Corona positive vs. ‘Typhoid Mary of Corona’ – Is corona a predator or decomposer?

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A very reputed, non-partisan Tamil news channel - Thanthi TV has recently interviewed a person who tuned positive for corona on landing to Trichy from Dubai and had spent a reasonable period of time in quarantine and was then released after tested negative for virus.  https://youtu.be/7HLajYF9pUo

The revelations of the person who came out of quarantine in Tamil Nadu must be seen both from epidemiological perspective and how Tamil Nadu government under EPS is handling the issue of corona pandemic in an outstanding manner.

On March 17, the person under the interview reported to have suffered from throat infection, fever, cold and consulted the physician in Dubai and got the medicines and got completely cured within 2 days. 

On March 21st the person returned to Trichy from Dubai and after two days, he was traced by the government of TN, tested and turned positive for the virus.  And approximately 20 days it took for him to turn negative for corona. 

It means, nearly 25 days or more has been taken for the virus to clear from the system but he got rid of the medical distress within 2 days of treatment in Dubai.  Since the said individual had definite history of returning from Dubai, government of Tamil Nadu could immediately track him and do all the needful to prevent the possible spread of the virus. 

Imagine, if someone within our population is already infected and got rid of the clinical problems without knowing they were infected by corona, how can we prevent the spread the virus through such individuals by shutting down the county?    

The government agency identifying such cases is also almost impossible.  By assuming such possibility, can we pu everyone in the prison in the name of quarantine?

We cannot rule out the existence of such possibility in India.  Many ‘Typhoid Marry’ of corona in our population are likely to exist and spread the virus. 

India cannot escape corona infection and possibly every individual in India is going to get infected by corona if not today, tomorrow.  The rate of spread of the virus is quite high and therefore we have less to worry due to strong evolutionary reasons.

The virus spreads fast only to enhance its survival and if the virus can enhance its survival in the same host it had already invaded, why the virus should spread to others.  

From the evolutionary sense, Corona is exhibiting more of a scavenger or decomposer behaviour than as a primary predator.  

The chance virus in establishing long term association with elderly people, obviously due to poor rate of cell cycle and other factors is quite high than in younger population, which again clearly supports only the above hypothesis.

All age groups are equally susceptible to catch the virus but the possibility of the virus establishing its kingdom is high in aged group.  It means, the virus may be looking for abundant weak to near dead cells to colonize and survive. 

POSITIVE CASE OF CORONA AND TYPHOID MARRY OF CORONA, BOTH ARE GOING TO EXIST IN INDIA EVEN IF MODI DECIDES LOCK DOWN THE COUNTY TILL 2024. 

Lock down is not the solution.  While protecting the vulnerable group, we also must prevent/reduce the movement of those who may carry the virus without any symptoms or otherwise called ‘typhoid mary of corona’. 

The student population are the one who can act as silent carriers of the virus and hence shutting the educational institutions at least till July 2020 is necessary.

The political message of the interview of the person who got released from quarantine clearly reveals that the state Tamil Nadu has shown an exemplary leadership to deal the pandemic. 

Tamil Nadu has a history of promoting social justice.  However social justice is only a political slogan for DMK but MGR and Amma J Jayalalithaa practiced social justice in letter and spirit.   Now the political protégé of Amma and MGR, EPS has shown the state clarity and confidence in dealing the problem of corona and also achieved grand success.  The person in the interview lavished his thanks to the state and EPS for the humane approach and kind way of handling of the issue, called medical justice.

Risk groups and potential ‘transmitters’ (student group) of the virus must be restricted from moving around and congregating in any single spot which is naturally the educational institution to spot the spread of the virus.  That is possible only by closing down the schools and colleges for another three months so that new ‘silent’ hotspots of corona from emerging, we can minimize.  Corona has come to stay here and not to leave us, let us be prepared. S Ranganathan

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