Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Updates
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slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2093199\" time=\"1671755512\" user_id=\"28674:
:goodpost:
Staying home to stop the spread should apply whether it's Covid or not, or at least the sufferer should keep a mask on if he has to go out, and limit social activities. It's something Singapore didn't practise pre-Covid, but I hope more people will going forward.
Flu kills too. -
Long Covid, if unlucky, has the potential to affect livelihood and quality of life, and in turn, possibly affect other family members.
And may not be limited to the vulnerable. -
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/fairprice-limits-sales-of-panadol-nurofen-products-amid-higher-demand-for-fever-cold-and-flu-medicines
Both Panadol and Nurofen are household names, and their medicines can be easily found in supermarkets and pharmacies.
Most retailers carry a diverse range of brands for each type of medicine, said the ministry. It added that they include generic medicines, “which are just as effective as branded medicines”.
My qn: what are the generic medicines available? For me, i only know panadol or paracetamol for fever/flu. -
starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"2093269\" time=\"1671787890\" user_id=\"14025:
Paracetamol is a generic name; Panadol is one of the brand names.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/fairprice-limits-sales-of-panadol-nurofen-products-amid-higher-demand-for-fever-cold-and-flu-medicines
Both Panadol and Nurofen are household names, and their medicines can be easily found in supermarkets and pharmacies.
Most retailers carry a diverse range of brands for each type of medicine, said the ministry. It added that they include generic medicines, “which are just as effective as branded medicines”.
My qn: what are the generic medicines available? For me, i only know panadol or paracetamol for fever/flu.
Ibuprofen is a generic name; Nurofen is a brand name.
Just ask at a pharmacy for the generic name. And if they really don't have even the generics, then ask the pharmacist for alternative medicines. They will be able to advise. And generics are much cheaper! I buy 100 tablets of paracetamol for about $6 at Unity (price may be out of date as it was about a year ago). -
slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2093290\" time=\"1671798449\" user_id=\"28674:
Tks slmkhoo for the explanation.
Paracetamol is a generic name; Panadol is one of the brand names.
Ibuprofen is a generic name; Nurofen is a brand name.
Just ask at a pharmacy for the generic name. And if they really don't have even the generics, then ask the pharmacist for alternative medicines. They will be able to advise. And generics are much cheaper! I buy 100 tablets of paracetamol for about $6 at Unity (price may be out of date as it was about a year ago). -
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Excuse me, so what's Ong Ye Kung and Lawrence Wong going to do about the border restrictions?
In 3 hrs, Shin Min FB had 186 comments mostly expressing their concern or fury that the PRC nationals are once again getting out of their country to spread the new strains to the rest of the world. Deja vu Dec 2019-Jan2020?
Can the Pfizer and Moderna bivalent vaccines withstand the new strain BF.7 that's spreading in Beijing now? Heard its R0 = 18. Delta was only 6. How about the elderly who took Sinovac and Sinopharm, just like the PRC tourists who have just been unleashed? These 2 brands have no bivalent boosters.
And there's BA.5.2 spreading in Guangzhou now, according to some TW media. How about XBB and BQ.1 which are also detected in China?
When there's a lot of movement among millions of vectors, newer sub-variants will be formed as there's cross-'germination' (correct my terminology if you will).
Have we achieved herd immunity specifically against these new China sub-variants already? I'm still Covid-naive! Maybe I'm part of the 20% minority.
So hard-up for tourism receipts? :roll: Or we're back to Jan 2020 when MTF tried to act cool? Why are so many countries re-imposing border restrictions in light of the upcoming 春运, yet our MTF chooses to stick to their 佛系 mode again?
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/china-covid19-soaring-cases-new-variants-3172391
\"Flahault said \"a soup\" of more than 500 new Omicron subvariants had been identified in recent months, although it had often been difficult to tell where each had first emerged.
\"Any variants, when more transmissible than the previous dominant ones - such as BQ.1, B2.75.2, XBB, CH.1, or BF.7 - definitely represent threats, since they can cause new waves,\" he said.\" -
Now we see an average <1k infected cases per day.
About 2 wks after 8 Jan, … -
starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"2093711\" time=\"1672351690\" user_id=\"14025:
But there were <5 in ICU (last night's figure) and relatively low nos. in hospital. It's not the total no. of infections that really matters.
Now we see an average <1k infected cases per day.
About 2 wks after 8 Jan, ... -
zeit.\" post_id=\"2093708\" time=\"1672332814\" user_id=\"194295:
I haven't caught Covid either, but I think differently. I think 80% is good enough \"general\" immunity given that the new sub-variants are precisely that - sub-variants, not entirely new pathogens. And now, Covid infections tend not to be too serious. We don't worry so much about flu, dengue etc, which seem to be as bad or worse in outcomes. I don't expect or want the country to shut down to protect me since I'm in the minority - if I want to, I will wear my mask more and avoid social gatherings, rather than expect the rest of the nation to do it for me. If I get really sick, there's plenty of ICU space now.
Have we achieved herd immunity specifically against these new China sub-variants already? I'm still Covid-naive! Maybe I'm part of the 20% minority. -
zeit.\" post_id=\"2093708\" time=\"1672332814\" user_id=\"194295:
I recommend you go to Speaker's Corner and hold up a blank sheet of A4 paper. :roll:
Excuse me, so what's Ong Ye Kung and Lawrence Wong going to do about the border restrictions?
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