The Reaper’s Dance
1,000 Days of COVID
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It does not matter that there is no evidence that the actual SARS-CoV2 virus emerged out of WIV. Indeed, it may even well be that Covid19 was the outcome of a natural spillover from bats to humans arising from proximity of each in the unsanitary wet market conditions of the Wuhan animal market. But that does not erase the fact that the grant conditions and oversight exercised by the NIH on the grant awarded to EcoHealth Alliance and its collaborator, Wuhan Institute of Virology had serious deficiencies in regulatory oversight. In addition, the lack of transparency afforded by Chinese authorities to investigative teams attempting to determine the pandemic origins has not helped settle the debate either. Investigators from the US, Europe and the WHO have repeatedly decried the Chinese government’s refusal to make available critical data that could help resolve key issues in the Covid origins debate. The geopolitical ramifications of these investigations, into the origins of a pandemic that has caused more than $2 trillion in global economic loss, are astronomical, and hence the barriers raised by the Chinese government are not entirely surprising. Therefore, to this date it is generally accepted that though Covid19 “most probably” arose as a natural spillover event in the environment of the Wuhan wet market, it cannot be conclusively eliminated at this time that it did not occur as an accidental leak from the WIV lab because of a lapse in biosafety protocols.
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From the suburbs of Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia to the bat infested caves of Wuhan, China, this book traces the myriad networks of the virus that brought the world to its knees.
Ravi R. Iyer, M.D. gives readers a ringside seat to the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the calculations of those who influenced the fate of millions and the science that saved the world.
The author analyzes the various forces and decisions that unleashed the most catastrophic disaster mankind has experienced in this century while zeroing in on the horror, pain, struggles, and triumphs of common people who faced the coronavirus.
Written in a fast-flowing style, the book explores how patients battled the disease and how science may have unleashed it on the world.
From the failures of governments and leaders to the triumphs of individual men, The Reaper’s Dance is a story of the tapestry of human hubris and humility, courage, and cowardice with an enduring cautionary message for all mankind.
About the Author
Ravi R. Iyer, M.D., a native of Mumbai, is the founding physician and president of The Iyer Clinics-LMG in Fairfax and Loudoun County, Virginia, and the director of clinical research for Loudoun Medical Group. He is a physician-scientist, inventor with several patents, and entrepreneur who has been published in research publications. He is also the founder and CEO of ActivPower, Inc., a nutrition and wellness company. He divides his time between his Internal Medicine practice, his clinical research, family, and his two German shepherds.