Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Updates

[sharonkhoo]

Zeal mummy\" post_id=\"2031761\" time=\"1627196714\" user_id=\"58173:[quote=\"Zeal mummy\" post_id=2031761 time=1627196714 user_id=58173]
Actually my children do not take public transport.. I am voicing up for those who have to take public transport. Which is the majority of the population. We also do not know if indeed children are unlikely to get seriously ill if infected, as the virus is still constantly mutating. Do we want to find out by risking it all?
... Do we stay away only when it spreads like wild fire?[/quote]

I don't think it's just public transport, or classrooms, or offices, or markets... it will be everywhere. We can't just hide in case future mutations are more severe - where will it end? In any case, I believe it is known that kids generally do not get as seriously ill with Covid as it stands now.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/askst-what-do-we-know-so-far-about-children-who-are-infected-with-covid-19

[Zeal mummy]

slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2031770\" time=\"1627202680\" user_id=\"28674:

Zeal mummy\" post_id=\"2031761\" time=\"1627196714\" user_id=\"58173:[quote=\"Zeal mummy\" post_id=2031761 time=1627196714 user_id=58173]Actually my children do not take public transport.. I am voicing up for those who have to take public transport. Which is the majority of the population. We also do not know if indeed children are unlikely to get seriously ill if infected, as the virus is still constantly mutating. Do we want to find out by risking it all?
... Do we stay away only when it spreads like wild fire?

I don't think it's just public transport, or classrooms, or offices, or markets... it will be everywhere. We can't just hide in case future mutations are more severe - where will it end? In any case, I believe it is known that kids generally do not get as seriously ill with Covid.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/askst-what-do-we-know-so-far-about-children-who-are-infected-with-covid-19[/quote]

Thank you for the link. However it is still worrying when one sees so many schools reporting cases daily. Do take a look at how many cases there are currently. It is likely to keep going, if we don’t stay away.

https://mothership.sg/2021/07/covid-19-primary-secondary-school/

[phtthp]

Now, give rise to 2 group of parents. One group is pro-HBL. The other is anti-HBL



Anti-HBL will be those

1) where parents WFH (work from home), cannot manage active kids running around at home, prefer them to attend school on site physical premises. They feel stressed, got to work from home & at the same time, got to manage their kids as well at home. There are parents who find it hard to concentrate working from home, because their kids’ presence at home distract them


2) students cohort in
(Upper Primary 5 & P6, Sec 3 and Sec 4, JC1 and JC2), who prefer F2F teaching, learn better


3) those who don’t find HBL lessons effective at all, wishy-washy content lessons, lack depth in teaching curriculum content, just to pass time only


4) those who want their kids to go to school, for the sake of social interaction with (Teachers, school-mates, class-mates, Cca mates), instead of confined to 4 walls at home losing sanity


5) Upper Primary students and Secondary school + Junior College students who need to attend Science Practical laboratory lessons, roll up their sleeves to do hands on work, eg. Chemistry titration lab work on topics

"Preparation of Salts" / "Acid and Bases"

definitely need to go to school, cannot be HBL

Example

For (O level and A level ) students taking Double Pure Sciences or Triple Pure Sciences, there is one separate paper alone testing Practical lab work, which constitute a certain percentage into the overall subject, in National exam. Definitely, students need to attend school, to do hands on lab work

[sharonkhoo]

Zeal mummy\" post_id=\"2031775\" time=\"1627203857\" user_id=\"58173:[quote=\"Zeal mummy\" post_id=2031775 time=1627203857 user_id=58173]

slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2031770\" time=\"1627202680\" user_id=\"28674:

[quote=\"Zeal mummy\" post_id=2031761 time=1627196714 user_id=58173]Actually my children do not take public transport.. I am voicing up for those who have to take public transport. Which is the majority of the population. We also do not know if indeed children are unlikely to get seriously ill if infected, as the virus is still constantly mutating. Do we want to find out by risking it all?
... Do we stay away only when it spreads like wild fire?

I don't think it's just public transport, or classrooms, or offices, or markets... it will be everywhere. We can't just hide in case future mutations are more severe - where will it end? In any case, I believe it is known that kids generally do not get as seriously ill with Covid.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/askst-what-do-we-know-so-far-about-children-who-are-infected-with-covid-19[/quote]

Thank you for the link. However it is still worrying when one sees so many schools reporting cases daily. Do take a look at how many cases there are currently. It is likely to keep going, if we don’t stay away.

https://mothership.sg/2021/07/covid-19-primary-secondary-school/[/quote]My point is that it isn't going to go away. Even if we shut down schools to protect kids from Covid, it will still spread elsewhere and eventually to some kids. An adult may bring it home from the office, or relative from somewhere else. How long can kids be kept at home without suffering other harms (emotional, social, educational)? And if everything that poses a risk of the spread of Covid gets shut down, economic necessity and human nature will make that a short-lived period (look at Australia).

[Coolkidsrock2]

Double-jabbed PIERS MORGAN reveals how he caught Covid at the chaotic Euros final - leaving him with a raging fever and fearful but concludes that if that is as bad as it gets for vaccinated people then we MUST to learn to live with it 


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9821615/The-vaccine-saved-life-PIERS-MORGAN-reveals-caught-Covid-Euros-final.html

[Zeal mummy]

slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2031779\" time=\"1627206724\" user_id=\"28674:

Zeal mummy\" post_id=\"2031775\" time=\"1627203857\" user_id=\"58173:[quote=\"Zeal mummy\" post_id=2031775 time=1627203857 user_id=58173]

I don't think it's just public transport, or classrooms, or offices, or markets... it will be everywhere. We can't just hide in case future mutations are more severe - where will it end? In any case, I believe it is known that kids generally do not get as seriously ill with Covid.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/askst-what-do-we-know-so-far-about-children-who-are-infected-with-covid-19

Thank you for the link. However it is still worrying when one sees so many schools reporting cases daily. Do take a look at how many cases there are currently. It is likely to keep going, if we don’t stay away.

https://mothership.sg/2021/07/covid-19-primary-secondary-school/

My point is that it isn't going to go away. Even if we shut down schools to protect kids from Covid, it will still spread elsewhere and eventually to some kids. An adult may bring it home from the office, or relative from somewhere else. How long can kids be kept at home without suffering other harms (emotional, social, educational)? And if everything that poses a risk of the spread of Covid gets shut down, economic necessity and human nature will make that a short-lived period (look at Australia).[/quote]Totally understand what you are saying. Although covid is here to stay, the numbers happening in schools is way higher than before due to a few clusters explosion these few weeks. Let it slow down its process. I’m pretty sure the numbers in schools wouldn’t be so rapid/high if not for the current exposure.

[starlight1968sg]

Besides encouraging our seniors be vaccinated, helpers looking after seniors or kids shld be vaccinated soon.

[Coolkidsrock2]

starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"2031803\" time=\"1627216104\" user_id=\"14025:

Besides encouraging our seniors be vaccinated, helpers looking after seniors or kids shld be vaccinated soon.

A lot of helpers I know already completed their 2nd dose. They registered as soon as their phase came up.

[Coolkidsrock2]

Who are the people dying of Covid now? There's a totally new kind of patient, say doctors - in their 40s, previously well... but unvaccinated


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-9821291/Covid-19s-new-victims-Doctors-warn-jabbed-people-make-bulk-fatalities.html

[zac's mum]

Coolkidsrock2\" post_id=\"2031808\" time=\"1627216680\" user_id=\"48901:

starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"2031803\" time=\"1627216104\" user_id=\"14025:

Besides encouraging our seniors be vaccinated, helpers looking after seniors or kids shld be vaccinated soon.

A lot of helpers I know already completed their 2nd dose. They registered as soon as their phase came up.

When I was getting my 2nd dose, saw plenty of helpers (age ~20?) getting their 1st dose.

Many of the professions that contact a lot of people also recently getting their 1st & 2nd doses (age 20-30). Couriers, office errand runners, contractors etc. Sad that they had to wait so long on account of their youth, but good that they have protection now.