Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Updates
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I think our own immune system plays a critical role in overcoming the virus.
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How, then, has CCS risen this far?
That would be a valid question even if I did not utter the T word. But with Tharman, one of Asia’s sharpest minds and Singapore’s most popular politician in the background, it makes the elevation of CCS seem like a cruel joke, as if Singaporeans are being forced to live through an extended reality show where the best person has so egregiously been voted off the island.
General chatter suggests that CCS is the favoured 4G minister of Lee Hsien Loong and Ho Ching, and might even have gotten the nod over Heng Swee Keat as Singapore’s next prime minister, but for some broad disgruntlement among the PAP’s cadres.
If the PAP had instead chosen as leader Tharman, its current top electoral performer who elicits broad, cross-party adoration, it would have pulled the rug from under the opposition. A long period of dominance would beckon. If the PAP cared about its own electoral future, in other words, it would have chosen Tharman.
This, then, is what scares me the most. CCS symbolises the idea that the Lee family’s interests are being prioritised over the party’s and the country’s.
And he best embodied this at the February 2017 debate over constitutional changes to pave the way for the reserved presidency, which limited that year’s election to Malays. Many Singaporeans believe this was a political manoeuvre masquerading as racial representation, led by Lee Hsien Loong to prevent (nemesis) Tan Cheng Bock from contesting.
During the debate CCS stood up in parliament and called Halimah Yacob “Madam President”. He did it not once but twice, laughing along with his fellow PAP politicians, having a ball of a time, delighting themselves in their own megalomaniac conceit. A full seven months before the election, Halimah’s colleagues were already calling it in her favour.
They made a blatant mockery of our democratic process.
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Jadedfox\" post_id=\"1964459\" time=\"1582360768\" user_id=\"180340:
I think the difference between Covid-19 and normal flu is the infection spread speed. If Covid-19 spread like normal flu, hospitals in Wuhan won’t be overcrowded. Patients will be coming in as per normal flu rate. Not like Covid-19 where large number of patients needs to be hospitalised within a short period of time. Hopefully South Korea can do better than China in handling the infection containment and hospital beds. -
I see everywhere crowded as before. I don’t think the business is affected much
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Japans's Health Minister has apologised after 23 passengers were allowed to leave the Diamond Princess cruise ship without undergoing all the required tests for coronavirus.
Around 100 more passengers have been allowed to disembark from the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship over the weekend as Japan's health minister apologised after 23 others were allowed to leave without being properly tested.
The news came as a Japanese woman who left the ship on Wednesday tested positive for the virus after returning home to Tochigi Prefecture, Kyodo news agency reported, citing the prefectural government.
She is the first person to have tested positive for the virus among the group of approximately 970 passengers who disembarked earlier this week, it said.
More at https://www.sbs.com.au/news/japan-says-23-passengers-mistakenly-left-virus-ship-before-testing -
Coronavirus: Scientists ‘pass first hurdle’ towards creating vaccine
A potential coronavirus vaccine has been developed by scientists in Australia.
The team at the University of Queensland will start animal testing this week and hope to begin clinical trials on humans by the middle of the year.
The breakthrough was announced by Professor Paul Young, head of the university’s school of chemistry and molecular biosciences, as the number of known cases soared to nearly 78,000 worldwide and the death toll reached 2,355.
He said the team of 20 had been working “around the clock” to speed up the process, identifying and replicating a key protein in the virus – which forms basis of their vaccine candidate – within just three weeks.
“There is still extensive testing to ensure that the vaccine candidate is safe and creates an effective immune response, but the technology and the dedication of these researchers means the first hurdle has been passed,” said the university’s vice-chancellor Peter Hoj.
“It started back when China released the sequence back in late January. That gave us the viral genome we needed to take and express,” Prof Young told a press conference on Saturday.
“A key milestone is actually generating the vaccine prior to putting it into animal studies – we will be going into our first animal studies at the University of Queensland this week.”
While it can take 18 months before any vaccine is ready to be distributed to the public, Prof Young said this process could be accelerated if there are assurances the safety of clinical trials would not be compromised.
The researchers are funded by the global Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness, as part of a programme to develop rapid vaccine responses to viral outbreaks.
The team uses technology called a “molecular clamp” to help create the protein used in the vaccine, a process it believes makes the vaccine more likely to be recognised by the immune system.
More at https://sg.news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-scientists-pass-first-hurdle-204300054.html -
The spread in Korea is shocking
The spread in Japan is kind of expected -
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Surprised to see that the 30-39yo age group has the greatest number of infected carriers. I have the impression that the very old or the very young whose immune systems are not very strong will be the first to fall sick. Staying more than 20mins inside enclosed aircon office environment is the other cause? :scratchhead:
These few days I also notice more cases are without known links. I wonder why is that so? During the initial period, the links to the earlier confirmed cases were traced very fast, either published at the same day the cases were reported or within 1-2 days later. But I am still waiting for the updates on the linkages for the recent cases. Since MOH is not really trained in contact tracing, I can understand, but CID should be the expert? -
starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"1964509\" time=\"1582435319\" user_id=\"14025:
Think the other country to be concerned abt is Iran. They’re less prepared in many ways. Hope they take guidance fr WHO & mobilize their ppl well
The spread in Korea is shocking
The spread in Japan is kind of expected
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