Does the apparent mildness of the Covid caused by Omicron have more to do with us and less to do with the virus? Yes, believes Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, renowned epidemiologist and former head, Indian Medical Association. According to him, those whom the new variant is infecting might be mounting a more robust defence against the virus thanks to prior infections and vaccinations.
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Dr Rajeev Jayadevan completed his MBBS and MD General Medicine with top honours from Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore in 1995. He received training in Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health from Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands. He was awarded MRCP (UK) from England in 1996. He obtained Board Certification in Medicine and Gastroenterology (Fellowship) from New York Medical College, and spent 3 years in the UK and 10 years in the US before returning to his hometown of Cochin. He has extensive international experience of performing over 20,000 endoscopies, in addition to research and publications. He established the department of Gastroenterology at Sunrise Hospital, Cochin in 2009.
His academic track record is exceptional. He was the Kerala state SSLC second rank holder in 1984, Kerala state Medical entrance first rank holder in 1986 and Kerala state Engineering entrance 4th rank holder in 1986.