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An important thread on the #Oxygen situation in Tamil Nadu. This information is obtained after speaking to some of the manufacturers including R.Kannan former President of the AIIGMA.1.Tamil Nadu+Puducherry daily

@adarpoonawalla a few questions please.1.What is the break even price of #Covishield?2.If you can supply to Centre at 150 a dose (presumably not at a loss) why is it 400

My take on what the result of the #TamilNaduElections could be. This is based on hundreds of conversations with people across the State including politicians, journalists and public over

What worries me about #Covid is the feeling we all have that come January the vaccine will become available and that will mean a return to normalcy. We only need

Have been talking to farmer representatives in TN over last few days on #FarmBill2020 . Thread...1. Allowing farmers a choice as to where to sell was long overdue. 2. In

For those asking why I'm going on like a broken record about increasing testing please read this thread. This may seem obvious to you but it's still worth explaining. #covid

Testing 10 lakh people each day will cost approx.100-120 crore rupees. Each day of even a partial lockdown costs India >20000 crore. Testing a million people will be 10 times

Here is a thread on the financial situation of Tamil Nadu. State has total tax and non tax revenues of around 1.34 lakh crores. Salaries, pensions and interest on debt

Three possible ways to end #covid crisis.1.Drug to cure.2.Vaccine to prevent3.Herd Immunity to minimize spread. Let us understand how herd immunity works. For this we need to know about R0

When lockdown is eventually eased a series of measures need to be planned on how social distancing is going to be maintained in public spaces and on public transport. Eg.

With every passing day the need for mass testing for #covid becomes more urgent.Let me explain.What we have done now through the lockdown is bought time & reduced the risk