1. The document discusses the cross-pollination of myths and preventable medication harm during the COVID-19 pandemic. It touches on various topics related to the virus, treatment options, data challenges, and lessons learned so far. 2. Key events mentioned include the identification of human-to-human transmission in January 2020, the declaration of a medical emergency that month, the extension of lockdowns in February, and the virus being labeled a pandemic in March. Controversial treatment options like chloroquine and concerns over testing errors are also noted. 3. The lack of local data, blind fighting of the virus, and unjustified focus on case trends are identified as issues. The need to prior

1. Obaid Ali
10 Jun 2020
Cross Pollination of Myths & Preventable
Medication Harm during Pandemic

2. 1 Virus … Infection … Complications
2 Data Integrity & Costly Diversions
3 What we know so far
4 What we want to know

3. Smallest in size
Protein-Spike, Envelope, Membrane, Nucleic
Obligate Parasite

4. ACE – 2 Cells
Diamer … Clotting … Diversity
Cytokine Storm

5. Science on Hold
Blind Fighting
Trust Deficit

6. Tragedy
• Human to Human Transmission – Jan 2020
• Medical Emergency – Jan 2020
• Extension of Lockdown (Feb 2020)
• Epidemic to Pandemic (Mar 2020)
• Testing Errors – Unqualified Testing
• Transmission through Asymptomatic (Mar 2020)
• Chloroquine, Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin
• Convalescent Plasma Therapy
• Universities claim of Innovations (DUHS)
• Relapse & Re-infections (April 2020)
• Mutation Trauma (April 2020)
• Mathematical Modeling on R0
• Perceptions of vaccine failure (April 2020)
• Discouraging of Antibody Test

7. Fear Peak
• Emphasis on Lockdown
• Extensive use of Chloroquine, AZM, HCQ
• Ventilator
• CoVid on front burner &
• Everything else on back burner priority
• Compliance on Hold
• Absence of Local Data
• Unjustified Focus on Elevated Trend
• Immuno-suppresant Usage

8. Geography
Races
Age
DiseasesCoVid Discriminating

9. CoVid Positive
CoVid R0 Value
CoVid Transmission
CoVid TreatmentWe are Blind

10. Children Transmission
Contact Transmission
Mask Efficiency
Lockdown EfficiencyWe are Blind

11. Treatment Protocol
Actual Cause of Death
Local Data
Drug UsageWe are Blind

12. 20 Jan to 01 Feb 2020
01 Feb to 12 Feb 2020
12 Feb to 31 Mar 2020
01 Apr to 16 Apr 2020
16 Apr to 16 May 2020

13. What we have to unlearn
What we have to verify
What we have to Prioritize
What we have to generate data
Aggressive to Unmask the
Reason behind every Event

14. Close Rooms – Close Air
Common Rooms, Common Dining
Lessons Learned
Services People
Hard to Isolate, Social Consequences

15. Deaths per Million
so far
Pakistan - 10 India - 06
Bangladesh - 06 Afghanistan - 10
USA - 345 UK - 602
Belgium - 830 France - 449
Brazil - 181 Chile - 119
Sweden - 467 Denmark - 102

16. • Narrowing from Society to Hospital
• Hospital should be made strong
• Give incentive instead of Shabash
• Convert hotels & guest houses into wards
• Avoid lockdown & development of quarantine
centers
• Help patient, don’t chase healthy
Cross Pollination
of Myths &
Preventable Medication
Harm during Pandemic

17. Thanks