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Inside an ICU in India.....

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Topic: Inside an ICU in India.....
Posted By: carbon20
Subject: Inside an ICU in India.....
Date Posted: April 16 2021 at 4:52pm

ABC News: ABC South Asia correspondent James Oaten reflects on a confronting assignment inside a COVID-19 intensive care ward in India.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/backstory/2021-04-17/james-oaten-on-venturing-into-a-covid-ward-in-india/13303986 - https://www.abc.net.au/news/backstory/2021-04-17/james-oaten-on-venturing-into-a-covid-ward-in-india/13303986



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Posted By: carbon20
Date Posted: April 16 2021 at 6:22pm

ABC News: Hundreds test positive to coronavirus at 'superspreader' Kumbh Mela festival in India.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-16/more-than-1000-test-positive-to-covid19-at-kumbh-mela-india/100073802 - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-16/more-than-1000-test-positive-to-covid19-at-kumbh-mela-india/100073802



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Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.🖖

Marcus Aurelius

Posted By: EdwinSm,
Date Posted: April 16 2021 at 10:36pm

In places like India, we are going to see the explosive spread and wide spread deaths that many expected in the first wave when we first heard of the new coronavirus.    It is sad that a year on this wave is hitting hard and we as a species as a whole have not learned the lessons of good barrier control (masks properly worn etc).

Posted By: EdwinSm,
Date Posted: April 27 2021 at 8:59am

Just how bad is it in India?  Nearly every report I see comments that the true numbers are much higher.  


I have no good idea of what the real number is, but the scale of the problem is that currently India is reporting about 143 deaths per million people (total over 186,000).   The countries with the highest per capita death rate have rates about 20 times that.

If the Indian death rate was similar to those hard hit countries, then about 3,600,000 people would have died of covid-19 in that country.  This would more than double the current total for ALL countries.  

No wonder they are having to turn parks into crematoriums https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56897970 - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56897970


Posted By: carbon20
Date Posted: April 27 2021 at 3:16pm

When you look back at China's reaction way back in January 2020 , hospital's built every one in beds with a distance between the beds ,(mind that's what we where allowed to see lol)

and look at India today ,masses packed into small spaces......

Can you even imagine  the mix of slightly different mutations happening right now......

What will emerge from this very "Hot Zone"..........

NEWS.com.au: Why India’s COVID-19 crisis poses a threat to the whole world.

https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/global/why-indias-covid19-crisis-poses-a-threat-to-the-whole-world/news-story/d16812084df9fae281060bff42ef4cff - https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/global/why-indias-covid19-crisis-poses-a-threat-to-the-whole-world/news-story/d16812084df9fae281060bff42ef4cff

Take care all 😷😉




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Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.🖖

Marcus Aurelius

Posted By: Diligent
Date Posted: April 27 2021 at 8:39pm

Do we know what percentage of the Indian population received the annual flu vaccination ?


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