Asha Jadeja in conversation with Dr. Siddharth Mukerjee

Asha and Sid talk about the next generation of institutions that we need to craft for a post pandemic world. What would the marriage of quantum computing with biotech look like? Drug development in general. What kind of immune response you need in Covid? efforts towards coordinated immune response , use of off the shelf technology. coninue work on drug but it has to be done in parallel rely on isolation, contract tracking (which are impactful). arrival of a medcine/ vaccine will change the situation vaccine will take 12- 14 months, lockdown lifted in phases. we have lot of evidence that social distnacing are effective ways to slow it down. next phase wil be manmade antibodies, untill January 2021 when we will have the vaccine. it requires vigilence at every phase.