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Educated daughters vs strong daughters: The difference

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Indian government, Indian law, and pro-female organizations in that land talk about increasing education of girls and women. I get very amused at this ineffective and useless propoganda that does nothing great to help the girl child and women. This is because most women even if educated are unable to continue work, career or do entrepreneurship because their parents or in-laws or community will not allow them. So it means educate them for namesake and then make them stagnant to do caring and cooking jobs at home. In short, educate them and again throw them in the same gutter or furnace as before. Education gives them no financial independence, no autonomy, no freedom to decide for self or children. Then what is the role of education for them? Nothing. I pity the parents who think that educating a daughter makes them finish their duty towards her. They continue to rear her as a cow or sheep. The net result is an educated women with no respect or autonomy and no space of her own. This ca...
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"Money, Money"-WHO showing a bias towards covid-19 vaccines completing ignoring role of natural immunity in infection protection!!!

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  WHO and it's biased role Increasingly people are questioning the biased role of WHO in this current coronavirus pandemic. It is talking about and promoting covid-19 vaccine but is totally ignoring and not talking about natural immunity in infection protection. On one hand, WHO is stating that both natural infection and vaccines provide equal protection from covid-19 virus and on the other hand, it is aggressively advocating immunization for the masses. It is deliberately not giving any importance to natural infection and it's vital role in preventing second infection from the virus. This medical organization seems to be totally relying on only one step to control the pandemic, namely vaccination. Why? Natural infection and antibodies Scientific studies so far have clearly shown that natural antibodies provide the best and longer-lasting protection as compared to any of the currently available vaccines against covid-19. Despite all these peer-reviewed data and publications, WH...
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Covid-19 vaccine acceptance low in nursing home caregivers but gradually increasing!

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Frontline workers were top priority in the process of vaccinating the population against the widespread coronavirus infection. Both the residents of nursing homes and their caretakers were to be vaccinated first, the health authorities and governments had decided. And now date revealed shows that only 38% of these people accepted the vaccination. The vast majority of them refused the vaccine.  Frontline workers and low vaccination rate The government and healthcare authorities had decided to first vaccinate the inmates of nursing homes and their caregivers. This was because they were at a high risk to contract the deadly infection and due to limitations of vaccine production. But now CDC has released data that reveals that only 38% of these took the vaccination. More than 60% have refused the vaccine.  Longterm nursing home (Source: NY Times) Also read, WHO team at Wuhan Anecdotal reports were in that the acceptance rate of vaccination was low amongst the frontline workers. An...
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More Americans are likely to not take the covid-19 vaccine, a new study published in JAMA states!

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  Majority of the scientists worldwide agree that covid-19 vaccination is the way out of the pandemic. Two covid-19 vaccines have been approved by the US FDA in an emergency. The vaccines have rolled out for mass public use but as time is going by, some side-effects are coming forth. An anti-vaxx movement is also ongoing and this has led to a decline in the number of Americans who want to go for the vaccine for self, family, and society protection!!! A recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association has revealed that doubts are rising about the vaccine in the minds of the Americans. The findings of the new study on vaccine acceptance in the USA There are rising cases of coronavirus and deaths due to it in the USA. The virus continues to devastate human beings and cause innumerable sufferings. Vaccines are being administered to frontline workers but more and more Americans are opting out of it. A recent article published in JAMA has shown that skepticism about...
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Christian Nationalist ideology might hamper development of herd immunity to coronavirus, fear epidemiologists and policy-makers

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 Coronavirus in the world is a real thing. It is affecting and killing many people worldwide. Despite this, there are some who continue to claim that it is fake and a myth. Vaccines against the deadly disease have been produced and their administration to frontline healthcare workers has begun. The effectiveness of the vaccine and its relative safety has risen the hopes of the medical fraternity and also the public. Health organizations feel that now the pandemic may be brought under control. But they are worried that if many of the Americans refuse a vaccination, herd immunity may be difficult to achieve.  Vaccination size and herd immunity Many world leaders of the world including Donald Trump refused to initiate an aggressive approach to the coronavirus pandemic. They were relying on a vaccine and now the vaccine has rolled out for public use in many countries. But epidemiologists fear that if many Americans refuse the covid-19 vaccine, it would be difficult to get an adequ...
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FACTS! COVID-19 vaccine offers only 50% protection after first dose and 95% after the second dose!

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  It is a word of caution for people who think that once they have the COVID-19 vaccine, they are protected. Many health care workers and those who take the COVID-19 vaccine have tested positive for the virus days after the first of the two doses of the covid-19 vaccine. Matthew W, an ER nurse from California is one such vaccine who became ill after 6 days of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. What could be the reason for it? Matthew W and his coronavirus history On 18 December 2020, Matthew W, an ER nurse at two different local hospitals of California had received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine along with his fellow health care workers. He had posted a message about it on his Facebook page. He had told later ABC 10News that his arm had felt sore for a day. But besides that, he got no other ill-effects of the vaccine. Matthew W [Source: 10 News] On Christmas Eve, Matthew, 45 completed his duty in a COVID-19 unit and then fell ill. First, he had chills and later severe muscle aches an...
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COVID-19 vaccines-The prioritization strategy in the various countries of the world!

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 Normally it takes years to roll out one vaccine. It happens only after proper and thorough development, testing, and trails. But in the case of covid-19 vaccine, all this was done at top speed and before testing on a larger scale, the vaccines were rolled out in less than a year. These included Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and others in China and Russia. Due to the limited supply of the vaccines, companies and governments are prioritizing those who will get the vaccines. The vulnerable group and the frontline health workers are the first to receive it.  The vaccines for COVID-19  WHO has revealed that there are a number of vaccines that are in the various stages of development. 61 are in the clinical trial phase and 172 are in the pre-clinical testing level. This is the status as of 22 December 2020. And 2 vaccines in the USA, 1 each in China, the UK, and Russia have been provided emergency approval for use in public. They are said to be safe and effective but these have no...
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Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is out for public use! What side-effects to expect? Is it safe?

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COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for use in people. The safety of this vaccine has been tested on 37586 trial participants that were part of the Phase 3 clinical trial. The company reports that the most common side-effect of the vaccine was at the injection site in form of redness, swelling, and pain. But what were the other ill-effects of the vaccine.  Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine The USA FDA has issued the first Emergency use authorization or EUA to COVID-19 vaccine of Pfizer-BioNTech. It is for children 16 years and above and adults. The FDA authorities took into consideration the presently available data on the efficacy and safety of the vaccine that was provided to them by the company. It was the data of the Phase 3 clinical trials of the vaccine on volunteers.  Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine [Source: CNN] While providing the approval, the FDA said that the potential benefits of the vaccine outweigh the potential risks of the vaccine. This implies that the vaccine does hav...
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