20/05/2021
THIRD WAVE
FEAR OR PREPARE
IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF THIRD WAVE ?
YES ,BECAUSE OF FOLLOWING REASONS
* MANY WESTERN COUNTRIES WHO ARE AHEAD IN THE COVID TIME LINE ARE FACING THE THIRD WAVE AND WE ARE NOT DIFFERENT
* CONSIDERING THE HUNDREDS OF VIRAL MUTATIONS IT SEEMS THAT THE VIRUS IS TRYING HARD TO SURVIVE
* PEOPLE BECOME CARELESS WITH TIME
* FESTIVAL SEASONS AHEAD
WILL IT EFFECT CHILDREN MORE ?
POSSIBLY YES, BECAUSE
* WESTERN DATA TELLS US SO
* IN INDIA FIRST WAVE INVOLVED ONLY 3 to 4 % CHILDREN BUT IN THE SECOND WAVE IT INVOLVED 10- 15% CHILDREN. SO MATHEMATICALLY SPEAKING THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER INCREASE IN THE THIRD WAVE
* THERE IS NO VACCINE FOR CHILDREN YET
* CHILDREN ARE SUPPOSEDLY MORE PRONE TO INFECTIONS
BUT BUT AS AN OPTIMISTIC DOCTOR I FEEL IT IS NOT GOING TO BE AS FRIGHTENING AS THE MEDIA IS TELLING US BECAUSE
* IN OUR SOCIETY ALMOST EVERY HOUSEHOLD HAD A PERSON INFECTED WITH COVID AND THE CHILDREN IN THOSE HOUSEHOLDS COULD NOT BE ISOLATED PROPERLY AS THERE WERE NO MEANS TO DO SO. HENCE THE CHILDREN IN THE FAMILY ALSO GOT EXPOSED ALTHOUGH THEY MIGHT HAVE REMAINED ASYMPTOMATIC. AS A RESULT THEY ALSO HAVE SOME SORT OF IMMUNITY TO THE VIRUS
* THE SOCIETY AND THE ADMINISTRATION IS PROBABLY BETTER PREPARED TO DEAL WITH SIMILAR SITUATIONS IN THE FUTURE
* THE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY SPARED DURING THE LAST WAVES AND ARE THOUGHT TO BE SOMEWHAT IMMUNE TO THIS VIRUS COMPARED TO ADULTS
HOW TO SAVE OUR CHILDREN FROM THIRD WAVE ?
S- SANITATION: TEACH THEM ABOUT REGULAR SANITISATION OF HANDS
M - MASK : PARENTS HAVE TO WEAR MASK EVEN AT HOMES. CHILDREN OLDER THAN 2 YEARS ALSO HAVE TO WEAR MASKS
S - SOCIAL DISTANCING HAS TO BE FOLLOWED EVERYWHERE
SO DO NOT FEAR THE THIRD WAVE JUST PREPARE