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Comprehensive study on immunity needed

A comprehensive study detailing the extent of those who have received one dose, two doses, one booster dose and two booster doses and despite that gone on to contract Covid-19 has to be made public so that an honest assessment of the degree of anti-bodies and T-cells in those vaccinated can be ascertained. Vaccine immunity may not be the only way out of preventing infections, hospitalizations and death and so from the records of those who have been vaccinated to various degrees it has to be assessed whether 10%, 15% and even 20% of those that have been vaccinated have gone on to contract Covid. Common sense says that vaccination without any attempt to boost natural immunity by physical exercise or exertion may reduce the percentage of those who have received various degrees of vaccine doses from succumbing to infections, hospitalization and death. It would in fact assist experts and scientists to analyse the contribution of physical exertion to the extent which it bolsters protection to falling prey to varying degrees. Age-wise study would lead to greater understanding of immunity. It appears that merely vaccination cannot afford guaranteed protection from infection, hospitalization and death.

Elvidio Miranda, via email

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Restarting Kadamba interstate bus service

The Goan Network
Published Feb 2, 2022, 10:34 PM IST
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It is understood that the state-owned KTC has temporarily suspended several of its interstate buses operating from Goa to Maharashtra, Karnataka and Hyderabad owing to a rise in Omicron related Covid-19 cases. It is learnt that the lone Goa to Pune interstate bus has also now been suspended. It is true that Goa had seen a surge in the Covid cases in January with 57,700 new infections and  171 deaths and the positivity rate being close to 40%. However now according to…

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