ChiefKiasu\" post_id=\"2045814\" time=\"1636601662\" user_id=\"3:

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2045805\" time=\"1636600322\" user_id=\"43981:

Poor lions joining we all now..

So lions will sniffle too? What are the symptoms? I'll bet it's nothing to them.

To them is nothing. Worst scenario would be like what the Chinese did to the infected domestic cats. The main concern is covid can cross species very easily opening up more chances to pickup new adaptations.... that makes them more deadly and effective infecting humans. In layman terms, expect this drag into decades and possibly mandatory cyclical 6-12mths vaccinations.

san20sg\" post_id=\"2042881\" time=\"1634644628\" user_id=\"76391:

I am really very vexed with his Chinese and do not know how to help him. He also does not have a good learning attitude in school. Though he is not the naughty kind and is very quiet, all teachers have sent feedback that he is very disinterested in learning and has problems focusing in school and easily distracted. His grades for other subjects may be slightly above average only, but not fantastic. The only thing is that he can get almost perfect scores in science but that is the only subject that I do not have to worry about.

Get tutor for science but in Chinese. Malaysian Chinese schools do Science in Chinese. Use Science as a hook to learn Chinese. Can try zoom classes or any Malaysian tutor who came through Chinese Science there.

Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=\"2043631\" time=\"1635120860\" user_id=\"195250:[quote=\"Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=2043631 time=1635120860 user_id=195250]

starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"2043624\" time=\"1635113352\" user_id=\"14025:

Is protecting the minority in this way correct?

Police protest the majority from the minority- thieves etc

The majority wins

Isn't the majority has a louder voice and matters?

Who are the minority? and Who are the majority?[/quote]

Minority = Seniors. We are part of Asian cultures. Fillial pity is part of our blood regardless what races or religions. This why government goes to that extraordinary length to protect the minority. Totally expected. Even if you are bred with westerners mentality, there is also their concept which is \"tyranny of the majority\". Thus, setting policies that protect minorities are generally universal everywhere except for those purely with \"self\"-ish reason. I don't meant it as in bad \"selfish\". If situation especially financial or other resources is very tight or extremely limited, then minority will be expendable. We are lucky where our means currently afford us to be generous. But if this kind of pandemic is a cylical thing, say every decade, being so generous for this 2-years are not very sustainable. This time is 50B. Next time with inflation will be 100B, 200B, 400B, etc. We don't have the big countries luxury of printing fiat money as they like.

pirate\" post_id=\"2042689\" time=\"1634477887\" user_id=\"66252:

Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=\"2042682\" time=\"1634467179\" user_id=\"195250:[quote=\"Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=2042682 time=1634467179 user_id=195250]Is Dr Yuen's death preventable if he completed 2 dorsed of vaccination instead of just 1 dorse only?

Plus 14 days, very likely.[/quote]

Doubt so 2nd jab would have make a difference. You can go search how effective those vaccines are (avoid bias nationalistic source, direct or derivatives). Hard evidence on that vaccines aren't as many and authoritative as Pfizer and Moderna. Anecdotal ineffectiveness examples showing quite a few countries decided to stop using it. We will see how well it plays out when China and HK fully open up to embrace the Delta variants next year when abandoning zero covid strategy.

Just my thought…it is unlikely as parents you are able to pronounce English or Chinese properly. I suggest you get your kid through ICR (or MES) reading program, about 2 years (total maybe SGD4K). The end result is really worth it. My kids can correct my pronounciation and speaks way better English than what I hear from my colleagues with heavy Singlish accent. I believe after they reach P5 or P6 level, it is extremely hard to correct their reading habits even if you splurge triple that amount. I read books to my kids at night since in the womb. Total books easily exceed 1-2K. They are heavy youtube viewer and even pick-up British accent from Peppa pig video. Taxi uncle thought we are BBC (British born chinese). And yet only going through 2 years with ICR reading program their pronounciation and usage has a significant improvement. Previously their english is like parrots where some phrases are very accurately brits, the rest are mixed Singlish-Filipino-Chinese pronounciation.

Why Phase 2B seat reduced? The new system will combine 2A1 and 2A2 together as 2A and then minus directly 20 seats allocate to 2C. If Phase 2A is not filled up, it then allocate 33% to 2B and 66% to 2C. In most cases, 2A is always filled up for popular schools especially those living far away from the school and yet is paid alumni. The new system wipe this category out. If you attempt Phase 2A you still can attempt phase 2B and the phase 2C giving you 3 chances as compare to those only apply at phase 2C. In most schools, those willing to go this extreme, already within 1KM and is SC. So I don’t see Phase 2B is affected much given most candidates already will be within 1 or 2KM. The full disadvantage is really at paid alumni as now they don’t have priorities and have to compete with non paid alumni. In general quite a few of them are well away 2KM. This changes will result in #1 less going for paid alumni and #2 moving home closer. I know parent that bought condo just to be within school 1KM distance.

starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"2031678\" time=\"1627120498\" user_id=\"14025:

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/time-has-come-for-a-targeted-approach-to-dealing-with-rising-covid-19-infections

For reading pleasure, pls.

The writer seems not elaborating Singaporean cannot tolerate higher numbers of death. Imagine if Singapore goes by other countries death rate, the numbers would be in the range of hundreds by now. A large portions of the seniors right now aren't vaccinated. Considering the vaccines effectiveness is under 70% (probably even worse with other emerging variants), 70% of population vaccinated will give about just slightly below 50% immunity. And a considerable of those 70% only at single dose and/or not reaching 2 weeks window period. Given everyone knows SG government isn't really constraint by dollar, would you expect them to perform like our neighbouring countries government?

Letting all the infected younger generations to openly roam about plus savings a few billions dollars would be absolute economically optimal decisions to do compare to saving 1000 seniors life. But would Singaporean ignore that thousand senior deaths and won't retaliate when the next election comes around? How about the 3 PM candidates taking helm being remember as screwing up the very last leg of the pandemic?

Government already practising nuances. Phase 2 now is very different to last year phase 2. Only some schools closed and not all. I think the writer should spend a bit more self education on governance, politics and epidemiology if wishing to write a piece like that in future.

Also, I would prefer the writer to write her nuances and suggestions in bullet/numbered form. It is much easier to read and refer back than longer convoluted essay form.

pirate\" post_id=\"2028295\" time=\"1624858655\" user_id=\"66252:

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/covid-did-israel-screw-up-not-vaccinating-children-ages-12-15-right-away-672203

In the meantime, this is what is going on in Israel.

So it seems it has boiled down to 1 in 3000 chances of getting serious Covid [I]if[/I] a youngster is infected, versus 1 in 6000 of getting heart inflammation from the mrna vaccine. Probably 1 in 3000 if a boy! And 5% chance of the heart inflammation being serious if you get it.

Maybe Assoc Prof David Lye of NCID and Assoc Prof Raymond Lin of NCID should go and duke it out with each other.

Seems to me the answer is actually a no-brainer.

Total vaccinated will be way more than total infected. So the negative risks need to factor that in and not as isolated generally probability. Plus, being infected already has very extremely low mortality, the jab may not significantly better option for that young group. Furthermore, vaccinated WILL still get infected and spread to seniors. And why seniors are being used as argument for protection when they in the first place are suppose to get vaccinated way more and way earlier than young one. Their lives has already on sunset path, while the youngster just starting. Who has higher priority to be protected? Let's hope no mortality like that USA kid ever happen in Singapore.

Which one? At building level? Factory level? Oil & Gas level? They are very broad. And what kind jobs you planning to work in? As for lucrative, depends on you previous job. If it pays more than your previous or existing, then I think you can say lucrative. But no where near what financial industry pays. Not even at 30%-50% of the lower rung in that industry.