Ong Ye Kung now saying Tuberculosis is not contagious.. Do Samsters agree with him?

[in3deep]

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...y-eating-at-abc-brickworks-market-ong-ye-kung


Ong Ye Kung research

Patrons should not worry about catching tuberculosis (TB) from eating at the ABC Brickworks Market and Food Centre in Jalan Bukit Merah, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said in a Facebook post on Jan 14.

Mr Ong said that most visitors are unlikely to catch TB just by visiting the hawker centre, as the disease is “spread after close and prolonged exposure, usually days to weeks”.


Medical research

Yes, TB is highly contagious and can be transmitted from an infected person to an uninfected person, mainly when a person with TB:

• Coughs
• Sneezes
• Speaks
• Sings

This is known as airborne transmission or airborne disease.

 

[blackmondy]

My mother always tell me never trust anyone with 斗鸡眼.

 

[laksaboy]

What happened to the TB shots we received during childhood? Not effective anymore?

New strain of TB... or something else that is not TB?

 

[gingerlyn]

singapore doctors say that they are doctors and professionally trained but ong yee kung is just a politician

 

[blackmondy]

singapore doctors say that they are doctors and professionally trained but ong yee kung is just a politician

He's not a politician. He's just a useless puppet trying hard to look useful lah.

 

[eatshitndie]

those who sat next and around tb carriers on airplanes on their way to sg sure kena. plus taxi and grab drivers who drive them.

 

[in3deep]

He's not a politician. He's just a useless puppet trying hard to look useful lah.

He’s not a puppet. He’s just someone who is very desperate to become PM

 

[blackmondy]

He’s not a puppet. He’s just someone who is very desperate to become PM

Everyone in Piss And Poop is a puppet of Pinky Lee.

 

[laksaboy]

singapore doctors say that they are doctors and professionally trained but ong yee kung is just a politician

And the trashiest type too.

 

[millim6868]

Not contagious, why Don all tb patient move into his home,then 3k ppl infected ?cb kia

 

[nabeifuckpap]

Call the Air Force to bomb the shit out of that fucking place, time to give them something real to do

 

[bobby]

Dr OYK…you remembered your Lawlan Wong also had a non doctor advise regarding face mask that was totally wrong ?

 

[realDonaldTrump]

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...y-eating-at-abc-brickworks-market-ong-ye-kung


Ong Ye Kung research

Patrons should not worry about catching tuberculosis (TB) from eating at the ABC Brickworks Market and Food Centre in Jalan Bukit Merah, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said in a Facebook post on Jan 14.

Mr Ong said that most visitors are unlikely to catch TB just by visiting the hawker centre, as the disease is “spread after close and prolonged exposure, usually days to weeks”.

This is the second mass outbreak in that area in recent memory. Let me explain why......

This is from last year's outbreak:
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sin...screening-after-cluster-7-cases-found-2697696
https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...tb-in-jalan-bukit-merah-moh-extends-screening

As such, if TS's quotes are true, the minister is only half-correct about those claims.
It is correct that "close and prolonged exposure" increases the bacteria/germ load and makes people very sick with TB.

However, with smaller exposure, most people will have Latent TB exposure; it is still easy to get infected but it doesn't make you sick for 1-5 years or forever.

Once you are sick, you can go around infecting people. We did the right thing last year by identifying positive cases (not very sick) and treated them. The outbreak this year in same area hinted that many carriers were not identified and went on to infect others.

 

[ChinaCommunistSG]

Many Singaporeans do not know and MOH does not want you to know that TB victims have shortened lifespan than HIV victims

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

This fucker is not even medical trained. Talk so much for what?

 

[laksaboy]

Got new and improved vaccines for TB?

 

[k1976]

Here we go again.......omg

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...y-eating-at-abc-brickworks-market-ong-ye-kung


Ong Ye Kung research

Patrons should not worry about catching tuberculosis (TB) from eating at the ABC Brickworks Market and Food Centre in Jalan Bukit Merah, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said in a Facebook post on Jan 14.

Mr Ong said that most visitors are unlikely to catch TB just by visiting the hawker centre, as the disease is “spread after close and prolonged exposure, usually days to weeks”.


Medical research

Yes, TB is highly contagious and can be transmitted from an infected person to an uninfected person, mainly when a person with TB:

• Coughs
• Sneezes
• Speaks
• Sings

This is known as airborne transmission or airborne disease

 

[laksaboy]

According to this map:

https://www.tptc.org.sg/our-mps/

The area surrounding ABC market belongs to the Queenstown district of Tanjong Pagar GRC.

Ikea Alexandra and Queensway Shopping Centre are also very near.

 

[k1976]

My mother always tell me never trust anyone with 斗鸡眼.

How cum?

 

[Scrooball (clone)]