Education Minister Ong Ye Kung should resign if he refuses to close schools to protect our students

[chittychitty]

Mr Ong Ye Kung you have made a seriously bad judgement call; for the honour of Singapore's political system you should close all schools TODAY, at the same time re-consider your position and allow a politician who is capable enough to make tough decisions ahead take over!

When will the education minister resign I wonder? He has refused to shut down schools, despite surrounding countries already doing or having done so. I have repeatedly called for the curriculum to be delivered online via e-learning instead of permitting lessons in physical classrooms to continue, yet my advice has fallen on deaf ears even till now!

More at https://www.domainofexperts.com/2020/02/education-minister-ong-ye-kung-should.html

 

[Leongsam]

You can't just shut down a whole country because of relatively harmless virus.

Besides the mortality rate amongst the young is so low that it is a non issue. A kid is far more likely to die from a road accident.

A mortality rate lower than 0.2% makes it far less lethal to the young compared to seasonal flu.

 

[A Singaporean]

Spread virus spread. This is good news.

 

[Leongsam]

Here's the figures for the Northern Hemisphere flu season in the USA

CDC estimates* that, from October 1, 2019, through February 15, 2020, there have been:
29,000,000 – 41,000,000
flu illnesses

13,000,000 – 19,000,000
flu medical visits

280,000 – 500,000
flu hospitalizations

16,000 – 41,000
flu deaths

The coronavirus is very mild in comparison.