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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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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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Face masks lessen the disease severity in the wearer and is beneficial for herd immunity!

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Until now, it was assumed and studies also showed that wearing face masks helps prevent viral spread to others around you. It protects others and benefits them. And now scientists are speculating that it also minorly helps the wearer. It lessens the dose of the virus reaching the wearer and hence the sickness could be less severe in them.  Face masks and prevention of the viral spread Face masks are mandatory in public places because studies revealed that once face masks are on, it prevents the spread of the virus from the wearer to others. Hence others around are protected. Its role in benefiting the wearer was doubtful.  Face masks [Source: Healthline] But now scientists are speculating that the viral load reaching the wearer from an infected person or an asymptomatic viral carrier could be less. This would translate into a less serious illness in the wearer. This implies that the face masks would lessen viral spread. But it could also give lesser doses of COVID-19 and hence...
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