Chitchat Did Influx of Migrants Cause All These?

Hep C outbreak, TB outbreak, now Measles outbreak. These are infectious diseases. All Singaporean children were vaccinated against TB, rubella, measles, etc and Singapore was free of these infectious diseases for a long time.

Why a sudden outbreak of these diseases. Could they come from foreign migrants who have not been innoculated?

Did pap's bad policy of opening SG's door and pap's inability to check foreign migrants cause the outbreak of these infectious diseases?

still wanna live in sg with PAP as the govt????

sinkies... why so stubborn.. or is it because you are ball-less.

Maybe you can check if those sinkies who move oversea to a real first world country, like Australia, contracted this disease?

ckmpd said:

Did pap's bad policy of opening SG's door and pap's inability to check foreign migrants cause the outbreak of these infectious diseases?

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It has nothing to with foreign migrants. The ease of air travel nowadays means that infections from one part of the world are only a plane ride away and it only takes one infected person to spread the virus far and wide because of the relatively long incubation period.

NZ has had its fair share of outbreaks over the last couple of years too.

Unless all countries close their borders things are unlikely to change. That is why it is important to get vaccinated.

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Measles outbreak hits Auckland

5:06 PM Thursday Apr 16, 2015

Measles is highly contagious and spreads through the air through coughing or sneezing. Photo / Thinkstock


A person diagnosed with measles in Auckland visited several public places while infectious.

Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) has urged people who were in the same place as the infectious person to call their GP or Healthline if they have measles symptoms.

Those places were K-Mart and The Warehouse in Manukau Supercentre and the Countdown supermarket at Airport Oaks on April 9, and Middlemore Emergency Department between 7pm on April 12 and 11.30am the next day.

The initial symptoms of measles include a fever, running nose, cough and sore eyes.

After about a week, a raised red rash spreads over the body lasting several days.

Medical Officer of Health Dr Julia Peters said measles was a serious illness and there was no treatment.

"It is vitally important to call your GP or Healthline first because measles is a highly infectious disease," Dr Peters said.

"You can catch it just by being in the same room as someone with measles. It is spread through the air, and someone with measles could easily infect others in a doctor's waiting room".

ARPHS said it usually takes 10-14 days for someone who has caught measles to start showing symptoms.

Anyone infected at the locations the confirmed case visited could start to develop symptoms from Sunday.

ARPHS said the individual with measles has not travelled overseas recently, so they caught the disease from someone in Auckland between March 25 and April 4.

The health service is trying to trace who the person caught measles from.

"We can confirm the individual became infectious on April 7 and will no longer be infectious from April 17," Dr Peters said.

"ARPHS is carrying out contact tracing to help to combat the spread of the disease.

"The only way to avoid catching measles is to have had two measles vaccinations at least

four weeks apart. Children are routinely vaccinated against measles at at 15 months and four years."

Anyone who has had measles is considered immune, which applies to nearly everyone born before 1969. Anyone born in 1969 or later who has not had measles or two doses of the measles vaccine is at risk of catching the disease.

"If you are not sure if you are immune to measles you need to discuss this with your general practitioner," Dr Peters said.

- NZME.

Copyright ©2016, NZME. Publishing Limited

Leongsam said:

It has nothing to with foreign migrants. The ease of air travel nowadays means that infections from one part of the world are only a plane ride away.

NZ has had its fair share of outbreaks over the last couple of years too.

Unless all countries close their borders things are unlikely to change. That is why it is important to get vaccinated.

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Measles outbreak hits Auckland

5:06 PM Thursday Apr 16, 2015

Measles is highly contagious and spreads through the air through coughing or sneezing. Photo / Thinkstock


A person diagnosed with measles in Auckland visited several public places while infectious.

Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) has urged people who were in the same place as the infectious person to call their GP or Healthline if they have measles symptoms.

Those places were K-Mart and The Warehouse in Manukau Supercentre and the Countdown supermarket at Airport Oaks on April 9, and Middlemore Emergency Department between 7pm on April 12 and 11.30am the next day.

The initial symptoms of measles include a fever, running nose, cough and sore eyes.

After about a week, a raised red rash spreads over the body lasting several days.

Medical Officer of Health Dr Julia Peters said measles was a serious illness and there was no treatment.

"It is vitally important to call your GP or Healthline first because measles is a highly infectious disease," Dr Peters said.

"You can catch it just by being in the same room as someone with measles. It is spread through the air, and someone with measles could easily infect others in a doctor's waiting room".

ARPHS said it usually takes 10-14 days for someone who has caught measles to start showing symptoms.

Anyone infected at the locations the confirmed case visited could start to develop symptoms from Sunday.

ARPHS said the individual with measles has not travelled overseas recently, so they caught the disease from someone in Auckland between March 25 and April 4.

The health service is trying to trace who the person caught measles from.

"We can confirm the individual became infectious on April 7 and will no longer be infectious from April 17," Dr Peters said.

"ARPHS is carrying out contact tracing to help to combat the spread of the disease.

"The only way to avoid catching measles is to have had two measles vaccinations at least

four weeks apart. Children are routinely vaccinated against measles at at 15 months and four years."

Anyone who has had measles is considered immune, which applies to nearly everyone born before 1969. Anyone born in 1969 or later who has not had measles or two doses of the measles vaccine is at risk of catching the disease.

"If you are not sure if you are immune to measles you need to discuss this with your general practitioner," Dr Peters said.

- NZME.

Copyright ©2016, NZME. Publishing Limited

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So you admit that these are likely imported from overseas. With your admission, does it not occur to you that the pap's bad liberal open door policy and large pool of unhealthy migrants aggravated the situation?

tonychat said:

still wanna live in sg with PAP as the govt????

sinkies... why so stubborn.. or is it because you are ball-less.

Maybe you can check if those sinkies who move oversea to a real first world country, like Australia, contracted this disease?

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Why do u think CSJ and AY are still in SG fighting the pap? They have higher calling to fight the oppressor.

If every right thinking Singaporeans leave, then we are giving Sg to the oppressor

ckmpd said:

So you admit that these are likely imported from overseas. With your admission, does it not occur to you that the pap's bad liberal open door policy and large pool of unhealthy migrants aggravated the situation?

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All infections have to come from somewhere but it does not need to be a migrant. Measles can be brought in by anyone and they'll look perfectly healthy at the time because it takes up to 2 weeks for symptoms to develop. A sinkie who visited a foreign country could have caught it while overseas and brought the infection back.

As I said earlier unless Singapore closes its borders completely the risk is always there but they have to be weighed against the benefits of free movement in and out of the country.

The alternative would be to place all travelers and returning Singaporeans in quarantine for a couple of weeks which would be ridiculously impractical.

Just get vaccinated and you have little to worry about.

Leongsam said:

All infections have to come from somewhere but it does not need to be a migrant. Measles can be brought in by anyone and they'll look perfectly healthy at the time because it takes up to 2 weeks for symptoms to develop.

As I said earlier unless Singapore closes its borders completely the risk is always there but they have to be weighed against the benefits of free movement in and out of the country.

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we have 2m foreigners with 3.5m healthy singaporeans. Simple logic tells you the likely cause who brings in the infectious diseases.

it is a no brainer

Levin is a small provincial town which does not see many international travelers or migrants yet there has been a measles outbreak too.

All it takes is one returning Kiwi who caught the infection out of town or overseas and an outbreak can take hold rapidly.

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Measles scare shuts down Levin schools

By Cherie Taylor, Natsaha Laidlaw of the Horowhenua Chronicle

10:12 AM Friday May 20, 2016

It comes after a student at the college was confirmed as having contracted measles. Photo: iStock


Two Levin schools have closed today because of a confirmed case of measles.

Waiopehu College on the east side of Levin and Levin Intermediate on the west, both confirmed they were told my Mid Central Health to close today until students can confirm proof of 2 MMR vaccinations.

This also includes the closure of teen parent unit He Whare Manaaki Tangata and Arohanui Kindergarten - both attached to Waiopehu College and about 40 staff from the college who have to also prove they have been immunised or won't be able to go back to school until the end of the incubation period - May 30.

Notification was sent out to college students' parents and via social media and the school's website on Thursday evening stating there had been a confirmed case of measles at the school and the student had been at school during the infection period.

Principal Mark Robinson told the Chronicle they were going through the process this morning and without about only half the 89 staff on board - anyone born after the 1960s must provide proof of immunisation before they can return to school.

Any of the 650 students and 49 staff who does this can return to school on Monday.

"It's about health and safety."

Parents had responding well to the closure of classes, Mr Robinson said.

They can get proof of immunisation through their doctors or through signed Plunket books.

"The community has been absolutely wonderful. A number of parents have already been to their GP and dropped in photo copies of immunisation forms."

Meanwhile parents dropping children off at Levin Intermediate School this morning were told to take them home after Mid central Health advised the school to also close today, said acting principal Robbie Edwards.

"We are going through the process of notifying everyone ... we are working with the Ministry of Health and the Board of Trustees," he said.

Meanwhile, St Joseph's School administrator Nicki Stockman said they had been advised to contact parents of children who had been off school this week and ask about symptoms.

"Many children whose siblings are at Waiopehu and Levin Intermediate are off today as a precaution," she said. "I've had many phone calls from parents who are quite panicked about the situation ... we just have to weather the storm."

By Cherie Taylor, Natsaha Laidlaw of the Horowhenua Chronicle
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ckmpd said:

we have 2m foreigners with 3.5m healthy singaporeans. Simple logic tells you the likely cause who brings in the infectious diseases.

it is a no brainer

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Without the 2 million foreigners Singapore would be in serious trouble. Houses would not be built, streets and void decks would not be swept and garbage would not be cleared. Singapore would be in big trouble if all foreigners were kept out.

Just get yourself inoculated and you have nothing to worry about.

tonychat said:

still wanna live in sg with PAP as the govt????

sinkies... why so stubborn.. or is it because you are ball-less.

Maybe you can check if those sinkies who move oversea to a real first world country, like Australia, contracted this disease?

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70% sinkies have brain infection. PAP virus is incurable. Look for any abnormal behaviour in your school-going children. Check their bags regularly to see if they bring back any lky photo or PAP self-glorified books. Also asked them whether their teachers have sinkies syndrome. Prevention is always better than cure.

Leongsam said:

Without the 2 million foreigners Singapore would be in serious trouble. Houses would not be built, streets and void decks would not be swept and garbage would not be cleared. Singapore would be in big trouble if all foreigners were kept out.

Just get yourself inoculated and you have nothing to worry about.

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That's what you think.

ckmpd said:

That's what you think.

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Very poor retort. Please come up with something better.