The govt are complaining that many seniors are not getting the jabs and came up with stereotype reasons, fear of side effects. Why don't they admit the real reasons why many seniors refused to get their jabs?
Fear of side effects of mRNA vaccines is true but only part of the problem. Many would not mind getting the jab using Sinovac. But for some queer reasons, the govt is adamant in refusing to use the Sinovac vaccine and forcing the seniors to go to private clinics to get jab and to pay for it. And it is not cheap for the seniors, two jabs at $25 means getting poked twice and having to pay $50 for the pain.
Think, you millionaires may not think too much of $50. But it is a lot of money for the seniors to pay. When is the govt going to admit their mistake in discriminating against the seniors and making the jabs free for the seniors like the mRNA vaccine? The seniors would not mind signing an indemnity form to absolve the govt from the side effects of the Sinovac vaccine. This is a choice that the seniors made and would be responsible for their own actions. Can you hear that?
So why is the govt stubbornly refusing to use the Sinovac vaccine for the seniors when the seniors would not make the govt responsible for any side effects? And with more than a billion people worldwide using this vaccine, and with some Singaporeans that cannot use mRNA vaccines already jabbed with the Sinovac vaccine without any severe side effects, it is puzzling to see why the govt is playing tough.
If the govt is serious in wanting the seniors to get their jabs, just do it and stop putting obstacles in their path. It is the govt that is making it difficult for the seniors to get their vaccine jabs, not that the seniors are hesitant or refusing to get the jabs. It is the govt that wants everyone to be jabbed, including the seniors. You want the seniors to be jabbed and you want them to pay for it?
Getting a jab is not only to protect the seniors but also the community, and to allow the govt to open up for foreigners to come in. The govt wants the seniors to get jabs so that they can open up the country. And they provide free mRNA vaccine jabs that are more expensive but want the seniors to pay more for cheaper Sinovac jabs? Is the govt trying to make the seniors look like suckers?
By making Sinovac free like mRNA vaccines, many seniors will be queuing up for the jabs. No need to sweat the small stuff. No need to go knocking door to door. Save the effort. It would be pointless, they would still not go for the jabs and having to pay for $50 for them.
PS. If getting the seniors to be vaccinated is so important, why make the seniors pay for the jabs for Sinovac vaccine? Should not the govt be paying for it for the good of the community and the economy? Asking the seniors to pay so that the govt can open up the economy and country? What kind of logic is that? Xiao lang logic?
The new Health Minister Ong seems to be anti-seniors, eg opening up economy quicker and accept living with the virus in our midst despite the obvious heightened risks to the vulnerable seniors group of Singaporeans; contemplating cheaper alternative medicines (ie less efficacy to cure ills) to decrease Government subsidies costs. And now making seniors pay for Sinovac jabs . .
ReplyDeleteThe new Hell Minister must have hated his father like Hell. Now that he is incharge of Hell, he is taking the opportunity to make sure all the old folks like his father suffer.
ReplyDeleteThis Newbie Health Ministar, who was rejected by the people in his first try in politics, is now taking revenge on the people.
ReplyDeleteThis kind of people always take revenge on the people. The last time it was that Marlboro Tan. Now it is this fxxking bastxxd!
We must collectively vote this bastxxd out again!
That Hell Minions is a betrayal and can't be trusted. He is made as a pawn by Somboli, or under some monitor test of allegiance by the whites gangsters.
ReplyDeleteWhat should be the right narrative?
ReplyDelete1. Seniors, go and get your jabs. We are opening up. You don't get your jab you die your business. You want Sinovac, you pay yourself.
2. Seniors, go and get your jabs so that the government can open the economy. Only $50 if you want Sinovac and free if you go for American vaccines.
3. Seniors go and get your jab so that the government can open the economy. Just pay $50 to help the government to open the economy. Thank you very much.
While some foreign media outlets cited individual incidences and inconclusive evidence to stir up a new wave of criticism against the efficacy of Chinese vaccines, the real-world effectiveness studies of Chinese company Sinovac's vaccine in Chile show higher levels of protection against the virus' spread and hospitalization.
ReplyDeleteThe latest academic report published on Wednesday revealed that large-scale real-world data proves Sinovac's vaccine, named CoronaVac, is 65.9 per cent effective at preventing symptomatic cases, 87.5 percent in the prevention of hospitalization, 90.3 percent against ICU admission, and 86.3 percent against coronavirus diseases-related deaths.
The overall results suggest that the CoronaVac vaccine had high effectiveness against severe disease, hospitalizations, and death, underscoring its potential to save lives and substantially reduce demands on the healthcare system, said analysts.
The research covering 10.2 million participants showed that the inactivated vaccine provided very similar protection to the general population over 60 years as it does for other groups.
The results are highly valuable as a reference, as Chile has the highest testing rates for COVID-19 in Latin America, universal healthcare access, and a standardized, public reporting system for vital statistics, according to the researchers.
Although Chile experienced an increase in infections from mid-May to early June, Zhuang Shilihe, a Shanghai-based expert closely following the vaccine research, said it was mainly due to its national non-lockdown policy, in a response to CNBC's recent report that highlighted six countries where Chinese-made vaccines were used with still high COVID-19 infection rates, including Chile.
Coronavac's efficiency against hospitalization was reported as over 90 percent in studies in both Brazil and Indonesia, getting local appreciation for its contribution in largely bringing down infection rates and effectively avoiding a medical system collapse. Global Times
What can we expect from the US$300 million a year to generate? Propaganda of course. And we can see plenty of it.
ReplyDeleteDefinely, Senior citizens are targeted. Self-service, Tray return @ hawker centre. Digital payments, paying for plastic bags@supermart, really challenge and cause unnecessary worries for most senior citizens. It even affect the handicap and young children.
ReplyDeleteCECA questions from PSP that Ong avoided answering in Parliament:
ReplyDeleteFrom 2005 – 2020 how many DPs and LTVPs were issued to relatives of China, India, USA, Australia that are E-Pass and S-Pass holders
From 2005 – 2020, how many nationals were issued E-Pass, S-Pass, Work Permits and LOC from China, India, USA and Australia
Proportion of Nationals from China, India, USA, Australia by industries and the types of jobs that are commonly held by them
Breakdown of number of E-Pass, S-Pass and Work Permit Holders by industry
PSP said: “We were told that these Parliamentary Questions would be answered via the Ministerial Statement, but unfortunately the government did not provide the data requested”.
Transparency, transparency. There is nothing to hide, hide, hide.
ReplyDeleteWe are upfront with the statistics. We are upfront, upfront, upfront.
Ong also don't want to provide the breakdown of the daily imported COVID-19 cases, so the people now don't know how many of the imported virus cases came from very-high-risk India.
ReplyDeleteThe big American vaccine con job is about to blow up in the face of the believers.
ReplyDeleteWhen that happens, they would have no where to hide. The only face saving option is to jump.
Ong Eat Skunk has made himself to be hated by the oldies.
ReplyDeleteThe oldies are bound to influence their children and grandchildren, who will support them, to go against that unscrupulous Ong Eat Skunk.
He has now become a liability not only to the PAP but also to the Singapore government and Singaporeans.
As the Minion of Un-Education, he screwed up the students and parents by refusing to close down the schools early, until the PM told him to do so.
As the Transportation Minion, he screwed up the people by opening up the airports to import more Covid infected diseased persons into the country.
Now as the Minion of Hell, he is deliberately giving headaches, problems and worries to the oldies and their family members.
By next GE, he must be kicked out of any government position and never to be given any power that affects the lives of Singaporeans.
This unscrupulous and vicious animal in disguise as human bean must be ostracized from society altogether.
This a very good example of power fallen into the wrong hand. This fela cannot be a leader at all. He has no leadership qualities but only selfish self-serving drive to accomplish something for his own ego.
Yah, just like that War Stocks Gay.
ReplyDeleteOng trumpet in Parliament that S'pore cannot survive without FTAs and CECA.
ReplyDeleteActually, S'pore cannot survive without the wisdom and guidance of Lee Kuan Yew.
Scrap travel bubble plans with Singapore which have given up trying to get rid of Covid-19, Hong Kong lawmakers say
ReplyDeleteLegislators point to city state’s suggestion Covid-19 will never disappear entirely and Singapore will have to ‘live’ with it as reason to ditch scheme
Hong Kong must not allow cases to seep in through air travel as infections could jeopardise plans to reopen border with mainland China
Hong Kong should scrap plans for the long-awaited travel bubble with Singapore given the city state’s recent strategy shift to “live” with Covid-19, lawmakers have said.
The high-profile calls by pro-establishment legislators in a Legislative Council meeting on Friday to ditch the quarantine-free travel arrangement, which had already suffered two delays due to the pandemic situation in both places.
In the panel on health services meeting in Legco, Alice Mak Mei-kuen of the pro-Beijing Federation of Trade Unions led calls to abandon the travel scheme with Singapore, even though there would be benefits to the tourism industry.
“To be honest, I personally would really like to go to Singapore. But If Singapore has stopped trying to achieve zero infections, I really don’t think we should set up a travel bubble with it, or any other city for that matter,” she said, adding Hongkongers would pay a dear price with their health if such compromises were made.
Singaporean officials recently said its citizens had grown “battle-weary” after 18 months of weathering the pandemic and authorities would seek to strike a middle path to reopen the economy safely while trying to live with the virus.
“All are asking: when and how will the pandemic end?” ministers Gan Kim Yong, Ong Ye Kung and Lawrence Wong wrote in an opinion piece. “The bad news is that Covid-19 may never go away. The good news is that it is possible to live normally with it in our midst. This means Covid-19 will very likely become endemic.”
They added: “We can’t eradicate it, but we can turn the pandemic into something much less threatening, like influenza, hand, foot-and-mouth disease or chickenpox, and get on with our lives.”
Dr Leung Chi-chiu, a respiratory medicine specialist, said Hong Kong should review the travel scheme if Singapore decided to pursue a different strategy in managing the pandemic.
“Vaccination is not foolproof as we have seen with some recent imported travellers infected with Covid-19,” Leung said. “The question is whether Hong Kong should take on extra risks at this time by allowing potential carriers in our community from places that have given up trying to get rid of Covid-19.”
Singapore's economy had been thriving well for 40 years from 1965 till 2004 with a population of 3.5 million Singaporeans and 0.4 million PRs.
ReplyDeleteThen from 2004 Singapore saw an abrupt increase in the foreigner population with an additional 1.8 million foreigners brought into the city state, and the younger ruling PAP elites now declaring Singapore cannot survive without the foreigners.
COVID-19 Singapore: The Quick-Fix Solution Is Actually Not A Solution Whatsoever
ReplyDelete"No country is safe until every country is safe," so said the Prime Minister of Singapore, once upon a time in the Happy Wonderland of the Little Red Dot.
Recently, our very smart, Paid-by-the-$millions and highly creative Multi-Millionaire Ministers Gan Kim Yong, Ong Ye Kung and Lawrence Wong wrote in an opinion piece with these main points:
1. Our citizens have grown battle-weary after 18 months of weathering the pandemic.
2. All are asking: when and how will the pandemic end?
3. The bad news is that Covid-19 may never go away.
4. The good news is that it is possible to live normally with it in our midst.
5. This means Covid-19 will very likely become endemic.
6. We can’t eradicate it, but we can turn the pandemic into something much less threatening, like influenza, hand, foot-and-mouth disease or chickenpox, and get on with our lives.
7. The authorities will seek to strike a middle path to reopen the economy safely while trying to live with the virus.
This middle path is similar to signing CECA with the Coronavirus. Once bitten, twice feels even better. A brilliant strategy only Singapore's extremely talented Ministers can think of.
The truth is that no one, not even those who think they can outsmart the coronavirus, can turn the COVID-19 Pandemic into something less threatening. The threats will always be there, and growing by the days, if the variants of the coronavirus is not checked, countered or eradicated.
Another truth is that the COVID-19 is not the same as influenza, chicken pox or hand-foot-mouth disease.
Influenza is seasonal and not as deadly as the COVID-19 and there are vaccines effective enough to prevent influenza from making us sick.
We also have an effective vaccine to counter the chickenpox and prevent it from affecting us.
Also, the spread of the hand-foot-mouth disease can be easily contained.
The question, therefore, is whether any other city in the world would take on the extra risks of allowing potential COVID-19 carriers into their countries from Singapore, the city that has given up trying to get rid of Covid-19, and instead wants to live dangerously together with the coronavirus - effectively trying to make friends with the various variants of the contagious coronavirus and willingly providing them a safe sanctuary to further mutate, multiply, proliferate and concurrently spread to the rest of the world, living happily ever after, forever and ever.
This "middle path" solution is not a solution whatsoever. It is not a path but a dead end.
This is the Zenith of Stupidity!
SSO - 9 July 2021.
If Lee Kuan Yew is still around, what would he have said about their stupid strategy ? What would he have done to the 3 smart alecks ?
ReplyDelete“The bad news is that Covid-19 may never go away. The good news is that it is possible to live normally with it in our midst."
ReplyDeleteThis 'good news' come from where ??
What if other countries decide not to go with Singapore's formula of living with Covid19 close their doors to Singapore?
ReplyDeleteIf that happens, Singapore would be dead duck. Did Singapore consult with other countries, at least the Asean countries, or only want to follow the USA and UK and let in all the variants from India and expect other countries, like Asean, to also go along to let in all the Indian variants?
Is this an arbitrary move by Singapore?
PAP prick !
ReplyDeleteAll our defence down the drain. Importing foreign peoples here to work got many risks. Cultural risk, human trafficking risk, spying risk, health risk, etc. It even worst with the current own self check own self systems in sg. God and devil also can't help sg.
ReplyDeleteIt would be a huge embarrassment if other countries decide not to go with Singapore's formula of living with Covid19 and close their doors to Singapore. Hong Kong seems likely to be the first one to shut out Singapore as it won't risk re-opening its borders with mainland China, making some enthusiastic newbie look like cock.
ReplyDelete@Virgo49 - National File is a stupid conspiracy website. Singaporeans don't need to act like Trumpanzees.
ReplyDelete@Virgo - could be, could be, could be. Your posts are similar to what Trumpanzees post. National File is run by tin-hat wearing morons. We don't need them in Singapore.
ReplyDelete@All,
ReplyDeleteAfter reading all 5 books written by LKY, and watching hours of LKY's past televised speeches, I've come to the following conclusion:
Lucky LKY not in power like in 1980. Otherwise he'll order every man, woman, child in S'pore to be mandatory vaccinated by mRNA vaccines. Ang chias & gurkhas will be mobilised at every housing estate. Riot police will break down doors of those who refused & 4 burly riot police will hold you down to be jabbed. Followed by your spouse, then your elderly parents (if any). Last will be your children. Brutal but effective. After that LKY will order the full re-opening of S'pore economy. Not just full makan in buffets but also full international flights with most countries around the world.
LKY will never offer you a choice, or "encourage" you. He simply grabs your balls, squeezes them real hard, and shove whatever medicine down your screaming throat. Whether it is compulsory land acquisition, demolition of kampongs, forced resettlement of villagers, 2 children is enough, speak mandarin & no dialects, short hair & no long hair, banning of worker strikes, banning of demonstrations, giving 5 years no tax to MNCs, culling of independent chinese newspapers, compulsory CPF, moving of CPF goalposts, pegging HDB to market prices, pegging govt hospitals to market prices, streaming & intellectual segregation of primary school kids, COE, GST, you name it .... his modus operandi is the same.
Plans for an Australian-Singapore travel bubble have been delayed until at least the end of the year, the Australian Trade Minister said Sunday.
ReplyDeleteWhile opening up the travel corridor remains a priority, the scale of the outbreak that has forced the country’s largest city into a renewed lockdown means plans are on hold, Dan Tehan told the Sydney Morning Herald.