Re: The Coronavirus Thread Quote:
Originally Posted by lapis_lazuli Meanwhile, Adar Poonawala has some explosive statement to make! Alarming! Considering he has just been provided Y category security!
Adar Poonawalla: ‘Aggression over Covid vaccines is overwhelming . . . Everyone expects to get theirs first'. | Quote:
Originally Posted by NH08 Poonavala flies to UK, unable to tolerate threatening calls. |
The government behaves as if everything is it's private property. SII in no way is even a govt subsidiary or a public undertaking. Astra has partnered with SII , which is merely serving to manufacture the vaccine already developed by Astra & Oxford. This obviously is needed on a contractual liability to export the agreed volumes of vaccine to be sold abroad. I fail to understand how the Indian government becomes a party to this - other than the funding given to SII, for which the agreed volumes of doses will be supplied to the government. But banning all exports and making it a "captive supplier"? What are we now, a Chinese democracy? Astra has already has served a legal notice to file lawsuits in EU courts against the contractual delay by SII.
Governments can announce grand plans of vaccinating millions by some arbitrary date, or suddenly open vaccination to millions more starting on another arbitrary date - all for its own popularity exercise - and it fully realises (and has been warned by manufacturers) that vaccine production cannot meet such populist demands, but yet it goes ahead making the manufacturer look like the real villian! No wonder the threats and pressure - the Y category security is just a insurance cover for the government, should any untoward incident occur. It's just a pathetic way of the govt saying " we have done our job". Adar Poonawala knows this too well - no wonder her waited to reach safer shores before making his statement. For all he knew, he wouldn't have been allowed to leave to the country otherwise.
If this is the way the government (& influential politicians not in govt) respects the rights of a vaccine manufacturer who is currently supplying more than 90% of all covid vaccines in India, imagine the respect towards the right to freedom for a common man. Deplorable. Quote:
Originally Posted by sayyam.gaur58 Hi All,
Need an advice. My father is in home isolation, it's his 8th day. He's able to breathe properly and down with fever with no loss of smell and taste. Though his spo2 levels are between 88 and 91. It's settled on 91 now after trying some prone exercises. His doctor is saying it's normal and mentioned to continue the medication.
He has blood pressure, wanted to ask the doctors here if hospitalization can be considered as per the oxygen levels? |
Appears stable. SpO2 levels (that you mention) alone do not matter, unless there is associated breathing difficulty; maybe that's as good as it gets for his lungs. No fever, more than a week since testing ( that must be more than 10-12 days since symptomatic?) and stable respiratory parameters - does not need hospitalization just for oxygen. Keep monitoring though till he's completely afebrile for 3 continuous days. Quote:
Originally Posted by a4_attitude Covid report is no more required for hospital admission, symptoms or oxygen level is enough for proof |
Confusion reigns everywhere. Some require (illogical, because anyone who's unwell should get treatment) and some don't (logically helps in isolation especially if non covid patients are also in the same Hospital) Quote:
Originally Posted by Samurai Not the reality in Bangalore so far. He dragged his dad all over Bangalore looking for a bed with oxygen for 12 hours, without the BU number none of the government hospitals gave admission. Rest said no bed available. In one place he had to return half way as they said the bed was given away to MD's relative. He finally gave up at around mid-night and returned home. |
Pathetic and disgusting management. The more the control, the more the mismanagement, I observe. Quote:
Originally Posted by Doonite Hey Doc, could you please advise me on some sleeping/relaxing techniques so that my sister and I can have a good night's sleep? We have had sleepless nights for the past week because of mother and father's health conditions. I'm either sleeping like I'm knocked out or very intermittent sleep where I keep waking up every hour.
We tried to not sleep at nights until father was admitted in the hospital and now mom's condition is very fragile as well, at home (test results pending), we try to do the same for her as our conscience doesn't allow us to sleep, so that if an emergency arises, we'll be awake and ready to help her at night time. |
It will help if you seek professional counseling (online) with a good psychiatrist. These are the signs of something more serious impending in future - just need to change the way your minds react, which is best done by a professional. Quote:
Originally Posted by Gansan My mother (80) takes Levocetrizine tablet daily for her skin condition. Some people say it should be stopped for some days before and after taking the vaccine. For how many days? Can some doctors throw some light on this? |
No data to suggest/support/oppose, hence safe to continue. The drug is not immunomodulatory, but check if she's taking something else that is - many skin ailments are treated by immunomodulatory drugs, which may need to be withheld for sometime.
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