Increase in covoid-19 community cases: govt blames Sinkies, not govt's fault

[LITTLEREDDOT]

It is not the government's fault for continuing to open Singapore's legs for inbound visitors to enter Singapore, especially from countries with high infection rates, bringing in the virus with them.
It is not the government's fault for only requiring the infected inbound visitors to serve Stay Home Notice, and not to be isolated and quarantined in facilities.
It is the Sinkie's fault for being complacent, for not being on guard 24/7.

More Covid-19 community cases as complacency sets in, people should see doctor if sick

Covid-19 measures will be tightened to stem the spread of the virus, said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong on Jan 22, 2021.
ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH

Hariz Baharudin

21 JAN 2021

SINGAPORE - Complacency has set in among some people in Singapore, and measures will be tightened to stem the spread of the virus, said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong on Friday (Jan 22).

Mr Gan, who is co-chair of the multi-ministry task force tackling the pandemic, said that the increasing number of community cases recently is worrying, especially with new coronavirus clusters surfacing.

A total of 15 new cases were confirmed in Singapore on Friday, including one in the community. Community cases are rising, with 21 cases in the past seven days, compared with three a week earlier.

The number of unlinked cases in the community has also increased to six cases, up from one in the previous seven days. Such cases might point to new, undiscovered clusters and undetected community transmission.

Several clusters have already emerged after a lull of months, including one at BS Industrial & Construction Supply and Golden Bridge Foods Manufacturing, and another linked to a police para-veterinarian.

"But beyond the numbers, what is worrying is that these cases and clusters reflect a certain degree of complacency," said Mr Gan.

He pointed out that in the past two weeks, about three-quarters of community cases had shown symptoms - half of those with symptoms ranging from throat irritation to loss of smell or taste did not seek medical treatment.

Some had even gone to work and mingled in the community.

Those with symptoms should see the doctor, or risk infecting others, including their loved ones, as well as jeopardising the nation's efforts to turn the tide against the pandemic, he warned.

Task force co-chair, Education Minister Lawrence Wong, noted that Singapore's reopening plans were not a one-way street, and that constant monitoring and adjustments were necessary.

This includes the latest restrictions on visitors and gatherings that will kick in before Chinese New Year.

"It's quite obvious, interactions have gone up. We knew this would happen because this is phase three," he said.

"But we think it is timely to make a pre-emptive move now, and tighten our measures."

 

[millim6868]

of cos keep bring in foreigners from badly infected country n worse is how come they are suppose to go for test before coming n end up so many infected land here. And worse allow foreigners zo go back n come back,sll these are risks, PAPigs allowed n when cases shot up,they blame sinkies,CB ,they are the one that screw up everything n they said lesson learn, waz abt SARs , they also said lesson learn,CB pay them so much everytime know how to blame n push responsibilities,tks 61%

 

[laksaboy]

The pappies are anxious now, because they want to please their Davos globalist masters by hosting the WEF meeting.

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/heal...e-gears-world-economic-forum-and-other-events

As Covid-19 rages on, is Singapore risking too much to host the World Economic Forum?
More than a thousand foreigners are expected to arrive in Singapore for a tennis event, Davos 2021 and the Shangri-La Dialogue in the coming months

 

[sweetiepie]

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[sweetiepie]

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[Hypocrite-The]

Ridiculous for Lawrence Wong to admonish locals to buck up on fight against COVID without acknowledging rise in imported cases - The Online Citizen Asia
by Ghui
22/01/2021
Reading Time: 5min read
Minister for Education and Co-Chair of the Multi-Agency Taskforce for Covid-19, Lawrence Wong (Wong) has said on 18 January that the Government was considering whether additional measures were necessary to ensure the COVID-19 transmission remained under control amid the recent spike in community cases.
He made reference to the local cluster linked to a police para-vet while also seemingly chastising those behind the recent cases who had not sought medical treatment despite falling ill with flu-like symptoms.
While Wong’s concerns are understandable, one does wonder if he is barking up the wrong tree?
Let’s look at the figures for the past few days.

18 Jan	2 local	12 imported
19 Jan	4 local	26 imported
20 Jan	4 local	36 imported
21 Jan	4 local	34 imported

Now, let’s take a look at the numbers right before Phase 3.

From 22 Dec to 27 Dec, there were no local cases and on the 28th (the day Phase 3 kicked off), there was only one local case. The imported cases ranged from 4 to 29 per day during this period. In November 2020, there were no community cases for over 2 weeks.
When interviewed by Channel News Asia (CNA) in November 2020, Dean of Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, Teo Yik Ying (Teo) said that “it was important to secure imported cases and prevent infections from leaking into the community, similar to how the pandemic began here in February [2002].”
However, he added: “The reality is that we will never be able to know anyway, especially since we are not conducting repeated mass screening of the entire population – which is hugely inefficient and unnecessary for Singapore.”
Based on what Teo said, one has to wonder if mass testing really is unnecessary?
Would it be logical for the Government to perform greater testing on the population to weed out asymptomatic carriers of the virus? Not only will it give us a clearly picture of just how far the virus has spread within the community, but it might also be the best way to flesh out the degree of correlation between imported cases and local ones.
If you are trying to detect the source of the spread, you need to do the tests to track how the virus is spreading before you simplistically blame locals, as Wong as done.
By doing this, wouldn’t we be able to more clearly assess whether the virus is in fact spreading within the community? And by knowing that, wouldn’t be able to better enhance or tweak our safety measures to be more effective and therefore reduce community spread?
Yet it would appear that that Government is not keen to do this.
More concerning than that is why the Government isn’t keen on mass testing the population. Is the Government is worried that the real extent of infection within the community is much worse than initially reported?
After all, we have already seen this happen in the migrant worker population when it was revealed that the infection rate was far higher than earlier reports. The government did not reveal till much later that they had found a significant number of this subpopulation had already been infected by the virus, showing a wider spread than we initially thought and almost tripling the total number of cases.
If we find more community cases than initially reported, not only will authorities look bad, but it would also mean that the economy will have to slow down again due to stricter measures being implemented, including another round of border closures.
Is the Government avoiding greater testing because it wants to avoid more “bad news”?
Now let’s zoom in on the numbers showing that most of the recent daily cases are imported.
Currently, Singapore has introduced Safe Travel Lanes to permit students, work pass holders and the family members of Singaporeans and PRs to enter the country.
In Singapore, family members of Singaporeans and PRs include categories outside of minor children and spouses. Singapore has even introduced additional Safe Travel Lanes with Brunei, Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, China, Malaysia, Viet Nam, New Zealand and Taiwan to facilitate shorter-term entry into Singapore.
On 21 January, there were 34 imported cases in Singapore. Among those, 33 were played on stay at home notices upon arrival. However, one case is a Permanent Resident who arrived in Singapore for work. He tested negative on arrival and was on a controlled itinerary during his stay in the country. Unfortunately, he tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.
This case also raises the question that if there is indeed a correlation between imported cases as local transmissions, should we still press ahead with hosting the World Economic Forum when some have called it reckless?
This case shows that there is a risk that incoming travellers might first test negative but end up testing positive later, after being cleared to moved around in the country based on their itinerary. Will the measures planned for the WEF be sufficient to address such possibilities and sufficiently prevent the virus from spreading into the local population?
Given the recent increase in local cases and a cursory look at the numbers in the graphs above, there does appear to be a prima facie link between imported cases and local ones.
Singaporeans have endured harsh measures imposed during the first phase of the circuit breaker to curb the spread of the virus. Everyone stayed at home, obeyed the rules and believed that if we all did our part, we would succeed in stopping the spread of this disease within our borders.
To a large extent, our collective efforts have paid off, with consistently low community cases for week and even two weeks of zero community cases. Ultimately, this is what permitted the Government to bring us into Phase 2 (18 June 2020) and now, Phase 3 (28 Dec 2020) with easing of safe distancing measures and protocols. It is clear that local efforts have worked.
The data implies that imported cases may be affecting our overall success, with most of the recent cases being imported cases, and the rise of imported cases coinciding with the easing of border controls.
In view of this, to hear Wong imply blame on Singaporeans is a slap on the face.
Before Wong laid blame on locals not taking enough care in adhering to safety measures, did he even look the possible correlation between community and imported cases?
If we really wanted to deal with the problem effectively, we have to first correctly identify the cause. It is simplistic to admonish locals for not taking better care while ignoring the apparent correlation between the daily imported cases and local ones.
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[sweetiepie]

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[sweetiepie]

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[mojito]

Worthless sinkies! If you all have been less complacent, we could have well cum even more foreigners! Truly sinkies are the bane of the PAP!

 

[Cottonmouth]

Gan Kim Yong that fat fuck should be stuffed with a piece of soiled sanitary napkin.

 

[Leongsam]

Phase 1? Phase2? Phase X? It does not make a scrap of difference what is done as nothing will stop the virus from spreading. The only variable that can be altered is the rate of spread.

Slowing down the rate of spread does nothing except extend the pandemic longer than necessary.

Forget all these stupid masks and social distancing and crowd restrictions and just let life get back to normal. The virus will then do its job. Some will die but 99.99% will breeze through as if the virus did not exist.

 

[rushifa666]

this cheebye. Arabs and indians are 30 cases vs community 1. Who the fuck is complacent

 

[knnccb]

all thanks to cheebye cecas

 

[bobby]

61% already took the blame.....

 

[syed putra]

Why didn't they blame xi JINPING?

 

[myfoot123]

Phase 1? Phase2? Phase X? It does not make a scrap of difference what is done as nothing will stop the virus from spreading. The only variable that can be altered is the rate of spread.

Slowing down the rate of spread does nothing except extend the pandemic longer than necessary.

Forget all these stupid masks and social distancing and crowd restrictions and just let life get back to normal. The virus will then do its job. Some will die but 99.99% will breeze through as if the virus did not exist.

Singaporeans can safely walk around without needing a mask if we curb all foreigners from coming via IMPORT cases, which apparently, formed the bulk of new cases during P1 to P3.

 

[Leongsam]

Singaporeans can safely walk around without needing a mask if we curb all foreigners from coming via IMPORT cases, which apparently, formed the bulk of new cases during P1 to P3.

Sounds good but if the foreign talent are not allowed back in who is going to run the economy? Singaporeans don't have the skills to keep things going.

 

[myfoot123]

Sounds good but if the foreign talent are not allowed back in who is going to run the economy? Singaporeans don't have the skills to keep things going.

If Singaporeans have no skill, how did LKY build Singapore, from 3rd to 1st world, without the explosive foreigners we see today? He can't possibly be doing it alone. Right? On the other hand, it is a reverse when he pass the baton to GCT and LHL and screwed Singapore from 1st to 3rd world.

 

[Leongsam]

If Singaporeans have no skill, how did LKY build Singapore, from 3rd to 1st world, without the explosive foreigners we see today? He can't possibly be doing it alone. Right? On the other hand, it is a reverse when he pass the baton to GCT and LHL and screwed Singapore from 1st to 3rd world.

LKY used foreigners to build Singapore. If you bother to research you'll find that the majority of his key ministers were foreigners.

If you don't believe me check it out for yourself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lee_Kuan_Yew_Cabinet

Had he stuck to appointing only true blue Sinkie born characters Singapore would still be a fishing village.

 

[myfoot123]

LKY used foreigners to build Singapore. If you bother to research you'll find that the majority of his key ministers were foreigners.

If you don't believe me check it out for yourself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lee_Kuan_Yew_Cabinet

Had he stuck to appointing only true blue Sinkie born characters Singapore would still be a fishing village.

I didn't see any CECA, PRC, Pinoy in those years. You must be living in the wrong country.