All stories by VAIHAYASI PANDE DANIEL
'Remember, always, the virus doesn't want to die'
Rediff.com31 Dec 2021'If you think you think you're going to booster yourself out of the pandemic, in COVID-19's case, you can forget it.'
'The severe cases are mostly unvaccinated people'
Rediff.com28 Dec 2021'In our ICUs, the majority are unvaccinated people.' 'Out of the hospital, in the community, we see that -- whether you are vaccinated or whether you're not vaccinated -- the symptoms are more or less the same.'
'Omicron is a very, very obvious case for boosters'
Rediff.com27 Dec 2021'An individual who maybe has had two vaccines, or has had two vaccines, and a booster, is going to be pretty well protected.'
'Everybody's going to get infected'
Rediff.com27 Dec 2021'In the likelihood that Omicron is circulating, you have a much greater chance of getting infected now, than you did during the Age of Delta.'
'Humans have never learned from history'
Rediff.com17 Dec 2021'We need to retell this history from many different perspectives.'
'Vegetarianism can help'
Rediff.com17 Dec 2021'But one of the important things to remember is that what we are seeing today in India -- the destruction of the forests, the opening up of the forests to mining companies.' 'It's a horrifying thing that's going on.' 'Yet, if you look at who owns the mining companies, you will see that almost always they are vegetarians!' 'They are people, who in their own lives would probably not even hurt an insect, but yet have no qualms about destroying an entire ecosystem.'
'Omicron won't be a big challenge for India'
Rediff.com6 Dec 2021... 'Or any country which has reasonable vaccine coverage.' 'The emergence of Omicron clearly proves that if we allow a virus to circulate in an unvaccinated population, it would take a form which could be a Variant of Concern, or a new variant.'
'Omicron may make you more sick'
Rediff.com29 Nov 2021'This virus may have more immune evasion capability and therefore, it may make you more sick.'
Omicron: What Mask Should I Wear?
Rediff.com29 Nov 2021'Every time you put on a mask and take the mask off and adjust the fit, you are putting additional fatigue on the materials.'
Sputnik vaccine shows 92% efficacy
Rediff.com27 Nov 2021'A good 30 per cent of people will still get infected after getting the Covishield vaccine.'
'Covid variants arise because of our stupidity'
Rediff.com27 Nov 2021'The virus is constantly, constantly making mistakes when it replicates.' 'When the virus has accumulated enough mistakes, then it becomes now a variant and it behaves differently.'
9/11: 20 Years Later, A Father Mourns A Dead Son
Rediff.com22 Nov 2021Dates like 9/11 should never be allowed to pass by forgotten because terrorism is not to be borne, inhumanity is not to borne.
'Cheese is a slow food. You need patience. It's not that it's going to happen overnight'
Rediff.com18 Nov 2021When the Indian brunost bravely ventured into the international cheese arena in Spain, along with 4,000 others from 45 countries, before 230 judges, its sterling desi pedigree spoke for itself, winning a silver in the brown cheese category and giving India a berth on the global cheese map.
'All the vaccines, so far, seem to be protecting from severe illness'
Rediff.com9 Nov 2021'The immune protection may well wane somewhat, and that's what we have to monitor.' 'Should it wane to the point where vaccinated individuals are getting severe disease, then we really will need to give them booster shots and that'll apply regardless of what vaccine they've got the first time.'
'Vaccine Must Go To Older People First'
Rediff.com9 Nov 2021'At the current time, we should be vaccinating all those who are potentially going to get more severe illness, before we start vaccinating very young individuals.'
Colonel Raja Chari Is Ready for Space
Rediff.com30 Oct 2021On Sunday morning Eastern US time, four astronauts will zoom into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. Commanding the spaceflight is Raja Chari, a United States Air Force colonel.
'Corbett Park is a part of our history. We can't tamper with history'
Rediff.com18 Oct 2021'Jim Corbett was a remarkable man. There's a history behind Corbett and he deserves the honour of the area being the Jim Corbett National Park.'
'India might not have a third wave'
Rediff.com6 Oct 2021'Between its natural immunity with Delta, in so many populations, and then getting on top of the vaccination (situation), I do not think India is going to have another bad wave.'
'When virus is still circulating, older people are more at risk'
Rediff.com6 Oct 2021'We lost our place in being first in the epidemic, when it hit India so hard, but we were actually the epicentre of the epidemic from essentially April 2020, for almost an entire year. We had such high cases. We were the country that had the most mixed response.'
'Immunity will get us through Covid'
Rediff.com24 Sep 2021'Vaccination is the only safe way to get immunity.'