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View: Pandemics are caused by germs but spread by people who are in denial SECTIONS View: Pandemics are caused by germs but spread by people who are in denialBy Shahid Jameel, TOI Contributor Last Updated: Apr 18, 2021, 10:11 AM IST Share Synopsis The 1918 ‘Spanish’ flu had a mild first wave but returned later in the year to cause havoc. In India there were an estimated 12 to 20 million deaths in the second wave. Bombay, then with a population of 1.1 million, reported about 15,000 deaths just in the month of October 1918. What happened to the flu virus in 1918 is happening to the Covid-19...

› OPINION: “I would bet on Novovax,” a doctor’s take on how to make the COVID-19 vaccine jabs more effective OPINION: “I would bet on Novovax,” a doctor’s take on how to make the COVID-19 vaccine jabs more effective India vaccinationBCCL Health Ministry, seems clueless on how to tackle and contain this monstrous surge. Most experts are now convinced that this Indian variant, B.1.617, is far more contagious than earlier strains and may be resistant to existing vaccines. Put simply, the game has changed, and a successful global rollout of current vaccines by itself is no longer...

The mail with PDF attachments in Hindi, Punjabi and English starts with a citation from the Quami Seva Award presented to the PM and goes on to give measures taken by the government under 13 heads including: ‘FCRA registration granted to Sri Harmandir Sahib’; ‘Allowing global sangat participation’; ‘For the first time ever, no taxes of any kind on langar’; ‘Sri Kartarpur Corridor: Seamless access’; ‘Wiping tears of riot victims: justice delivered after denial of three decades’; ‘Jallianwala Bagh Memorial - saluting sacrifices honouring memories’; ‘Slashing the blackl...