Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Updates
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ChiefKiasu\" post_id=\"2062316\" time=\"1648006608\" user_id=\"3:
Covid jabs was created to solve a crisis so there was pressure to force everyone to be jabbed as it would crowd the hospital and go out of control. Flu is not a critical sickness because there are ways to treat it and it is not as deadly.
It's strange why nobody says anything about flu jabs, but they go bonkers over covid jabs. Shouldn't they go crazy over flu jabs too?? Well... if I'm an evil scientist out to get you, I would just poison something that you have been using regularly, and not something that is new and suspicious
Also, during the pandemic, as we all wear masks, flu is likely not able to spread widely so the need even reduces further. -
Breathlessness, fatigue, persistent cough: Doctors see more cases of 'long COVID' in Singapore
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/long-covid-coronavirus-breathless-cough-fatigue-doctors-therapy-2578961
Extract:
Case 1:
Ms Doris Ong, 49, has been feeling breathless after walking short distances ever since getting COVID-19 in November.
She used to be able to walk home from the bus stop with two bags of groceries –taking about 10 minutes. But after her coronavirus episode, she once took more than 20 minutes to walk home carrying a coconut, which she was drinking.
She felt so tired that she had to stop to rest a few times, she told CNA. A month ago, she also felt that her heart was “squeezed” while eating laksa, Ms Ong said.
Her symptoms have eased recently, but she still feels “weak” compared to before; and until now, she’s not sought medical advice.
“I feel that it’s still manageable, It's not (as though) I need to go to A&E … if I really cannot (take it), then I will call 995,” she said.
Case 2:
Ms Jocelyn Ng, who is in her 40s, said that she has become “very sensitive” to any smell or smoke that irritates her throat or airways, setting off a bad, wheezing cough.
She recounted how her hand once “hardened”, swelled and became completely numb after she fell asleep on it.
“I had never felt such excruciating pain before … I was crying,” said Ms Ng. She described how her hand was pulsating, as though her blood was trying to flow but could not.
She went to a doctor, who advised her to go to the hospital. But as there was a large number of COVID-19 cases being treated by the hospitals at the time, she did not go, Ms Ng said.
She finds it hard to do housework – when she tried to mop the floor at home, her hand “cramped up and hardened” – so she has hired a part-time helper. And she has trouble buying groceries as her hand “stiffens” when she tries to carry things, said Ms Ng.
The painful swelling happens fairly regularly on both hands, so she has been getting a massage every week to deal with this symptom, she said.
She’s also put on weight and feels that she cannot exercise as her “body is very lethargic”.
Case 3:
Mr Tan Wen Chuan, 32, was breathing more heavily than usual after walking for about five minutes from the car park to the interview location.
He has been feeling breathless after walking or light activity since November or more than four months after his bout of COVID-19.
Mr Tan, who had asthma as a child, said it can feel like an asthma attack, as he can’t breathe, and he feels like he can’t “fill up” his lungs. This can happen from time to time, even when he’s not active, he said.
He described how he sometimes feels a “knot” in his chest at a particular spot whenever he inhales.
“It's just a constant state of knowing that I have to breathe harder,” he said.
When Mr Tan went to see a general practitioner, he was told that the symptoms would go away in time.
He said: “I felt helpless, because the doctor said there was nothing you can do about it.”
Later, on a friend’s recommendation, he saw a physiotherapist. His therapist, Ms Jaclyn Chow of Heart & Lung Physio, said there are things that can be done to improve one’s breathing and body conditioning while one waits for recovery.
Inactivity, meanwhile, could lead to structural changes like losing muscle mass, which could lead to longer-term issues.
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Lung specialist Dr Yang warned against deliberately trying to catch COVID-19 to “get immunity”, saying that there can be long-term implications after contracting the virus.
He added: “Employees and employers should recognise that this is a problem that we are facing, they are not trying to malinger or trying to find ways to escape work. And I think people should understand when people have all these symptoms.” -
sushi88\" post_id=\"2062351\" time=\"1648019000\" user_id=\"100857:
Hi Sushi88,
Covid jabs was created to solve a crisis so there was pressure to force everyone to be jabbed as it would crowd the hospital and go out of control. Flu is not a critical sickness because there are ways to treat it and it is not as deadly.
Also, during the pandemic, as we all wear masks, flu is likely not able to spread widely so the need even reduces further.
A few days didn't see your post and I am worry whether you have caught Omicron and fell ill but glad to see you post today.
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Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=\"2062356\" time=\"1648023144\" user_id=\"195250:[quote=\"Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=2062356 time=1648023144 user_id=195250]
Thank you LNW, I am fine.
Hi Sushi88,
A few days didn't see your post and I am worry whether you have caught Omicron and fell ill but glad to see you post today.[/quote]
I also pray Omicron does not look for me...
as more are catching it now.
Nevertheless, a day I do not catch it, a day I am more thankful for each new day.
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I do wonder if the cases are really coming down or it’s just that more people are not reporting or bothering to go to the clinics.
I am seeing more cases around me this 1 mth compared to previous months. In Jan/Feb, I hear of like 1 family a week infected at most. But I am receiving almost daily updates of cases and most say home tested ART positive this month. Most are not going to doctor as symptoms are manageable and on 7th day if still positive they can be out and about already.
Very few reported long covid symptoms. Some actually turning negative as soon as day 4, my niece for instance. Most turn negative around day 10 and some experience lingering cough for about 2-3weeks. -
Funz\" post_id=\"2062369\" time=\"1648032543\" user_id=\"6230:
Well, if people can't be bothered to report, it's still good news as it means people have learnt to live with covid. Most of my relatives who got it was ok within less than a week. I'm sure the 1m figure of people who got covid in Singapore is grossly undercounted. I'm just hoping my covid shots still lasts me till I get covid
I do wonder if the cases are really coming down or it's just that more people are not reporting or bothering to go to the clinics.
I am seeing more cases around me this 1 mth compared to previous months. In Jan/Feb, I hear of like 1 family a week infected at most. But I am receiving almost daily updates of cases and most say home tested ART positive this month. Most are not going to doctor as symptoms are manageable and on 7th day if still positive they can be out and about already.
Very few reported long covid symptoms. Some actually turning negative as soon as day 4, my niece for instance. Most turn negative around day 10 and some experience lingering cough for about 2-3weeks.
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For my side, still hearing people around getting C…school side quite muted till I will jokingly ask them any teacher wearing double mask lol.
Btw, do you all think it is a courtesy to let the people you having appt with knows in advance that they have say someone serving quarantine at home coz near to a C+ ? I just encountered one incidence who only told me that after we talked for a while…best is asked me remove mask earlier on…the rating of this person in me plunged…I was not afraid as I continue with the meeting but I think it is a courtesy to let the other party knows first before meeting up, right? Or am I still living an outdated life?
Some are very nice I think…if they have any hint of symptoms will do ART test before meeting up in the group. Tell us during meeting but say taken ART test before meeting and can see from body language want to maintain social distancing. -
MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2062395\" time=\"1648054069\" user_id=\"43981:
If a person is under HRN, he/she should do the ART test with the result negative before he/she can come out to meet other people. But if people don't follow the protocol, we also cannot do anything
Btw, do you all think it is a courtesy to let the people you having appt with knows in advance that they have say someone serving quarantine at home coz near to a C+ ? I just encountered one incidence who only told me that after we talked for a while..best is asked me remove mask earlier on...the rating of this person in me plunged..I was not afraid as I continue with the meeting but I think it is a courtesy to let the other party knows first before meeting up, right? Or am I still living an outdated life?
Some are very nice I think..if they have any hint of symptoms will do ART test before meeting up in the group. Tell us during meeting but say taken ART test before meeting and can see from body language want to maintain social distancing.
I just wonder what is the rating of me in you? :roll: -
MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2062395\" time=\"1648054069\" user_id=\"43981:
In this case, that person meeting you is already 2 steps removed from a C+ case - that would mean just about everyone would have to inform anyone they meet!
Btw, do you all think it is a courtesy to let the people you having appt with knows in advance that they have say someone serving quarantine at home coz near to a C+ ?
[C+ case] --- [HRN person] --- [person meeting you]
Even the person serving HRN only needs to test negative before going out (no quarantine required). The person meeting you is not even required to test. So I think it's not necessary to inform. -
Funz\" post_id=\"2062369\" time=\"1648032543\" user_id=\"6230:
I'm glad that more people aren't reporting - it means that Covid is becoming milder. If there were more seriously sick, the hospitals would know! Over the past few days, there were only 20+ Covid cases in ICU. It means that we are nearer herd immunity than the numbers would indicate, and maybe the PM is going to promise some more relaxations when he speaks later today. Fingers crossed!
I do wonder if the cases are really coming down or it's just that more people are not reporting or bothering to go to the clinics.
I am seeing more cases around me this 1 mth compared to previous months. In Jan/Feb, I hear of like 1 family a week infected at most. But I am receiving almost daily updates of cases and most say home tested ART positive this month. Most are not going to doctor as symptoms are manageable and on 7th day if still positive they can be out and about already.
Very few reported long covid symptoms. Some actually turning negative as soon as day 4, my niece for instance. Most turn negative around day 10 and some experience lingering cough for about 2-3weeks.
Yes, I am hearing \"HRN\" very often now, and some places are imposing more restrictions than necessary, which is a nuisance. Legacy of pre-vaccination days.
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