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Oommen C Kurian

Kerala Seems to be Past its First Peak: But Just How Reliable are Kerala’s Covid-19 Death Numbers?

Even with daily testing numbers remaining at very high levels of more than a million per day, India’s weekly test positivity is under five per cent, the threshold suggested by the World Health Organisation to get out of lockdown. ...
Oommen C Kurian-November 13, 2020, 12:40 IST India
Will There be a Single Coronavirus Peak in India’s ‘Patchwork Pandemic’?

In many parts of the country, low overall death rates and the lockdown fatigue are resulting in people, including those of high-risk categories, letting their guard down after months of protecting themselves from the virus. ...
Oommen C Kurian-September 23, 2020, 14:32 IST Opinion
From Covid-19 Pandemic to Epidemic of Spurious Analysis

With COVID-19 spreading to almost all districts in India, barring three districts of Arunachal Pradesh, there has been a spate of speculative articles anticipating or assuming a rural catastrophe, chronicling severe systematic ‘undercounting’ of deaths....
Oommen C Kurian-August 12, 2020, 14:35 IST Opinion
Red Flags, Misconduct and Risky Approvals as Global Politics Undermines Scientific Debate on HCQ

The fog of war surrounding Covid-19 and the desperation of the scientific community and practitioners to have evidence-informed medicines and vaccines may give room for large- scale manipulation of studies, like the Lancet controversy proves. ...
Oommen C Kurian-June 5, 2020, 14:42 IST Opinion
Health as a Poll Issue: We Need Better Reporting and Evidence-informed Narratives

Given the historically polarised health policy debates in the country, we need to guard ourselves against alarmism and sensationalism in mass media....
Oommen C Kurian-April 15, 2019, 15:42 IST Politics
Swine Flu in Rajasthan: Can the Nipah Outbreak in Kerala Offer Lessons?

India has periodic spikes in H1N1 outbreaks every few years, owing to the nature of the human immune system. When the protective effect on the community gained from the previous outbreak reduces over time, a large number of people are prone to infection. ...
Oommen C Kurian-February 10, 2019, 11:53 IST Opinion

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Oommen C Kurian

Kerala Seems to be Past its First Peak: But Just How Reliable are Kerala’s Covid-19 Death Numbers?

Will There be a Single Coronavirus Peak in India’s ‘Patchwork Pandemic’?

From Covid-19 Pandemic to Epidemic of Spurious Analysis

Red Flags, Misconduct and Risky Approvals as Global Politics Undermines Scientific Debate on HCQ

Health as a Poll Issue: We Need Better Reporting and Evidence-informed Narratives

Swine Flu in Rajasthan: Can the Nipah Outbreak in Kerala Offer Lessons?

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