Trolls & their latest modus operandi: a new vocabulary of banal words & symbols that are actually covert equivalents of offensive slurs. To counter this, @cis_india & @tattlemade have built a plugin that can detect such posts. Something that social media giants should have done.

Global friends; you can help India remotely 🌍. Please donate to one of these causes. Most accept foreign cards (and if not message me and I'll give you my PayPal and do it for you) + Twitter - pls tag more 1/n @Hemkunt_Fdn Delivering oxygen https://t.co/DPUkUwDAua

I am volunteering with a Covid helpline. In multiple cases, patients are unable to make sense of the dashboards for finding beds, oxygen, meds etc. Age, literacy are factors. Is there any group making calls on behalf of patients? #covid19 #covidSOS

Found a donor. Deleting this tweet.

🚨2nd drive of #OxygenCylinders in #Gurgaon 3:30pm today at our head office (location on G maps)- this time with even more quantity Preference will be given to patients with O2 level less than 88 Pls spread the word 🙏🏼 #OxygenShortage #COVID19India #CovidIndiaInfo

Folks in Gurgaon- @CoweNetwork is connecting donors to those in need. They do it free of cost. They helped us find a donor. Fill out this form with your request, or to register as a donor. https://t.co/U4R5n6Nq1I

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🚨 Largest #OxygenCylinder(s) drive will happen at our head office in #Gurgaon (location available on maps) at 7:15pm. Priority will be given to patients who’s O2 levels are less than 80- pls get required documents too! Pls spread the message #COVID19India #CovidIndiaInfo

An oximeter costs Rs 1500. If you don't have an Oximeter yet, figure out who'd be available to give it to you on an urgent basis, if needed. But if you have the resources, please buy one.

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List of individuals delivering food/groceries/meds in Delhi-Gurgaon. With the reminder that if you know someone who needs assistance, calling some of these numbers yourself first, in addition to sharing the contact details, could be very helpful:

3.1 You can only control things to a point. We know we were lucky that my parents pulled through. It is hard not to think of things one could have done differently to avoid what came to be. But we do need to move towards acceptance and practice empathy for others and ourselves.

3. The pedagogical tone should not imply that we got it all right. I am generally not one to operate with an 'over-abundance of caution'. But some other family members are. In this particular situation that caution was needed and saved us precious time.

2.3 Doctors are exhausted. Hospitals are overburdened and like all orgs have communication gaps. Don't rely on doctors/nurses to remember everything. Keep a tab on the course of treatment. It is better to over-share rather than accidentally miss an important medical detail.

2.2 In March 2020, we wrote down medical history of all family members and sent it on a common email. This helped in Dec. It is hard to remember the name of the one medicine your parent reacted to in a surgery in 1990s. Especially when you're stressed. Documentation is good.