Hyderabad: Dr Sudhir Kumar, Senior Consultant Neurologist from Apollo Hospital has said that the second wave of Coronavirus in the country was because of our complacency and virus mutation.
Addressing an Informative talk on ‘Tiding Over Second Wave of Covid’ virtually on the Zoom platform on Saturday, organized by the Lions Club of Hyderabad Petals, a women’s club, Dr Sudhir said, if there are any to be blamed for this, it is we who needs to blame and nobody else.
We started celebrating it early, became a little careless, opened up everything. That is why this second wave, he explained.
” We reached a peak on May 7 when we touched 4.14 lakh cases. Now the cases are coming down. But, the next 6 to 8 months will be crucial. Human beings are social animals. We always wanted to meet people. But, the next 6 to 8 months continue the same precautions, he added.
Dr Kumar said to avoid meeting people. What is if you don’t have social gatherings, you have social media. Make use of it. Thankfully we have it, but people who suffered pandemic like this one in 1918 didn’t have the luxury of social media. So you enjoy it and avoid physical social gatherings till the majority of the people are vaccinated”, he said.
The Neurologist said, “More than 98 per cent of people are recovering. Just 1.5 to 2 per cent of people have lost lives. Why are we making it a negative thing? There is positivity. Of course, every life is important. But, the good thing is 98 to 98.5% are recovering well, he added.
Once you get Corona it is not the end of life. Don’t get panic. About 98 per cent of people do not even need to be hospitalized”.
Kids have natural protection as their immune system is much better compared to adults. But this with a new variant, kids are not immune to it, Dr Kumar said.