Corona Vaccination: What Next?
Part-3
After vaccinating 95 crore people against COVID, without any evidence-based indications, without adequately informing them about the possible adverse effects, when several reports and admissions about serious adverse effects of these vaccines are emerging from studies all over the world and from vaccine manufacturers, and when cases of sudden cardiac arrest, heart attacks and strokes are being reported everyday from everywhere, naturally, anxiety and fears are increasing among those who have been vaccinated, but comforting answers are nowhere to be found.
It is urgently necessary for the government, doctors and vaccine companies who promoted and injected the vaccines in haste to do the needful to minimise the possible adverse effects and to alleviate the concerns of the people.
First of all, it is of utmost importance to place before our people all the details about the benefits and problems of corona vaccines, transparently and convincingly. In India, COVID related tests, hospitalisations, deaths and vaccinations have all been linked with personal Aadhaar numbers (whether it was right or wrong to do so is another matter), making it therefore easy to correlate these. Such analyses should be conducted and their reports should be made available to the public immediately. How many people who were previously infected were given the vaccine, how many people got infected after getting the vaccine, how many people who got the vaccine got infected thereafter and developed complications or died because of COVID, and all information on AEFI - incidence, recovery, disabilities, deaths etc., should be analysed and transparently published. The final reports of phase 3 and phase 4 trials conducted in India on Covishield and Covaxin vaccines should also be published immediately.
Second, incidence of thrombosis and thrombocytopenia syndrome, and of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, splanchnic vein thrombosis, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, thrombosis in retinal vessels, Guillain Barre syndrome etc., and their relationship to corona infection and corona vaccination must be studied and the reports must be published.
Thirdly, studies about the prevalence of anti-platelet factor 4 antibodies must be conducted in at least three to four thousand people, in sub groups such as Covishield vaccinated, Covaxin vaccinated, unvaccinated, and among these three groups, Corona infected and uninfected. Also, studies should be conducted to examine anti-platelet factor 4 antibodies in cases of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, splanchnic vein thrombosis, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, thrombosis in retinal vessels, heart attacks, sudden cardiac arrests, and strokes. Since these studies are difficult, complex and costly, they can be conducted in premier institutes like AIIMS, Jayadeva Heart Institute etc., independently in collaboration with ICMR. Unless such studies are conducted honestly, there will be no evidence that Corona vaccines are safe or that vaccines are the cause of all the serious problems mentioned above.
Fourth, the government should be compassionate and provide appropriate compensation to those who have suffered serious complications and died from vaccine-related adverse effects that have already been confirmed.
Fifthly, with all the emerging evidence and court admissions, it is baseless and even dishonest to deny and refuse to register the adverse effects due to Corona vaccines. It is also futile to try and justify this vaccination, claiming it as absolutely essential and the adverse effects as negligible. Instead, our people must be told the truth and comforted.
What can the vaccinated do?
It is not possible to extract the vaccine that has been injected into the body unnecessarily. One also cannot keep worrying about the adverse effects that have now been admitted to, nor about the increasing reports of sudden cardiac arrests and other vascular events. It is also fruitless to be frustrated that the government, vaccine makers and medical fraternity are not forthcoming with reliable information and solutions to these concerns. Therefore, the general public who have been vaccinated should focus on protecting their own physical and mental health.
It was known at the beginning of the corona pandemic that the new corona virus and COVID increase inflammation in our body, and act on ACE2 receptors which are closely linked to the regulation of blood sugar level, metabolism, blood pressure, inflammation and blood vessel health. For the same reason, it was clear that COVID could get worsened and complicated in people with modern diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, heart disease, and that these diseases could also get worsened due to COVID. Since the covid vaccines also contain the spike proteins of the corona virus that act on ACE2 receptors, and since these vaccines have been given to those already infected, the possibility of effects on all these diseases and vice versa needs to be considered. In addition, it is clear that these modern diseases are intimately related to modern diet, lifestyle, and daily stressors, all of which can be aggravating each other. Lockdowns, closure of schools, colleges and offices and work-from-home, closure of stadia, gymnasia, other sporting activities, shut down of communities that stopped daily walking and other exercises, and other such mindless measures during the corona pandemic led to unhealthy changes in diet, cut down physical activities, and worsened mental stress. All these could have compounded the vicious cycle of metabolic diseases, covid, and vaccination induced adverse events.
As the lock downs, masks etc. failed and almost everyone in the country has been infected with corona virus and except for the small children, more than 90 percent people have been vaccinated against Corona, it is not possible to completely eliminate the possible consequences of these. But it is possible to reduce the risks of thrombosis, heart attacks and strokes, and everyone should make that effort. Good control of diabetes and high blood pressure, avoiding foods and lifestyles that cause and worsen these diseases and also obesity and inflammation, brisk walking or swimming for 30-60 minutes a day, adequate rest, relaxation and at least 7-8 hours of sleep at night are essential. Avoiding animal milk and dairy products, sugar and sugary/sweetened foods and beverages, fruits and fruit juices, processed and fast foods, avoiding alcohol, and smoking can all help protect heart and blood vessel health.
Persons with coronary artery disease tend to have premonitory symptoms before suffering a heart attack, which should not be ignored and appropriate tests should be done. Sometimes even the doctor may not take these complaints seriously, in which case the person with the problem may have to force the doctor to do the relevant tests. Coronary artery disease results in compromised blood flow to the cardiac muscles and the person feels difficulties during exertion which can manifest differently. On walking, climbing stairs or heights, playing, etc , the person may have a feeling of strangulation, tightness, pressure, or heaviness in the chest, burning or bloating in the upper abdomen, pain or a pull over the neck, shoulders, lower back, lower jaws or upper back, difficulty breathing, palpitations, or dizziness. If any of these symptoms occur while doing any work, and if they recur every time one does such work, it is a good idea to get tested for coronary artery disease. Sometimes an ECG alone may not reveal the diagnosis in people with underlying coronary artery disease; therefore, if there are obvious symptoms and no abnormalities on the ECG, a treadmill test or angiogram may be needed.
Treatments to cleanse or detox the body of the vaccinated, or tests for assessing the risks of thrombosis etc., are neither available nor recommended nor needed.
Due to the inhumane and unscientific measures during COVID pandemic and corona vaccination, the masses have lost faith in modern medicine and the medical profession, and the medical fraternity is more to blame than the government and the vaccine companies. If modern medicine and the medical profession are to regain and retain people's trust, there is an urgent need to admit the mistakes of the corona period and honestly present scientific, evidence-based information about the vaccine to the people. All doctors need to know that a doctor's commitment should be to medical science, the good of the people, and the truth, and not to any government, political party or leader, or any drug or vaccine company. That is the lesson to be learnt from the mistakes committed during corona infection and corona vaccination.
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Single higher education regulator bill tabled in LS; Oppn flags ‘centralisation,' JPC likely
New Delhi: A bill to set up a 13-member body to regulate institutions of higher education was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan introduced the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, which seeks to establish an overarching higher education commission along with three councils for regulation, accreditation, and ensuring academic standards for universities and higher education institutions in India.
Meanwhile, the move drew strong opposition, with members warning that it could weaken institutional autonomy and result in excessive centralisation of higher education in India.
The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025, earlier known as the Higher Education Council of India (HECI) Bill, has been introduced in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
The proposed legislation seeks to merge three existing regulatory bodies, the University Grants Commission (UGC), the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), into a single unified body called the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan.
At present, the UGC regulates non-technical higher education institutions, the AICTE oversees technical education, and the NCTE governs teacher education in India.
Under the proposed framework, the new commission will function through three separate councils responsible for regulation, accreditation, and the maintenance of academic standards across universities and higher education institutions in the country.
According to the Bill, the present challenges faced by higher educational institutions due to the multiplicity of regulators having non-harmonised regulatory approval protocols will be done away with.
The higher education commission, which will be headed by a chairperson appointed by the President of India, will cover all central universities and colleges under it, institutes of national importance functioning under the administrative purview of the Ministry of Education, including IITs, NITs, IISc, IISERs, IIMs, and IIITs.
At present, IITs and IIMs are not regulated by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
Government to refer bill to JPC; Oppn slams it
The government has expressed its willingness to refer it to a joint committee after several members of the Lok Sabha expressed strong opposition to the Bill, stating that they were not given time to study its provisions.
Responding to the opposition, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said the government intends to refer the Bill to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for detailed examination.
Congress Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari warned that the Bill could result in “excessive centralisation” of higher education. He argued that the proposed law violates the constitutional division of legislative powers between the Union and the states.
According to him, the Bill goes beyond setting academic standards and intrudes into areas such as administration, affiliation, and the establishment and closure of university campuses. These matters, he said, fall under Entry 25 of the Concurrent List and Entry 32 of the State List, which cover the incorporation and regulation of state universities.
Tewari further stated that the Bill suffers from “excessive delegation of legislative power” to the proposed commission. He pointed out that crucial aspects such as accreditation frameworks, degree-granting powers, penalties, institutional autonomy, and even the supersession of institutions are left to be decided through rules, regulations, and executive directions. He argued that this amounts to a violation of established constitutional principles governing delegated legislation.
Under the Bill, the regulatory council will have the power to impose heavy penalties on higher education institutions for violating provisions of the Act or related rules. Penalties range from ₹10 lakh to ₹75 lakh for repeated violations, while establishing an institution without approval from the commission or the state government could attract a fine of up to ₹2 crore.
Concerns were also raised by members from southern states over the Hindi nomenclature of the Bill. N.K. Premachandran, an MP from the Revolutionary Socialist Party representing Kollam in Kerala, said even the name of the Bill was difficult to pronounce.
He pointed out that under Article 348 of the Constitution, the text of any Bill introduced in Parliament must be in English unless Parliament decides otherwise.
DMK MP T.M. Selvaganapathy also criticised the government for naming laws and schemes only in Hindi. He said the Constitution clearly mandates that the nomenclature of a Bill should be in English so that citizens across the country can understand its intent.
Congress MP S. Jothimani from Tamil Nadu’s Karur constituency described the Bill as another attempt to impose Hindi and termed it “an attack on federalism.”
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