Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Updates
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Then we hope dont see any ‘deadlier’ variant after that, else if according to ‘survival of fittest theory’, another round of elimination??
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MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2042651\" time=\"1634449059\" user_id=\"43981:
It keeps us humble - no matter how clever our scientists are, there will always be something they cannot overcome totally.
Then we hope dont see any 'deadlier' variant after that, else if according to 'survival of fittest theory', another round of elimination?? -
MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2042647\" time=\"1634448332\" user_id=\"43981:
If next month’s fatalities number more than 1K, that would be an average of 30 deaths per day.
Will we start seeing 10 as a low number in the very near future :sad: -
pirate\" post_id=\"2040025\" time=\"1633057725\" user_id=\"66252:
I said this on October 1.
Ok. To put things into perspective. I did some digging at Singstats.
The death rate in Singapore for 70 and over is 37.1 per 1,000 in 2020 and 38 per 1,000 in 2019. The resident population for this age group in 2021 is 403,607. This translates to approx 1,250 deaths a month from all causes.
Has it gone up in a statistically significant manner in September 2021?
Is 10 deaths a day from Covid complications high? I don't know. We don't have enough data yet.
Will the total number of deaths for the age group 70 and above for October 2021 shoot up to 1,550 because of this 10 a day or will it remain at 1,250? The 40 or so in September 2021 is not that statistically significant.
I suspect it will be somewhere in between, which means that some of those who died from Covid complications would have died from some other complications anyway, given their co-morbidities.
Sometimes we forget that, without Covid, we are still not immortal. -
MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2042651\" time=\"1634449059\" user_id=\"43981:
They’ve alr found new variants in S Africa & Columbia (think it’s labeled MU) incl one that is resistant even to current vaccines. That’s why I’ll nvr let my guard down as I hv elderlies to think for. Hv to do groceries for MIL & her non-ambulant elder sister
Then we hope dont see any 'deadlier' variant after that, else if according to 'survival of fittest theory', another round of elimination?? -
lee_yl\" post_id=\"2042654\" time=\"1634449532\" user_id=\"17023:
If next month's fatalities number more than 1k, but total deaths for 70 and above remains around 1,250, then it would mean nothing. That's the problem with \"if\".
If next month’s fatalities number more than 1K, that would be an average of 30 deaths per day.MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2042647\" time=\"1634448332\" user_id=\"43981:
Will we start seeing 10 as a low number in the very near future :sad:
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To me, even one death from the complication of Covid 19 is too much no matter whether I know he/she.
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Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=\"2042658\" time=\"1634451378\" user_id=\"195250:[quote=\"Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=2042658 time=1634451378 user_id=195250]
Yes, all lives are priceless and who are we to say x number of deaths is reasonable, acceptable, OK, etc.
To me, even one death from the complication of Covid 19 is too much no matter whether I know he/she.[/quote]
But we all know all living things grow old and die -
starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"2042667\" time=\"1634454429\" user_id=\"14025:
Unfortunately, it is the burden of leadership to make such life and death decisions, when there is no good choice.
Yes, all lives are priceless and who are we to say x number of deaths is reasonable, acceptable, OK, etc.Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=\"2042658\" time=\"1634451378\" user_id=\"195250:[quote=\"Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=2042658 time=1634451378 user_id=195250]To me, even one death from the complication of Covid 19 is too much no matter whether I know he/she.
But we all know all living things grow old and die[/quote]
That is not to say that I agree with the present political leadership's decisions on this. -
For people like Dr Yuen, who just passed away due to COVID complications at the age of 65yo, I would think he could have lived past 85yo easily given his clean bill of health (and careful living). It was as if his life got shortened by a good 20 years.
OYK only mentioned about ICU beds. Nothing was mentioned if we are going do something when the COVID death rate hits X number daily. Like it or not, there’s still a direct link between the number of daily new cases and the death rate which’s also growing at an exponential rate.
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