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Symptoms of Monkeypox , Chickenpox and Smallpox | How Is It Different From an other? | Explained
Symptoms of Monkeypox , Chickenpox and Smallpox | How Is It Different From an other? | Explained
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00:00In general terms, we call it the tickle disease.
00:06Has it been eradicated at the global level?
00:09This is the first question.
00:11The second question is that it has nothing to do with monkey pox.
00:14No.
00:16Small pox, chicken pox and varicella are the only viruses.
00:22There is a slight difference.
00:24Small pox was eradicated in 1970.
00:27Those who had small pox vaccines before 1970,
00:32thought that this vaccine is the same as the Chinese vaccine.
00:36They don't even need that vaccine because they are immune.
00:41Those who were born after 1970,
00:44don't need mass vaccination if they are frontliners.
00:48If you are working at the airport,
00:50you are a porter,
00:52or a passenger from an endemic area,
00:55whether it is Dubai,
00:57or from Congo or Saudi Arabia,
01:01you need to be careful.
01:03So, we are recommending vaccines for those
01:07who are frontliners,
01:09who expose themselves to various diseases,
01:12especially those who are born after 1970,
01:16because they don't have immunity.
01:19So, we want to secure them first.
01:22There are medicines available for them.
01:25Unfortunately, they are not registered in Pakistan.
01:28Even today, at the NCOC meeting,
01:30I said that they should be provided here immediately.
01:33The current situation,
01:35our policy of Punjab,
01:37because I am chairing the committee,
01:39is to prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
01:42Right now, we just want that no such thing happens.
01:45God forbid, these are unpredictable things.
01:48And there is a global health warning from the WHO,
01:51which should be taken seriously,
01:53that we should have stocks available,
01:55whether they are vaccines,
01:57intravenous drugs, antivirals,
01:59or medicines.
02:01Doctor, towards the end,
02:03of course, this question has nothing to do with Monkeypox,
02:06but for sure, it has a lot to do with our general health department.
02:09Whenever we hear about polio,
02:11we feel very sad,
02:13that how the whole world has been saved from it,
02:16and this case,
02:18a few days later,
02:20or a few weeks later,
02:22that something was found in Dehramurra, Jamali,
02:24so this was found.
02:26A disease that the world has been saved from,
02:28which has the consensus of scholars,
02:30including Saudi Arabia,
02:32of course, there,
02:34there is no doubt about it,
02:36which has the consensus of doctors from all over the world,
02:39that brother, this has no effect on your ability or strength,
02:42but we are not able to get rid of it,
02:45my question is,
02:47at the government level,
02:49because you have served recently,
02:51and you are still serving in some capacity,
02:53are we even realizing it as a challenge,
02:56because there are two challenges,
02:58one is the disease,
03:00how sad it is,
03:02that a child can get rid of it easily,
03:04but is not able to,
03:06and will be disabled for the rest of his life,
03:08although he can get it,
03:10it is God's will,
03:12and I think it is frankly very embarrassing as well,
03:14that when this news comes,
03:16that it is either in Afghanistan or Pakistan,
03:18it is very embarrassing as well,
03:20are we even realizing it as a problem or not?
03:22Look, I think it is a very major threat,
03:24not only for our children,
03:26that they will be disabled,
03:28or will die,
03:30but also as a country,
03:32as an economy,
03:34there is a lot of threat of sanctions,
03:36and it is still going on,
03:38and I think it is a big challenge,
03:40unfortunately,
03:42Pakistan is a primitive society,
03:44where perceptions,
03:46unfortunately,
03:48are stronger than reality,
03:50we tried a lot to dispel it,
03:52we also say that,
03:54it is absolutely safe,
03:56the vaccine,
03:58there is no male weakness,
04:00infertility,
04:02there is no danger,
04:04billions of doses have been administered,
04:06the whole world has eradicated it,
04:08unfortunately,
04:10we have martyred polio workers,
04:12what can be more brutal than this,
04:14this is the height of illiteracy,
04:16this is before the Prophet,
04:18we think,
04:20that this is an Islamic country,
04:22where there is so much ignorance,
04:24that a polio worker,
04:26who comes to feed you,
04:28or someone comes to protect your children,
04:30you kill him,
04:32so this is an unfortunate thing,
04:34and I think,
04:36we should not look for a tool,
04:38to change the mindset,
04:40I have worked in many countries,
04:42in any country,
04:44the vaccinators do not go home,
04:46we used to take our children 50 km,
04:48to get the polio vaccine,
04:50we used to take it ourselves,
04:52this is the biggest responsibility of a mother and a father,
04:54that they ensure their child,
04:56that he has taken it,
04:58and not once, but at least 3-4 times,
05:00if he is 5 years old or younger,
05:02so I think,
05:04we should do this with a lot of clarity,
05:06and especially in our KPK,
05:08its campaign should run,
05:10you understand it much better than me,
05:12which tool will be there,
05:14which will change the mindset,
05:16which will get us out of ignorance,
05:18so whatever it is,
05:20in whatever way it is,
05:22these high risk areas,
05:24we have to target them,
05:26so that we do it,
05:28and similarly,
05:30Karachi remains vulnerable,
05:32but we have to take it very seriously,
05:34we should not forget it at all,
05:36because that threat is very much there,
05:38and we are one of the only two countries,
05:40in which it is there.
05:42Right,
05:44we are also trying to do it,
05:46we keep talking about it,
05:48Sir, thank you very much,
05:50Doctor Sir,