Need to wait till hospital overwhelm meh?
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[COVID-19 Virus] The Sinkies are fucked Thread.
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this one is regarding students, staff, vendors, visitors... oh yah, sounds a bit like prison...
KNN that's what people called it expensive urine KNN but taking vitamins without proper checking can create negative effects KNN eg vit a includes beta carotene which can cause lung cancer for smokers KNN my uncle took 500mg vit c with b complex ended up urine is orange in colour due to the b2 KNN
Is there a punch line some where I missed?This is a true story:
A few weeks ago, I was walking from the Bugis area towards the Arab Street area. It suddenly rained and I had to take shelter at Raffles Hospital. I walked around the perimeter of the hospital a bit. While passing by the entrance (newer expansion building, glass doors), I heard a very loud and angry male scream coming from inside the lobby. Not sure what was going on.
BREAKING: NCID director warns Covid-19 situation ‘likely more dangerous’ than before, urges public to go beyond govt restrictions
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“If a country is overwhelmed like India, many will die including children and young people.”
It won't be overwhelmed once the vulnerable are fully vaccinated.
You make these sorts of statements without knowing any background regarding ICU capacity and the numbers that will need hospitalisation. However all the evidence based upon the data shows that very few will actually end up needing to be admitted.
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I make this kind of statement because its responsible to do so. Its better to err on safe side. We have seen evidence even from advance countries in Europe where hospitals are overwhelmed, so there is no need to do spread sheet of our hospital capacity to make my kind of statement. Thanks for your wisdom and peace out
Singapore warns children are susceptible to new strains of coronavirus as schools prepare to shut
Posted 2hhours agoSingapore will shut schools until at least the end of term on May 28.(
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Key points:
- Singapore confirmed 38 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the highest daily number since mid-September
- The B1617 strain appeared to affect children more, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said
- From Sunday, the government implemented its strictest curbs on gatherings and public activities since a lockdown last year
"Some of these [virus] mutations are much more virulent, and they seem to attack the younger children," Education Minister Chan Chun Sing said.
None of the children who have contracted the virus are seriously ill and a few have mild symptoms, he added.
On Sunday (local time), Singapore confirmed 38 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the highest daily number since mid-September, with 17 currently unlinked. The cases included four children linked to a cluster at a tuition centre.
The B1617 strain — sometimes called the Indian double mutant variant — appeared to affect children more, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said, citing the ministry's director of medical services, Kenneth Mak.
It was not clear how many children had contracted the strain.
Singapore has reported more than 61,000 virus cases, with the bulk linked to outbreaks last year in foreign worker dormitories, and 31 deaths.
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Sunday's new cases were the highest number of local infections outside of the dormitories in a year.
"The sharp rise in the number of community cases today requires us to significantly reduce our movements and interactions in the coming days," Mr Chan added.
The Asian trade and financial hub of 5.7 million people had until recently been reporting almost zero or single-digit daily infections locally for months.
Though Singapore's daily cases are still only a fraction of the numbers being reported among its South-East Asian neighbours, infections have been increasing in recent weeks.
From Sunday, the government implemented its strictest curbs on gatherings and public activities since a lockdown last year.
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But the speed of Singapore's inoculation program is being limited by the pace of vaccine supply arrivals. Experts have been studying whether to give one dose of the vaccine and extend the interval between shots, said Mr Ong.Over a fifth of the country's population has completed the two-dose vaccination regimen with vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. Authorities will invite people under 45 years of age to receive shots from the second half of May.
Mr Chan said the government was also working on plans to vaccinate children below 16 years after regulatory approval, which was being sought by Pfizer.
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more students kena COVIDed from external sources, no issue... imagine teacher spreading to students in schools? a great test of the robustness of SMM in schools.Mdm Ho wants to test how robust the heightened SMM is
Let’s wait till the shit hits the fan, that’s what Mdm Ho wants... it won’t be long- sheep feels it in its tulang...
aren’t we glad schools are going into HBL on Wednesday? Teehee...
2 students & 1 teacher test positive for Covid-19, Fuchun Primary School & Frontier Primary School to shift to home-based learning
Both schools have been thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.Another confirmed case linked to tuition centre cluster at Parkway Centre
In addition, a student from Maha Bodhi School also tested positive for Covid-19 on May 16, 2021.
This new strain reminds me of this
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Lack of ICU beds tied to thousands of excess COVID-19 deaths, study finds
Date:February 2, 2021Source:Yale UniversitySummary:A new study has found a significant association between the availability of hospital resources -- particularly ICU beds -- and patient mortality during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic.Share:FULL STORY
A new study by Yale researchers found a significant association between the availability of hospital resources -- particularly ICU beds -- and patient mortality during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This was especially true at hospitals in the northeastern U.S. which were hardest hit by the first surge of patient cases, according to the study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
"There is a general narrative among people in healthcare that the more resources there are, the better we can take care of patients," said lead author Dr. Alexander Janke, a Yale Emergency Scholar in the fourth year of a five-year combined residency and health services research fellowship. "This study begs the question -- are case fatality rates driven by changes in resources?"
According to their findings, the answer is "yes." In an analysis of 306 hospital referring regions (HRRs) in the U.S. from March 1 to July 26, 2020, researchers found that geographic regions with fewer resources per COVID-19 patient -- including ICU beds, intensivists or critical care physicians, emergency physicians, nurses, and general hospital beds -- were statistically associated with more deaths in April, 2020. The study looked at 4,453 hospitals overall.
The strongest association was related to ICU bed availability. According to the findings, for every additional ICU bed per COVID-19 case, there was an associated one-fifth decrease in incidence rate of death during the month.
According to their estimates, 15,571 COVID-19 patients died at these hospitals due to lack of ICU beds during the month of April. Most of the hospitals with greatest numbers of excess deaths were located in the Northeast, specifically HRRs in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Hartford, and Camden, N.J.
The findings provide important insights as, nearly a year later, the country continues to see high rates of COVID-19.
"As the country enters one of the darkest periods of the COVID-19 pandemic, with cases and hospitalizations anticipated to continue unabated in the coming months, the lessons of this work is clear -- our hospital resources are finite, and a failure to implement the policies to prevent hospital overload is certain to result in deaths that could have been avoided," said Dr. Arjun Venkatesh, associate professor of emergency medicine at Yale School of Medicine, a co-author of the study.
"Our paper is a worst-case scenario for what resource limitations might mean for mortality," said Janke.
"This is a phenomenon that's close to the hearts of everyone in emergency medicine," he added. "Sometimes patients have to wait hours or days to get a bed. Emergency medicine is really good at managing a patient's first few hours of care, but that transition [to an ICU bed from the emergency department] needs to happen."
Although Janke noted that it may not be worthwhile for hospitals to have excess resources ready in case of a pandemic, he said that there are opportunities for hospitals to engage flexible transitions to accommodate mass illness events in the near term. The paper found that after April 2020, the relationship between hospital resources and patient deaths was more muted, suggesting that hospitals were able to implement innovations to better manage rising caseloads over time.
Yale New Haven Hospital provided one such example, he said.
"Yale was especially successful at mobilizing space," he said. "In the [hospital pavilion] where the medical ICU is, whole floors had to be converted to ICU beds. That required additional staffing, both ICU doctors and nurses, as well as overcoming the logistical challenge of clearing floors and creating new negative pressure [isolation] rooms."
Such examples, he said, can provide important models for other hospital systems as COVID-19 cases again surge across the country.
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How deadly is COVID-19? What the research says
Infection with the novel coronavirus can lead to coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19). This can cause mild to severe symptoms. In some people, it leads to life threatening complications.This article looks at the mortality rates of COVID-19 and the groups with the highest risk. It also explores what the illness does to the body and how it compares with the flu and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
All data and statistics are based on publicly available data at the time of publication. Some information may be out of date. Visit our coronavirus hub and follow our live updates page for the most recent information on the COVID-19 pandemic.
When is it deadly?
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COVID-19 can be deadly for some people. Older adults and people with existing health conditions are more at riskTrusted Source of serious complications, which can be life threatening.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 80%Trusted Source of people who develop the disease have mild to moderate symptoms and fully recover without needing treatment in a hospital.
Roughly 1 in 5 peopleTrusted Source experience serious illness.
Older people may develop more severe symptoms, as may people with ongoing health conditions, such as:
Some severe COVID-19 symptoms include difficulty breathing and a feeling of pressure in the chest.
COVID-19 can also cause serious and sometimes fatal complicationsTrusted Source, including:
- pneumonia
- arrhythmia, which is an irregular heartbeat
- damage to organs
- multiple organ failure
- sepsis
- shock
- respiratory distress syndrome
- heart failure
Effects on the body
The novel coronavirus enters the body through the eyes, nose, or mouth. The virus then travels down toward the lungs and inflames the lining of the airways.This inflammation irritates the surrounding nerves, causing a cough.
The virus can then spread to the lungs and cause infection and damage, which can reduce the oxygen supply to the bloodstream.
If oxygen levels in the bloodstream decrease, the heart has to work harder to supply organs and the rest of the body with enough oxygen to function.
Meanwhile, the immune system is working to fight off the infection, and in doing so it can cause inflammation throughout the body.
This inflammation can cause blood pressure to drop, which also causes the heart to work harder to supply oxygen to the organs.
An infection in the lungs, or pneumonia, causes the lungs to become inflamed and fill with fluid. This makes it more difficult to breathe.
Pneumonia can progress to lung failure, in which case the person may need a ventilator to help them breathe.
In people with existing damage to the heart or lungs, these complications can be life threatening.
Older adults may also have a higher risk of severe complications, due to less elasticity in lung tissue and less robust immune function.
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Mortality rate
The mortality rate of COVID-19 varies, depending on where a person is in the world, their age, and whether they have ongoing health problems.Mortality rates of COVID-19 are usually higher among older populations.
The state of the local or national healthcare system may also affect mortality rates. If hospitals become overwhelmed with severe cases of COVID-19, they may not have the resources to cope. This can increase the number of fatalities.
It is important to note that the number of COVID-19 tests in a given area significantly influences the data concerning mortality. For example, an increase in the number of people who have tested positive for the virus, including those with very mild symptoms, will change the ratio between the number of COVID-19 cases and associated deaths.
The case-fatality ratio shows the proportion of deaths among people with confirmed COVID-19. Current reports show that in the United States, the case-fatality ratio is 5.9%.
This figure would decrease with an increase in testing, as many people with mild cases of COVID-19 are recovering.
However, among older adults and people with underlying health conditions, the mortality rate may be higher.
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Comparison with the flu and SARS
COVID-19 symptoms can be similar to those of the flu, and both can cause respiratory disease.However, a person tends to develop flu symptoms more quickly than COVID-19 symptoms.
Doctors refer to the time between an infection occurring and symptoms arising as the incubation period. That of the flu is only a few daysTrusted Source, while COVID-19 symptoms can take up to 2 weeks to appear.
For some people flu symptoms are mild, while for others they can be severe and even fatal. According to the WHOTrusted Source, current research into COVID-19 severity indicates that:
- 80% of cases are mild or asymptomatic
- 15% of cases are severe, and the people require oxygen support
- 5% of cases are critical, and the people require mechanical ventilation
Other research indicates that the flu can spread more quicklyTrusted Source than COVID-19. Also, COVID-19 seems to affect fewer childrenTrusted Source than the flu.
Groups at high risk of severe flu include:
- children
- pregnant women
- older adults
- people with weakened immune systems
- people with underlying health conditions
For comparison, the mortality rate of the seasonal flu is usually under 0.1%Trusted Source, although this can vary depending on access to healthcare.
However, because of the high numbers of asymptomatic and mild cases, many COVID-19 cases are not reported, meaning that the mortality rate is actually likely to be much lower.
Learn more about the differences between COVID-19 and the flu here.
SARS is a disease caused by another type of coronavirus. Between 2002 and 2004, an outbreakTrusted Source of SARS in China spread to other countries.
Symptoms of SARS include:
- a fever
- chills
- body aches
Although further research is necessary, COVID-19 appears to spread more quickly than SARS, though it may be less likely to cause severe illness.
There have been no reports of SARS in humans since 2004.
Summary
Many people with COVID-19 experience mild to moderate symptoms, and most recover without needing treatment in a hospital.For some people, including older adults and people with ongoing health conditions, COVID-19 can cause serious symptoms and, sometimes, complications that become life threatening.
Taking precautions to avoid contracting the infection is one of the best ways to protect against COVID-19. Physical distancing, washing the hands frequently, and disinfecting surfaces can all help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
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