Apologies for the bad link. Please use this one. https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-covid-19-will-hit-india
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 5 Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2020 19:57:48 +0000 (UTC) From: E DeSousa <ejd...@att.net> To: Goanet Org <goa...@goanet.org> Cc: Frederick Noronha <fredericknoron...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Goanet] DISCUSSION: Did India over react on Covid-19? Message-ID: <1711488214.626350.1586030268...@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Frederick Noronha <fredericknoron...@gmail.com> provides a link to the Covid 19write up in Scroll. https://scroll.in/pulse/957883/did-india-overreact-covid-19-outbreak-isnt-following-the-trajectory-of-europe-and-china-so-far Comment: Now that this nasty virus has reached Asia's largest slum- Dharavi in Mumbai home to over 1 million people living in close proximity,Dr. N Devadasan author of the subject article in Scroll.in? may think that he spoke too soon. A striking thing about this virus is what my doctor told me: Tests in her hospital indicated that of the 150 people who tested positive for the virus almost one third were asymptomatic.Infected people are asymptomatic but contagious while the virus is incubating,which could be a few days. And reportedly here are infected contagious people who exhibit no symptoms. So she advised me: Act like everyone you meet is contagious and stay away from any gatherings like Church services. Apparently most of her Covid 19 patients come from one church. New York has been hit hard by the virus. Governor Andrew?Cuomo said the other day on National TV, New York would need at least 30,000 ventilators and additional Hospital capacity. So it is interesting to read an article in the New Yorker about their views on what could be expected when the virus gets to India. This write up includes the views of Ramanan Laxminarayan, an epidemiologist and economist who directs the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics, and Policy in Washington, D.C., and who is currently in New Delhi. https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-covid-19-will-hit-india
