After being the first few to ink deal with Pfizer and Moderna of 95% efficacy vaccines approved for emergency used only, Singapore again rushing ahead of everyone to ink deal with another American pharma company for another oral vaccine, not yet even approved for emergency used.
The same market hype about how effective is this yet to be approved 'for emergency' use is flooding the American media like it is another wonder cure for the conronavirus. This time they have yet to claim 95% efficacy, to prevent infection or is it to prevent serious illnesses? Whatever, coming from the American's mouth must be good, really good, without question.
See how good the 95% efficacy vaccines were in preventing infection and now the whole of US and UK are seeing infection skyrocketing. Still very happy to believe and hear the good stuff.
'Data from clinical trials suggests the drug is most effective when given early in the course of infectio, said MSD.' Sounds like another too good to believe cure. Would it be 95% efficacy again or 94.5%?
One think is very clear on this new drug called molnupiravir, is that it is not above preventing infection but 'reduce the chance of hospitalisation or death by half for patients who are at risk of severe disease.' What, what, only reduce by half? How is this compares to Pfizer and Moderna? Is half better than Pfizer and Moderna, used to be 95% in preventing infection, thus cannot get infected, and definitely more than 50% effective in preventing serious illness and death. So why buy something that is only 50% effective?
Catch no balls. Oh, this one can go oral instead of getting poked. So less painful and less effective are still consider a wonder cure, like a must have. See the mad rush for this wonder cure that is not even used or approved for emergency use?
Did I hear suckers? Oops, oops, cannot say this. Those scurrying for this wonder white men's drug are so happy, going hysterical, and feeling on top of the world to be able to secure this wonder drug first.
Would it turn out to be another disappointment like the 95% mRNA vaccines? Now who said these were disappointments? No one is unhappy with them and are still be touted as the best in the market. Just get poke again every 3 or 6 months would do. No problem.
Who's next to deliver another wonder drug? Definitely not China. The zero Covid in China is fake, cannot be true. China vaccines are of lesser effectiveness even if China is enjoying near zero virus and the Chinese are going around happily with their 'less effective' vaccines.
As long as one is happy in one's believe, it is good enough to spend the money. Who cares if it is really effective or not. It is from America, must be good, really good. Nearly a million American children are not infected by the virus and fighting for their lives. Never heard of such things in China. The Chinese children are happily playing outdoor and going to school.
PS. Would the sales agreement be kept secret, be the same as Pfizers, to indemnify the drug producers from all liabilities, claims and cost, even if the drug proves ineffective or poisonous and people got killed because of the drug?
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ReplyDelete: Extend Vaccinated Travel Lane scheme to more countries
Although the number of daily Covid-19 infections has shot up tremendously, it is time to let in more tourists.
I know this sounds counter-intuitive. So let me explain.
We started out with a zero-Covid-19 strategy and imposed very strict restrictions.
As a result, we were more successful in controlling the spread of infection. We had to be extra careful about the risk of imported cases from countries with higher infection rates.
No country can lock down forever because people need to work. Our hotels, shops and restaurants are crying out for more tourists.
So we are moving to a "live with Covid-19" strategy now that we are among the most-vaccinated countries in the world. This means infection will spread but the number of deaths could be kept low.
I propose that we open our borders to people from countries that are equally or less infected, provided, of course, that they are fully vaccinated and test negative before boarding the plane.
Here is an illustration of what I mean. On Sept 30, Australia had 2,850 cases. But Australia has a larger population of 25.69 million. This means that there were 111 new cases per million people.
On the same day, we had 2,478 cases out of a population of about 5.5 million. This works out to be 451 infections for every million people. Thus we are a more infected population than Australia. So why are we keeping Australian tourists away?
There are many other countries which have the same or lower prevalence of infection as Singapore.
A quick look at the data shows that we can include countries such as the United States, Britain, France, Japan and South Korea.
It is time to increase the number of countries in the Vaccinated Travel Lane so that our hotels, attractions, shops and restaurants can again prosper.
Tan Keng Soon
Yes, COVID-19 Open-Legs Policy Is Equal Opportunities For All
DeleteCrematorium business and funeral services can also prosper.
Hope that after prospering from the increased businesses in travels, hotels, hostels, airlines, sex services, gambling casinos, attractions, shops and restaurants, these business bosses can contribute some of their money to buy coffins, and to give the funeral services and crematorium services some business too.
You die is not your business alone. You die is also our business, so said the bosses of the cremation and funeral services!
“We are seeing people who have been vaccinated become infected. In fact, it’s just a matter of time before everyone in the population becomes infected with COVID-19,” says professor Teo Yik Ying, dean of the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at the National University of Singapore.
ReplyDeleteOn Thursday, Singapore reported 3483 new infections. Teo believes the true number is likely twice that, or even more. People who don’t feel ill don’t get tested, he notes.
- AFR Oct 08
So, the strategy of the PAP 4G MTF is to get everyone in Singapore to be infected with the coronavirus so that everyone develop antibodies, and then the economy can quickly reopen to the outside world ? Just too bad for those who died !
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ReplyDelete: Extend Vaccinated Travel Lane scheme to more countries
Although the number of daily Covid-19 infections has shot up tremendously, it is time to let in more tourists.
I know this sounds counter-intuitive. So let me explain.
We started out with a zero-Covid-19 strategy and imposed very strict restrictions.
As a result, we were more successful in controlling the spread of infection. We had to be extra careful about the risk of imported cases from countries with higher infection rates."....
Singaporean's stupidity at its best.
Other countries try to make the corona infection lower, and then open border, whereas our clowns let the infection spread like wildfire, and still want to open border. As usual Singapore is worst most irresponsible tiny red dot in the world, how the hell Singapore can let the virus spread like nobody business and spread to tourists and back to their country ?
Singapore under PAP government has no common sense. Understand that economy is important but life is more important. Whatever more baffling is Singapore been such a small country that easy to control the infection endup the worst infection, how can that be ? Because we have clowns running the country, that's why.
The living with Covid19 option is a no choice option after the Americans have lost control of the virus with the virus spreading across the whole American continent. So, since they could not beat the virus, they gave up and try to live with the virus the best they could, accepting all the consequences and more deaths and infection.
ReplyDeleteOnly silly countries that have the virus under control chose to go with the reckless, irresponsible and hopeless Americans to give up fighting and controlling the virus, to live with the virus and allow more infection and deaths of its people.
How is it that China could control the virus in a continental size land mass and with 1.4b people but a little piece of rock with less than 6m people is unable to do so?
In a stupidity has no cure country, the stupid will choose to follow the stupid in their stupid ways.
This virus could be the game changer in determining the fate of nations and people. By the time the world came out of this pandemic, the difference between the failed states and successful states would be clear for all to see. We are seeing the battle line being drawn and countries taken sides, to live with the virus or to control the virus with zero virus as the goal.
Who will win and be the victor?
At this rate of mass infection, Singapore's trademark icon will be known to the world to associate with corona
ReplyDeleteChangi Airport -> Corona Airport
Changi Business Park -> Corona Business Park
Changi Village -> Corona Village
on and on
and you can imagine we become laughing stock of the world because corona virus has invaded every part of Singapore which the virus now call home. Very soon, we will have Corona Credit Card.
and Toyota Corona become the most popular cars in Singapore corona, and we have Corona Lane.
Corona Singapura ?
Damn, this is what happen if Singapore still not curbing infection down and pretend to live with covid.
Coronavirus for everybody! Too bad if you develop heart failure !
ReplyDeleteIn a few days India will be free from Covid19 infections. And Singapore will continue to have daily infections more than India.
ReplyDeleteThen India can post a ban on Singaporeans going to India as India would be safer than Singapore. But Indians can all come to Singapore as from a covid free country.
Can you believe what the clowns have done to Singapore?
The effect wud be the same as CECA - Sinkies don't go to India to work; Indians can all come to Singapore to work . .
ReplyDeleteKena COVID 19, then kena heart failure >> remaining average life span = 5 years
ReplyDeleteThe contagious Coronavirus will soon visit the ruthless hearts of the Millionaires Task Force that obviously think that only commoners will be infected and only oldies will die.
ReplyDeleteStandby to watch the members of the Millionaires Club and Millionaires Task Force get infected and suffered heart attacks.... Don't pray, pray .....
Would there be a clause to say that by inking the new deal, Singapore cannot also use Chinese oral vaccines when it is available and comes onto the market?
ReplyDeleteWho has seen the agreement I wonder? Maybe this is also a secret not to be exposed as it will affect the national security of the country, just like the reserves.
By all its actions, Singapore has declared that it is a state of the USA.
ReplyDeleteChina and Asean cannot miss this.
U.S. Pushing Singapore to Let American Visitors Enter Freely - Bloomberg
ReplyDeleteOnly imbeciles would allow others to tie their hands and legs to buy placebos touted by salesmen as miracle cure before it is approved by the authorities for mass consumption.
ReplyDeleteWhen a country or empire is on its way out, clowns and charlatans would appear, and appear as the best men to run the country or empire. They cannot tell the difference between idiots and geniuses or fakes.
ReplyDeleteAnd many fakes would be elevated or appointed to high positions of power and responsibility. It is all out there on display.
If India can push, why not USA ?
ReplyDeleteU.S. Pushing Singapore to Let American Visitors Enter Freely - Bloomberg
ReplyDeleteNo need to push lah. The idiots would go to Washington to beg them to come.
"Only imbeciles would allow others to tie their hands and legs to buy placebos touted by salesmen as miracle cure before it is approved by the authorities for mass consumption."
ReplyDeleteHere's come the magic pill.
Sinkies万岁万岁万万岁 ... May we live a hundred year
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/06/merck-signs-deal-to-supply-singapore-with-its-covid-19-antiviral-pill.html
Anon 11.27 asked - 'Can you believe what the clowns have done to Singapore?'
ReplyDeleteOf course, the obvious thing they have done is turn Singapore into a circus.
It would be a small blessing to turn Singapore into a circus.
ReplyDeleteGive them a little more time they would turn Singapore into a third world slum city.
The first generation leaders would be turning in their graves. They built a first world city only to be turned into a third world slum.
Long-term Effects Of COVID-19 Infections After Recovery
ReplyDeleteAlthough data showed that Covid-19 infection is dangerous to diabetics, new findings show that the virus can also trigger the disease in those who did not have diabetes before.
Several Covid-19 survivors have developed Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, according to a research published by Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism in November 2020.
An analysis of 3,711 patients involved in eight different studies showed that one in 10 Covid-19-positive patients (14.4 per cent) were diagnosed with diabetes after recovering from the virus.
Researchers noted that Covid-19 might cause inflammation and insulin issues among patients, thus triggering the metabolic disease.
The virus could also be enough to worsen existing metabolic health issues into full-blown Type 2 diabetes, said Dr Jose Aleman, Assistant Professor of endocrinology at NYU Langone Health, in a Business Insider (BI) report.
As the pandemic continued, reports of patients who recovered from Covid-19 developing diabetes symptoms for the first time has increased.
“Clearly, there’s a link, there’s some sort of mechanism that makes the diseases fuel one another,” said chair of metabolic surgery at King’s College London, Francesco Rubino, to BI on Wednesday (Oct 6).
While researchers thought initially that a disruption of insulin levels occurred, further observation suggests that the virus alters the pancreas, forcing it to destroy itself.
A peer-reviewed journal, Cell Metabolism, published on Aug 3, highlighted that the pancreas began acting strangely after Covid-19 infection.
The organ began producing less insulin and more glucagon, which functions in reverse as insulin by increasing glucose and fatty acids in the bloodstream.
It is currently unclear if the symptom of diabetes is permanent and will last until after infection, said Mr Rubino and Shiubing Chen, a researcher at the Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine.
As they say, what goes up must come down.
ReplyDeleteLook at the biggest Empire in history - Great Britain. So much of the world belongs to them. Today, down to one cluster of small islands about to disintegrate further.
The rules of nature works in all areas. Countries that develop first will reach a plateau, stagnate and more sideways. Look at Japan, the all conquering economic powerhouse of the tail end of the twentieth century, only to meet it's Waterloo by the early twenty first century.
Singapore will face or is already facing slowing economic progress. Later stage developing countries like Vietnam and other ASEAN nations will catch up. Same with South Asian Countries like India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
The West had the pole position in Industrial Development and unhindered progress. Then came the Japs followed by the faster developing countries of East Asia, of which Singapore figured in it, then followed by China. Now is the century of the South Asian countries and rest of ASEAN. Africa will be next.
Knowing fully well that many old folks who have medical conditions are going to die, irrespective of whether they are vaccinated or not, the Singapore Multi-Ministry Task Force went ahead to allow the COVID-19 infections to proliferate throughout the entire population is tantamount to deliberate genocide, a heinous crime against humanity! This crime must not go unreported and unpunished. The International Criminal Court of Justice must be alerted to this irresponsible and criminal act against Singaporeans in one way or another.
ReplyDeleteMTF's "Living With COVID-19" is a crime against the old people living in Singapore. This is an undeniable fact substantiated by the increased daily numbers of deaths of senior citizens.
ReplyDeleteThe MTF must be held fully responsible. It cannot and must not be allowed to evade this responsibility by giving whatever reasons to cover up its responsibilities.