GMS discusses U Turns.
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Alot of people are apprehensive of what PM Lawrence Wong has said here. Many people have criticized him for giving such a "vague and inconsequential" Vision.
It took me a while to think about his vision for Singapore.
I realized it is not unusual for him to come up with such U-Turn terminology. The Covid committee which he was part of and led throughout 2021, had made quite a number of U Turns.
From no need masking, no need social distancing to mandatory Universal Masking and no massive events which I had advocated right from the start.
From $4.5B deficit enough to deal with Covid economic impact (which I have mocked at) to $80B funding.
From "no need to lock down, live life normally" to "we will lock down".
From Vax has 95% efficacy and we will achieve herd immunity to Vax will not prevent infection nor transmission but prevent serious illness and no more herd immunity.
There are just too many U Turns within these few years for him, personally. He finally understood that U Turns are nothing to be shameful about .
In fact, these U Turns are actually the right decisions made, amidst the little embarrassment created. Without these U Turns, many lives and livelihood would be affected. No shame in U Turning for the interests and welfare of our people.
However, in Contrast, the VDS, no jab no job and the ongoing nudging people to "update" their jabs were all the wrong policies that went wild. I would not call it U Turn when they "relaxed" the No Jab No Job rule because they still allow such rule to be exercised by some employers as they wish!
I promise I won't mock at PAP GOV under leadership of Lawrence Wong if he so decided to do a U Turn on this vax program and effect a halt on it.
Last but not least, if Lawrence Wong really means what he say, he should review our Penal Code and imprisonment system. A lot of Ex-Convicts tried to do U Turn in their life but the system is just too unforgiving and exceptionally harsh on them.
We have to rethink on the system of imprisonment as a means to rehabilitate instead of "punishment". Let's start with AGC, the judiciary system and the prison system. Then we talk about social stigma and mindsets.
Of course there will be a lot more to talk about U Turns on other aspects but I shall stop here for now.