It’s on everybody’s mind, to some extent, right now. If a surface is contaminated with the SARS-CoV-2virus, how long does it pose a risk of infection? The virus is thought to mainly spread through respiratory droplets. These are produced in a cloud when a person coughs or sneezes, or even talks. Some potentially-virus-laden droplets might end up getting breathed in by other people in the vicinity. But many of them end up landing on objects like door handles or water faucets. When that happens, infectious disease experts refer to that door handle as a fomite. And if a person then touches the fomite while the virus is still infectious, they can then spread it to new surfaces, or actually infect themselves. Fomites aren’t just for viruses -- any type of pathogen can create fomites -- but we’re talking about viruses… obvious reasons. The good news is that SARS-CoV-2 virus particles don't last forever -- or even all that long. Eventually, the protein coat that allows the virus to actu
Around 3 weeks back, my mom had an accident and needed an immediate hip replacement surgery. Me and Sugandh were travelling then. We rushed back to India and I was consulting different surgeons. One hospital advised a partial hip-replacement surgery that would last her 5-10 years. Another hospital advised a full hip-replacement surgery that would last her a lifetime along with quick recovery. Their staff seemed inexperienced and they had the best facilities. They were charging around 2 lakhs and they were charging around 3.5 lakhs. While I was running around hospitals worried about my mother's health, what I absolutely did not have to worry about was money because she was covered under a health insurance policy. I really hope that you don't need this video but every year, 55 million Indians are pushed into poverty because they have to pay for their own healthcare. This incident made me realize how important health insurance is because accidents can happen at anytime. I am not