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Murad Banaji
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What lessons do India’s Covid-19 serosurveys hold?
Sometimes they tell us less about the disease and more about the interaction between science, media and politics.
Murad Banaji
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Why is Covid-19 surging in Delhi eight months after the pandemic started?
The disease may now be hitting a population more vulnerable to hospitalisation and death.
Murad Banaji
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Covid-19: Why it’s impossible to draw firm conclusions from the first national serosurvey
Still, for the first time, the ICMR appears to have acknowledged Covid-19 death undercounting – on a significant scale.
Murad Banaji
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Covid-19: Little evidence for surface transmission – so you can stop disinfecting every object
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Ramachandra Guha: Despite denouncing the Mughal and British empires, Modi is imitating their hubris
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Can god be disproved using the laws of physics? An expert explains how it depends on perspective
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I was on the WHO team that went to Wuhan to study the origins of coronavirus. Here’s what we found
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Shikha Pandey, Ekta Bisht miss out as BCCI confirms squads and schedule for South Africa’s visit
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A city divided: Covid-19 reveals Mumbai’s faultlines
Coronavirus is not a great leveller. It spreads much more rapidly in poor housing.
Murad Banaji
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How many people in India have had Covid-19?
The ICMR’s estimates for the prevalence and fatality rate of the disease do not tally with what we know of the coronavirus in India and worldwide.
Murad Banaji
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In charts: How will the Covid-19 pandemic end?
In a large country like India, elimination may be achieved locally but in every area one should always expect some spread under the radar and new introductions.
Murad Banaji
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