Serious KiaSee KiaSu Hokkiens Emptied Supermarkets, Balls shrinked from Possible Covid Lockdowns!

[Pinkieslut]

Supermarket shelves emptied of epidemic survival products as residents fear possible lockdown

May 13, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment COVID-19, New Taipei City
People rushed to supermarkets this evening, Wednesday, May 12, to stock up on supplies of products such as instant noodles, toilet paper, and disinfectant alcohol after the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) raised the epidemic alert warning to Level 2, and the mayor of New Taipei City hinted that a city-wide lockdown could happen.
CECC Director Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) told the media this morning that Taiwan could soon be under an epidemic warning Level 3, after 16 cases tested positive for COVID-19 today, and some could not be traced to previous cases, indicating that the virus was already circulating in the wider community.
“Taiwan currently has more than two chains of transmission for which we have yet to identify their sources. We are in critical condition now, and this is not a joke,” Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) told legislators at a session of Taiwan’s parliamentary body, the Legislative Yuan today.
New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi announced that all activity and sports centers, libraries, Internet cafes, and nightlife venues should remain closed until June 8 in line with the Level 2 warning.
Mayor Hou said that he is keeping a close eye on developments, and if there are signs that the community infection is out of control, does not rule out a city-wide lockdown.
A supermarket in New Taipei City cleared of instant noodles, May 12, 2021. Picture: Facebook group “On the Road Observation Academy.”
The Mayor’s comments, in particular, sparked an after-work rush to supermarkets across New Taipei City, leading to empty shelves seen in many supermarkets around the city.
Fresh produce, instant noodles, alcohol-based disinfectant, surgical masks, and of course, toilet paper, were among products cleaned off shelves.
Pictures of emptied shelves proliferated on social media where people left comments such as, “the end of the world again?” “Is there a war?” “I thought a typhoon was coming.”
Empty shelves at a supermarket in Danshui (Tamsui) District, New Taipei City, May 12, 2021. Picture: “Talking about Danshui” Facebook group.
The current Level 2 warning limits outdoor events to less than 500 people, and indoor events to a maximum of 100. No eating and drinking on buses and trains, masks and social distancing is required in crowded public spaces and all stores, no visits to hospitalized patients, and takeout instead of dine-in at restaurants is recommended, under the Level 2 alert.

 

[zhihau]

where’s Kee Chiu? Teehee...

 

[LITTLEREDDOT]

It will happen soon in Singapore, towards the end of June.

 

[mojito]

Sia suay lah, hokkiens.

 

[CPTMiller]

Fairprice prepare for long queue

 

[sleaguepunter]

Either work for Sheng Siong or buy it’s share.

 

[zhihau]

Either work for Sheng Siong or buy it’s share.

千倍！千倍！

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Didn't fuckeins Islands control the virus well? N did they let ah nehs in? If not how come got outbreaks?

 

[zhihau]

Didn't fuckeins Islands control the virus well?

wonder which strain is running amok there..

 

[red amoeba]

Taiwan realise they are in deep shit. Unknown cases, no trace together app, no vaccines and they refuse to bow to accept Sinovac.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

wonder which strain is running amok there..

If it's not the ah neh strain in fuckein island. Than for singkieland it will b irrelevant for banning Shitcas from coming here

 

[mojito]

Taiwan realise they are in deep shit. Unknown cases, no trace together app, no vaccines and they refuse to bow to accept Sinovac.

So virulent the virus I bet even the mainland kenna already just radio silence only, then announce later blame others.

 

[capamerica]

Pandemic do these things, until its brought under control

Best bet today are the vaccines

 

[rushifa666]

Sinkies dont realise they are just as retardedif not more

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Taiwan COVID cases: Country hit with worst outbreak since pandemic​

Under new level three restrictions, shoppers must wear face masks when outside their homes. Picture: Sam Yeh/AFPSource:AFP
Based in the country’s capital of Taipei, Asia correspondent for Quartz, Leslie V. Nguyen-Okwu, shared scenes of a grocery store packed with panic buyers just 30 minutes after level three restrictions were announced in Taipei and New Taipei.
“Shelves are empty. Checkout lines are snaking around the building. The wait is 1+ hour and getting longer,” she shared in a tweet
A Facebook post from Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs has also asked residents to avoid stockpiling supplies like toilet paper, instant noodles and canned food.
“Remember that last year many of you bought quite a lot [of toilet paper]. Check your home first to see if you have any,” they wrote.

Under the new restrictions, residents must wear a must at all times when outside the home, with indoor gatherings limited to five and outdoor restrictions limited to 10. Most companies and businesses have also switched to working from home and online learning has resumed for schools.
While cinemas, gyms, bars, clubs, sporting centres and some schools have been closed, food and business outlets are able to continue operating if they’re able to stick to social-distancing rules.
Elsewhere, the majority of Taiwan is under level two restrictions, which limits outdoor gatherings to 500 people and indoor gatherings to 100. Masks must also be worn in public gatherings and entertainment, beauty, fitness and leisure venues have been closed.
The island state went from recording just on case on Sunday, May 9, to 34 cases on Friday, May 14. Picture: Sam Yeh/AFPSource:AFP
Mystery cases puzzling employees
While Taiwan didn’t record a single case of COVID-19 between April and December last year, health authorities are most concerned about the 132 unlinked domestic cases. Earlier this week, the government made the move to quarantine all of the pilots from China Airlines for 14 days after DNA sequencing linked several infections to an outbreak at an airport hotel.
As reported by the South China Morning Post, some of the infected pilots frequented several bars and restaurants in northern Taiwan before their infections were confirmed.
Gyms, universities, workplaces and entertainment venues have been closed across the cities. Picture: Sam Yeh/AFPSource:AFP
As Taiwanese residents adjust to a spate of new rules, Taiwanese officials have stated they won’t implement an island-wide lockdown until they have to.
Health Minister Chen Shih-chung has confirmed the new level three rules will remain in place until May 28, however authorities may need to implement a level four lockdown if transmissions from unknown sources surpass 100 new cases a day.
Until then, the race is on for Taiwan to stamp out the remaining cases of COVID-19 once again.

 

[Leongsam]

Taiwan COVID cases: Country hit with worst outbreak since pandemic​

Under new level three restrictions, shoppers must wear face masks when outside their homes. Picture: Sam Yeh/AFPSource:AFP
Based in the country’s capital of Taipei, Asia correspondent for Quartz, Leslie V. Nguyen-Okwu, shared scenes of a grocery store packed with panic buyers just 30 minutes after level three restrictions were announced in Taipei and New Taipei.
“Shelves are empty. Checkout lines are snaking around the building. The wait is 1+ hour and getting longer,” she shared in a tweet
A Facebook post from Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs has also asked residents to avoid stockpiling supplies like toilet paper, instant noodles and canned food.
“Remember that last year many of you bought quite a lot [of toilet paper]. Check your home first to see if you have any,” they wrote.

Under the new restrictions, residents must wear a must at all times when outside the home, with indoor gatherings limited to five and outdoor restrictions limited to 10. Most companies and businesses have also switched to working from home and online learning has resumed for schools.
While cinemas, gyms, bars, clubs, sporting centres and some schools have been closed, food and business outlets are able to continue operating if they’re able to stick to social-distancing rules.
Elsewhere, the majority of Taiwan is under level two restrictions, which limits outdoor gatherings to 500 people and indoor gatherings to 100. Masks must also be worn in public gatherings and entertainment, beauty, fitness and leisure venues have been closed.
The island state went from recording just on case on Sunday, May 9, to 34 cases on Friday, May 14. Picture: Sam Yeh/AFPSource:AFP
Mystery cases puzzling employees
While Taiwan didn’t record a single case of COVID-19 between April and December last year, health authorities are most concerned about the 132 unlinked domestic cases. Earlier this week, the government made the move to quarantine all of the pilots from China Airlines for 14 days after DNA sequencing linked several infections to an outbreak at an airport hotel.
As reported by the South China Morning Post, some of the infected pilots frequented several bars and restaurants in northern Taiwan before their infections were confirmed.
Gyms, universities, workplaces and entertainment venues have been closed across the cities. Picture: Sam Yeh/AFPSource:AFP
As Taiwanese residents adjust to a spate of new rules, Taiwanese officials have stated they won’t implement an island-wide lockdown until they have to.
Health Minister Chen Shih-chung has confirmed the new level three rules will remain in place until May 28, however authorities may need to implement a level four lockdown if transmissions from unknown sources surpass 100 new cases a day.
Until then, the race is on for Taiwan to stamp out the remaining cases of COVID-19 once again.

I've said this from day one... .there is no stopping the virus. My advice to all governments is to stop the charade of trying to give the impression that you are actually in control and just carry on with life normally.

Some will die but most will be unscathed.

 

[Pinkieslut]

All instant noodles and rice snatched always finished!

 

[capamerica]

I've said this from day one... .there is no stopping the virus. My advice to all governments is to stop the charade of trying to give the impression that you are actually in control and just carry on with life normally.

Some will die but most will be unscathed.

Wrong. Again. Call it 0 for 233 tries

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​

• Eyal Leshem
• Annelies Wilder-Smith

Published:May 05, 2021

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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EL reports personal fees from Sanofi Pasteur for participation in a global advisory board of influenza vaccination, outside the area of work commented on here. AW-S serves as a consultant to WHO's Immunization and Vaccination Department. The authors alone are responsible for the views expressed in this Comment, and they do not necessarily represent the decisions or policies of WHO.

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[capamerica]

Wrong can try again.

You can, let us know how that goes

 

[laksaboy]

Taiwan's demographic is 60% Hokkien, 30% Hakka, and 10% hill tribe Orang Asli.