tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post1172715306463177545..comments2024-03-27T03:57:15.929+05:30Comments on Time and Tide: Is there a cure for coronavirus, the new threat to human life?Pradeep Nairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04873369124947878452noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-86963525251846880382020-02-19T21:56:43.260+05:302020-02-19T21:56:43.260+05:30Hi Sarla -- While we science and technology are ma...Hi Sarla -- While we science and technology are making advances, on the other side, there are newer and newer challenges for science.Pradeep Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873369124947878452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-59251196967130152982020-02-14T15:26:31.711+05:302020-02-14T15:26:31.711+05:30A useful article anyway.A useful article anyway.rudraprayagahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775039913655864157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-76888806332440439662020-02-14T15:24:58.765+05:302020-02-14T15:24:58.765+05:30Population multiplies not in proportion with the ...Population multiplies not in proportion with the area of earth. So nature itself adopts some grave methods to explode the population expansion.rudraprayagahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775039913655864157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-6953052026733700262020-02-07T15:02:41.325+05:302020-02-07T15:02:41.325+05:30Hi Pradeep - This virus has certainly shaken thing...Hi Pradeep - This virus has certainly shaken things up all over the world. Australia closed it's borders last weekend to flights from China - which caused problems for a lot of foreign students who've been stranded at the beginning of a new educational year. There's also been a quarantine facility set up for those who've been evacuated from the Wuhan area - so it's definitely been taken very seriously.<br /><br />BTW if you'd like to email me about doing a guest post (I'm up to April/May dates for new guests) then my email address is in the BLOGGING section of my If we were having Coffee post that you commented on. Flick me an email and I'll let you know what I need.<br />Cheers - LeanneLeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623420015695351280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-88484794370442574102020-02-07T13:48:48.048+05:302020-02-07T13:48:48.048+05:30Hi Darla - It's better to be cautious and take...Hi Darla - It's better to be cautious and take safety precautions. I hope and pray that the infection does subsides, and there aren't any loss of lives.<br /><br />Hi Donna, Thanks for dropping by. Hopefully, a medicine is found soon.<br /><br />Hi Vallypee, I agree with you regarding the death rate. It's actually not high as the scare portrays it to be. Actually, Ebola infection in Africa was/is more dangerous, and I think people are still getting infected by it.Pradeep Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873369124947878452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-36361428403256029682020-02-06T23:39:35.969+05:302020-02-06T23:39:35.969+05:30Thanks for this, Pradeep. I wonder if I would even...Thanks for this, Pradeep. I wonder if I would even realise I had the virus (just speculating here), as I have allergies that constantly present in sneezing, coughing and a runny nose. However, your points are very useful for self protection and we shouldn't be alarmist either. One other point is that having Coronavirus is not necessarily a death sentence. Tragically people have died and are dying still, but the proportion of deaths is still relatively small compared to the number of reported cases, although this could increase.Vallypeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08309284606572565277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-87941350275825509192020-02-06T04:50:55.137+05:302020-02-06T04:50:55.137+05:30Hi, Pradeep - Thank you for sharing this post. I l...Hi, Pradeep - Thank you for sharing this post. I lived in Beijing, China for fourteen years (2001 - 2015). Many of my friends still live and work there. It is a very difficult (and frightening) situation, currently with no easy answers.retirementreflectionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256842249783275416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-55385817799863783162020-02-05T20:56:35.328+05:302020-02-05T20:56:35.328+05:30Excellent post! I have halted my visits to the cro...Excellent post! I have halted my visits to the crowded YMCA gym for now. Locals act surprised at my every mention. ~shakes head~ I pray their ignorant bliss is never shattered. On that note, we need to stock up on some essentials (purified water, iodized salt, shelf stable foods, and the like). If infection does reach our quiet suburb it could cause panicked masses to clean out area grocery stores. That is the ongoing recommendation by Youtube commentator Styxhexenhammer666. Don't let his irreverent moniker mislead you. ~grin~ He's a very smart guy. Be well and stay healthy!Darla M Sandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212760625717298992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-23929991740965530562020-02-05T19:56:10.862+05:302020-02-05T19:56:10.862+05:30Yes, Liz. Here too, anyone with acute cold and cou...Yes, Liz. Here too, anyone with acute cold and cough is worried if it's coronavirus.Pradeep Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873369124947878452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-48936952194144552572020-02-03T05:03:09.625+05:302020-02-03T05:03:09.625+05:30I had a student the other day (Thursday) who said ...I had a student the other day (Thursday) who said he was sure he had coronavirus when he was out sick. (We're in southern California. That he caught it is highly unlikely.) The paranoia is real.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-29811345781205268162020-02-03T00:33:10.959+05:302020-02-03T00:33:10.959+05:30Thanks, Hilary. I am sure sooner than later a medi...Thanks, Hilary. I am sure sooner than later a medicine or a vaccine will be developed to fight this new strain of the coronavirus.Pradeep Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873369124947878452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289342.post-19537752310003074292020-02-02T15:07:18.957+05:302020-02-02T15:07:18.957+05:30Hi Pradeep - I read that there's a British sci...Hi Pradeep - I read that there's a British scientist working in southern California, who specialises in viruses and who is working flat out to find a remedy, or some help ... it's a challenge - take care - cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.com