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Parents air concerns over schools allegedly telling children not to wear masks
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Will PAP make kids denounce their parents like the Cultural Revolution?
Don't believe? Ask your school-going child to tell the teacher, my dad said, "Singapore's cases will increase after the Air Show!
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When the virus spread to school children it will mark the end of PAP.
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KNN unrikely KNN only the parents of that particular infected child will try to end pap but other parents wouldn't KNN
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Using masks actually increases the risk of infection so the schools are correct in not allowing the kids to wear masks.
How to avoid coronavirus on flights: Forget masks, says top airline doctor
Wearing a mask all the time is ineffective. It allows viruses to be transmitted around it, through it and worse, if it becomes moist it will encourage growth of viruses and bacteria
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his picture taken on January 23, 2020 shows passengers wearing masks prepare to disembark from a flight from Hong Kong on arrival at Bangkok's airport ahead of the Chinese New Year in Bangkok on January 23, 2020.Vivek Prakash / AFP
Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) — Forget face masks and rubber gloves. The best way to avoid the coronavirus is frequent hand washing, according to a medical adviser to the world’s airlines.
The virus can’t survive long on seats or armrests, so physical contact with another person carries the greatest risk of infection on a flight, said David Powell, a physician and medical adviser to the International Air Transport Association. Masks and gloves do a better job of spreading bugs than stopping them, he said.
As concern mounts about the scale of the outbreak, carriers from United Airlines Holdings Inc. to Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. have scrapped thousands of flights to China. Here is an edited transcript from an interview with Powell. IATA represents about 290 airlines and more than 80% of global air traffic.
Q: Is there a risk of becoming contaminated with the virus on a plane?
A: The risk of catching a serious viral infection on an aircraft is low. The air supply to a modern airliner is very different from a movie theatre or an office building. The air is a combination of fresh air and recirculated air, about half each. The recirculated air goes through filters of the exact same type that we use in surgical operating theatres. That supplied air is guaranteed to be 99.97 per cent (or better) free of viruses and other particles. So the risk, if there is one, does not come from the supplied air. It comes from other people.
A woman throws out paper towel used to dry her hands after washing them outside Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong on February 4, 2020. Anthony Wallace / AFP
Q: What are the chances of getting the virus by touching the seats, armrest or any of the objects on a plane?
A: Viruses and other microbes like to live on living surfaces like us. Just shaking hands with somebody will be a greater risk by far than some dry surface that has no biological material on it. The survival of viruses on surfaces isn’t great, so it’s believed that normal cleaning, and then the extra cleaning in the event that someone was discovered to be contagious, is the appropriate procedure. Will people stop getting together inside an airplane? I would respond by asking: Will I stop going to the movies, or sports games, or concerts or conferences? I don’t think so.
Q: What’s important if you are on a plane to ensure you don’t get infected?
A: Hand hygiene — because contrary to what people think, the hands are the way that these viruses most efficiently spread. Top of the list is frequent hand washing, hand sanitizing, or both. Avoid touching your face. If you cough or sneeze, it’s important to cover your face with a sleeve. Better yet, a tissue to be disposed of carefully, and then sanitizing the hands afterward. Washing your hands and drying them is the best procedure. When that’s not easy to do, alcohol-based sanitizer is a good second-best.
An employee inspects disposable face masks on the production line of the Yokoi Co. Ltd. factory on February 06, 2020 in Nagoya, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images
Q: Does wearing masks and gloves help prevent infections?
A: First of all, masks. There’s very limited evidence of benefit, if any, in a casual situation. Masks are useful for those who are unwell to protect other people from them. But wearing a mask all the time will be ineffective. It will allow viruses to be transmitted around it, through it and worse still, if it becomes moist it will encourage the growth of viruses and bacteria. Gloves are probably even worse, because people put on gloves and then touch everything they would have touched with their hands. So it just becomes another way of transferring micro-organisms. And inside the gloves, your hands get hot and sweaty, which is a really good environment for microbes to grow.
Q: Is shutting borders the answer to containing the spread of the virus?
A: One thing that’s changed in the world is the ability for infections to travel rapidly from one location to another and it’s true that aviation is part of that. At the same time, aviation is essential to dealing with outbreaks like this. And this is why we have collaboration with the World Health Organization and IATA that’s been in place for several years. If countries just shut down during disease outbreaks, as happened in west Africa with Ebola, that can make things much worse. During that outbreak, the country struggled, WHO couldn’t get their people in, they couldn’t get biological samples out. The economic impact of being shut off made things worse. General travel bans can make things worse. It can encourage people to travel in secret, which means you lose control of it.
Q: When can we safely say that the worst may be over?
A: The number of cases have continued to increase at around about 16 per cent to 20 per cent each day. Until we get to the point where those numbers are declining, we couldn’t say we turned the corner.
https://nationalpost.com/news/world...t-masks-says-top-airline-doctor#comments-area
How to avoid coronavirus on flights: Forget masks, says top airline doctor
Wearing a mask all the time is ineffective. It allows viruses to be transmitted around it, through it and worse, if it becomes moist it will encourage growth of viruses and bacteria
his picture taken on January 23, 2020 shows passengers wearing masks prepare to disembark from a flight from Hong Kong on arrival at Bangkok's airport ahead of the Chinese New Year in Bangkok on January 23, 2020.Vivek Prakash / AFP
Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) — Forget face masks and rubber gloves. The best way to avoid the coronavirus is frequent hand washing, according to a medical adviser to the world’s airlines.
The virus can’t survive long on seats or armrests, so physical contact with another person carries the greatest risk of infection on a flight, said David Powell, a physician and medical adviser to the International Air Transport Association. Masks and gloves do a better job of spreading bugs than stopping them, he said.
As concern mounts about the scale of the outbreak, carriers from United Airlines Holdings Inc. to Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. have scrapped thousands of flights to China. Here is an edited transcript from an interview with Powell. IATA represents about 290 airlines and more than 80% of global air traffic.
Q: Is there a risk of becoming contaminated with the virus on a plane?
A: The risk of catching a serious viral infection on an aircraft is low. The air supply to a modern airliner is very different from a movie theatre or an office building. The air is a combination of fresh air and recirculated air, about half each. The recirculated air goes through filters of the exact same type that we use in surgical operating theatres. That supplied air is guaranteed to be 99.97 per cent (or better) free of viruses and other particles. So the risk, if there is one, does not come from the supplied air. It comes from other people.
A woman throws out paper towel used to dry her hands after washing them outside Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong on February 4, 2020. Anthony Wallace / AFP
Q: What are the chances of getting the virus by touching the seats, armrest or any of the objects on a plane?
A: Viruses and other microbes like to live on living surfaces like us. Just shaking hands with somebody will be a greater risk by far than some dry surface that has no biological material on it. The survival of viruses on surfaces isn’t great, so it’s believed that normal cleaning, and then the extra cleaning in the event that someone was discovered to be contagious, is the appropriate procedure. Will people stop getting together inside an airplane? I would respond by asking: Will I stop going to the movies, or sports games, or concerts or conferences? I don’t think so.
Q: What’s important if you are on a plane to ensure you don’t get infected?
A: Hand hygiene — because contrary to what people think, the hands are the way that these viruses most efficiently spread. Top of the list is frequent hand washing, hand sanitizing, or both. Avoid touching your face. If you cough or sneeze, it’s important to cover your face with a sleeve. Better yet, a tissue to be disposed of carefully, and then sanitizing the hands afterward. Washing your hands and drying them is the best procedure. When that’s not easy to do, alcohol-based sanitizer is a good second-best.
An employee inspects disposable face masks on the production line of the Yokoi Co. Ltd. factory on February 06, 2020 in Nagoya, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images
Q: Does wearing masks and gloves help prevent infections?
A: First of all, masks. There’s very limited evidence of benefit, if any, in a casual situation. Masks are useful for those who are unwell to protect other people from them. But wearing a mask all the time will be ineffective. It will allow viruses to be transmitted around it, through it and worse still, if it becomes moist it will encourage the growth of viruses and bacteria. Gloves are probably even worse, because people put on gloves and then touch everything they would have touched with their hands. So it just becomes another way of transferring micro-organisms. And inside the gloves, your hands get hot and sweaty, which is a really good environment for microbes to grow.
Q: Is shutting borders the answer to containing the spread of the virus?
A: One thing that’s changed in the world is the ability for infections to travel rapidly from one location to another and it’s true that aviation is part of that. At the same time, aviation is essential to dealing with outbreaks like this. And this is why we have collaboration with the World Health Organization and IATA that’s been in place for several years. If countries just shut down during disease outbreaks, as happened in west Africa with Ebola, that can make things much worse. During that outbreak, the country struggled, WHO couldn’t get their people in, they couldn’t get biological samples out. The economic impact of being shut off made things worse. General travel bans can make things worse. It can encourage people to travel in secret, which means you lose control of it.
Q: When can we safely say that the worst may be over?
A: The number of cases have continued to increase at around about 16 per cent to 20 per cent each day. Until we get to the point where those numbers are declining, we couldn’t say we turned the corner.
https://nationalpost.com/news/world...t-masks-says-top-airline-doctor#comments-area
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School uniform should be like this
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Some kids are just weak and who knows better than the parents. Valid point.
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Yes mask is not 100% effective but will definitely help to cut down transmission. Nothing is 100% in this world except death.Just like if you take a flu shot although it is not 100% but a damn good precaution.Dont listen to the lies of the PAP and their running dogs.Just because they are caught unprepared for the virus and thus shortage of masks in Sinkieland, they now spin this story that mask is not required.
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KNN this becomes things that pharmaceutical companies didn't want you to know and refused to conduct lab research KNN
KNN this means that mask is built for prevent inside out and not outside in KNN also means hospital staffs are mostly all unwell KNN again is what pharmaceutical companies didn't want you to know and refused to conduct experiment KNN
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Covid-19: Closing schools might not protect children from infection, says Ong Ye Kung
SINGAPORE — Some parents have called for schools to be closed amid the Covid-19 outbreak for the sake of safety, but doing so might not necessarily protect children from infection, said Education Minister Ong Ye Kung on Friday (Feb 14).
This is because infections can happen at home, if there are family members who are exposed to the disease.
Moreover, children might not stay at home all the time so the risk of infection is harder to mitigate when they mingle in public spaces, Mr Ong said.
“With regular cleaning and disinfection by our team of cleaners, we can actually keep the school environment very clean,” he told reporters at First Toa Payoh Primary School, where he launched a Total Defence Day campaign to rally students against Covid-19.
“In school, they are kept within this environment with a protocol, with teachers repeatedly reminding and bringing them to wash their hands, reminding them not to touch their face, making sure that those who come in with a fever or are not feeling well are asked to rest at home.”
The minister pointed out that childcare arrangements might not necessarily be a safer alternative as compared to school.
Closing schools could also be disruptive, as parents would have to adjust to new routines and reshuffle childcare plans, he said.
“At the beginning we may feel safe, but as school continued to be close, after a while, normalcy (would be) disrupted,” cautioned Mr Ong.
“Over a longer period of time with your life disrupted, it can give rise to sadness, despair, even a bit of fear.”
Mr Ong said that closing schools would be a “difficult” decision to take, and the pros and cons have to be weighed carefully.
When schools were temporarily closed during the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak in 2003, this was done in order to “beef up” the systems, he pointed out.
Schools are now better prepared to face the Covid-19 outbreak as proper procedures have been set in place, Mr Ong stressed.
Measures such as ensuring that every child has a thermometer and conducting temperature checks at all school gates have since been implemented.
Mr Ong gave the assurance that the authorities are monitoring the situation closely in case there is a wider community spread.
SINGAPORE — Some parents have called for schools to be closed amid the Covid-19 outbreak for the sake of safety, but doing so might not necessarily protect children from infection, said Education Minister Ong Ye Kung on Friday (Feb 14).
This is because infections can happen at home, if there are family members who are exposed to the disease.
Moreover, children might not stay at home all the time so the risk of infection is harder to mitigate when they mingle in public spaces, Mr Ong said.
“With regular cleaning and disinfection by our team of cleaners, we can actually keep the school environment very clean,” he told reporters at First Toa Payoh Primary School, where he launched a Total Defence Day campaign to rally students against Covid-19.
“In school, they are kept within this environment with a protocol, with teachers repeatedly reminding and bringing them to wash their hands, reminding them not to touch their face, making sure that those who come in with a fever or are not feeling well are asked to rest at home.”
The minister pointed out that childcare arrangements might not necessarily be a safer alternative as compared to school.
Closing schools could also be disruptive, as parents would have to adjust to new routines and reshuffle childcare plans, he said.
“At the beginning we may feel safe, but as school continued to be close, after a while, normalcy (would be) disrupted,” cautioned Mr Ong.
“Over a longer period of time with your life disrupted, it can give rise to sadness, despair, even a bit of fear.”
Mr Ong said that closing schools would be a “difficult” decision to take, and the pros and cons have to be weighed carefully.
When schools were temporarily closed during the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak in 2003, this was done in order to “beef up” the systems, he pointed out.
Schools are now better prepared to face the Covid-19 outbreak as proper procedures have been set in place, Mr Ong stressed.
Measures such as ensuring that every child has a thermometer and conducting temperature checks at all school gates have since been implemented.
Mr Ong gave the assurance that the authorities are monitoring the situation closely in case there is a wider community spread.
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The reason why the mask is downplayed is due to the shortage of masks. If not the pap gets the blamed for not providing enough supply
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