REACH 138 - Mental Fatigue (SK)
14 Sep 2020 (11am - 7pm)
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[11:02 am, 14/09/2020] +: 📢Topic:
After months of adapting one's lifestyle to guard against COVID-19, experts say that pandemic fatigue may cause individuals to drop their guard against the virus.
What can we do as a community to support the mental well-being and resilience of our fellow Singaporeans?
Pandemic fatigue, a mental state where a prolonged, heightened state of fear and caution leads to a form of burnout, can take a toll on one’s mental and emotional health.
One danger of pandemic fatigue is that people may drop their guard against the virus.
According to principal clinical psychologist Dr Annabelle Chow, "Repeated exposure to pandemic-related news will eventually diminish the initial feelings of anxiety and caution. Consequently, we may begin to engage in behaviours that were initially inhibited by the anxiety responses, such as not adhering to safe distancing rules or washing our hands as regularly as we did before."
Ms Teri Chen, head of psychology and senior clinical psychologist at the National University Hospital's department of psychological medicine said, "This means that over time - especially if we or anyone we knew did not get Covid-19 - we are likely to be less careful or conscious about the precautions as it would appear that there is less of a need to maintain such levels of vigilance."
While it is normal to drop our guard when we see no end in sight, a reminder of the benefits of maintaining precautions and the consequences of not doing so would help people stay vigilant to fight Covid-19, Ms Chen added.
👉 https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/battling-pandemic-fatigue-some-feel-burned-out-as-the-covid-19-outbreak-drags-on-with-no
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Rama
[11:07 am, 14/09/2020] +: Be considerate and comply with regulations on social distancing, wearing of masks whenever in any public place.
Ana
[11:16 am, 14/09/2020] +: For my own mental wellbeing, whenever an individual sneezes, coughs, or spits in public without adequate protection, hiss at them "disgusting sia! Still got pandemic, you know!"
Ana
[11:17 am, 14/09/2020] +: Have actually done that to my own family and friends. It's not polite, but idc when it's my health at risk.
Example: parents letting their child gargle and spit water on the ground at a restaurant.
Rama
[11:20 am, 14/09/2020] +: When eating out in restaurants, please respect the 5 person rule. Most F and B outlets cannot afford to close due to patrons arrogance.
Desmond Koh
[11:36 am, 14/09/2020] +: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/pilot-to-require-check-ins-using-tracetogether
Facts Check as of 10 Sept,:
Addressing reporters during a press conference by the multi-ministry task force tackling Covid-19, Dr Balakrishnan noted that the TraceTogether app has been downloaded 2.4 million times.
Desmond Koh
[11:37 am, 14/09/2020] +: eh, the location is all the malls... the tracking is via safe entry, because each malls have a cap....
YT
[11:39 am, 14/09/2020] +: Agree. But I feel F&B outlets have a duty to also inform their patrons. I see long queues outside many establishments. Many of those in the queues aren't even observing safe distancing. Shouldn't the F&B operators come out and inform these people not to queue? Or the F&B operators should implement better queue management systems to avoid having crowds congregating outside their premises. I hate to say this but since the F&B folks aren't doing anything but just reaping the profits from the crowds, there should be legislation to compel them to manage the crowds and to implement better queue management systems so as not to have congregations outside their premises. Right now, it is not their business as long as it isn't in their premises. This is not correct as they too, need to play their part.
Rama
[11:42 am, 14/09/2020] +: It cuts both ways. Both are to be penalised for non compliance.
Caleb
[11:43 am, 14/09/2020] +: I think any one not following rules, should find all parties including the customers
[11:43 am, 14/09/2020] +: not just the fnb owner
Rama
[11:43 am, 14/09/2020] +: Yes
[11:47 am, 14/09/2020] ☸️ Danny 心:
CNA
More than 3,500 electronic wristband devices issued to travellers serving stay-home notices: ICA
By Matthew Mohan @MatthewMohanCNA
12 Sep 2020 06:30PM (Updated: 12 Sep 2020 06:40PM)
More than 3,500 electronic wristband devices have been issued to travellers serving stay-home notices since Aug 10, said the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) on Saturday (Sep 12).
It applies to all travellers including Singaporeans, permanent residents, long-term pass holders, work pass holders and their dependents, said ICA, Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and Ministry of Education (MOE) previously.
They are required to wear the wristband for the entirety of their stay-home notice period and install the gateway device at their place of residence.
"It is less reliant on manpower ... when the number of persons we serve with stay-home notices increases with the reopening of our borders, the same number of resources can be used to manage a bigger group of persons served with stay-home notices," said DAC Tan.
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[6:39 pm, 24/03/2020] ☸️ Danny 心:
My close friend contribution :-
On point #3 :- Communicating law-abiding behavior
(a) it was reported that there 21k were served with stay home notices?
(b) How much resources are we putting into the surveillance?
It's inconvenient to disclose.
We don't want the world to see singapore in distress.
(c) There has to be strong messages to people under what circumstances people at served with SHN and the inconvenience s when we have to abide by it.
(d) Some people actually thought that people will come around and bring them 3 meals or they go to holiday chalet to stay.
(e) Time to summarise and consolidate.
People forget and most will listen.
(f) Then there are people who are secretly testing the system and break the rule.
(g) Make public the harsh penalty and again appeal to their consciences that they are potential carriers and might infect others.
(h) Time to use technology to further improve on surveillance.
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[9:07 pm, 24/03/2020] ☸️ Danny 心:
My close friend contribution :-
On point #4 - Leverage on technology and media
Ministers communicate at length but they can only do so much.
(a) Get the media help to do more.
- Translate the messages to video clips and broadcast on social media and traditional media.
- Put thoughts into consolidating them and shape the messages according to target audience.
(b) On the point on technology, people in HK who are quarantined have to wear a tracker wrist bands.
- I think for singapore we can seriously consider RFID wristbands. We are not alone to this. Imagine a shoplifter trying to bring unpaid items out of a department shall and the alarm will sound. People who are served with QO or SHN shall have RFID. Tracker installed outside of their home and they wear a rfid wristband. If a person in question tries to leAve his home, it will set off the alarm. Neighbours can help to report to the authorities.
- With a rfid wristband, he can be easily spotted and reported
(c) We should also have crowd mapping websites using mobile signals.
- Imagine all of us have mobile handsets.
- From crowd mapping, we can conscientiously choose to avoid crowded places.
- Better still if every mall can display the crowd density.
- We are a smart nation and aspire to be a leading smart nation.
- Should think of doing more to help ourselves and showcase to the world.
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[11:48 am, 14/09/2020] ☸️ Danny 心:
CNA
More than 3,500 electronic wristband devices issued to travellers serving stay-home notices: ICA
By Matthew Mohan @MatthewMohanCNA
12 Sep 2020 06:30PM (Updated: 12 Sep 2020 06:40PM)
The wristband and gateway device communicate with each other via Bluetooth, and the gateway device sends signals to the back-end server of ICA.
The user’s phone also sends GPS signals to the server. Should the individual leave the home, the GPS signals on the user’s phone will indicate to ICA officers roughly where the person is.
"We look at the data coming into the system, particularly any alerts triggered ... Any attempts to leave the place of residence or tamper with their electronic devices will trigger an alert to our ICA system, after which we'll conduct our follow up investigations," explained assistant superintendent (ASP) Zhang Chengyao, who is an analyst.
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[3:06 pm, 31/03/2020] ☸️ Danny 心: ---
(1) Will to urge Government to seriously consider using mobile data to do:-
a. Contact Tracing and Tracking
b. Ensuring people Stay-At-Home and observe Quarantine Order.
(2) Noted that we maybe concern with breaching the Personal Privacy Act.
(3) But 非常时期，需要非常手段。
(4) Government must consider waiving the Personal Privacy Act to tackle this virus pandemic - until when the crisis is over - before reinstating the Privacy Act.
(5) Mobile data give very precise information of :-
a. Where the crowd and contacts are - eg. infected person with people in contact can be traced through the Telco base stations with the relevant information - when a person handphone associate with the base station without making phone call eg.:-
- SSN (SIM Serial number) unique number - that are tagged to a person's NRIC number upon signing up for a SIM plan.
- IMEI number - the mobile device serial number.
- Handphone numer - that is unique to the person.
- the time where the infected person in the vicinity, the duration he stays in the vicinty and time he lives.
(6) The above mobile data information are recorded in the log or syslog of the base station.
- All people that appear in the vicinty --- will appear in the log.
- This mobile data - will provide vital information to the Contact tracers to call out all these people for testing by the test kits --- to systematically identified anyone if anyone is infected by the infected person.
- This will be more effective than "detective work" - by interviewing the infected person --- as he will not know those strangers who are in contact with.
- Using this more scientific approach --- it will be more effective in testing all likely case - and keep community spreading down, all prevent new clusters from forming.
- Also the toilets that the infected person visit can also be disinfected quickly --- because the time of cleaning and the next cleaning will be recorded.
- A chart can be plotted when this infected person visit the toilet, when cleaning start and stop - and who else visited the toilet.
- This will help contact tracers to close in on those people who come into contact with the infected toilet - and do testing.
(7) All those people in this vicinity, the time and duration with this infected persons --- are likely contacted - and can be trace and track to be tested if they are infected.
These will be a more systematic case of contact tracing and tracking --- and follow up with more thorough testing ---- that will prevent community spreading and forming of new clusters.
Mild asymptomatic cases -- will also be identified through this approach.
(8) The above approach is known as what my close friend label as "crowd mapping through mobile signal and mobile data" --- that will be more effective in Contact tracing, tracking, surveillance and testing ---- that will help to reduce and curb Community Spreading and Local Transmission.
(9) Please see the 2 attached information in the handphone that Government can track :-
(i) Telco Base Station - that the handphone associate with - without making call. (This will be logged).
(ii) GPS extender (or Google Map) - that pin point the precise location of the person (note ;- I did not zoom in into the precise location - want to preserve my privacy ---- but when you zoom in --- the exact location is found).
[11:48 am, 14/09/2020] ☸️ Danny 心:
Straits Times
SIA looks to launch 'flights to nowhere' by end-October to mitigate Covid-19 fallout: Sources
11 Sep 2020
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is looking to launch no-destination flights that will depart from and land in Changi Airport next month, in a bid to give its ailing business a lift.
Sources told The Straits Times that the national carrier is working towards launching this option for domestic passengers - dubbed "flights to nowhere" - by end-October.
They said SIA also plans to explore a partnership with the Singapore Tourism Board to allow interested passengers to partially pay for such flights with tourism credits that will be given out by the Government.
Each flight is expected to take about three hours.
This would have included partnerships with hotels to offer staycations, shopping vouchers at Jewel Changi Airport and a limousine service to ferry customers around.
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[12:04 pm, 21/08/2020] ☸️ Danny 心:
My comments -
"SIA is now burning money.
Analysts say that airlines can only rebounds 2024 - 4 years later.
Now barely a few months, all money raised $8 over billion - half have been used up.
My close friend contribution :-
SIA can explore this :-
Instead of visiting the airport, visitors also take a fake air flight with in-flight meal.
Not a bad idea as airlines can also earn revenue through such passenger visit.
Revenue not great but in support of SIA, enjoy a meal enjoy in flight entertainment. Can also have fake captain announcements.
A whole package approach -
And this is package with sg local tours and staycation initiatives.
Check in thru changi airport, board flight, enjoy meal, in flight entertainment, "disembark" received by local tour guides, check into sg hotels. Etc
Impt to invoke nationalistic response to help sg companies and businesses
Asian financial crisis, south Koreans aunties and grannies donated their gold jewelleries
My comments :-
It makes sense and visitors will feel like going for holiday.
Ana
[11:50 am, 14/09/2020] +: Agreed
[11:59 am, 14/09/2020] ☸️ Danny 心:
Psychological resiliency is needed.
[12:03 pm, 14/09/2020] ☸️ Danny 心:
1. Current vigilance norm must be made the new norm - until vaccines arrive.
2. Current vigilance norm include:-
- wearing masks
- maintain social distancing
- interperse work remotely
Blue and White Flag Guy
[12:04 pm, 14/09/2020] +: They actually do that? The gargling and spitting
Ana
[12:08 pm, 14/09/2020] +: Yeah, we were at an outdoor restaurant near Botanic Gardens. Kid was reprimanded by the dad only later
Blue and White Flag Guy
[12:09 pm, 14/09/2020] +: Well at least it's not something the parent allowed, I thought the parents either didn't care or simply allowed the child to do it
Jimmy Chew
[12:13 pm, 14/09/2020] +: Two schools of parenting total control or no control. Life is a good trainer 🙂
Rama
[12:18 pm, 14/09/2020] +: Understand that virus has six strains! One vaccine for each!? How long can the vaccine be effective begire the virus mutates again!? So, obserce the basics personal health hygiene guidelines.
[12:18 pm, 14/09/2020] +: Before*
[12:19 pm, 14/09/2020] ☸️ Danny 心:
Some vaccines are said to be effective against all strains.
Ana
[12:29 pm, 14/09/2020] +: They didn't care (father looked too tired to deal with the elder kid's actions ngl) until I voiced out. By then he had been 'fountaining' water multiple times onto the floor. Super disgusting
CQ
[12:31 pm, 14/09/2020] +: That means it's don't care until someone called them out lor, then patronise a bit. 🙄
Blue and White Flag Guy
[12:32 pm, 14/09/2020] +: I see, Ana didn't mention that in a way, she intervened so in the end, it's still the same old don't care mentality by the father
Rama
[12:32 pm, 14/09/2020] +: I see, Ana didn't mention that in a way, she intervened so in the end, it's still the same old don't care mentality by the father
Rama
[12:32 pm, 14/09/2020] +: https://goodyfeed.com/police-investigations-woman-vote/amp/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=active
CQ
[12:34 pm, 14/09/2020] +: Yah lor... Terrible adults...
Rama
[12:41 pm, 14/09/2020] +: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-12/singapore-says-grab-s-fourth-privacy-breach-is-concerning
CQ
[12:47 pm, 14/09/2020] +: I feel that this is about recognising personality differences. Firstly, those who need their human interactions will feel exhausted with the constant distance and they don't get to recharge. This is what the "pandemic fatigue" mostly refers to. Now that things have eased up a bit, they would be eager to jio people out again and hang out. Then the second group are those who realise they're even more comfortable with the distancing measures. They want to stay in, stay safe, and they're happy as they are.
Recognise that the 2 personality groups interact with the world differently and respect that difference. The first group: don't force the 2nd group to come out or call them paranoid. If they are prepared to meet up, understand that they're accepting you in their "circle of trust" and don't breach that by being socially responsible. Be open and frank about who you've met up with because it'll make the other group feel more comfortable. The 2nd group: don't impose your ideas on the first group and insist that they do things your way. Don't shame them and call them irresponsible. If it makes you that uncomfortable, just don't go out. The media doesn't quite address this second group as much, but they also do face a fair bit of stress from people goading, cajoling, and suanning them for distancing.
Essentially it's back to the fundamentals of respecting individual differences. Just because it works for you doesn't mean it'll be OK for everyone.
REACH
[1:08 pm, 14/09/2020] +: Nearly 1,000 precision engineering jobs available in S'pore since April, with bulk for PMETs
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/manpower/nearly-1000-precision-engineering-jobs-available-since-april-with-bulk-for-pmets?xtor=CS3-18&utm_source=STiPhone&utm_medium=share&utm_term=2020-09-14%2013%3A09%3A22
Alvin
[1:32 pm, 14/09/2020] +: I don't think it's us dropping guard against the virus. It's more like quite tough especially for parents with school kids during school holidays. Since we can't travel, parents will take their kids out to play adding to the crowd and risk of covid transmission. As long as we wear masks when we're out and about, we should be relatively safe. Hence the places with most risks are restaurants, coffeeshops, hawker centres and other eateries where we lower our masks to consume our food and drinks. My 2.14 cents
[1:35 pm, 14/09/2020] ☸️ Danny 心:
[5:37 PM, 13 Mar 2020] Ricky Lim:
CNA 12 Mar 2020 08:02PM (Updated: 13 Mar 2020 09:42AM)
The social and psychological resilience of Singaporeans has been the key difference in the fight against COVID-19, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a televised address on Thursday (Mar 12).
"Singapore’s response has received international accolades. Underlying this is the social and psychological resilience of our people,
"People accepted our reassurances and behaviour changed," he said. "I am grateful that most Singaporeans are responding calmly and responsibly. Thank you for your trust and support."
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Thursday, February 6, 2020
Psychological Resiliency - Zen 禅 (禅相) 真迹。
[2:36 PM, 5 Feb/2020]:
(1) Anxiety, frustration, fear, dis-orientation (the like of PTSD or should call UTSD - Uncertainty Traumatic Stress Disorder ) will come in during this 2nd stage.
(2) Fear management programme may be necessary.
(3) Psychological resiliency is what i am looking for - and i found it.
(4) Fear management programme in dealing with epidemic should cover:-
- fear of life threatening scenario
- fear of the unknown, uncertainty
- fear of losing a life, the loved ones
- fear of economic loss eg. jobs, business
- how to regain confidence and live normally in view of the uncertainty, the anxiety, fear etc.
- how to emerge from the trauma when unfortunate event struck etc.
(5) We will be able to provide relief and face the 2nd stage more confidently and less panic if we are able to do it.
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[1:41 pm, 14/09/2020] ☸️ Danny 心: [10:23 PM, 5 May 2020] Ricky Lim:
(1) Crawl through the web to see if there is any professional structured programme that are catered for epidemic-like induced fear on population at large.
(2) But don't seems to have a comprehensive ones that engage :-
- public at large at media level
- community level (such as group based on religion, interest groups etc) - that is easier to tackle based on faith, similar interest etc.
- clinical psychological or psychiatrists etc level
- political level etc.
- modular counselling level etc.
(3) But looking at how our Government engage the people - some framework are in place.
(4) But as the virus spread intensify - public fear can grow and broader, deeper and more pervasive effort may be needed.
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[1:47 pm, 14/09/2020] ☸️ Danny 心:
Psychological Resiliency will have to invoke 6 pillars of our Total Defense :-
1. Military Defense
2. Civil Defense
3. Economic Defense
4. Social Defense
5. Digital Defense
6. Psychological Defense
Rama
[1:48 pm, 14/09/2020] +: Yes
[2:03 pm, 14/09/2020] ☸️ Danny 心:
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3 Types of Catastrophe of Life-Threatening proportion （小三灾） of a massive scale - we will need to enforce Psychological Resiliency --- that call upon the invoking of our 6 Pillars of Total Defense.
They are ：-
1. 瘟疫 (Pandemic, epidemic)
2. 人祸 (War, human induced catastrophe, Economic collapse)
3. 天灾 (Global Climate changes, Natural Disaster)
That will threaten :-
1. Human lives of massive scale
2. Economic collapse
3. Social chaos
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Rama
[2:05 pm, 14/09/2020] +: Our nation is very vulnerable to all three so citizens must understand the measures carried out by the government.
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REACH
[3:04 pm, 14/09/2020] +: Retrenchments in Singapore more than double to 8,130 in Q2: MOM
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/manpower/retrenchments-in-singapore-more-than-double-to-8130-in-q2-mom?xtor=CS3-18&utm_source=STiPhone&utm_medium=share&utm_term=2020-09-14%2015%3A09%3A06
[3:12 pm, 14/09/2020] ☸️ Danny 心:
1. Economic defense
2. Social defense
Need to come into action.
Dan
[3:32 pm, 14/09/2020] +: Social control VS Social cohesion
From sociologist perspective.
According to Durkheim, in order for society to run smoothly, there needs to be a balance between social cohesion and social control.
Since April, the people were made to believe that isolation is a social responsibility. There were been many reports that people were penalised/ berated because of not following the CB rules, such as not masking up, no social distancing, social gathering etc.
Outcome:
Social control > social cohesion
Breaking point
At first, many were concerned of their health, their food supplies.
According to Maslow's hierarchy, these are the most essential needs of everyone. Some are still struggling with these needs, as their livelihoods are at risk due to covid. And for those, who fulfilled their basic needs, they experienced so called pandemic fatigue as the risk of contacting Covid becomes merely a statistical data from the updates they received from gov sg. Their needs shifted to a higher hierarchy, which often led to breaching of the covid by- laws. Social control becomes a breaking point.
Unfair policing.
Since phase 2, Singaporeans have been pouring into the streets. We see empty tables in restaurants in order to achieve social distancing, but ignore the huge crowds queueing outside to have a seat in the restaurant. We see hordes of strangers congregating in shopping malls but only allowing max of 5 people to visit their family/ friends. The rationale behind these practices becomes questionable, especially with many emphasis on saving economy and promoting consumerism, while little tolerance for big group family gatherings. Its going to be Mid-Autumn festival soon and the theme of 月圆人团圆(family reunion) is definitely be its bleak this year.
I believed it will be worthwhile to consider relaxing the rules for families to congregate and enjoy the company of each other. For some of these families with old folks, how much more time can they have to meet up with all their immediate families and enjoy their company?
Please announce phase 3 and move on.
Rama
[3:43 pm, 14/09/2020] +: Where's social distancing? Netizens ask after crowd spotted at Paya Lebar Square:: https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/wheres-social-distancing-netizens-ask-after-crowd-spotted-paya-lebar-square?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=addtoany
[3:44 pm, 14/09/2020] +: Where's the SDA!?
[3:47 pm, 14/09/2020] +: https://mothership.sg/2020/09/sungei-buloh-history/
[3:49 pm, 14/09/2020] +: Distribution of TraceTogether tokens starts; aim is for 70% participation in contact tracing scheme http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/government-aiming-for-70-participation-in-tracetogether-programme-says-vivian-on-first-day?&utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=addtoany
Stella
[3:51 pm, 14/09/2020] +: Less money is better than no money. Some of my friends have requested their management not to retrench but to lower salaries first. Need to stay united and share the burden together, rather than sacrifice a few to protect more. The old kampong spirit that older Sg has.
Rama
[3:52 pm, 14/09/2020] +: Agree
Jimmy Chew
[3:54 pm, 14/09/2020] +: 👍not all can do it
Ben
[3:58 pm, 14/09/2020] +: Agreed. A friend runs a business and had to reduce salaries by 15%, but offered to reduce by only 5% if people could work from home. He wanted to compensate them for the extra cost of home working, as well as pass on his savings from reduce overhead.
Jimmy Chew
[3:58 pm, 14/09/2020] +: Take care of staff. No biz no income Company close. Take care if company, no people to sell, company close also . To each owner their values and beliefs. All seek to survive😜
Rama
[4:02 pm, 14/09/2020] +: Reasonable
REACH
[4:07 pm, 14/09/2020] +: [Sent by Gov.sg – 14 Sep]
As of 12pm, MOH has preliminarily confirmed an additional 48 cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore.
Based on investigations so far, there are no cases in the community.
In addition, there are 5 imported cases who had been placed on Stay-Home Notice upon arrival in Singapore.
MOH will share further updates in its press release that will be issued later tonight.
go.gov.sg/moh14sepupdate
Rama
[5:03 pm, 14/09/2020] +: https://goodyfeed.com/estate-cleaner-ot-pay/amp/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=active
[5:03 pm, 14/09/2020] +: Underpaid and exploited!?
REACH
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REACH
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