starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"1966465\" time=\"1583827883\" user_id=\"14025:

Can't understand why toilet paper can be a hot topic

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/05/even-as-behavioural-researchers-we-couldnt-resist-the-urge-to-buy-toilet-paper?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR3bTHLi1geic7-jR2nBGRRa_JZhNLCNbPnkphqEObZvGjK9edtWPv7qSqA

An interesting article about why people are buying toilet paper

CheeLin\" post_id=\"1965590\" time=\"1583124340\" user_id=\"182949:

It's very worrying when you have flu and cough these days we will never know if this is a serious issue because of covid 19. Better to always protect ourselves.

Based on the numbers, flu is actually more serious than we think it is - we have just become so used to living with it that we downplay its threat. If we are not worried about flu, then we shouldn't be overly worried about covid too. Looking at the way things are developing, covid might end up becoming the next flu.

Actually most of the time, unless you have a high fever, you probably don't have flu, you just have a cold - they are different. Runny nose/sore throat/cough without fever is usually a cold.

Nebbermind\" post_id=\"1966214\" time=\"1583715984\" user_id=\"15571:

lee_yl\" post_id=\"1966172\" time=\"1583677447\" user_id=\"17023:

Like today’s Case 137, he went for Safra dinner on 15 Feb, reported symptoms on 5th March. Confirmed positive on 6th March.

Case 138 also, Quarantined from 15 Feb to 6th March. After finishing his quarantine, he visited SAFRA Punggol before being diagnosed as a positive case! Very Weird, finished quarantine still a virus carrier.

These two cases already showed 14 days not enough? Is there a need to extend quarantine period to 21 days?

Some of them may not have caught it during the gala dinner. Considering they are singing class/karaoke kakis, they had probably gone for a few other group activities before and after the dinner so there's no way to pinpoint when they actually caught it.
That being said, since I believe these people usually lead a highly active life, plus the intermingling during the dinner, the reach of the infection can be quite scary.

It's hard to be completely water-tight even with long quarantines in place because the number of days the virus stays active in your body can differ quite significantly from person to person, depending on the effectiveness of your own immune system. If your immune system is strong, you could just recover from it naturally within a few days and think you had a regular cold. If a person has cough/fever and goes to see a doc, doc gives 5 days MC to rest at home, and within these 5 days the person recovers - he/she would think that she just had a cold when it could actually have been COVID too! If the person didn't stay home during the 5 days and went about the neighbourhood as per normal because the symptoms were \"not serious\", he/she could have spread to many more people in the process.

Let's just try to stay healthy, get lots of rest, drink lots of water to keep our immune systems up - and we'll get through this!

pirate\" post_id=\"1965712\" time=\"1583215140\" user_id=\"66252:

phtthp\" post_id=\"1965707\" time=\"1583213174\" user_id=\"35251:

virus caused Chinese to be abused, below report

https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/sporean-student-in-london-recounts-how-face-exploded-in-blood-during-coronavirus

That's nothing new. Don't need coronavirus for Chinese to be racially abused. Been like that since the 19th century. Also dun have to go as far as London. Just have to go to any one of our friendly neighbouring countries. Actually, dun have to go anywhere. Just visit one of those online forums. Already used to it.

And if you are PRC, you can get it right here at this forum... :siam:

Don't think this should ever be something that someone needs to \"get used to\". I liked this quote from the student's FB post - \"why should anyone, simply because of the colour of their skin, be subjected to abuse, in any form, verbal or physical?\" And if we see it happening to someone else, think we should also have the courage to step in to lend a helping hand, else we will also be responsible for perpetuating such racist behaviour.

I’ve self published a book before using Amazon KDP (kindle direct publishing) and it’s quite a straightforward process. The good thing about it is you can retail your book in both hard copy and soft copy form for no charge at all! Some challenges would be proofreading (if you don’t hire a proofreader) and doing cover artwork, particularly if you want a hard copy because the specs have to be quite precise.


The issue with self publishing is that you have to put in a bit of effort with the marketing and advertising.

.zeit\" post_id=\"1965599\" time=\"1583124730\" user_id=\"171271:

doodbug\" post_id=\"1965582\" time=\"1583120497\" user_id=\"13281:[quote=doodbug post_id=1965582 time=1583120497 user_id=13281]The US is just experiencing the beginning of Covid-19.

https://twitter.com/surgeon_general/status/1233725785283932160?s=21&fbclid=IwAR01IqgkOEOJ9FMWTohRb0ueozWwAu5Tj_RFIXS4jAKhPv3RaTPvU3pPw-s

I wonder if the more tweets like that will induce even more panic buying as people now think/know/infer there is a mask shortage.

The white Americans are buying cartons of bottled water, Lysol and Clorox products, but the Asian Americans are buying all that plus toilet paper. I think it's not just the PRCs; Americans and Europeans also drink bottled water!

3M is adding more production lines, according to Pence. In NZ, I saw mainly Asians queuing in the pictures.

Japan, Korea and Iran have seen some scary sudden spikes in no. of confirmed cases and deaths in recent days. Their govt have also ordered multiple town lockdowns (N.Italy), near-lockdown (Daegu and Cheongdo), highest* 'Red' alert in Korea + extended school break/school closures in all 3 countries.

.zeit\" post_id=\"1962633\" time=\"1581136203\" user_id=\"171271:

*Korea CDC also has 4 threat alert levels (Blue, Yellow, Orange and Red). Highest alert level 4 = Red enables the govt to forcibly prevent public activities and order the temporary closure of schools.

http://www.cdc.go.kr/board.es?mid=a30402000000&bid=0030&act=view&list_no=140830&tag=&nPage=1
https://www.who.int/csr/don/21-january-2020-novel-coronavirus-republic-of-korea-ex-china/en/

Some weeks ago, Lawrence Wong had assured the public we won't be raising our alert level to Red, so that means schools will not be closed...unless you get 1 death like Taiwan or HK. :xedfingers:

In Singapore, you cannot simply \"deposit\" your school kid into a student care centre or childcare centre when the alert turns Red, if your child hasn't been enrolled in one at the start of academic term. There are headcount quotas imposed bcos of some fire & health safety guidelines and caregiver-to-student ratio criterion set for centres. It'll be quite a massive headache for double working parents or single parents with no parents or helper to support them.

Yes if schools close it will be a huge problem for many parents - not everyone has the option to work from home! That's why we shouldn't be too hasty about calling for all schools to close too. Although if the situation really calls for it, I'm sure we will find a way to cope with the childcare issues. After all, health is still most important.

Let's trust the healthcare professionals to provide the necessary advice.

I was previously a pri sch teacher and I must say that most teachers are still passionate about teaching and care a lot for the children. It is a really emotionally draining job, especially when parents are not available/willing to support in this learning journey. That said, there definitely are one or two with a less than ideal attitude towards teaching, but I suppose that’s inevitable no matter which industry you work in. Now that I’m a parent too I try to partner the school in whatever way I can - after all we all just want the best for our kids!


With regards to bullying, think having regular conversations with your child helps because then you will find out when these incidences happen early enough, before it becomes damaging. It’s OK to help alert the school if your child is afraid to do so, then the teachers can step in to do something. Also, think we should encourage our children to speak out when they see a bullying case happen. Q

I believe schools would be more than willing to share info about CCA timings and details if you approach the teachers or the GO. Personally I would support my DD in whatever CCA choice she makes, as long as it’s her interest. My job then would be to teach her how to manage her time properly so she still gets enough rest and can focus on her studies. We can’t help our kids manage their lives forever, so better to teach them these skills while they are young!

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1963091\" time=\"1581404736\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1963091 time=1581404736 user_id=53606]
The fast and accurate PCR diagnostic test is already available: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/coronavirus-made-in-singapore-diagnostics-test-implemented-at-hospitals-here

Not sure how many GPs are recommending that their “cold and flu” candidates go for these PCR tests though. I dunno who foots the bill.[/quote]

I'm not sure GPs should be sending all patients with cold and flu symptoms for the PCR test though, because even though the turnaround time is faster, it still requires specialised equipment so only hospitals and institutions with the equipment can conduct the test. If everyone starts sending samples in for testing, it might actually slow down the detection process because there will be too many samples to test. That's the problem in Wuhan - everyone with a bit of a sniffle goes to the hospital and the hospitals are too flooded to identify actual cases.

That's why the GPs usually give the usual sore throat/cough/runny nose medicines and advise that if your symptoms don't subside within X number of days, then go back for another check. For most people with a cold, the symptoms should improve with the medication. Just DON'T GO OUT while you are recovering, so that in the rare situation where you are infected with nCOV, you don't spread it to other people.

manorway\" post_id=\"1960047\" time=\"1579564658\" user_id=\"9303:

Agree that DI and OM are amazing experiences!

Based on our experience, I slways thought at least at the SG Primary levels, only teams representing schools can participate. We cannot form private groups. In the USA, there were some private teams.

In the SG Pri levels, ACSJ dominates the scene though, sending multiple teams. So few schools joined that sometimes it was a walkover, straight to DI Global and OM World.

I always wish MOE would make more schools offer this as a CCA, the way some secondary schools do.

Maybe riules have changed now.

Tessdeomma, if you know of teams formed privately, pls share more!!

Thanks

tessdeomma\" post_id=\"1959892\" time=\"1579483000\" user_id=\"183779:

For HA children, you could try signing them up for Destination Imagination or Odyssey of the Mind. They are both tournaments that are based on a similar concept - getting children to come up with solutions to inter-disciplinary problems and then showcase their solutions using creative methods. I've mentored primary level teams for this before and I find that these are really good platforms to stretch HA kids and help them hone their critical thinking and inter-disciplinary thinking skills And it keeps them actively engaged for a whole year. There are local tournaments that are organised and winners get the chance to represent SG for the international tournaments!

Even if your child's school is not organising a team to participate in these, us parents can also build teams to participate!

https://www.destinationimagination.org
https://www.odysseyofthemind.com

I attended one DI local tournament a few years back and if my memory serves me correctly I do remember seeing a few privately formed teams mentored by parents. If you go to the SG DI website (https://www.di-sg.org/) you can email the organiser Sandra to register a team I think. This year it seems that the hosting school has changed to Clementi Primary, no longer ACS.