Tag: Covid-19 infection
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Happy hypoxia
Khyati GuptaMumbai, India Poet’s statement “Happy hypoxia” is a poem I wrote while trying to capture the thoughts of a patient in solitude infected with coronavirus amidst the second wave of the pandemic. Happy hypoxia I wake up at the noise of a tray put next to my bedI know what’s in it even before…
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Epidemic encephalitis lethargica
JMS PearceHull, England, United Kingdom Table 1. QUARANTINABLE DISEASES Cholera Diphtheria Infectious tuberculosis Plague Smallpox Yellow fever Viral hemorrhagic fevers Severe acute respiratory syndromes Influenza pandemic From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Legal authorities for isolation and quarantine. Source The pandemic Covid-19 infection, first reported from China in December 2019, reminds us of many…