Pisharodi: I am not a vacuum cleaner salesman; I am trying to prevent the next pandemic

Brownsville-based physician, Dr. Madhavan Pisharodi discusses his new book. It offers what he says are solutions to avoid the next Coronavirus:

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BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A Rio Grande Valley physician’s says his new book on how to avoid the next pandemic is being well-received by those who read it. 

But, says Dr. Madhavan A. Pisharodi, there is the rub – not enough people have heard about it.

“Everybody that reads it and listens to me says, ‘Oh, you’re right, you’re right,’ but I cannot get the masses to read it,” Pisharodi said of the book, in an exclusive video interview with the Rio Grande Guardian. 

The book is titled “Corona: Be Not Proud,” and it is available for purchase on Amazon. 

The book explains the differences between viral and bacterial infections, emphasizing that viruses are intracellular and persistently present in the body, unlike bacteria.

Pisharodi, a Brownsville-based neurosurgeon who has been practicing in the Valley for 31 years, argues that the COVID-19 pandemic was exacerbated by three key factors: airborne infection, asymptomatic spreaders and the role of air conditioners.

Pisharodi said airborne transmission was initially downplayed, leading to inadequate ventilation measures. 

Asymptomatic carriers, termed COVID Marys, significantly contributed to the spread, Dr. Pisharodi argues. Air conditioning, which lowers the relative humidity, favors viral survival, he claims. Pisharodi advocates for better ventilation and prevention strategies to combat future pandemics. 

In his interview with the Guardian, Pisharodi cites an example of how his book has been ignored by important entities in the world of medicine.

“One of the national agencies, we kept calling, calling, calling. Finally they said, oh, this is a good idea.  Before the book, I had published an article about it in a journal, and before that I had put this idea (about better ventilation) out on the internet,” Pisharodi said.

“So these ideas were out there, floating, not to full form, like this (book). So we sent copies of the book to this national agency, federally funded, and said, I need to come and tell you how we can stop the next pandemic.

“So, they said, okay, it sounds very exciting. So, we arranged a Zoom meeting. But, because we could not get on the Zoom, they said, sorry, we have to go.

“But we tried. But we could not get in because there was some technical problem. So, we kept calling. Finally, they said, we gave you a chance. That’s the end of it.

“They said, what you need to do is to promote your product yourself. We’ll give you the address of a bio-mechanical research and development agency or something. You need to contact them. You need to think of ways how you can sell your product.”

This response annoyed the doctor. 

“I am not a salesman of vacuum cleaners. I am talking about stopping the next pandemic, and they are talking to me as though I am trying to sell some cheap vacuum cleaner.”

Pisharodi acknowledged it has been a challenge to get his book elevated to the national level. His public relations specialist even asked the Guardian if we knew how to reach the former health secretary in the United Kingdom, Matt Hancock, because they had heard he was going to be testifying about the Covid years to a parliamentary committee in the U.K. 

“This lady has been calling everybody in the country to say, please read this book, please read about this scientific idea. This is a scientific breakthrough, because we are knocking at the wrong door with vaccines and antivirals and all that. We are allowing the virus to get into one’s body and develop problems now and later.”

Pisharodi has changed the way his office is ventilated based upon his research. “The air doesn’t come from the top anymore. In my office, it comes at the ground level. And when it goes to the ceiling it takes all the dirt out with it. This I call the self cleaning air flow system.”

Pisharodi said if the government was smart it would follow suit.

“The government should pass a ruling that says that any new building should not have the air inlet and outlet at the same level. The air has to travel the whole room before it can get out. That is a fundamental, simple thing that I am trying to get to. But one of the health officers in this state told me, oh, all this is too much of an expense.

“In the book, I am asking, since when is saving human lives too expensive? A human life is should be considered worth saving. When we are spending millions of billions of dollars for camping out on Mars and space travel and all that, why can’t we spend some money to save more lives?”

Pisharodi added: “I cannot get through to people.”

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