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1 hour ago, Kimochi said:

[Sent by Gov.sg - 3 Apr]

COVID-19 situation

Local cases in SG have risen

- Despite contact tracing, half of cases unlinked
- New clusters in foreign worker dorms, nursing home

We need to apply a circuit breaker now for 1 month
- Reduces risk of big outbreak
- Bring numbers down

Details will follow soon, in summary: 

For workplaces - from 7 Apr
✔️ Remain open:
- Essential svcs: Food outlets, markets, supermarkets, clinics, hospitals, utilities, transport, key banking services
- Economic sectors: strategic or part of global supply chain
To close:
- Most workplaces
➡️ Staff that can work from home must do so

For schools - from 8 Apr
- Schools & IHLs: Full Home-Based Learning
- Preschools, student care: Closed
 
For everyone
- Stay at home, as much as possible
- Avoid socialising beyond immediate family, esp. elderly & vulnerable
- Go out only for essentials: eg buy food back, exercise at parks at safe distance

#SGUnited

How do we check whether our company categorised as essential or not? Do we wait from company announcement? Not sure our company will close or not?

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6 minutes ago, lonelyglobe said:

Not quite yet,  the next step should be a curfew and if that still failed,  a lock down is inevitable. 


 i think a curfew will not help. Imposing a curfew at this moment of time will only make the crowds become thicker at those non-curfew times. Curfews are imposed only when there is significant social disorder. That's when imposing curfew will force people to stay at home. 

 

The next thing we should do is to quickly make a mass diagnosis of the entire population, like how the South Koreans did. This must be done in conjunction with the social distancing and mask wearing. With this three measures in place. we will be able to slow the spread AND also find all those who are infected but are still unaware of their own status urgently. This search for those asymptomatic infected will cause our numbers to spike up alarmingly. But it is much better than letting those asymptomatic infected spread their infections unknowingly. 

 

There will be shortages of hospital space to care for those infected. But it is crucial for those infected to be treated by professionals, instead of just doing a stupid home quarantine and wish for the symptoms to go away. The shortage of hospital space can be addressed through the use of hotels which should be quite empty right now, or even military hospital facilities. For the one forummer a few pages before this who suggested the use of "carparks" as a temporary hospital , we can reserve a garbage shed for him to stay all by himself alone.  Space is a smaller concern than that of human resources, but the military and police medics might be able to support, as well as any family members who can volunteer to care for their own family members on small issues in the hospitals. 

 

I think our largest concern is the medical supplies, which I think we might become seriously short of, because we  have moved away from manufacturing a long time ago, and we are reliant on other countries for supply. 

 

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18 minutes ago, Guest Essential said:

How do we check whether our company categorised as essential or not? Do we wait from company announcement? Not sure our company will close or not?

Very good question. You ask your boss. 

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18 minutes ago, Guest Essential said:

How do we check whether our company categorised as essential or not? Do we wait from company announcement? Not sure our company will close or not?

 

Don't you have a boss or supervisor to ask instead of coming here to ask us?

Maybe we can help if you let us know who you are, what is your name, which company you work for, and your phone number as well?

From there, we can advise if you should work at home, or if you even have to work at all considering your lack of intelligence. 

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3 minutes ago, Guest Guest said:


 i think a curfew will not help. Imposing a curfew at this moment of time will only make the crowds become thicker at those non-curfew times. Curfews are imposed only when there is significant social disorder. That's when imposing curfew will force people to stay at home. 

 

The next thing we should do is to quickly make a mass diagnosis of the entire population, like how the South Koreans did. This must be done in conjunction with the social distancing and mask wearing. With this three measures in place. we will be able to slow the spread AND also find all those who are infected but are still unaware of their own status urgently. This search for those asymptomatic infected will cause our numbers to spike up alarmingly. But it is much better than letting those asymptomatic infected spread their infections unknowingly. 

 

There will be shortages of hospital space to care for those infected. But it is crucial for those infected to be treated by professionals, instead of just doing a stupid home quarantine and wish for the symptoms to go away. The shortage of hospital space can be addressed through the use of hotels which should be quite empty right now, or even military hospital facilities. For the one forummer a few pages before this who suggested the use of "carparks" as a temporary hospital , we can reserve a garbage shed for him to stay all by himself alone.  Space is a smaller concern than that of human resources, but the military and police medics might be able to support, as well as any family members who can volunteer to care for their own family members on small issues in the hospitals. 

 

I think our largest concern is the medical supplies, which I think we might become seriously short of, because we  have moved away from manufacturing a long time ago, and we are reliant on other countries for supply. 

 

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/23/coronavirus-pandemic-south-korea-italy-mass-testing-covid19-will-keep-spreading/

 

Yes I agree, our country needs to do mass testing rather than adding more quarantine and social distancing measures. 

 

The key to South Korea’s success has been speed and an early push toward mass testing, rigorous contact tracing, and mandatory quarantine for anyone near a carrier of the virus.

The key to South Korea’s success has been speed and an early push toward mass testing, rigorous contact tracing, and mandatory quarantine for anyone near a carrier of the virus.

 The country, with a population of 51 million, tests more than 20,000 people a day at more than 600 testing sites nationwide, while integrating apps that not only track individuals if they have tested positive, but also warn them if they might have been exposed to a known case.

Yet in the United States and the United Kingdom, there is a public and internal government debate over whether testing matters—particularly for those who are only having minor symptoms. As of March 20, South Korea’s rate of testing was 6,148 per million people, while the United Kingdom was testing only 960 people per million and the United States just 314. Why waste resources and time trying to identify who has the disease, these officials ask.

 

 

It's no wonder the situation in Europe and US especially is so dire.

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Similar to certain lawmakers in the UK and US, our leaders were probably too concerned about the economy, and trying to continue business as usual in spite of the looming coronavirus threat. Now economic problems are going to happen anyway, and they could end up being worse that they might have been otherwise, due to all the lost time from waiting too long to act. Everyone should have been told to wear masks from the beginning, companies should have been told to ramp up contingency plans to allow as many staff members as possible to work from home, and schools should have been told to ramp up contingency plans for home learning programs no later than the first week of February. That would have left us in a much better position at the moment.

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2 hours ago, singalion said:

Straits Times today:

The number of Covid-19 cases rose past 1,000 this week.

 

Looks like my prediction made some days ago of 500 local transmissions was quite accurate (and more than 1000 infected overall) for the Government to decide on a shut down in Singapore.

 

Happy working for all from home starting from next week for one month...

 

Don't know how you can even think our response is prompt, still dare to come in here to gloat. Prompt for retards maybe.

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38 minutes ago, Kimochi said:

Very good question. You ask your boss. 

waiting for company/circular/boss /supervisor to update us. 

 

cause in the speech mentioned "will close most workplaces except essential services and key economic sectors."

 

we were watching the speech live on youtube and tried our best to understand the speech and came to conclusion that work resume as per normal. until someone posted in our chat group of the speech summary. I noticed the above part "will close most workplaces except essential services and key economic sectors."

 

but I think our sector is neither of the above. but I might be wrong. 

 

I was thinking how to be 100% confirm and who to confirm and to check. I may think that my company is under key economic sector and so is other company. then come Tues most workplaces still open because they claim that their companies are under key economic sector.  

 

maybe company will check with ministry before confirming with us therefore no update as of now. 

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5 minutes ago, Guest Essential said:

waiting for company/circular/boss /supervisor to update us. 

 

cause in the speech mentioned "will close most workplaces except essential services and key economic sectors."

 

we were watching the speech live on youtube and tried our best to understand the speech and came to conclusion that work resume as per normal. until someone posted in our chat group of the speech summary. I noticed the above part "will close most workplaces except essential services and key economic sectors."

 

but I think our sector is neither of the above. but I might be wrong. 

 

I was thinking how to be 100% confirm and who to confirm and to check. I may think that my company is under key economic sector and so is other company. then come Tues most workplaces still open because they claim that their companies are under key economic sector.  

 

maybe company will check with ministry before confirming with us therefore no update as of now. 

 

For others that require clarification and assistance, they can refer to the website – covid.gobusiness.gov.sg – and a newly set-up hotline 6898 1800. The hotline will run from 8pm on Friday until midnight, and resume operations from 8am on Saturday. 

 

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/covid-19-essential-businesses-stay-open-most-workplaces-close-12607020

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18 minutes ago, Guest Try and see said:

Thanks alot. This is what I need. I can't find out 100% that our sector is being included inside but I think it is cause maybe our sector is abit sensitive to be spelled out directly. 

 

just need to wait for big boss to update us in the email soon. 

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Just now, Guest Try and see said:

 

For others that require clarification and assistance, they can refer to the website – covid.gobusiness.gov.sg – and a newly set-up hotline 6898 1800. The hotline will run from 8pm on Friday until midnight, and resume operations from 8am on Saturday. 

 

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/covid-19-essential-businesses-stay-open-most-workplaces-close-12607020

Great. Thanks alot. There are more informations provided on this news than the speech itself which is understandable. 

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19 minutes ago, Since u r here said:

reason why:

“We also now have evidence that an infected person can show no symptoms, and yet still pass on the virus to others... Therefore we will no longer discourage people from wearing masks.”

The wearing of a mask may also help to protect others, in case a person has the virus but does not know it, he added.

 

Which illness will be passed on to others only when the symptoms show? Flu? AIDS? Chickenpox? Everyone knows that the incubation period is one of the most infectious period of any diseases, and that's when the infected are asymptomatic. And you need evidence to prove such common sense? Or is there a serious lack of common sense among the leaders and their dimwit blind followers? You and your masters can try to justify yourselves for all that you want. Those 3 dead Singaporeans and all those infected has been already been harmed by bad advice from people like you, and you still want to defend those bad advices? 

 

Aren't you afraid of karma? 

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6 minutes ago, Guest Try and see said:

Essential-Services-Exempted-from-Suspens

 

This almost feels like everything is essential except retail and entertainment and sports. Anything else? 

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15 minutes ago, Guest Guest said:

 

This almost feels like everything is essential except retail and entertainment and sports. Anything else? 

Tourism, hotel and mice related biz, Massage, beauty salon.....spore pools should be essential leh ha....  

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29 minutes ago, lonelyglobe said:

Tourism, hotel and mice related biz, Massage, beauty salon.....spore pools should be essential leh ha....  

 

Errrrr.... Sex is very very essential to me leh... No sex can die! Almost like water and food like that, it's part of human physiological need... How can they close hotels, Massage and beauty salons... 😓 

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5 minutes ago, Guest What you think? said:

Will swimming pool considered essential?  Swimming is a form of exercise, I consider it essential.  What do you think?

But it will be closed as well. Is like pple will also treat going saunas as essential but still have to close temporarily mah...no choice bah...

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6 minutes ago, Guest What you think? said:

Will swimming pool considered essential?  Swimming is a form of exercise, I consider it essential.  What do you think?

 

Swimming pools, gyms, studios all confirmed closing. 

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15 minutes ago, Guest What you think? said:

Will swimming pool considered essential?  Swimming is a form of exercise, I consider it essential.  What do you think?

 

All attractions, theme parks, museums and casinos will be closed from Tuesday (April 7) as well, the ministry said.

 

Sports and recreation facilities, such as public swimming pools, country clubs, gyms and fitness studios will also be shut, along with all recreational facilities in hotels.

 

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/most-workplaces-to-close-schools-will-move-to-full-home-based-learning-from-next

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15 hours ago, Guest Panic said:

Do you guys stockpiling some food? Is it necessary? I can buy some to last a few days n then what? Unless buying that can last a month.

yes, a one to two weeks range will be good,  things like cup noodles,  biscuit, cereal,  UHT milk,  canned food, frozen cakes,  pizza etc...  all have a long shelve life,  so can keep them and with the new rule kickIng in next week,  instead of going out to dabao, u can just eat at home. 

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13 minutes ago, Since u r here said:

many are still dreaming that govt will nt dare to call for it during covid!

 

Lol!

 

Oh.... The election will happen at this time for sure. Nobody is dreaming that it won't happen. But you are the one dreaming they will win more votes this time. If they had put a hard brake and take all the necessary actions to prevent the spread and control the situation much better like how SK, HK and TW did, we will be in much better shape now, instead of being in such doldrums today. 

 

One quick acting coronavirus case is sufficient to display all their bad policies which required them to make immediate u turns on as short as a few weeks time. Think about all the bad policies which they had made over the decades which is eating into all our social fabric all these years. If we had better managed the influx of the foreigners, this situation would not have happened. 

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25 minutes ago, Since u r here said:

Your pic lah

ur pic tells a thousand words w a balance of opp parties 50-50

 

it will nt even be a 70-30 win obviously this round, it will be a more than that win....

 

do u knw what is good  to use all the schools when all schools r closed for elearning now?

 

i agree w your reply to wheel of time! It is an excellent reply , many are still dreaming that govt will nt dare to call for it during covid!

 

 

Sorry, bro! That picture was misleading, I admit. We definitely won't have any PAP vs SDP (or any other parties) rallies this year.

I was too hasty in my reply to you earlier. Forgive me.

Thanks for your good words.

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22 minutes ago, Guest Try and see said:

 

Sorry, bro! That picture was misleading, I admit. We definitely won't have any PAP vs SDP (or any other parties) rallies this year.

I was too hasty in my reply to you earlier. Forgive me.

Thanks for your good words.

 

Not sure if the picture is misleading. It was a good representation together with your words description. It's just that someone was too stupid to understand it. And then with your harsh words which frightened him into cowardice, he tried justifying it by claiming it to be a wrong interpretation of the ruling party's chance/win, with additional sugar coating to sweeten it to be "excellent reply". Don't fall for it. 

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22 minutes ago, Since u r here said:

so i dont knw which guests r those i used to trust! Can u sign in w a name instead since now all r v free at home??! 

 

... more fake pretentious justifications making it sounds as if there are so many Guest Try and See around.....

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1 hour ago, Since u r here said:

By the way, Banks dont need to b serving customers upfront too unless u r a corp customers

 

 

never have i been to banks for long, i withdraw money from atm using phones and all transactions done online too incld opening fDs never have i ever q in a bank in this era


not because you don’t need it does it mean others don’t. Please do not act too privileged. The world does not revolve around you.

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25 minutes ago, Guest Sexpert said:

According to experts at the 1.55 mark onwards, we have widespread community spread in Singapore as reported by CNA.

 

 

 

At 2.36, the question was whether the measures will flatten the curve, and the professor said it will because it is simple Mathematics. I think she is going to fail her Mathematica already. Hiding the factual numbers and deliberately not looking for them will not make those asymptomatic cases go away. It will just be hiding at home, waiting to come out and infect others when the semi lock down measures are removed. The mass diagnosis of the entire population must happen soon to do a search-contain-cure protocol. Otherwise, the virus has a lot of places to hide. 

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5 hours ago, Guest Guest said:

If we had better managed the influx of the foreigners, this situation would not have happened. 

 

The vast majority of "imported" coronavirus cases are due to returning Singaporeans and Permanent Residents, not from foreign tourists and business visitors, but never let the actual truth get in the way of a closed minded, foreigner bashing, xenophobic sissy keyboard warrior agenda.

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1 hour ago, Guest Juxtaposed Yourself said:

 

The vast majority of "imported" coronavirus cases are due to returning Singaporeans and Permanent Residents, not from foreign tourists and business visitors, but never let the actual truth get in the way of a closed minded, foreigner bashing, xenophobic sissy keyboard warrior agenda.

 

It all began with a bunch of Wuhan tourists who should have long been banned, but never let the actual truth get in the way of a narrow minded, foreigner loving, xenophilc sissy keyboard warrior agenda. 

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1 hour ago, Guest Guest said:

It all began with a bunch of Wuhan tourists who should have long been banned, but never let the actual truth get in the way of a narrow minded, foreigner loving, xenophilc sissy keyboard warrior agenda. 

 

Can't even come up with original insults from your own thoughts. Stealing descriptions of others the same way you steal guest nicknames. Whatever, bitch, whatever.

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9 hours ago, Guest Guest said:

 

This almost feels like everything is essential except retail and entertainment and sports. Anything else? 

Toto and 4D will be closed I guess?

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If there is a funeral rite at void deck during this time can it still proceed. Can dogs lover still bring their pet for walk.  Wat happen if one home  renovation is done halfway. 

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8 hours ago, Guest Guest said:

 

Lol!

 

Oh.... The election will happen at this time for sure. Nobody is dreaming that it won't happen. But you are the one dreaming they will win more votes this time. If they had put a hard brake and take all the necessary actions to prevent the spread and control the situation much better like how SK, HK and TW did, we will be in much better shape now, instead of being in such doldrums today. 

 

One quick acting coronavirus case is sufficient to display all their bad policies which required them to make immediate u turns on as short as a few weeks time. Think about all the bad policies which they had made over the decades which is eating into all our social fabric all these years. If we had better managed the influx of the foreigners, this situation would not have happened. 

Yes . Due to their slow reactive step in the last months, now they doing damage control only. Will it be effective? Maybe , maybe not.

 

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1 hour ago, Guest Juxtaposed Yourself said:

 

Can't even come up with original insults from your own thoughts. Stealing descriptions of others the same way you steal guest nicknames. Whatever, bitch, whatever.

 

Doesn't the taste of your own medicine, served right back at you, taste the worst? Can't take the heat? Get out of the kitchen! Can't take your own insults? Then don't serve them out, motherfucker. Lol! 

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38 minutes ago, Guest Guest said:

 

Doesn't the taste of your own medicine, served right back at you, taste the worst? Can't take the heat? Get out of the kitchen! Can't take your own insults? Then don't serve them out, motherfucker. Lol! 

 

Well said! 👋

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2 hours ago, Since u r here said:

Fabulous,

Sadly i m not a priviledged customers from the bank and even mcdonalds insisted cashless and cashless , more so now in covid. They even put a container to recv cash For those who need to use cash! I use cash too at mcds after ordering from the machine, nevertheless i respect those co. Who put in measures to protect their staff

 

People talk about banks, you go talk about Macdonald? You think credit cards is accepted everywhere? Why don't you try heading to the wet markets and see if they accept cashless payments. We know you are trying to justify yourself, and to shift the focus away from your stupid comments about your privileged lifestyle funded by the ruling party. But we have heard enough of your bullshit and seen enough of you flip-flopping around like a roti prata man already. Just give it a break and get out of here, will you? As one of your Masters have said, your "pattern more than badminton". 

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1 hour ago, Guest Guest said:

 

4th death in a week of the 6 total dead. And it is those who were infected later who seems to be dying earlier now. The infection rate increased exponentially, and now what follows is the exponential death rate. If only all those mask wearing measures had been implemented earlier and the social distancing adhered and enforced earlier, we would have more time to combat it, such as stocking up our medical supplies and tests kits. But we squandered away the time we skimmed off, and now the virus is fast catching up with us. 

 

Gold standard? Under control? I don't think so. If the authorities still think that social distancing and mask wearing is going to be sufficient to make the entire situation go away miraculously, they are kidding themselves. 

 

As usual, this entire situation is run by a bunch of people who are merely listening to others who think they know best. 

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13 hours ago, Guest Guest said:

 

Errrrr.... Sex is very very essential to me leh... No sex can die! Almost like water and food like that, it's part of human physiological need... How can they close hotels, Massage and beauty salons... 😓 

 

Only 30 days abstinence for fuks sake...

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