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IMA vs Ramdev: Why what's good or bad for goose should be good or bad for gander
"All the authorities and celebrities who promoted the unscientific and risky measures like lockdowns and mass vaccinations with experimental vaccines should also be held accountable and tried in a fair manner without fear, favor or prejudice"
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & former-Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Comments by UHO members at WHO meeting for Pandemic Treaty
Authors: Dr Maya Valecha, MD, DGO, Vadodara, Gujarat
Dr. Gayatri Panditrao, BHMS, PGDEMS, Pune
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Conflict of interest: The authors have no conflict of interest.
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Why including HPV vaccine in national program is waste of public fund, explains top epidemiologist
"Will the promise of the vaccine to prevent cervical cancer hold good 4 decades down the line?"
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & former-Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Why glitz and glamour around HPV vaccine when cervical cancer is on a declining trend
"Union Budget pushed for HPV vaccine for girls aged 9 to 14 years when average age of getting cervical cancer is 50 years"
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & former-Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Pandemics to become new route to global power grab? Introspection on the eve of R Day
"Medical imperialism has overtaken military imperialism. It is driven by the pharma race, which is more profitable than arms race"
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & former-Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Global Surge and Strategies Ahead
"We should approach present and subsequent mutants as we do with the common cold, taking them in our stride"
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & former-Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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New SARS-CoV-2 sub-variant JN1: Why panic and propaganda shouldn’t prevail
"Thousands of mutating pathogens exist in nature. Chasing them with vaccines is like chasing deers and cheetahs in the forest"
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & former-Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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The Kerala Public Health Act 2023
Author: Govt. of Kerala
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'Draconian' Kerala health law follows WHO diktat: Govt readies to take harsh measures
"Recent reports about tribal deaths due to malnutrition and lack of medical care facilities point fingers to things to improve in Kerala"
Author: Dr Maya Valecha, MD, DGO, Vadodara, Gujarat
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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The Other Side of India’s Polio Eradication Story
"What actually happened on the ground seems to completely contradict what has been disseminated and publicized through mainstream media."
Author: Vratesh Srivastava, Analytics Professional
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Conflict of interest: No conflict of interest
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Reject WHO's 'draconian' amendments on pandemic: Citizens to Union Health Minister
"...amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) of the World Health Organization (WHO)...will make the signatories surrender their autonomy to the “unelected, unaccountable and the whimsical WHO in case of any future ‘pandemics’.”"
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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‘Say No To WHO Amendments’ — Citizens Tell Government And World Body
"Activists write to Bharat's health minister and WHO chief in protest over proposed amendments to the 2005 International Health Regulations."
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Pandemic Treaty — WHO Is It For, Really?
"The Pandemic Treaty promises to wreck the world of healthcare and human rights."
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Covid response? How, gripped by fear and groupthink, scientists 'failed' children
"As we recently celebrated Children’s Day, we must seek accountability for largest mass violation of child rights since World War-2"
Author: Bhaskaran Raman, Professor, Department of CSE, IIT Bombay
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Prescription Perils
"In view of the critical need for a robust pharmacovigilance system and stringent drug regulations, it’s time to revamp India’s drug regulatory system, prioritise safety aspect in healthcare, and unite all stakeholders."
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Why is WHO pushing so hard for a global pandemic treaty?
"The treaty has serious implications for the Global South, the pharma industry, sovereignty, democracy, and health administration"
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Bureaucrats 'working silently' with WHO for one-size-fits-all One World, One Bed policy
"Owner of an estate in Greek mythology, Procrustes had an iron bed on which he tied, tortured and made the traveller to fit the bed to perfection"
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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'Controlling' pandemics: Will our chowkidar blow trumpet, oppose arbitrary WHO move?
"If he blows trumpet, people of India will join him with banging of thalis, lighting of diyas to drive away dark IHR amendments"
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Anthony Fauci. Faucism. Fascism. Got The Drift?
"Anthony Fauci retired long back. But his brand of medical dictatorship continues."
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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From 'Naatu-Naatu' to 'Nipah-Nipah': Dancing to the tune of western pipers?
"We have entered an era of commercial movies instead of serious science on matter of health and disease glossing over uncomfortable truths"
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Unsafe interventions
"The developments, which appear to be driven by the interests of the pharmaceutical industry in the name of bringing prices down, will further strain the fragile doctor-patient relationship"
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Sleeping with the enemy? Ethical behaviour talk amidst physician-pharma interface
"A health policy maker in the WHO or the ICMR has more conflicts of interest than a hundred doctors with stethoscopes"
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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A hasty prescription for doctors
"Did the National Medical Commission (NMC) think through the consequences of its new prescription code?"
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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2019 Samoa Measles Outbreak: Do the numbers add up?
"This paper analyzes data from the alleged measles outbreak of Samoa in 2019, and questions the official narrative that low vaccination rates led to the outbreak and deaths."
Author: Vratesh Srivastava, Analytics Professional
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Conflict of interest: No conflict of interest
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Jan Vishwas Bill: A prescription for disaster
"Amendments without any logic or science, rushed through to favour commerce and industry for political gains, will harm the people of India in the long run"
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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The Unique Epidemiology of Diabetes
"The epidemiology of diabetes in India is unique. The determinants are both “nature” and “nurture,” against the background of malnutrition at both ends of the life course…."
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Union health minister's one-size-fits-all ploy: One world, one health... and one gender?
"Disease dynamics are far more complex. The ham-handed approach of One World, One Health will ruin human lives"
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Mann ki baat: WHO using pandemic as pretext to seek Emergency; will Modi speak up?
"Just as posterity is not judging the perpetrators of “Emergency” kindly, it will not judge our present political leaders kindly if they fail to save democracy from the “power grab” of the WHO."
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Urgency for next pandemic? But Mr Health Secretary, you're barking up wrong tree
"We have other unidentified “pandemics” in our own country such as dengue, typhoid, Japanese Encephalitis, and so on which we cannot quantify as data keeping of these “mundane” diseases have no glamour and therefore not carried out with the same gusto as any “new and deadlier pandemic” imported from abroad."
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Lancet editorial 'lacks' scientific robustness in calling India's Covid data untrustworthy
"These are sweeping statements which are speculative on the political issues and bad science as well as the estimates of Covid-19 deaths by World Health Organization (WHO) are inferred from dubious mathematical models rather than hard population level data."
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Three Years Into Covid-19, Burning Questions That WHO Needs To Answer (Part 5)
"a growing number of questions have been raised by medical experts, activists, and critical-thinking people in relation to the Covid-19 narrative"
Authors: Dr. Gayatri Panditrao, BHMS, PGDEMS, Pune
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Three Years Into Covid-19, Burning Questions That WHO Needs To Answer (Part 3)
"a growing number of questions have been raised by medical experts, activists, and critical-thinking people in relation to the Covid-19 narrative"
Author: Bhaskaran Raman, Professor, Department of CSE, IIT Bombay
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Public Health Quackery — Is The New World Disorder Here To Stay?
"The greatest harm was inflicted on schoolchildren. Early into the pandemic, data indicated that keeping schools open had little adverse impact on the health and well-being of children as well as their teachers."
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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If poor are 'empowered' with govt healthcare, they wouldn't go to charity for help
Author: Dr Maya Valecha, MD, DGO, Vadodara, Gujarat
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HPV Vaccine In The National Programme: Is It A Sound Move?
"The existing evidence does not support the inclusion of the HPV vaccine in the national immunisation programme. It would be a wasteful expenditure of public funds with uncertain benefits."
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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कोविड के फिर से आने की चेतावनी विज्ञान की नहीं, कर्मकांड की देन थी
"और लॉकडाउन व सामाजिक दूरी जैसे अंधाधुंध कदम, किसी प्रभाव के प्रमाण के अभाव में, निर्धनों के लिए अधिक कष्टों व आर्थिक हानियों की वजह बनते हैं।"
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Poor Air Quality: A Global Threat
"The increasing level of poor air quality becomes a global warming and threat of emerging and re-emerging disease…"
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Covid-19 Current Concerns
"The current scenario of Covid-19 in all over the world is like fix eyes on the ball and this bouncer will pass by harmlessly..."
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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The human rights approach to health care
"A human rights approach to health, making it a fundamental right, can ensure equity and justice in access to healthcare."
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Warnings of Covid Resurgence Marked By Ritualism , Not Science
"In the earlier phase of the pandemic, the “test, trace, isolate” mantra hardly made any dent on the spread of the infection. Futile chase of a fast-mutating virus with low lethality should be abandoned. Mindless restrictive measures such as lockdowns and social distancing, without evidence of efficacy, causes misery and economic setbacks to the poor."
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Need to revise and rethink - The Five-Fold Strategy of Covid Management
"For the last 2.5 years, Gov Of India implemented Five-Fold Strategy which has failed to deliver results as per the reasons explained."
Authors: Dr. Gayatri Panditrao, BHMS, PGDEMS, Pune
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Conflict of interest: No conflict of interest
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Covid-19 Pandemic: A Third Eye
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Math Murder in Media Manufactured Madness
"The next generation must know that societal damage in the name of Covid-19 response was NEVER justified - it was made possible via Math Murder"
Author: Bhaskaran Raman, Professor, Department of CSE, IIT Bombay
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Was Fear of Covid-19 Manufactured?
2022: more mortality, no fear
2020: lesser mortality, apocalyptic panic
Implication: fear in 2020 was not based on observed reality, but on manufactured fear
Author: Bhaskaran Raman, Professor, Department of CSE, IIT Bombay
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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HPV Vaccine, Let's Debate
"Whereas the infection is reported to occur between 26 to 35 years of age in India and the antibodies/protection is expected to last for 6 to 7 years, we want to give at 9 to 15 years of age."
"Whereas the previous approval is subject to SC decision, the approval is being trumpeted as soon as the drug is produced."
Author: Dr Maya Valecha, MD, DGO, Vadodara, Gujarat
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Conflict of interest: None
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Monkey pox: Is a serious threat???
"Monkey pox, which is more common in children in its native Africa, is showing a different epidemiology outside this continent. The surveillance data from the west suggests that it is behaving more like a sexually transmitted disease like HIV and other sexually transmitted infections."
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: None
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Anthony Fauci Fractured Science And Killed The Art Of Medicine
"Dr. Anthony Fauci, by his various acts of omissions and commissions, had a major role to play in the clumsy, inefficient, and unscientific manner in which the coronavirus pandemic was handled, causing so much misery and despair due to the loss of lives and livelihoods."
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Pandemic: 35 Tough Questions WHO Needs To Answer
"a list of incisive questions that we believe the WHO and its chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus should answer at once... questions are unanswered, and they come in the backdrop of the damage the pandemic and its aftermath have caused."
Author: Arvind Singh Kushwaha, Department of Community Medicine, AIIMS Nagpur, India
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Conflict of interest: "Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None"
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Slaying of Fundamental Rights on the pretext of public health
"It remains to be seen how the judiciary rises to the occasion to defend the citizen against the most blatant attack on fundamental rights, cloaked under the guise of managing public health emergency."
Author: Dr Gautam Das, MBBS, Physician, A member of GRAPH (Global Rational Alliance for Public Health), Kolkata
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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What's the role of police and profit in public health emergencies ?
"For countries like India, handing over the reins of public health responses to the WHO in case of pandemics declared according to the whims and fancies of this discredited body would be suicidal"
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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STOP DRACONIAN – “PUBLIC HEALTH (Prevention, Control & Management of Epidemics, Bio-Terrorism & Disasters) BILL” – 2017/ 2022
"a Referendum has to be taken to know the will of WE The People of India"
Authors: Dr Maya Valecha, Dr Amitav Banerjee, Dr Arvind Kushwaha
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Conflict of interest: The authors have no conflict of interest.
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Public Health Regressing to Primeval Times? Proposed WHO Treaty and the Public Health Bill bring more concerns
'The Bill is aligned with the proposed Pandemic Treaty by WHO. This unholy alliance has the potential to assume, "absolute power", which "corrupts absolutely."'
Authors: Dr Amitav Banerjee
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Covid-19 Pandemic: A Third Eye
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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COVID : A Story Tale
"Health system today needs serious introspection. Are we really healthy? Is our health still in our own hands?"
Author: Dr Gayatri Panditrao, BHMS, PGDEMS, Homoeopathic Physician, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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WHO Pandemic Treaty Does Not Make Epidemiological Sense
"Management of pandemics should be done by local experts who have insight of the epidemiological nuances of the region. So having blanket treaties is not fair to the WHO or to countries facing pandemics differently in different regions."
Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee, MD, Clinical Epidemiologist. Prof & Head, Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil Medical College, Pune, India.
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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No Need for the WHO Pandemic Treaty
'Biggest mistake in the pandemic was to practice "One size fits all strategy" while stratified approach is the right way'
Author: Dr Arvind Singh Kushwaha (Department of Community Medicine, AIIMS, Nagpur, India)
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Demand for Nationalization of Healthcare Services
Author: Dr Maya Valecha, MD, DGO, Vadodara, Gujarat
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Conflict of interest: No conflict of interest
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India: a Playground for Social Surveillance via Health ID
"it is extremely important for doctors, nurses and medical practitioners of all kinds to team up with civil liberties organizations in India to withstand the tsunami of medical imprisonment that is being planned, as it is only through coordinated efforts that successes can be obtained"
Author: Gopi Krishna Vijaya, PhD
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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Stop Using the Phrase Vaccine Hesitancy
"When the mainstream narrative refuses to acknowledge known science and known data, trust is lost. This adds to the reason for people who do not want the jab to be skeptical about the excessive push for the same."
“there must be honesty on the part of the scientific community in acknowledging both the unknowns surrounding the jabs as well as known science behind natural immunity and low-risk groups”
Author: Bhaskaran Raman, Professor, Department of CSE, IIT Bombay
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Conflict of interest: The author has no conflict of interest.
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