REACH 356 - Are you concerned about the possible new wave of Covid-19? How confident are you that Singapore is prepared to combat the new wave as we continue to re-open?
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03 Jun 2022 (10am - 7pm)
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[10:00 am, 03/06/2022] +REACH: 📢 Topic 📢
Health Minister Ong Ye Kung shared that Singapore could be hit by another wave of Covid-19 in July or August, and every healthcare setting must be prepared to handle such patients. Singapore is preparing for a Covid-19 wave driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub-variants, which were first detected in South Africa.
💬 Are you concerned about the possible new wave of Covid-19? How confident are you that Singapore is prepared to combat the new wave as we continue to re-open?
Minister Ong noted that cases in South Africa peaked at a lower level than the original Omicron wave, and there was no sharp rise in hospitalisation and death rates. Moreover, as vaccination coverage is high and mask-on rules are still in place, he believed that Singapore can afford to be "quietly optimistic”.
He said the country also needs to make more hospital beds available, in case pressure builds up again. Hospitals have rolled out home care services, freeing up beds while allowing people to receive care in their own homes. Ramping up the number of nursing home beds to take in long-term hospital patients who are waiting for places in nursing homes will free up hospital beds as well.
Minister Ong reiterated the importance of convincing eligible seniors aged 60 and above to get their booster shots as they will be the most vulnerable. Around 12% of people in this age group have not yet done so.
📍 Next Covid-19 wave could hit S'pore in July or August: Ong Ye Kung
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/next-covid-19-wave-could-hit-spore-in-july-or-august-ong-ye-kung?utm_medium=social&utm_source=telegram&utm_campaign=sttg
📍 Preparing for next COVID-19 infection wave: Ong Ye Kung outlines steps on how the healthcare system can be ready
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/preparing-next-covid-19-infection-wave-ong-ye-kung-outlines-steps-how-healthcare-system-can-be-ready-2722841?cid=telegram_cna_social_28112017_cna
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[10:47 am, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: https://youtu.be/NA0Fphx4UMg
[10:47 am, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: https://youtu.be/3SsxmswNo4Y
[10:48 am, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: https://youtu.be/OSipM4-88EE
[10:58 am, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: https://youtu.be/o5eTWJRrQmI
[11:05 am, 03/06/2022] +Frankie Wee: Too sad, are we going back Circuit Breaker?
[11:20 am, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: https://youtu.be/HQxJBhR5ZzU
Breaker?
[11:30 am, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: "the last straw, perhaps will break this big humpback's, the natural immunity, don't loose it...?"
- - annoymous
[0:16 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: 3 June, 2022
To: Our Distinguished Ministers and All Honorable Members
"The lifespan of tangibles"
"die liao (Dire freto 水深火热) ...?"
- - singlish
Now?
Just when the world is getting used to the Ukraine war and accepting the unavoidable inflation of goods and foods. Now comes BA4 +BA5 +, Monkeypox!
What's next?
Small & Medium Enterprises will continue to suffer and surviving should there be a new variant of scare that leads to intermittent tightening of measures or quik lock down say up to 14 days or longer?
What's going to happen will be the shorten lifespan (to the verge of no runway) of these small (xxxs) to smallest (s) enterprises that add up to the SME, that S part will 'die' matter of timing?
Will it be like many little dominoes collapsed and causing the larger pieces to fall too?
Tomorrow?
Could all the 'hansaplast' of stimulus save these SMALL ones from 'bleeding' ? Should this domino effects happen there will be structural unemployment, Stagflation and stagnation for many nations? Remember, it is a highly connected world with it economics or pandemics like a domino set !
Afterwords:
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2022/01/11/global-recovery-economics-debt-commodity-inequality
"like starting all over again...?"
- - annoymous
"the last straw, perhaps will break this big humpback's, the natural immunity, don't loose it...?"
- - annoymous
- - in progress - -
[0:17 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: Pump prices in Singapore hit new highs, with costliest grade above $4 a litre
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/pump-prices-in-singapore-hit-new-highs-with-costliest-grade-above-4-a-litre
[0:19 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: Beware the risks of triple crisis following the pandemic: Jakarta Post contributor
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/beware-the-risks-of-triple-crisis-following-the-pandemic-jakarta-post-contributor
[0:22 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: THRIPLE effects plus one more that is hotter war within Europe and hopefully don't transit into Asia or else it will become a world record aka WW3?
[0:24 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: During WW2, battles were fought during harsh winters!
What if comes WW3, battles are fought during harsh pandemics?
Hope the latter will not happen!
[0:25 pm, 03/06/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
Put on "Mask" - is still the best safeguard - if pandemic is not yet over.
Removing masks is the surest way to get reinfection!
[0:26 pm, 03/06/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
Portugal reinfection by the 2 new Omicron sub-lineage - is because they "remove Mask indoors".
Common sense tell us this is suicidal.
[0:26 pm, 03/06/2022] +Frankie Wee: We have to keep spending on mask everyday disposal the mask.
[0:28 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
- - Albert Einstein
[0:28 pm, 03/06/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
Use reusable cloth masks.
I still have half of it unused ones - issue by the government or Temasek.
Even I go public - outdoor, indoor or go jogging, brisk walk - I put on my breathable reusable cloth mask.
[0:30 pm, 03/06/2022] ☸️ Danny 心: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-to-end-price-caps-for-chicken-will-give-cash-aid-to-the-poor-instead
Malaysia to end price caps for chicken by July, will give cash aid to poor instead.
Malaysia will end price controls for chicken and eggs by July and leave their prices to be determined by market forces, a move that is expected to boost supply and likely lead to its export ban on poultry being lifted.
[0:45 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: Is this fake or fearful?
These days the world is full of bad news, full of fears from covid variants and the foremost fear of this hypersonic missile?
Only if, if only Superman (US) can stop Zircon? The counter reaction time will be 20 seconds, any later, you will have no time to say goodbye!
This Zircon range covers the entire Europe continent and major cities!
https://youtu.be/VeT8ox2BuoU
[0:48 pm, 03/06/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
The 1st measure to prevent resurgence of Omicron sub-lineage is to reimpose:-
1. Mask indoor
2. Mask outdoors
And not reimpose all the rest of the measures - if there are sudden upsurge of Omicron sub-lineage - and keep the economy, business and jobs going.
[0:52 pm, 03/06/2022] +Ken Loh: Reuse many don’t wash end up more dirty 😅
I myself cannot.. so rather use disposable one..
[0:53 pm, 03/06/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
Up to individual.
The crux is protect ourselves and the people around us.
[0:56 pm, 03/06/2022] +Frankie Wee: Same to me
After eating lunch or dinner out back the mask it’s smelly odour.
[1:02 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: 3 June, 2022
Critical thinking:
The usual seasonal flus, with mask it did the job well enough?
When comes to Omicron, the world mask up (social measures) too yet it spreads like wild fire?
Could we preliminary conclude that perhaps omicron is the highest contagious bug known to natural science and evolution biology or are there more undiscovered/unknown reasons for this upstoppable and spreading bug?
[1:09 pm, 03/06/2022] +Frankie Wee: Can we cure it???
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/covid-19-paxlovid-pill-singapore-receives-its-first-batch-pfizer-treatment-2494671
[1:14 pm, 03/06/2022] +Uncle Law: Not exactly concern. We will still need to see how the new variant evolves.
As for government in handling the situation, I think we will be well prepared in time of such situation
[1:50 pm, 03/06/2022] +Guillerno Cabeza: I’m not concerned. I would like to have the choice about whether or not to wear a mask including indoors and to take the risk of catching covid. Many of my friends / family have caught it in the last few months - here and abroad - and none have had more than mild symptoms. I think it is something we will have to live with and probably have annual vaccinations for. I respect that others have different views about the severity of the disease and hence the need for masks etc.
[1:55 pm, 03/06/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
1. 92% of our population have received vaccination.
2. 76% have received the 3rd booster shot.
According to medical studies, 3 shot vaccination (2 primary shot + 1 booster) provides the best protection against all forms of covid (not perfect but good perfection).
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-31/third-mrna-shot-offers-best-covid-19-immunity-study-says
Third mRNA Shot Offers Best Covid-19 Immunity, Study Says.
3. Notice that, there are still 8% of the population that are not vaccinated.
a. Young children 5 years and below.
b. Some Elderly, Adults, and Youth - not vaccinated.
- For children 5 years and below - suggest MOH look to review Pfizer and Moderna re-submission of vaccines for these group.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/23/kids-covid-shots-fda-panel-sets-june-15-meeting-on-pfizer-moderna-vaccines-for-infants-and-toddlers.html
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/companies/833754/pfizer-biontech-seek-us-authorization-of-covid-19-vaccine-for-under-fives/story/
- get unvaccinated Elderly, Adults, and Youth to vaccinate
4. Get the remaining 26% vaccinated group - to go for the 3rd shot booster to get maximum protection.
5. High vaccination is our best bet to combat covid - regardless of the variants.
6. Lastly, MASKs is our best "personal distancing tool" to give us the "last line of defense" against covid - despite full vaccination - as Mask block covid and its varaints from infecting our nasal, mouth and lungs --- the primary means of infection.
Barring the vaccines cannot block covid infection - but provide protection against serious illness, hospitalisation or death ---- MASKs is our best safeguard to block covid infection - to protect ourselves and the people around us.
7. Hence, if Omicron sub-lineage 4 and 5 surge in July and August - one sensible measure is to re-impose mask for indoors and outdoors --- without re-imposing other restriction measures - so that our Economy, business and jobs can keep going.
8. In the longer run, medical community should put in more resources to develop nasal spray that can effectively block covid infection regardless of its variants.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/02/health/covid-vaccine-nasal.html
The COVID Vaccine We Need Now May Not Be a Shot. It is the nasal spray.
Apoorva Mandavilli
[1:59 pm, 03/06/2022] +BL: Same. Optional masks now please, including for kids in the classroom, when they go back to school.
[2:01 pm, 03/06/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
1. Long covid is our greatest enemy that we want to safeguard against - for some with serious illness and even mild and asymptomatic symptoms.
Hence protecting our population from covid infection - is still the best safeguard - and masks is the least expensive but effective means of blocking infection.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/estimated-2-million-people-have-long-covid-uk-2720766 Estimated 2 million people have long COVID in UK.
2. Hopefully other restrictive measures need not be implemented in the event there is a surge from Omicron 4 and 5.
[2:02 pm, 03/06/2022] +BL: Looking forward to a big investment in our electric car infrastructure.
[2:03 pm, 03/06/2022] +BL: So is going out of the house, back to the office, socialising, taking the train etc.
[2:03 pm, 03/06/2022] +BL: If death rate from covid was 100% yes. But it's not .
[2:04 pm, 03/06/2022] +BL: It's good you have that choice.
[2:09 pm, 03/06/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
Can face masks help slow the spread of the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)? Yes. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-mask/art-20485449
[2:14 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: This chat will be closed!
[2:14 pm, 03/06/2022] +BL: Yes we know this.
[2:14 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: Mask and vaccine... Two saviors
[2:15 pm, 03/06/2022] ☸️ Danny 心: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/singaporeans-should-continue-to-wear-masks-if-unwell-even-after-covid-19-is-over-pm-lee Singaporeans should continue to wear masks if unwell even after Covid-19 is over: PM Lee.
[2:15 pm, 03/06/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
"9 in 10 Singapore adults still wear a mask outdoors: survey"
https://sg.yahoo.com/news/most-singapore-adults-wear-mask-outdoors-survey-142145877.html#:~:text=9%20in%2010%20Singapore%20adults%20still%20wear%20a%20mask%20outdoors%3A%20survey
[2:16 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: One closely kept savior, that is mask
[2:20 pm, 03/06/2022] +Kelvin: I agreed with mask on as most local live with elderly . Thank you
[2:57 pm, 03/06/2022] +YT: Frankly, I don't see what's the big deal about wearing masks outdoors that some people don't like. I feel we should all be socially responsible and continue wearing masks. It's not only to protect ourselves but also to protect others from us. The incidents of flu and other respiratory illnesses have fallen since mask wearing became the norm. That should be the way.
[2:59 pm, 03/06/2022] +Frankie Wee: I agree ☝️
[3:01 pm, 03/06/2022] +YT: As with any new variant, there is a risk that it may run out of control. As a nation, I feel we should continue to step up messages to remind people to be vigilant and to be more socially responsible. Since the relaxation of rules, I have seen people coughing and sneezing in public (pulled down masks to do so). I have also seen people who are obviously sick coming onto the bus and train too. We can never expect to put this pandemic under control if we have people who are inconsiderate and unable to follow simple instructions to protect others.
[3:04 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: 3 June, 2022
"Money not enough or Covid not enough?"
Busybody chat (市民心声)
- - annoymous and pure fiction
Bobby - Hey, petrol and food prices all up! Comatose lah?
Raju - What tomato ah, big problem covid again, bro! Garmen starts give more money, makan expensive! Money not enough or Covid not enough?
Rahimah - My next door auntie dementia on wheelchair, she don't know how to contact garmen to get money! Sakit ah!
Huat - die liao lor? Hey Raju, you wait longer? Open and later close again, huh? 8% coming! Rahimah, you quik quik go MP or TC or RC tell about auntie Sakit, please ah!
Sekali - what to do, tahan, is like that today! But my friends food delivery business very busy leh!
Mary - My chicken rice store, my mother change to halal deep fried duck and frog rice huh!
Jane - ah clever Mary mother ! Change recipe to survive and like covid methods must change lah? Cannot use the same cook book leh?
Danni - How to stop this covid, you so clever?
Jane - Ask Mary mother lor!
Samantha - Hey hey, I heard next year got voting leh?
Seng - Ai yah, all steady lah, garmen know what to do! Don't anyhow spend money lor!
Sekali - Wah Seng, so simple ah? I also open a garmen shop!
Mary - this, me and my mother, cannot try!
Seng - lucky lucky, ownself check ownself lor!
- - in progress - -
[3:09 pm, 03/06/2022] +Frankie Wee: 😂 very fun
[3:11 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: You want more... Wait
[3:12 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: These days go pump petrol like TIKAM TIKAM...
TODAY old price later afternoon price change heh!
So pump now or tikam later and kena price up?
Start studying Saudi ARAMCO and Putin and...
[3:15 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: Hidden meanings 话中有话
[3:24 pm, 03/06/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
1. Other restrictions measures will impact our economic sectors - eg. Aviation, airport, cruise, MICE, tourism, night spots, f&b.
SIA is still making loss - though from billions to small millions now.
2. Putting on masks cause the economy and the government very little money.
Else we will have to start putting restrictions measures that will impact our economy, reintroduce boosters, take covid medicine and all other costly, less effective measures.
3. A slight inconvenience of putting on a mask in public - save us alot of money, inconveniences and unwanted illness - and yet can protect ourselves and our loved ones.
[3:40 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: SIA revenue of $942 million and hedged aviation Jet A fuel at US$60.. What's the forward losses into Q4-2022 be?
[3:41 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: Cross referencing to Air NZ... An extreme comparative analysis of profit, loss and revenue!
[3:42 pm, 03/06/2022] +Frankie Wee: SIA willing to hire more employment
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/sia-to-hire-2000-cabin-crew-by-march-2023-about-800-recruited-so-far
[3:45 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: Analysts generally upbeat on SIA's prospects for the year ahead
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/analysts-generally-upbeat-on-sias-prospects-for-the-year-ahead
[3:53 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: This strategic national transport. SIA, is an economies of scale business in play... Scaling up now!
[4:01 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: According to EVA Air 's latest financial reports the company's current revenue (TTM) is $4.08 B. In 2021 the company made a revenue of $3.72 B an increase over the years 2020 revenue that were of $3.05 B. The revenue is the total amount of income that a company generates by the sale of goods or services.
[4:02 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: https://www.evaair.com/en-global/_download-files/financial-materials/misc/investor-conference-2021Q4-en-pdf.html
[4:03 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EVA_Air
[4:04 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: Another extreme comparative analysis, this case is EVA air.
How about Evergreen containers shipping?
The entire Evergreen group?
[4:05 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_Group
[4:21 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: What if Evergreen uses the synergy approach (left hand to right hand) in sea and air logistics? This stuffing and unstuffing of cargoes regardless of air to sea or sea transit to air go like a "passing parcels' game?
- - annoymous (circa history)
[4:27 pm, 03/06/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
Malaysia's Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin 'optimistic' chicken exports to S'pore would resume soon. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/malaysias-health-minister-khairy-says-export-ban-on-chickens-unlikely-to-last-too-long
[4:27 pm, 03/06/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxC0GB3hd1c
China mass 'seawater rice' planting.
[4:29 pm, 03/06/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
Singapore SFA can explore seawater rice - whereby we can tap coastline of our small islands to plant rice and ramp up our local rice production.
[4:30 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: https://youtu.be/yDHKdw38R-I
[4:31 pm, 03/06/2022] +KSFoong: They better do. Else all business later go to Thailand😀
[4:32 pm, 03/06/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
Public consultation for potential fish farms near coral reefs south of S'pore extended by 2 weeks. Fish farm in open sea - can yield can produce up to 22,260 tonnes of fish annually with "limited impact" to water and sediment quality.
Last year, local aquaculture production - 4,200 tonnes of fish - accounted for about 9 per cent of total fish consumption, according to SFA. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/public-consultation-for-potential-fish-farms-near-coral-reefs-south-of-spore-extended-by-2-weeks
[4:32 pm, 03/06/2022] +Frankie Wee: Maybe
https://youtu.be/nHi_TU9YTIE
[4:33 pm, 03/06/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
Such innovative fish farming will ramp up our local fish production by more than 5 times.
[4:33 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: Floating paddy fields in the sea?
[4:35 pm, 03/06/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
The power of social media can change their policies.
[4:37 pm, 03/06/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
In fact, the power of social media can influence geopolitical dynamics.
[4:38 pm, 03/06/2022] ☸️ Danny 心:
SCMP editor-in-chief write to me about SCMP and China response to Russia-Ukraine war - in response to my postings in SCMP.
[4:42 pm, 03/06/2022] +REACH: Dear Contributors,
Please be reminded to keep to the topic that is being discussed. We have had good feedback from this group, and we hope that we can keep the discussion robust and active!
Megan 😊
[4:43 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: https://www.fao.org/in-action/agronoticias/detail/en/c/1144958/
[5:14 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: 3 June, 2022
"Scaling and Preparing"
Fixed - the number of sick beds, medicines and basic equipments can be scaled upwards.
Variables - the knowledge of medical staffs from nurses to doctors to specialists are not easy to scale up given a fixed time line. How about other chronic diseases popping up?
Example of reallocating resources to nursing homes to handle covid cases among seniors and newly admitted cases will be a variable for these premises and their staffs? Are these staffs well trained for the treatments of mild covid and into the next stage of covid illness? Should a case escalate into serious stage, will this patient needs to uplift to regional hospital? Where are the necessary equipments if this patient remains at the nursing home ?
How about deriving an infection model to say up to 1% of 5 million population will be infected and need hospitalisation of a minimum 6 nites stay? From this 5,000 covid patients will have 150 that need ICU interventions comes with specialised cares, targeted equipments and medications.
Summary:
Access the possibilities, the human resources, knowledge based, medical equipments and lastly dry runs and derive a sound covid medical care model co-run with the existing medical needs.[5:33 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: 3 June, 2022
"Our Last Breaths..."
Die at home or hospital or elsewhere, it can be a patient's choice or last wish. It can also be that stage in life whereby painless care is crucial for that patient to depart this world in peace than continuous sufferings in pain.
Lastly, many homes these days are not equip and can be costly to care for their loved one's last journey. Mainly, the daily lifestyles of many of us is a 'busy and buzzy' one! How to adequately care for one dying person, it is a sad, emotionally down and a sense of inseparable moment for this family!
Simply put it, let's leave it to the patient's and or the family to decide.
- - endless - -
[5:37 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: The Big Story: S'pore 'as ready as could be' for next Covid-19 wave, says expert
https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/the-big-story-spore-as-ready-as-could-be-for-next-covid-19-wave-says-expert
[5:47 pm, 03/06/2022] +Frankie Wee: Everyone of us to protect ourselves and we must stay avoid away from public crowded. Family must Keep safe all the time wear mask and use hand Sanitizer (if it’s possible against BA.4 and BA.5 variants)
We don’t know hit wave coming how many of them get infected maybe 1m ppl spread very fast.
[5:51 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: Hi Frankie,
Our school holidays started, many families and kids are out or will be out travellings...
There is always a risk in each activity in home ground or abroad, one or a family undertakes.
Take care my friend...
[5:52 pm, 03/06/2022] +Frankie Wee: 🫶
[5:56 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: "Sometimes even to live is an act of courage."
— Seneca, Roman philosopher
[5:56 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: "Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it has been said, it is the quality which guarantees all others."
- - Winston Churchill
[6:45 pm, 03/06/2022] +REACH: Dear Contributors,
⏰ We will be closing the chat in 15 minutes ⏰
Thank you very much for being part of our WhatsApp chat and participating actively.
Goodnight!
Megan
[6:57 pm, 03/06/2022] +Smiley face: 3 June, 2022
To: Our Distinguished Ministers and All Honorable Members
"Scaling and Preparing"
Fixed - the number of sick beds, medicines and basic equipments can be scaled upwards.
Variables - the knowledge and skill sets of medical staffs from nurses to doctors to specialists are not easy to scale up given a fixed time line. How about other chronic diseases popping up?
Example of reallocating resources to nursing homes to handle covid cases among seniors and newly admitted cases will be a variable for these premises and their staffs? Are these staffs well trained for the treatments of mild covid and into the next stage of covid illness? Should a case escalates into serious stage, will this patient needs to uplift to regional hospital? Where are the necessary equipments if this patient remains at the nursing home?
How about deriving an infections model to say up to 1% of 5 million population will be infected and need hospitalisation of a minimum 6 nites stay per patient? From this 5,000 covid patients will have 150 that need ICU interventions and staying period of up to 30 days or longer? The ICU comes with specialised cares, targeted equipments and medications.
Summary:
Assess snd access the possibilities, the human resources, knowledge based, medical equipments and lastly dry runs and derive a sound covid medical care model co-run with the existing medical needs.
"Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it has been said, it is the quality which guarantees all others."
- - Winston Churchill
Afterwords:
"Our Last Breaths..."
Cares and Caring?
Die at home or hospital/hospice or elsewhere, it can be a patient's choice or last wish. It can also be that stage in life whereby painless care is crucial for that patient to depart this world in peace than continuous sufferings in pain.
Lastly, many homes these days are not equip, family members have not experience this end of life skills set and can be costly to care for their loved one's last journey. The daily lifestyles of many of us is a 'busy and buzzy' one! How to adequately care for one dying person, it is a sad, highly emotional and a sense of inseparable moment for this family!
Simply put it, let's leave it to the patient's (of all ages) and or the family to decide.
"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage."
— Seneca, Roman philosopher
Articles:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5729388/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-homedying-idINKBN1DK2LB
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1403494820944073
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[7:00 pm, 03/06/2022] +REACH: Dear Contributors,
We will be closing the chat for today.
Thank you very much for being part of our WhatsApp chat and participating actively.
Goodnight!
Megan 😊
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