Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Updates

[Estéema]

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We’re still waiting for nCoV specific vaccine.

Every flu will be treated differently. Docs alr advises getting our usual Influenza A jab will not protect us fr Influenza B, same vis-versa. NCoV is a totally new strain fr SARS & other flu strains, currently vaccine yet to be in the mkt for public use. There seems some indication of it emerging but it has not been WHO tested or approved as yet.

Pray it will be found soon.

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More at https://tinyurl.com/ryfpw82

We’re still waiting for nCoV specific vaccine.

Every flu will be treated differently. Docs alr advises getting our usual Influenza A jab will not protect us fr Influenza B, same vis-versa. NCoV is a totally new strain fr SARS & other flu strains, currently vaccine yet to be in the mkt for public use. There seems some indication of it emerging but it has not been WHO tested or approved as yet.

Pray it will be found soon.

Minimum, vaccine is 3 months away, excluding the time required for clinical test.

[lee_yl]

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How come there appears to be discrepancies in the accounts?

ST said the Cisco guard passed two rounds of temperature checks and DID NOT show sign of unwellness on 31st Jan and 1st Feb.
But the guard himself said he developed symptoms on 31st Jan. Guess he buay tahan liao, after completing his duty, immediately went to see a doc on 2Feb.

Coincidentally he works at Certis Cisco Centre in Paya Lebar. The Life church which infected 5 others, is also situated in Paya Lebar. “Lockdown” Paya Lebar? Just joking.

[ngl2010]

Do we have the highest number of people infected by nCoV outside China? No wonder some countries already started issuing travel advisory against visiting Singapore. :sad:

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ngl2010\" post_id=\"1963134\" time=\"1581429379\" user_id=\"40978:

Do we have the highest number of people infected by nCoV outside China? No wonder some countries already started issuing travel advisory against visiting Singapore. :sad:

Nope. We are the 4th highest in the world (3rd highest outside CN). You can follow the numbers here: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ (compiled by people who like to follow numbers).

To put things in perspective, although we are 4th highest, we are only 0.1% of the total reported cases. Notwithstanding, given the fantastic news reporting over shortage of rice, toilet paper etc and our legion of doomsday prophets online, hardly a surprise that people wants to issue travel advisory against us. If we so buay zai, who got confidence in us. Better be safe than sorry cuts both ways.

While deaths have surpassed 1k, fatality rate remains ~ 2%, pretty pathetic for a doomsday virus. The recovery rate is also very high and the majority of the infected are mild. Hence, not a surprise that the rate of recovery surpassed the fatality rate. For those lazy to do the math, the website above does it for you.

Kinda disappointing TBH. I was expecting by now, the virus should have mutated and turn the infected into the walking dead or zombies already. I was all ready to put my archery skill into use. Oh well... we can always wait for 2020-nCov.

[ngl2010]

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ngl2010\" post_id=\"1963134\" time=\"1581429379\" user_id=\"40978:

Do we have the highest number of people infected by nCoV outside China? No wonder some countries already started issuing travel advisory against visiting Singapore. :sad:

Nope. We are the 4th highest in the world (3rd highest outside CN). You can follow the numbers here: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ (compiled by people who like to follow numbers).

To put things in perspective, although we are 4th highest, we are only 0.1% of the total reported cases. Notwithstanding, given the fantastic news reporting over shortage of rice, toilet paper etc and our legion of doomsday prophets online, hardly a surprise that people wants to issue travel advisory against us. If we so buay zai, who got confidence in us.

By the way, while deaths have surpassed 1k, fatality rate remains ~ 2%, pretty pathetic for a doomsday virus. The recovery rate is also very high and the majority of the infected are mild. For those lazy to do the math, the website above does it for you.

Kinda disappointing TBH. I was expecting by now, the virus should have mutated and turn the infected into the walking dead or zombies already. I was all ready to put my archery skill into use. Oh well... we can always wait for 2020-nCov.

Thank you for the link. Does Japan's number include those in cruise ship? I thought WHO is going to could those infected in cruise ship as international cases?

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ngl2010\" post_id=\"1963138\" time=\"1581431725\" user_id=\"40978:

Thank you for the link. Does Japan's number include those in cruise ship? I thought WHO is going to could those infected in cruise ship as international cases?

Yes, JP cases are mainly from the Diamond Cruise. For now, numbers indicate the country origin of the reporting. Given that the cruise ship is / was in international waters, I can understand why nobody wants to claim it

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ngl2010\" post_id=\"1963134\" time=\"1581429379\" user_id=\"40978:

Do we have the highest number of people infected by nCoV outside China? No wonder some countries already started issuing travel advisory against visiting Singapore. :sad:

Nope. We are the 4th highest in the world (3rd highest outside CN). You can follow the numbers here: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ (compiled by people who like to follow numbers).

To put things in perspective, although we are 4th highest, we are only 0.1% of the total reported cases. Notwithstanding, given the fantastic news reporting over shortage of rice, toilet paper etc and our legion of doomsday prophets online, hardly a surprise that people wants to issue travel advisory against us. If we so buay zai, who got confidence in us. Better be safe than sorry cuts both ways.

While deaths have surpassed 1k, fatality rate remains ~ 2%, pretty pathetic for a doomsday virus. The recovery rate is also very high and the majority of the infected are mild. Hence, not a surprise that the rate of recovery surpassed the fatality rate. For those lazy to do the math, the website above does it for you.

Kinda disappointing TBH. I was expecting by now, the virus should have mutated and turn the infected into the walking dead or zombies already. I was all ready to put my archery skill into use. Oh well... we can always wait for 2020-nCov.

In perspective, maybe we should consider the number of cases divided by total population?

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In perspective, maybe we should consider the number of cases divided by total population?

That will actually make the situation looks more ridiculous than it is. 40+ out of 5.6m is ~0.0007%. If 0.0007% is already causing such mass hysteria and frenzy, can’t imagine what will the situation be like when / if we reached 0.01%. Probably have to shut down the entire country so that we can stay at home and make babies. Wuhan, by the way, has about 40,000 out of 11m or 0.4% of its population affected. Everyone else on the table is really WAY behind that number.

At the present moment, this coronavirus seems to be anything but deadly. Mortality rate remains low and about the same as the common flu. It may be highly contagious and like other highly contagious viruses eg chicken pox and HFMD, we should take the necessary precaution - maintain hygiene, keep clean, wash hands, see doctor and wear a mask when sick etc. Online soothsayers are making this virus sounds like the second coming of the plague when it is anything but.

When the dust settles, what this episode has shown is that our national response and messaging, despite years of producing propaganda for the government, still needs improvement. We haven’t been able to counter fake news, inaccurate info, or provide a reassuring message to stop the hysteria from spreading. Raising DORSCON to orange without ever explaining what those traffic light means isn’t helpful at all. The power of the aunties and uncles sharing “helpful” info, albeit fake, inaccurate or incomplete can’t be overlooked.

Last but not least, is it because it’s Chinese?

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By the way, the topic should be renamed to Covid-19, which is the now official name of the 2019-nCov.