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[COVID-19 Virus] The Sinkies are fucked Thread.

so lucky kids nowadays
got money go tuition
last time i young i ask my parents i want to go tuition like my friends from rich families, my parents tell me go wake up my fucking idea

Not really, I had attended a tuition class for a short while, held at a PAP kindergarten classroom. It was very affordable.

The uncle teacher was a very interesting fellow, I vividly remember that he often mentioned how important it was to shower, get a good night's rest, then sweat out the toxins from your body during the night. :unsure:

The HDB block with that PAP kindergarten has since been demolished to build a DBSS flat, and that guy probably died long ago. :whistling:
 
To those who got infected and going to die but in the past voted for PAP, I say congratulations. You deserve your fate.
 
I thought the ICA cluster was hit by several strains? not 1 spread to all?
 
Nothing is going to stop the virus. Just learn to live with it because for the vast majority it is just a mild infection.
 
Case 63122 is a 7 year-old male Philippines national who is a student at Yio Chu Kang Primary School. He is a household contact of Case 63096, a nurse who was tested positive for the Indian double mutant Variant.
 
you see lah
back to ground zero'
never learn from our past
while sparks were showing
they waited until the forest is set on fire
what the hell man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!knnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
U dun any how! We have been preparing since SARS. :mad:
 
Nothing is going to stop the virus. Just learn to live with it because for the vast majority it is just a mild infection.

Wrong. Again. that makes it 0 for 221 tries. All failed

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01018-7/fulltext

COVID-19 vaccine impact in Israel and a way out of the pandemic​

Published:May 05, 2021DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01018-7

In December, 2020, Israel initiated a national campaign to vaccinate its population with Pfizer–BioNTech's mRNA COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b2 (tozinameran). Israel's Ministry of Health recommended a two-dose schedule with a 21-day interval between doses. Israel delivered more than 10 million doses within 4 months; by April 19, 2021, 54% of the entire population of 9·1 million people, and 88% of people aged 50 years or older, had received two doses.
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Factors contributing to Israel's rapid roll-out include its small geographical and population sizes; advanced information technology that allowed prioritisation, allocation, and documentation of vaccines for eligible individuals; effective cooperation between government and community-based health funds, which were charged with providing vaccines to those they insured; and experience in rapid large-scale emergency responses.
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Vaccines were rolled out around the time of Israel's third and largest wave of SARS-CoV-2 infections, with a peak 7-day moving average of 8328 new infections per day, which resulted in a 2-month national lockdown. Thus, Israel's setting provided a robust platform on which to examine vaccine effectiveness and the impact of high vaccine coverage in real-life conditions at a national level. From March, 2021, onwards, Israel reported a rapid decline in COVID-19 cases across all age groups, despite the easing of lockdown restrictions and reopening of education and commerce. By April 19, 2021, the 7-day moving average of new cases dropped to 149 per day, indicating effective control of the pandemic within the country's borders.
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The marked reduction in new cases prompted the Israeli Government to ease nationwide restrictions, including the discontinuation of face covering use in open spaces.
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In The Lancet, Eric Haas and colleagues report on a nationwide observational study of the impact and vaccine effectiveness of BNT162b2 in Israel.
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Israel's Ministry of Health used aggregated data from the national SARS-CoV-2 surveillance and vaccination programme dataset to compare infection and disease incidence between vaccinated and unvaccinated people. Overall, of 232 268 SARS-CoV-2 infections during the study period (Jan 24 to April 3, 2021), 154 648 (66·6%) occurred in people aged 16 years or older and were included in the analyses (of which 20·4% were in the Arab sector, 15·7% in the ultra-Orthodox sector, and 63·9% in the general Jewish [non-ultra-Orthodox] sector). Adjusted estimates of vaccine effectiveness at 7 days or longer after the second dose were 95·3% (95% CI 94·9–95·7) against SARS-CoV-2 infection, 91·5% (90·7–92·2) against asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, 97·0% (96·7–97·2) against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, 97·2% (96·8–97·5) against COVID-19-related hospitalisation, 97·5% (97·1–97·8) against severe or critical COVID-19-related hospitalisation, and 96·7% (96·0–97·3) against COVID-19-related death. Vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, COVID-19-related hospitalisation, and COVID-19-related death exceeded 96% across all age groups, including older adults (aged ≥75 years and ≥85 years). These results closely mirror the efficacy estimates of the BNT162b2 vaccine reported in the phase 3 trial.
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The strengths of the study include its nationwide design, mandatory routine reporting of new infections and of vaccination status to the national dataset, large sample size, exclusive use of BNT162b2, and occurrence of a highly efficient vaccine roll-out during peak transmission of SARS-CoV-2, which resulted in high vaccination coverage of most of the adult population. However, several limitations should be considered when interpreting the results. First, social desirability bias affecting symptom questionnaire respondents and presymptomatic infections at the time of questioning could have contributed to an overestimation of vaccine effectiveness against asymptomatic infection. Additionally, patients with COVID-19 who reported symptoms were defined as asymptomatic if they did not report fever or respiratory symptoms. This unorthodox case definition might have resulted in a substantial overestimation of vaccine effectiveness against asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Second, during early 2021, the B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 was estimated to account for 95% of cases in Israel, and the results thus indicate that the vaccine was effective against this variant of concern. However, the study did not report on effectiveness against other variants of concern, such as B.1.351 and P.1. Concerns regarding breakthrough infections were recently raised as a case-cohort study from Israel reported a disproportionally high infection rate with the B.1.351 variant in fully vaccinated compared with unvaccinated individuals.
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Nevertheless, the incidence of B.1.351 infection in Israel to date remains low. Rapid mass vaccination coupled with non-pharmaceutical interventions
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might have successfully controlled its spread.
Haas and colleagues' findings from Israel suggest that high vaccine coverage rates could offer a way out of the pandemic.
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Regrettably, rapid population level coverage cannot be easily replicated in many other countries. The global use of the BNT162b2 vaccine is limited by supply issues, high costs, and ultra-cold chain storage requirements. Global COVID-19 vaccine roll-out has been sluggish, and vaccine distribution is inequitable despite the achievements of COVAX, mainly due to the lack of adequate manufacturing scalability.
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Rapid expansion of deployment of other effective vaccines with more achievable cold chain storage requirements remains an urgent global priority.
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Facing such challenges, alternative approaches must be considered to allow rapid protection of at-risk populations against severe COVID-19. One such approach is deferring the second dose to accelerate and maximise coverage of the first dose in the population. Indeed, the situation in Scotland looks promising: the first dose of BNT162b2 was associated with a vaccine effectiveness of 91% (85–94) for COVID-19-related hospitalisation at 28–34 days post-vaccination.
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Israel's robust dataset could allow further assessment and corroboration of first-dose short-term effectiveness and lead other countries to considering deferring the second vaccine dose.
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Post-introduction vaccine effectiveness studies such as those from Israel
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will gain increasing importance in augmenting the current evidence, which has so far been based only on data from phase 3 efficacy trials. WHO has published a best practice guidance document on how to conduct vaccine effectiveness assessments using observational study designs.
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Israel's experience provides impetus for countries to proactively pursue high vaccine coverage to protect the population;
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however, rollout would need to follow the WHO prioritisation roadmap to maximise the public health impact, in light of vaccine supply constraints. More post-introduction vaccine effectiveness studies will be required. Timely reporting of vaccine effectiveness against variants of concern, the duration of protection across age groups and geographical settings, and the effectiveness of alternative dosing regimens is crucial to provide data-driven immunisation policies.
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will be on HBL till june hols
- Kong Hwa School
- Palm View Primary School
- St Andrew's Junior School
- St Margaret's Primary School
- St Stephen's School
- Yio Chu Kang Primary School
- Yu Neng Primary School
 
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7 primary schools with Covid-19 cases to switch to home-based learning from May 17 to 28​

MOE said it is in contact with the schools to provide the necessary support for teachers and students in conducting online learning.
MOE said it is in contact with the schools to provide the necessary support for teachers and students in conducting online learning.PHOTOS: KEVIN LIM, SCREENGRAB FROM GOOGLE MAPS
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SINGAPORE - Seven primary schools will move to home-based learning (HBL) for the next two weeks, until the end of term two on May 28, given a rising number of pupils infected with Covid-19.
The schools are:
1. Kong Hwa School

2. Palm View Primary School
3. St Andrew's Junior School
4. St Margaret's Primary School



5. St Stephen's School
6. Yio Chu Kang Primary School
7. Yu Neng Primary School
Education Minister Chan Chun Sing, in a Facebook post, said there are plans to roll out vaccinations for those below 16 once approval is granted.

He also said private tuition and enrichment centres should move lessons online during this period. Meanwhile, the authorities will step up inspections to ensure the safety of students.
In his post, he said the immediate priority is to ring-fence the schools with confirmed cases to safeguard the wellbeing of our students and staff.
He said: "We are thus shifting seven primary schools to Home-Based Learning till the end of Term 2 as a precautionary measure. However, school-based Student Care Centres will continue to provide targeted support for students with care needs and parents with childcare challenges."

In the case of Yio Chu Kang, pupils there are already on HBL, and this will be extended till May 28.
The move was announced by the Ministry of Education (MOE) on Saturday evening (May 15).

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MOE said it is in contact with the schools to provide the necessary support for teachers and students in conducting online learning.
Several students have been testing positive for the virus in the daily updates from the Ministry of Health.
It was reported on Saturday (May 15) that two students from The Learning Lab tuition centre in United Square and one student from the HCL Education Centre in Katong V tested positive for Covid-19, prompting both centres to shift their classes online.
 
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