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Someone I don't know from Adam wrote this email to Anvisa, demanding to know why they approved Sinovac, and not Sputnik/Covaxin, and marked me on it. Naturally, I wasn't marked

Double/triple/quadruple don't matter unless mutations give virus ability to spread faster, infect better. Please *ask* for more data (which unfortunately is coming v. slow or not coming at all) instead

The 23 March 2021 COVID treatment guidelines of Maharashtra govt, as the state sees a huge surge. Vitamin D, Favipiravir and HCQ reccomended for mild cases Convalescent plasma for moderate

[Thread] For those who read my story on COVID death undercounting, and recall the story of Anup Majumdar, who succumbed from suspected COVID-19, but whose death was never counted as

This article from @ThePrintIndia says The Lancet observational study was on treatment, but the ICMR is recommending HCQ as prophylaxis, and so they are not comparablehttps://theprint.in/health/icmr-lancet-hcq-study-arent-at-odds-one-is-on-p

Let me explain why I am still furious at the people who are tom-tomming the lockdown's success earlier..anybody who thought this *wouldn't* happen at Sion Hospital doesn't know what they

Thread: Consolidating my criticisms for the health ministry's handling of COVID-19 with some examples here, because I think it's important for people not to dismiss these criticisms are not just

This @ThePrintIndia explainer by S. Gupta implies that S. Korean patients retested positive after having cleared SARS-CoV-2, because they took an inaccurate antibody test the 2nd time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwJPzGxVIxY&list=PLfa0eRI2uIa

Happy to see ICMR's just released paper on SARI testing. http://www.ijmr.org.in/temp/IndianJMedRes000-2449198_064811.pdf Some highlights: since February 15th, India tested 5911 SARI cases. Out of these, 965 were retrospectively tested (1) We