¿ªÔÆÌåÓýThank you Ann, Emily & Sal! My family in India - luckily - is doing fine. I'm most concerned about my mom who's 73 and she's been fully vaccinated a few weeks back. She only had a few mild symptoms after each of the doses and she's been mostly home since last year, other than family gatherings with masked and her siblings who are also vaccinated and staying safe. I have just heard of my sister-in-law's (brother's wife) losing a family member who was 37. Apparently a result of a heart attack from a clot after being discharged, he should have been apparently prescribed blood thinners as one of the medicine used for recovery is known to cause clots (based on what my brother told me). Also heard that my cousin's husband is sick, but recovering at home Talking to friends from my college days here in US and family members everyone at this point knows someone who's gotten really, in ICU and/or lost a family member. It's been horrible, whatever you are hearing on the news is painfully true. The most common stories I have heard is people panic-stricken trying to find ICU beds. India with it's structural problems with healthcare cannot handle this. Most of the top hospitals are all for-profit entities, coupled with the absence of health insurance is only for the privileged. You would need at least thousands of dollars to get quality access to healthcare. The poor, lower middle class are dying in droves and not even being recorded as COVID related. It is horrible how the government and Modi completely disregarded Science and declared premature victory over the virus for political purposes and to maintain his aura among the deluded masses. Also concerned that the variants have already made it here - I'm hoping for the best. What I'm hearing is that we should be protected against the UK & Indian variants if we are fully vaccinated.
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