![]() ![]() That's when we realise that: 'Okay, this burglar has come in'. It gets into the throat, then it gets into the lungs and it starts replicating in the cells. The characteristic of this burglar is that it replicates very quickly.Īnd that's what COVID-19 does. In the second situation, when the burglar comes in, you realise this only after the burglar has opened the door and come into the house. The second situation with a burglar named COVID-19: ![]() Let's use fire as an analogy for our body's immune response. We know that this particular burglar is susceptible to or doesn't like fire. This burglar comes into your home to steal something and cause some damage. These are the questions probably going through her mind. Is she still an active case or not? Is she a recovered case?įirst, ( about this) personal acquaintance of yours, who was declared COVID-19 negative, but is COVID-19 positive in the lungs, etc, etc.Ĭan she transmit? Can somebody else get it from her? Can she get it again? She has come out of it and her COVID-19 test is now negative.īut she was told that she still has COVID-19 in her lungs. Someone I know well had a bad case of COVID-19. How is this important and what does it mean? There is now a lot of data being made accessible about active cases and recovered cases. Further he describes what happens during that unlawful entry, by the virus, into your lungs and cells. In Part I of this interview to Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/, Dr Peter graphically portrays how COVID-19 is quite like a burglar, who is stealthily trespassing, and breaking into your home ie illegally entering your body. How COVID-19 affects individuals differently.ĭr Peter, who qualified from the Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, and the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia, and has been operating for 25 years, is the director and chief cardiac surgeon at the DDMM Heart Institute, a super specialty hospital, in the small town of Nadiad, southeast Gujarat, about 60 km from Ahmedabad.How 99 per cent of us have to recover from COVID-19.If we can never get perfect with our testing, why are we testing?.Why cured or recovered case numbers will obviously exceed active cases.Can actual case numbers link up with recovered case numbers in the absence of the total data?.What is the significance of the national numbers for recovered/cured cases the government posts daily? Or of the recovery rates and mortality rates?.Why we all might eventually get COVID-19. ![]()
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