Prof (Dr) Sunil Raina

The study claims that “findings highlight the need for further research to identify potential protective factors that may have promoted resilience among children exposed to the COVID-19 pandemic”
Is this biologically plausible @njbbari3.bsky.social @drinfosec.bsky.social @microlabdoc.bsky.social

COVID-19 Pandemic Exposure and Toddler Behavioral Health in the ECHO Program This cohort study evaluates whether the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with parent-reported internalizing and externalizing problems among US toddlers who participated in the Environmental Influence...

#CovidInKids
Covid as Protective factor?
Resilience?
I thought resilience was a socio-cultural construct
Precisely why I have reservations with evidence alone science, evidence constructed through statistical power
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#Tuberculosis
Malnutrition-known to be a risk factor for making TB symptomatic.
But our recent experience using a case-control design saw that this & other known risk factors may actually be over exaggerated @organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social @microlabdoc.bsky.social

Hong Kong reports dual cases of severe paediatric influenza, one co-infected with COVID-19 The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health disclosed today that there are two instances of severe paediatric influenza A infection, with one of the cases also infected with COV...

#CovidInKid
#CleanAirInSchools
The mis-information that it doesn’t impact kids has been busted many times over, yet our effort to correct that is very limited or restricted
@organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social @drinfosec.bsky.social
www.dimsumdaily.hk/hong-kong-re...

#CARCON
#NeglectedTropicalDiseases
#DogBite
#OtherAnimalBite
Come & join us as we explore the socio-cultural contextualisation of animal bite & the solutions there to
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#ClimateChange
Is India witnessing it’s worst floods in the current century
If we go by the situation in North & Northeast India, it may well be
@organicbotanic.bsky.social

#Floods
While climate science is the earliest to recognise “Outliers/extreme weather conditions” as critical, is it too late to prevent the impact of these?
Have we moved so far ahead that preventing devastation is impossible? @elhopkins.bsky.social @organicbotanic.bsky.social

Flood Alert In Delhi LIVE: Delhi Flood Ground Report | Delhi On Alert As Yamuna River Hits Danger YouTube video by India Today

#Floods
It continues to rain, it continues to flood
www.youtube.com/live/iO356o9...

#Vaccination
Show this to the those who say “vaccines are harmful”
@organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social @drinfosec.bsky.social
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‘Stratus’ variant in US: Map shows rising Covid cases as national test positivity rate increases A map has revealed how Covid-19 cases are rising nationwide, fueled by the Stratus variant, which is an emerging offshoot of the Omicron variant.

Covid-19 cases are rising nationwide in US fuelled by the Stratus variant, The CDC states that the national test +vty rate hit 9.9 % in the past week up 1.4 percent from last week.
www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/u...

#Science
It was never about “I”
Unfortunately that is being challenged now @organicbotanic.bsky.social @brownecfm.bsky.social @drinfosec.bsky.social @microlabdoc.bsky.social

#ClimateChange
India, the country that houses the most humans on this planet is expected to face twice as many heatwave days, 43% rise in extreme rainfall by 2030 @organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social

#ClimateChange
Extreme weather conditions r no more an outlier- the chances r higher now than before that they will happen every year @organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social

Jammu records 190.4 mm rainfall in 24 Hours, second-highest August downpour in nearly 100 years Heavy downpour triggered waterlogging in several parts of the city, disrupted traffic and raised concerns over the flood situation in low-lying areas

#ClimateChange
It is not just about rising temperatures or melting glaciers
It is also about patterns/trends/prediction of rains, snow & sunshine
Single-day rainfall for the month of August in nearly a century
@organicbotanic.bsky.social
www.greaterkashmir.com/latest-news/...

Cancelling mRNA studies is the highest irresponsibility The rest of the world is not following the US government’s dangerous path, and will stick with the technology that helped the world out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

No one entity or person should have the powers to either own or destroy the collective knowledge of science
@organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

SARS-CoV-2 infection induces pro-fibrotic and pro-thrombotic foam cell formation - Nature Microbiology SARS-CoV-2 infection can lead to sustained increased macrophage numbers and formation of enlarged lipid-laden macrophages after viral clearance. This can be prevented with antiviral treatment in mice.

#Covid
This infection is not just one-off event & we did underestimate it
SARS-CoV-2 infection results in increased macrophage numbers & extensive formation of enlarged lipid-laden macrophages or foam cells
@elhopkins.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Rabies Outbreak in an Urban, Unmanaged... This report describes a multistate investigation into a rabies outbreak in Maryland that was linked to a rabid, feral cat.

No more the disease of poor & neglected @organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social
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#TB
In very near future, public health resources will largely be directed towards reducing impact of drug resistance & #XDRTB will partake the largest share of these & yet the rewards will be far from satisfactory
Time to act is now @organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social

#TB
Solutions r a product of Knowledge
& Knowledge is widely distributed- in time, place & person
At a given point in time #Community is the best representative of Knowledge & without it no knowledge ever existed @organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social

Traditional TB control relies on identifying & testing individuals, but stigma, delayed care-seeking, & gaps in surveillance allow transmission to continue — especially in crowded indoor spaces

The Challenge
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, with over 10 million cases and 1.3 million deathsannually. Drug-resistant TB is an escalating biosecurity risk @organicbotanic.bsky.social @brownecfm.bsky.social @microlabdoc.bsky.social

#TB
Finding Solutions
Instead of asking “who is sick?” our solution asks “is transmission happening here?”—shifting the focus from individuals to locations where airborne spread occurs
@elhopkins.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social @drinfosec.bsky.social
unpolitics.global/pubs/project...

The COVID-19 pandemic transformed this scientist into a research-integrity sleuth Lonni Besançon has faced online abuse, threats and legal challenges. But he remains proud of his service to science and society.

Need more like him to help differentiate between Science & Propaganda
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘Sleeping’ cancer cells in the lungs can be roused by COVID and flu Inflammation from the respiratory infections seems to be the culprit, study in mice finds.

#Covid is immune altering/damaging/dysregulating-Didn’t we know this before
Hidden in the lungs of some breast cancer survivors r tumour cells that can remain dormant for decades- until they one day trigger a relapse
@organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Legionnaires’ disease cluster in New York City rises to 83 infections and 3 deaths NYC health officials are investigating a cluster of Legionnaires' disease cases, possibly linked to contaminated cooling towers, causing serious lung infection.

Remember Weakened Immune System is a risk factor for Legionnaires disease
& there is no doubt that as individuals & as a “collective” we r living in an immune deficient state
@organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social
www.local3news.com/local-news/e...

#TB
Why solutions fail- Because people believe knowledge is uniformly distributed & confuse results obtained while dealing with variables as finite & unchangeable @organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social

#TB
It has for centuries been a health & Social issue only
But now it is an environmental issue as well & with #MDRTB & #XDRTB, we can only imagine where it can go @organicbotanic.bsky.social @brownecfm.bsky.social @drinfosec.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social @njbbari3.bsky.social

Seven suspected tuberculosis cases at Tacoma ICE processing facility The KING 5 Investigators discovered seven suspected cases of TB at the Northwest ICE Processing Center, confirmed by the Washington State Department of Health.

#TB
I have said this before - we r dealing with a “ limited understanding of TB”
TB will continue to have the most severe & long term impact on not just our health but our socio-cultural evolution as well
@organicbotanic.bsky.social @elhopkins.bsky.social
www.king5.com/article/news...

#Metformin
And this is how the obituary of a cheap & safe drug is written
url:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2836528?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=content-shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=080525 @organicbotanic.bsky.social

#Credit