With the novel COVID-19 pandemic persisting in this world for 2.5 years in a row, by engulfing enormous human lives, toppling governments, destroying the livelihood of millions of people. It gives us a nightmare on how events would unfurl if the world faces yet another PANDEMIC!!!
With the rising instances of viral infections like Tomato flu, Swine flu, Bird flu and other zoonotic diseases, the world faces the challenge of fighting the INVISIBLE ENEMY in addition to the CLIMATE CHANGE where both share a link.
Is there any success stories of defeating a VIRUS ???
(VIRUS – a microscopic, infectious, made of nucleic acid and a protein coat, which is capable to replicate only inside the host cell)
(VIRUS – a microscopic, infectious, made of nucleic acid and a protein coat, which is capable to replicate only inside the host cell)
YES!!!
SMALL POX which was prevalent, 3000 years ago , was defeated only in 1930s.
POLIO was a major disease for which India was declared polio-free only in 2014 by the WHO.
SMALL POX which was prevalent, 3000 years ago , was defeated only in 1930s.
POLIO was a major disease for which India was declared polio-free only in 2014 by the WHO.
The fact to understand is that fighting a microbe is a LONG PROCESS with trial & error.
Before vaccines were discovered, millions of people would die in endemic regions (Spanish flu,1920s) but in the 21st century, the globalized world operates in a more interconnected way, thus increasing our responsibility to have SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES!
In INDIA, the Governments need to ensure PRIMARY HEALTH CARE be available to all its residents. Government schemes like Ayushman Bharat are steps in the right direction.
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There are also efforts to bring introduce GM-MOSQUITO (male) to mate with female, which produces a dead offspring – disrupting the role of a vector!
Combating Climate change/ Global warming would have a positive impact on the spread of zoonotic diseases but there is a long way to go!
(With the melting of the Artic regions, several microbes which were a part of permafrost are gradually mixing in oceans causing water-borne pathogenic diseases by the mechanism of water cycle)
In the current scenario, where the countries are fighting for power and wealth, the hazard posed by potential of the BIOWEAPONS is more than the NUCLEAR WEAPON itself (Imagine a situation where China decides to release a water-borne pathogen into the rivers entering India and other South east Asian countries). This would not be like a RADAR system, that detects the missile when it enters a country’s airspace ,but there would be a EXISTENTIAL THREAT where we might not get the answer for the cause of a disease even when millions or a billion people die!!!
THINK ABOUT IT!!!
“If you can’t explain something simple, you don’t understand it well enough” – Albert Einstein.
Howdy readers!!! With strong belief in the power of words, I look forward to help you choose the correct lens to perceive world issues and embrace positivity about the future!