# RKS: COVID-19 VACCINE PROTECTION - An Elusive Boon?
# RKS: COVID-19 VACCINE PROTECTION - AN ELUSIVE BOON? 1st August 2022 THE VACCINE MANIA YET MARCHES ON ... ANSWERS TO QUESTIONABLE PROTECTION ARE STRANGELY NOT BEING PURSUED!! Dear Reader, Has the coronavirus wave abated? Yes and surely so. But it has far from vanished. Nearly 230 countries are yet reporting daily COVID-19 cases and God has been considerate that the infection at present is due to a kinder Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus [novel coronavirus type 2 (nCoV-2)]. Statistics reveal presence of near 25 lakh (2.5 mn) active cases globally, and 50k are critically ill, as of last week of July 2022. (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/) If the Indian perspective is to be elaborated then there are less than 2 lakh active COVID-19 positive cases, and lesser than 1000 patients have severe disease - as per data reported in July 2022. (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/) The 'corona' victim today meekly states, rather than inquires, from his friendly family d