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Publisher’s Note
Have we really got rid of Covid? Or…
What are the lessons that governments and substantially and quickly after the new variant
individual have learnt from Covid and airborne arrived. It is also suggested that our immunity is
diseases of which the world still does not have a no longer sufficient to prevent an infection. Our
complete understanding? Germs that appear out immunity could have waned since we were last
of nowhere insulate themselves in our body and infected and enhance the need for vaccine booster.
do unpredictable harm. Some in spite of living in Scientists believe primary infections in vaccinated
the same space do not get the disease and others people are less severe than primary infection in
succumb to it. unvaccinated people which is why hospitalisation
All the advances in science are unable to provide is lower. It is known that the severity of Covid
any answers. Vaccinations, pills, booster doses, varies from one variant to another. However, it is
all seem to enrich manufacturers. Do we really difficult to distinguish how much of the difference
understand how the world works? Or should we is due to strength of the variant and how much
just shrug our shoulders and accept it as the Will is due to levels of Covid immunity from a prior
of God. Men of science can always question the infection and vaccination.
existence of God and blame the pandemic on the Hence, while it is possible that re-infections would
environment or anything else that one can theorise be milder, at this moment, we do not have strong
upon. One source says that it was chemical war evidence to prove this is true. It is also possible that
fare developed in the United States, stolen by the despite all the booster shots and vaccinations, you
Chinese who couldn’t handle it and that’s how the could get the Covid disease a second time. It has
destruction happened. Another source will say happened to me. A religious man once told me that
that this was inflicted by China on the world, and there are 3000 diseases God keeps in reserve for
how the Chinese took control of businesses and humanity and when we conquer one, he unleashes
elaborate explanations are offered to support this another.
view. Long live humanity!
So, has the pandemic ended? Could there
be another re-infection? And why are these
re-infections increasing. There has been the
appearance of a viral variant like Omicron. Some Vickram Sethi
believe that the risk of re-infection increased Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
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