Mask mandates can save lives in a pandemic —Part 2
I agree that marching at this point in time is pretty stupid
5. See post #871 that explains the basics of the super contagious Delta variant. The idiots protesting in Sydney are mostly not wearing masks — it’s a super spreader event. The R0 if assumed to be 5, the arithmetic progression at 6th cycle will bring Sydney, NY or Singapore’s entire heath system to a crisis point with 78,125 infected (see the maths in prior post #863).
but I certainly feel for all of the business owners that have been closed down for months at a time over the past 18 months.
6. Singapore is now doing routine surveillance testing wastewater from each apartment at regular intervals (aka testing shit from sewage) and if Corvid-19 is found, MOH will test each resident in that apartment by sending in a mobile testing team.
7. Everyone is suffering be it in America, Australia, Canada or Singapore. Singapore had a plan for businesses to re-open before this latest outbreak — from the Jurong Port cluster — from there it reached many markets that sell fish and imported produce. When you have a virus that spreads within 10 seconds of contact during an infectious phase, it’s very hard to control such a virus.
Let me repeat this, the idiots protesting in Sydney are mostly not wearing masks. There are now 145 new local cases in NSW as the COVID-19 outbreak there accelerates. The two new deaths in NSW come amid concerns that the anti-lockdown protest that took place in Sydney's CBD over the weekend could be a "super-spreader event".
Ask yourself: How many policemen have died from CORVID-19 in NY or Sydney?
In Singapore, the number of police who died from Covid-19 is zero. All policemen now are vaccinated, and all of the SAF is vaccinated (because, these guys will be deployed in the next line of defence). All bus drivers and all health care workers are vaccinated or tested routinely. The testing is such a hassle, they choose to be vaccinated.
(a) In Australia or in Singapore, a whole apartment block on lockdown is increasingly common. 10 cases of Covid-19 infection have been detected in six households at 438 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10. The testing will be conducted at the void deck of 438 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 on July 29, between 9am and 4pm.
(b) Another 10 cases of Covid-19 infection have been detected at seven households at 430 Clementi Avenue 3, and three cases in three households at 445A Clementi Avenue 3. Mandatory Covid-19 testing for all residents of 430 and 445A Clementi Avenue 3 will be conducted at the void deck of 430 Clementi Avenue 3, from July 29 to July 30, between 9am to 4pm.
(c) In total, there are currently 44 active clusters, ranging between 3 and 932 infections in Singapore. It takes competence of a very high level to trace and link every ongoing infection found in Singapore. NY or Sydney does not have the level resources thrown at this problem of the pandemic. The nanny state acts fast and acts early. In case of an emergency, for a new variant, Singapore has buses, where the driver compartment has separate aircon system from the passengers, created to move large numbers of well but infected persons.
(d) The nanny state, called Singapore underestimated its potency and ability to spread — using older data of earlier variants (using a R0 of 2.5), the Government, using its super-computing clusters, were able to model the Corvid-19 spread via building air flows — but those old assumptions are proven wrong. Because of the mutations, it’s much, much more infectious at a R0 of between 5 to 8 (see the maths in prior post #863).
If you know anyone running their own business in food, fitness, beauty, travel you will understand how they have been smashed.
8. From a business perspective, these cycles of lockdowns in America, Australia, Canada or Singapore is nuts. Currently, the Singapore government pays for all Covid-19 treatment and vaccines. If you account for the lifetime loss of income from paragrahs 9 and 10 below, to properly factor in the increase in deaths, hospitalisations and lower earning potential (from brain fog after recovery), the actual long term economic cost may be very much higher than expected. Singapore has a PM that is a maths genius — he has done the maths, it’s just not published.
9. Ask yourself: What percentage of the grandma and grandpa age group or nurses are you willing to kill off? Singapore has roving teams to vaccinate the home bound elderly and yet, we have about 200,000 at risk elderly not vaccinated, yet. It is likely that Delta will spread even if a country has high vaccination rates of above 75% (where we are now, based on projects rate of vaccination).
10. Ask yourself: What percentage of children with lower IQ do you want your country to have (due to long COVID)? Vaccines are not approved for 11 years and below, yet.
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