Coronavirus on Ram’s blog

Remote work

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 19:16:36 +0530

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020 and a country-wide lockdown was announced, we all went virtual. The hitherto exception became the norm.

Unable to cope with the “new normal”, we found the first weeks unsettling. A month or so later, we started to love it.

Two and a half years since, we now have people unwilling to come back to the office. What triggered this article was a discussion I had with a friend who had been to an event organised by the realtors in Bangalore. The afternoon session was about how to get people back to the office.

My Experience with COVID Vaccination

Sun, 04 Jul 2021 09:55:26 +0530

This first of July, I got my second shot of the Covid-19 vaccine. Over the past months, I have seen people opposing vaccination (which surprised me), some being suspicious of one of the vaccines (which included me), people expressing concerns, and people that I care about getting affected with Covid after choosing not to vaccinate, despite getting the chance to get vaccinated—more than once.

COVID Vaccines

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 08:02:35 +0530

India is among the world leaders in vaccination. Also called the Pharmacy of the World, India is the largest manufacturer of vaccines. The public has been no different; you will find most of us wanting to get vaccinated. Polio vaccines are an example, where all children born in India get vaccinated through the extensive vaccination programmes that the government runs.

Can we kill a virus

Sun, 29 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

In the last blog post, I had made a statement about how a living organism works, specifically, propagation. I had equated that with that of the behaviour of a virus. Later I realised that it could lead to some confusion, with some thinking that a virus is a living organism.