on these unconfirmed videos look dire

    https://twitter.com/jenniferzeng97/status/1606737533341163522

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  214. Rocky Says:
    January 21, 2023 at 10:49 AM

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  215. Rocky Says:
    January 24, 2023 at 3:24 PM

    Why India did not allow Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine- ByAnu Lall
    History of Legal immunity for Vaccines and Vaccine Courts
    Many moons ago, I worked in a pharmaceutical company in the USA, where I learned about Vaccine Courts. In the 1980s several lawsuits had been filed against vaccine companies and substantial compensation had been awarded.
    Pharmaceutical manufacturers lobbied to enact – the Vaccine Injury Act, of 1986 – protecting vaccine makers from legal liability from lawsuits or compensation in case of vaccine injury or even death. National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), popularly known as Vaccine Courts were set up
    If a vaccine caused injury, the manufacturer went scotfree. Instead, the Government paid compensation from taxpayers money, up to a maximum of $250,000. This was far below a typical award in a successful product liability suit in the USA. Injuries were tried like a civil tort case, and not a criminal suit.

    How India stood its ground
    When the world panicked and gave vaccine manufacturers a free run, India kept its head on its shoulders.
    Our regulators followed due processes in the negotiations. Pfizer refused local trials and insisted on legal immunity. India kept pushing back.
    Meanwhile, a huge PR propaganda started. The narrative was – Pfizer can save India; but the bureaucracy was dragging its feet, while people were dying. Influencers and thought leaders went full throttle, how badly India needed Pfizer vaccines, and the government was letting us down. The opposition accused the government of following protectionist policies by not allowing Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
    Despite such pressure, India did not succumb. Eventually, Pfizer withdrew its application in 2021 We continued our vaccine programme with drugs that compliRudyard Kipling said – If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, —you’ll be a Man, my son!
    That’s India coming of Age.
    Anu Lall is a lawyer and has worked in pharmaceutical industry in India, USA and Europe. She is also the Founder of YogaSmith and the author of 4 books using Yoga as an adjunct therapy.

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  217. munna Says:
    February 27, 2023 at 3:49 AM

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  218. Rocky Says:
    March 6, 2023 at 10:42 AM

    Bharat Mata kee Jai !!

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  223. Vijay Shivaay Says:
    May 26, 2023 at 7:57 PM

    Shocker!

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  228. munna Says:
    May 1, 2024 at 4:52 PM

    Some interesting nuggets from preeminent Corona virus Scientist of the world…curious part is, why he kept quiet for four years.

    https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/ralph-baric-wuhan-lab-leak

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