The ICD-11 , the latest code lists nearly 15000 diseases. Have a look at this much celebrated (respected ?) list put up by the world health organization There are so many entities in the list , that are man made and solution is right there in our minds.
Zoom your eyes on the red rectangle.
Impact of Y-36
Y-36 is a contagious endemic, transmitted by power, pride and foolishness . Y-36 along with violence is a perennial disease and a leading cause of global mortality. It not only take lives, it inflicts huge , irreversible financial , economic cost.
What is infective agent Y-36?
One suggestion would be Y-36 may be subclassified under DSM manual as well , as a psychiatric disease of individuals or heads of state , and policy makers.
How do you prevent Y-36 ?
We have hundreds of pharma companies working on small interfering RNA, and other biologicals, monoclonal vaccines etc. There is not even one organization (except the one, 39 storied struggling lab on the banks of East River, New York City) attempting to find a potent polyvalent WACV-Y36 (War and Violence Cleansing Vaccine) against Y-36.
It is likely, the need and feasibility for such a vaccine will become redundant, as much of the humanity will be eliminated well before it is invented.
Final message
What could be the message for the Interventional cardiologist from this ? Nothing ? .No, there is something.They need to ensure, any of their aggressive interventions accidentally end up as a Y-36 equivalent without their knowledge & intention. (I say this because , many consider , we are at war with atherosclerosis , the core pathology in CAD . War always has collateral damage.)
Dr.S.Venkatesan MD 