Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Updates

[doodbug]

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The news reported that seniors age 60 above and took 2nd dose on 1 Apr or earlier, can walk in for the booster dose.

It is strange that my colleague age 63 received the SMS and booked his booster dose on 2 Oct despite his 2nd dose was mid Apr.

Because the magic number is 143 days after 2nd shot. Healthcare sector was very confused over this too.

[doodbug]

lee_yl\" post_id=\"2039982\" time=\"1633019016\" user_id=\"17023:

Malaysia MCOs so lax, cannot compare lah.

Do you remember last year’s CB? We can’t even cut our hair for the first 2 weeks! We can’t eat out, shopping malls/retail malls were all shut down (except for F&B, pharmacies and supermarkets). If we really do a total lockdown to eradicate the current reservoir, it is never too late.

However, if one day we really have no choice but to call for CB 2.0, Mr Ong can kiss goodbye to his PM candidacy.

No doubt CB will be painful, more retail shops and restaurants will go bankrupt. Our reserves also depleting fast.

病死 or 饿死

I am actually very concerned about the crazy costs we are incurring with our Covid measures. This is something the public does not see or hear. But our reserves ARE depleting. Even if we have reserves, we should be spending them wisely and investing in strategic initiatives for the future.

I am pretty sure it has reached the stage where it is probably cheaper to pay each senior 65 and above $$20 a day to stay home! I mean look at how much we are spending on CCF, GQF etc. Just the PCR tests alone - I don't know how many we are administering - if we are administering 50k PCR tests a day, it costs us $5 mil a day!!
Once you add in the costs bourne by businesses and individuals - it's astronomical.

It's political correct and easy to say protect all lives. It's crude, but will you save your own life at all costs and deplete all your own individual resources? There is a limit and balance - the real issue is that society is so so divided on the extent we should go to protect lives.

[MrsKiasu]

That’s why whatever measures/directions/preparations are important?

[MrsKiasu]

Is endemic the best way ?

[doodbug]

Another way to confront the question is


If Government needs to raise income tax immediately and drastically to fund Covid measures, will all of us still opt to close up, shut down and save every life?

Hard truth, hard trade-offs.

[MrsKiasu]

Or we just trying, for me (at least) I can’t see what is in front? At end of the road if we see not viable lots of sacrifices along the process liao.

[MrsKiasu]

Or we just trying, for me (at least) I can’t see what is in front? At end of the road if we see not viable lots of sacrifices along the process liao.

[MrsKiasu]

My simple thinking is shut down for few weeks, cases will drop, healthcare system got time to prepare…then open again. Isn’t this likely less costly? Drag and drag will only get more…we dare go shopping, go cinema?

[MrsKiasu]

My economic knowledge is low so dont laugh at me arh…


If this continues, I think economy generated from our internal consumption may be lower also…

[doodbug]

The question is - after shutting down a few weeks to bring down cases, then reopen and cases surge again, what do we do? Shut down again?


Just reading today’s ST accounts on the PSLE kids made my heart sink. Imagine all the anxiety and mental costs all the measures are exacting on our PSLE kids. Our Covid-containment measures are super onerous! The numbers involved - no joke. I felt especially sorry for the account of the kid who went to the GP for a stomach ailment and was made to undergo a PCR test and due to results not being out in time, could not take PSLE English. The child’s mom is blaming herself like crazy for having brought the child to the doctor.