Shitala Saatam - Religion VS Science; Inoculation VS Vaccination; non-acceptance of intellectuals

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      Here is my blog on Shitala Saatam given by Dr. Dilip Barad Sir click here visit the blog.

Shitala satam is the day which we witness the conflict between religion and science. When we observe society, traditions and rituals,  we find that we, as society, are still not rational enough to consider either science or religion with authenticity.Message to argue with religious practice as well with scientific inventions.

1) Edward Jenner and the history of smallpox and vaccination 

                            

In ancient time in India smallpox was prevented through the 'tikah'. Kurt Pollack writes, " preventive inoculation against the smallpox, which was practiced in China from the 11th century, apparently game from India". 30 inoculation processes was generally practiced in large part of Northern and Southern India, but around 1803-04 the British government banned this process. It's banning undoubtedly, was done in the name of 'humanity', and justified by the superintendent General of vaccine.

2) Read paper on the claim that India first started to cure smallpox before the West

The challenges faced in delivering life-saving wagons to the targeted beneficiaries need to be addressed from the existing knowledge and learning from the past. This review documents the history of vaccines and vaccination in India with an objective to derive lesson for policy direction to explain the benefits of vaccinations in the country. A brief historical perspectives on smallpox disease and preventive efforts since antiquity is followed by an overview of 19th century efforts to replace variolation by vaccine institutes, cholera vaccine trial and the discovery of plague vaccine.

3) As the concept of worshiping goddess Shitalaa is failing and with thay questions are raised against the practice of eating cold food, the new breed of nationalists have emerged to justify it as practice to overcome deficiency of vitamin B12. See the letter in gujarati.

                    

As the concept of worshiping goddess Shitalaa is a religion VS Science. We also seen that the people who are suffering from deficiency of B12. I know many who are observing sataam by eating cold food every year and yet they have deficiency of  B12 and are taking injections rather than eating cold food.

Thank you....