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  Fox Trail with Jayesh Saini & Kuruvila It was the third day of Eid Holidays when I got a phone call from Jayesh Saini. Jayesh Saini who hails from Nairobi, Kenya but have roots in India is a good friend of mine. Even though we don’t chat or call regularly, we keep a good friendship between us for the past 10 years. Due to Covid protocol restrictions, the get together were restricted in Dubai and hence didn’t do much for the first 3 days of the Eid Holidays. So, when Jayesh Saini shared this great Idea of hiking, I didn’t have to think twice. As usual, we made a detailed plan. He will join me at my Mirdif Villa and along with our common friend Kuruvila, we will leave by early morning 5.00 am. And as usual, he came by 5.30, I woke up and got ready by 6.15 and Kuruvila joined us by 7 o’ clock (he..he.. bachelor trip plans are always like this).   We took Jayesh Saini’s X-Terra as he had his company fuel card (being economical J ). I deliberately took the steering as I...

  Kids and Covid Trauma Covid-19 has taught us a lot… It was an eye opener for majority of the human race. It revealed the true state of the so called “efficient” health systems of some of the developed countries… It taught us that an office space is a mere wastage of space for some sectors.. It pointed out the fact that we need more health institutions in the worls than religious centres… It showed that the money is sometimes a piece of paper or just few ounces of metal… However, the most revolutionary change was in the sector of education. There was a big transformation in the educational sector wherein homes were converted to class rooms, parents had to actively involve in their kid’s educational activities and sometimes had to take a “teacher avatar”. It is interesting to note that most of the kids in the higher grade want to go to school or to have a physical class rather than sitting at home and listening to the mono-syllable hours-long lectures whereas the kids in lower grad...

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 Anti-Vaccine Campaigns; How Dangerous? Since its origin in 1796 , Vaccines are widely opposed by some despite of its great contributions towards eradication of contagious or other deadly diseases. The smallpox vaccine was the first  vaccine  to be developed against a contagious disease. In 1796 , the British doctor  Edward Jenner  demonstrated that an infection with the relatively mild  cowpox  virus conferred immunity against the deadly  smallpox  virus. Cowpox served as a natural vaccine until the modern smallpox vaccine emerged in the 19th century. The term  vaccine  derives from the Latin word for cow, reflecting the origins of smallpox vaccination. Amongst the vaccine haters , there were literates, illiterates and even some medical practitioners. The reasons for the oppose are sometimes religious or lack of sterilized procedures, otherwise pure business or political . However, modern education has provided nota...

  Critical Statistics on the Covid-19 Vaccine Administration in Developing African Countries Developing countries, especially African countries are going through a very tough stage in terms of availability of the Vaccine doses. As most of them doesn’t have indigenous facilities to produce vaccines, it is becoming disastrous in terms of economic and health stability. The present vaccination statistics shows Israel at the top of the chart with around 116 doses per 100 persons. And they have now almost declared a non-mask life inside their country. The below chart shows the situation of developing African countries (Source- Financial Times). Country Ranking Vaccinations Per 100 Equatorial guinea 89 5.6 Comoros 94 4.8 Zimbabwe 100 3.4 Tunisia 101 3.2 Eswatini 103 3 Cabo Verde ...

  Huge Policy Change of Vaccine Administration in India?? Triggered by the highly inflaming second wave of Covid-19 virus infection spread, India has announced huge change in their policy of administering Covid 19 Vaccines by permitting individual state authorities to directly buy vaccines from various manufacturing companies and thereby cutting the free-vaccine policy. India who are the second largest population on the planet, is currently undergoing heavy spread (circa 400,000 reported infections per day with around 4,000 casualties per day) of the deadly virus and the government is forced to implement strict measures in order to control it. Major cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Cochin, Lucknow, Ajmer, Ranchi have already declared full or partial lockdowns in order to curb the spread. The test positivity of some the areas are as high as 50%. A Local news channel from the southern city, Cochin has quoted the District administration head as “strict ...

  THE KAG ’WAY’ Through the infamous path trudged by the honorable CS Mutahi Kagwe Our great cabinet secretary for health, Mutahi Kagwe’s journey is filled with scandals, corruptions, controversies and deceit. Although the obstacles and challenges before him are numerous, if there is money involved, there is Kagwe to fill in his pockets. Because that’s the kag ‘way’. And if there is a will, there is a Kag ’way’. The first covid-19 case was reported in Kenya on March 12 th of 2020. But little did we know that we’ve already been infected with an even more deadlier virus in February. On February 28 2020, Kagwe was appointed cabinet secretary for health and we were doomed. When covid-19 struck Kenya, Kagwe went straight into action. Well, not the kind of action that one would expect. Where everybody saw catastrophe, Kagwe saw an opportunity, an opportunity for corruption. Kenya was donated 1.3bn shillings by the world bank for dealing with the corona virus pandemic. Enter ...