Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Updates

[ChiefKiasu]

Sun_2010\" post_id=\"2039905\" time=\"1632981930\" user_id=\"18393:

Hope someone can help me with my doubt .
For the booster shots for my parents - should we get the same one as the initial ones ie. If the first two shots were Pfizer, then Pfizer for booster too?

Another thing is my mum had to do an MRI, she has an appointment in a week's time. should I get her to do the vaccination first this weekend or wait and do it 2-3 days after the MRI? I have read that the vaccine might effect CT scans
I am trying to reach out to the doc to get his input. Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions, experience.

I would think you should get it from the same manufacturer, so that if anything goes wrong, you know who to blame

Not sure about your 2nd question. But for me, I've had my shots in May, and I'm trying to make my booster further away, as long as I can. Maybe until December

[MrsKiasu]

Sun, on other scan like mammo, pic may be affected. And I can’t remember how long interval is advisable but the clinic people would know and advise… So for your side, maybe you check with vaccine hotline ppl and the MRI clinic, to be safe. I was doing my check ups then and I did my mammo first.

[Estéema]

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2039908\" time=\"1632982893\" user_id=\"43981:

Sun, on other scan like mammo, pic may be affected. And I can't remember how long interval is advisable but the clinic people would know and advise.. So for your side, maybe you check with vaccine hotline ppl and the MRI clinic, to be safe. I was doing my check ups then and I did my mammo first.

Think shld check first with the MRI side first. Don’t think those manning the hotline can answer specific question unless u’re expecting a medical personnel to man these hotlines. At, the line all jam up. My take is do MRI then vaccinate.

[pirate]

Sun_2010\" post_id=\"2039905\" time=\"1632981930\" user_id=\"18393:

Hope someone can help me with my doubt .
For the booster shots for my parents - should we get the same one as the initial ones ie. If the first two shots were Pfizer, then Pfizer for booster too?

Another thing is my mum had to do an MRI, she has an appointment in a week's time. should I get her to do the vaccination first this weekend or wait and do it 2-3 days after the MRI? I have read that the vaccine might effect CT scans
I am trying to reach out to the doc to get his input. Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions, experience.

For your 1st question, there are 3 schools of thoughts I am aware of:

1. If the first 2 jabs are not effective against the variant, what makes you think a 3rd will make any difference? So if the first 2 were Pfizer, choose Moderna.

2. First 2 jabs got no serious adverse reaction, so 3rd should be ok too. Choose the same.

3. Wait and see. Let others go first. Not necessarily good if your 2nd jab already 6 months old or more.

For the second question, there seems to be a lot of transmission going around. Lots of infected persons will be seeing doctors, so avoid going to hospitals, clinics etc unless absolutely necessary. Is the MRI urgent or can postpone?

[ChiefKiasu]

pirate\" post_id=\"2039889\" time=\"1632973498\" user_id=\"66252:

I am upset that obviously MOH has all the pertinent numbers, but they only feed us partial data to support whatever narrative they want to push.

OYK can pose one table showing how many % of what unvaccinated and vaccinated age groups became serious in his Facebook post. But MOH cannot give us updated tables of this every day. Instead they feed us useless numbers to give the appearance of transparency.

Why was I upset at Ho Ching? Obviously she had better access to data than the public. How dare she use that privilege to talk down to us!

Stop feeding us bullshit! That's how trust is lost.

I do agree with you about MOH withholding information.

For me, it seems the government has given up on COVID and simply opening everything up. I remember them saying the cases will be more than 2k a few weeks ago and lo and behold, we are well over 2k cases now. Kind of weird har, their ability to \"predict\". I wonder what else they know but are not releasing.

[Estéema]

Sun_2010\" post_id=\"2039905\" time=\"1632981930\" user_id=\"18393:

Hope someone can help me with my doubt .
For the booster shots for my parents - should we get the same one as the initial ones ie. If the first two shots were Pfizer, then Pfizer for booster too?

Another thing is my mum had to do an MRI, she has an appointment in a week's time. should I get her to do the vaccination first this weekend or wait and do it 2-3 days after the MRI? I have read that the vaccine might effect CT scans
I am trying to reach out to the doc to get his input. Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions, experience.

MIL, hubby & I took the Pfizer and with booster we’re doing Moderna. MIL with high cholesterol & high blood pressure is past 80 & I’m in my 60s with no health issues except the usual aches & pain & yes, low blood pressure.

[MrsKiasu]

Estéema\" post_id=\"2039910\" time=\"1632983114\" user_id=\"66413:

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2039908\" time=\"1632982893\" user_id=\"43981:

Sun, on other scan like mammo, pic may be affected. And I can't remember how long interval is advisable but the clinic people would know and advise.. So for your side, maybe you check with vaccine hotline ppl and the MRI clinic, to be safe. I was doing my check ups then and I did my mammo first.

Think shld check first with the MRI side first. Don’t think those manning the hotline can answer specific question unless u’re expecting a medical personnel to man these hotlines. At, the line all jam up. My take is do MRI then vaccinate.

That's correct, best is from the MRI side..some could be obvious so they were equipped with the info. For me I was trying to chg my vacc appt and the blur me doesn't know how so I called the vaccination hotline and we talked abt why I m changing and she told me yes got few issues for some ppl.

[MrsKiasu]

ChiefKiasu\" post_id=\"2039912\" time=\"1632983211\" user_id=\"3:

pirate\" post_id=\"2039889\" time=\"1632973498\" user_id=\"66252:

I am upset that obviously MOH has all the pertinent numbers, but they only feed us partial data to support whatever narrative they want to push.

OYK can pose one table showing how many % of what unvaccinated and vaccinated age groups became serious in his Facebook post. But MOH cannot give us updated tables of this every day. Instead they feed us useless numbers to give the appearance of transparency.

Why was I upset at Ho Ching? Obviously she had better access to data than the public. How dare she use that privilege to talk down to us!

Stop feeding us bullshit! That's how trust is lost.

I do agree with you about MOH withholding information.

For me, it seems the government has given up on COVID and simply opening everything up. I remember them saying the cases will be more than 2k a few weeks ago and lo and behold, we are well over 2k cases now. Kind of weird har, their ability to \"predict\". I wonder what else they know but are not releasing.

So not only me think that is the 'easiest' way to go.

[pirate]

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/ward-closures-in-6-acute-public-hospitals-in-recent-weeks-as-130-cases-detected


Latest example of fudged numbers from MOH. How many of the 130 are hospital staff, and how many are patients?

[sharonkhoo]

ngl2010\" post_id=\"2039878\" time=\"1632969043\" user_id=\"40978:

I just realised that I have never met any seniors who do not have underlying medical condition. Have you?

How senior is senior? Over 60, 70, 80? There are some, but few. I believe my mother is one - in her 80s, but although she has been warned of tendencies towards high sugar and high cholesterol, she hasn't actually been diagnosed as such. Other than that, she suffers from osteoporosis. There must be more in the 60s than in the 80s, I guess.