Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Updates

[sky minecrafter]

@MP.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/02/here-is-what-coronavirus-does-to-the-body/?cmpid=org%3Dngp%3A%3Amc%3Dsocial%3A%3Asrc%3Dfacebook%3A%3Acmp%3Deditorial%3A%3Aadd%3Dfb20200214science-coronavirusbody%3A%3Arid%3D&fbclid=IwAR2nSZLpjU4pKSuTabFcIZ-DAuxqhEH9QmP8Hhjvaz8XlsGA8uZlTltdqd4

[Coolkidsrock2]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1963533\" time=\"1581738694\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1963533 time=1581738694 user_id=53606]

isn4i\" post_id=\"1963522\" time=\"1581734164\" user_id=\"164193:

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COVID-19 belongs to betacoronavirus, same sub-family as SARS whereas H1N1 belongs to alphainfluenzavirus sub-family. The symptoms sensitivity, incubation, case fatality, etc are all different.

Don't know why a 4G minister says its more similar to H1N1?

He’s not referring to the virus itself, nor its scientific classification.

I agree it’s more similar to H1N1 because the symptoms are very mild and majority of the cases in SG have recovered. Only the elderly or those with other health complications are still in ICU. Even the 2-year-old has recovered and been discharged.

SG’s ICU system right now is able to cope. All those deaths you read about in China are probably due to their healthcare system being extremely heavily overloaded. They have to queue hours in the cold just to get into the hospital. So the deaths are not because the virus is particularly fatal like SARS. It’s not.[/quote]

Their current weather is also not conducive for recuperation. Cold weather is also not so good for the lungs.

Even for common cold, sinus, bad throat days, we tend to feel worse in an air-conditioned environment vs a well-ventilated, room temperature even.

[MyPillow]

sky minecrafter\" post_id=\"1963545\" time=\"1581745220\" user_id=\"130531:[quote=\"sky minecrafter\" post_id=1963545 time=1581745220 user_id=130531]
@MP.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/02/here-is-what-coronavirus-does-to-the-body/?cmpid=org%3Dngp%3A%3Amc%3Dsocial%3A%3Asrc%3Dfacebook%3A%3Acmp%3Deditorial%3A%3Aadd%3Dfb20200214science-coronavirusbody%3A%3Arid%3D&fbclid=IwAR2nSZLpjU4pKSuTabFcIZ-DAuxqhEH9QmP8Hhjvaz8XlsGA8uZlTltdqd4[/quote]

Skym , floppy , thks for the link n read .
Yes of course we trust WHO ,always hear fr daily news abt covid being mild compared to SARs, WHO initially also sort of “ underestimated “ the rate of it being that contagious n thought no raise of alarm
Generally the elders n people with existing medical conditions will b in danger as we all know .
Btw, anyone know the profile of patients in ICU here . Yrs ago, I had a relative who passed on due to a flu virus / lungs infection n this relative does not have pre existing Medical conditions ( age of 40s) .. really never underestimate a Flu pandemic .

[starlight1968sg]

Am I being naive to think that the covid-19 is not that fatal despite being contagious?

[Estéema]

Coolkidsrock2\" post_id=\"1963546\" time=\"1581745328\" user_id=\"48901:

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1963533\" time=\"1581738694\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1963533 time=1581738694 user_id=53606]

https://postimg.cc/gxGPY3zd

COVID-19 belongs to betacoronavirus, same sub-family as SARS whereas H1N1 belongs to alphainfluenzavirus sub-family. The symptoms sensitivity, incubation, case fatality, etc are all different.

Don't know why a 4G minister says its more similar to H1N1?

He’s not referring to the virus itself, nor its scientific classification.

I agree it’s more similar to H1N1 because the symptoms are very mild and majority of the cases in SG have recovered. Only the elderly or those with other health complications are still in ICU. Even the 2-year-old has recovered and been discharged.

SG’s ICU system right now is able to cope. All those deaths you read about in China are probably due to their healthcare system being extremely heavily overloaded. They have to queue hours in the cold just to get into the hospital. So the deaths are not because the virus is particularly fatal like SARS. It’s not.

Their current weather is also not conducive for recuperation. Cold weather is also not so good for the lungs.

Even for common cold, sinus, bad throat days, we tend to feel worse in an air-conditioned environment vs a well-ventilated, room temperature even.[/quote]Agree, Cool.

Wet weather & air-conditioned are poor environment for one with flu. The feeling is awlful with blockages thro entire nasal (can’t beeathe well, can’t hear well & eyes watery & causes lethargy. With pre-existing conditions particularly those with heart condition will find it difficult to push more energy to breathe easily. Elderly hv to be extra careful.

[MyPillow]

starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"1963554\" time=\"1581754637\" user_id=\"14025:

Am I being naive to think that the covid-19 is not that fatal despite being contagious?

We are told not fatal lei , let’s hope it’s true , need to tell ourselves to be positive , just that sometimes a bit confused when too many news floating around . I m quite upset by the China situation n death cases in 2 mth only .. v poor thing n a bit disturbing ...

[Cloud Cloud]

MyPillow\" post_id=\"1963556\" time=\"1581755623\" user_id=\"70594:

starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"1963554\" time=\"1581754637\" user_id=\"14025:

Am I being naive to think that the covid-19 is not that fatal despite being contagious?

We are told not fatal lei , let’s hope it’s true , need to tell ourselves to be positive , just that sometimes a bit confused when too many news floating around . I m quite upset by the China situation n death cases in 2 mth only .. v poor thing n a bit disturbing ...

Although may not be fatal, may have side effects even after recovery. Hope is not to contract the virus.

[floppy]

MyPillow\" post_id=\"1963551\" time=\"1581751927\" user_id=\"70594:

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Yrs ago, I had a relative who passed on due to a flu virus / lungs infection n this relative does not have pre existing Medical conditions ( age of 40s) .. really never underestimate a Flu pandemic .

USA https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/preliminary-in-season-estimates.htm that 14,000 to 36,000 people have died during regular 2019-2020 flu season in the US.

Note, they are talking about regular flu virus, not even some special viruses like the coronavirus (still a long way to go before it can catch up with 'regular' flu). I agree, never underestimate the flu bug.

[ngl2010]

Estéema\" post_id=\"1963529\" time=\"1581735296\" user_id=\"66413:

SeongheeKim\" post_id=\"1963524\" time=\"1581734224\" user_id=\"180737:

Free masks @ Toa Payoh and Hougang
https://www.facebook.com/singaporeatriumsale/posts/585066285555806

It’s a kind disaster in the making!

Reminds me of Hello Kitty KS Singaporeans queue overnite. When crowd are in place, community spreads is possible. I’m just saying.

This is a kindness we must applaud, not criticise. It is hard to source for masks now. And how many of us is willing to give away 6,000 masks for free? What is the difference between this and collection of masks at Community Centre? The queue at CC took sometime also because they need to check our IC so it was quite long and a lot of people too.

[lee_yl]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1963533\" time=\"1581738694\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1963533 time=1581738694 user_id=53606]

SG’s ICU system right now is able to cope. All those deaths you read about in China are probably due to their healthcare system being extremely heavily overloaded. They have to queue hours in the cold just to get into the hospital. So the deaths are not because the virus is particularly fatal like SARS. It’s not.[/quote]

I agree those death cases in Wuhan are more likely due to their healthcare system being extremely overloaded.

Let’s say, if Wuhan has a population of 11million and 67K are infected currently. Imagine Singapore with a 6 million population and 30K are infected, do we have enough beds and lung support machines to go around in NCID? If we reach that stage, whoever kena, probably like in China, will have to self heal at home.