COVID: A Curse on Humanity!
COVID: Loss of Human Capital
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| Busy Taipei Subway Station |
8 months 6 days prior on Jan 20 2020; China officially
admitted about some virus has spread in the mainland China. While this
announcement was much delayed and had to be made after realizing that any
further delay will tarnish its already shady image.
Good two weeks prior to
this admission, neighbouring country Taiwan had already smelled something fishy
in the soil of its arch rival China, and taking learning of 2003 outbreak named
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) seriously, on December 31 2019, Taiwan
Centre for Disease Control (TCDC) implemented inspection measures for inbound
flights from Wuhan China in response to reports of an unidentified outbreak with
full professional conduct. Result is self-explanatory –
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| Corona Cases Taiwan Vs Rest Of the World |
The fall out of this pandemic is much grimmer than
anticipated early both in terms of Human Capital as well as the Financial
Capital. The pandemic lethality could have been little muted, had various
governments and more explicitly the World Health Organization (WHO) took their
job more seriously and honestly. The information from China already came too
little too late; and on top of that actions of Govts., Policy makers were very
disheartening. This casual approach has made us pay dearly and the final solution
for this virus – a reliable Vaccine still far from sight.. Damages still can
hit us hard!
Even before COVID struck, global economy was not in best
stage in first place so it was destined to remain like that for some good time.
But the loss of Human Capital due to this COVID is too many and irrevocable.
Listing few noteworthy luminaries who have left for heavenly
abode in last nine months of Corona lock-down:
SP Balasubrahmanyam I June 4, 1946- September 25, 2020 I
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| S.P.Balasubrahmanyam |
Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam also referred as S.P.B, A prolific playback singer from down south state of Tamil Nadu succumbed to its month long battle against Corona Virus on Sept 25 in Chennai. Winner of 6 National Films Awards for Best Male Playback Singer for his work in four different languages Kannada, Telgu, Tamil and Hindi. He also held the Guinness World Record for recording highest number of songs by a singer with over 40,000 songs. A recipient of Padma Shri (2001) and Padma Bhushan (2011) from Government of India.
Pranab Kumar Mukherjee I December 11, 1935- August 31,
2020 I
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| Bharat Ratna Pranab Mukherjee |
84 year old Famous as Pranab Da among his followers; a recipient of India’s highest civilian award Bharat Ratna former president of India, had recently undergone a surgery for removal of a clot in his brain, took his last breath on August 31.
A very learned and well-read political powerhouse was Asst professor of Political Science in Vidyanagar College, Kolkata before trying his hands in politics. Pranab Da started his journey in politics in year 1967 as a founding member of Bangla Congress and formed an alliance against Indian National Congress (INC). In year 1972 he was inducted in Indira Congress. His cordial relations with PM Narendra Modi was a quiet a pleasant surprise for his detractors. On June 6, 2018 the best of his move came as a visit to Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) headquarter in Nagpur and addressed a large gathering.
Nishikant Kamat I June 17, 1970- August 17, 2020 I
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| Nishikant Kamat |
A very promising, 50 year old Filmmaker Actor Director Nishikant passed away on August 17, 2020 while fighting his 2 yearlong battle against liver cirrhosis. His debut film Dombivali Fast (2005) earned him accolades in Marathi cinema. All of his works were bigger and better than previous one like- Mumbai Meri Jaan, Force, Lai Bhaari, Drishyam, Rocky Handsome and Madaari.
Saroj Khan I November 11, 1948- July 3, 2020 I
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| Dhak-Dhak Queen- Saroj Khan |
Born as Nirmala Nagapl with a career spanning over 40 years was the Dhak-Dhak girl of Indian Hindi Cinema. She has choreographed more than 3000 songs. She dies on July 3 due to a sudden cardiac arrest. She started as a child artist at the age of three with the film Nazarana as baby Shyama and was a background dancer in 1950s.
Saroj has a troubled growing up years, her first marriage
happened by deceit at the age of 13 with film choreographer B.Sohanlal who was
43 years old and already married. After 2 children and divorce she remarried
Sardar Roshan Khan and converted to Islam.
Her first big break came with Mein Teri Dushman, Dushman
Tu Mera in Nagina (1986) and few more acts which established her in
Bollywood came with Sridevi Hawa Hawai
Mr. India( 1987) and Mere Hathon Mein in Chandani ( 1989). Later
she formed an ace team with Madhuri Dixit like Ek Do Teen in Tezab(
1988) , Tamma Tamma in Thanedaar ( 1990) and finally a song
which remained with her till the very last Dhak Dhak Karne Laga in Beta(
1992).
Her last work as also with Madhuri Dixit in Kalank( 2019)
in the form of Tabah Ho Gaye.
Chef Flyod Cardoz I October 2, 1960-March 25, 2020 I
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| Chef Flyod Cardoz |
59 year old celebrity gourmet chef of Table and Bombay Bread Bar operated restaurant in India and USA. He also competed in Top Chef and won Top Chef Masters. The father of modern Indian cuisine succumbed to COVID in New York after his visit from India.
Andrew Jack I January 28, 1944- 31 March 2020 I
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| Andrew Jack |
Actor and dialect coach of British Origin famous as Major Ematt in the ‘Star Wars’ movies died of illness on March 31. He also has been credited with movies like ‘Sherlock Holmes’, ‘Lord of the Rings’, ‘Men in Black: International’.
Solution in Sight:
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| Coronavirus Vaccine Progress Report |
Researcher around the world are working tirelessly to find a vaccines against a grueling time schedule. Even after the best of the resources in Human Capital and Economic Capital pressed to find a reliable vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 virus which has already created huge damages. As per the recent count there are 46 firms in race to get the first vaccine approved and launched for the mass usage.
Political discourses are doing the lip service which they are expert at .. and each day someone or the other comes with a new assurance on launch date of vaccine to their voter constituency..
Sputnik-V is the best real step in this direction from Russia, credibility of which has been questioned by critics citing lack of transparency. Russian Govt has announced their plan for next level vaccine trial in coming days.
Moderna+NIH, BioNTech+Pfizer+Fosun Pharma, CanSinoBio, Johnson & Johnson, Astra Zeneca+ University of Oxford, NovaVax are few famous firms racing against the time to crack the code!
Two Indian Firms are also in very promising stage to break the deadlock and give respite to the humanity. These companies are -Zydus Cadila and Bharat Biotech
Experts believe that a long lasting zero fallacy vaccine is still 12-18 months away, till then best mantra to observe is-
Wear a face cover-Wash your hands-Keep a safe distance
OM NAMAH
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Source: Lancet, CNN Global, WHO
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