COVID-19: Living with COVID (Endemic & Opening Up)

[AndrewLee72]

On 5/5/2023 at 11:24 PM, 13177 said:

Your slight cough is dry cough? Maybe you can consider go see TCM. 

Oh dry cough. Its like when start talking.. throat got itchy feeling. So need to cough cough.

[Tohto]

On 5/5/2023 at 11:15 PM, AndrewLee72 said:

Anyone here still got a nagging Cough. I got slight cough now since last November after got 19k. Tried many cough mixtures..but small cough still with me.. zzz

Any good meds to recommend!

Go TCM.

[13177]

On 5/5/2023 at 11:59 PM, AndrewLee72 said:

Oh dry cough. Its like when start talking.. throat got itchy feeling. So need to cough cough.

Such itchy feeling in throat, even no tio covid also quite common.

I believe tcm should help. Taking western medicine might not help much.

[Mustank]

On 5/5/2023 at 11:31 PM, Fcw75 said:

 

😅

[Blueray]

Number of people hospitalised for Covid-19 continues to increase

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SINGAPORE – Amid a fairly high tally of Covid-19 infections being reported here, the number of people hospitalised has also been climbing over the past eight weeks, since the week of March 5.

Between April 23 and 29, 568 people were admitted to hospital, with 15 sent to the intensive care unit (ICU).

In the past four weeks, between April 2 and 29, 47 patients were admitted to the ICU, up from 43 in the first three months of the year.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/number-of-people-hospitalised-for-covid-19-continues-to-increase

[13177]

On 5/7/2023 at 7:37 AM, Blueray said:

Number of people hospitalised for Covid-19 continues to increase

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/number-of-people-hospitalised-for-covid-19-continues-to-increase

But healthcare still can manage, so not a concern at all?

The latest wave of covid variant seems like still quite contagious and cases still not going down yet.

[Blueray]

On 5/7/2023 at 7:56 AM, 13177 said:

But healthcare still can manage, so not a concern at all?

The latest wave of covid variant seems like still quite contagious and cases still not going down yet.

yup. covid is real and still around us. still gotta take the usual precautions. 

[zipping]

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/mrna-vaccines-and-heart-issues-possible-link-identified-by-s-pore-researchers

mRNA vaccines and heart issues: S’pore researchers identify possible link

Zhaki Abdullah

Updated

5 Hours Ago

SINGAPORE - Researchers here may have pinpointed why a small group of people face a higher risk of cardiac complications after getting a shot of the Covid-19 vaccine.

A study by researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School and others suggests that those with high baseline levels of RNASE2, an enzyme produced in the body that processes ribonucleic acid (RNA), may be more prone to heart issues following a jab of an mRNA vaccine.

The findings, published in clinical journal Med in April, are based on the case of a man who had developed symptoms similar to that of myocarditis - the inflammation of the heart muscle - after receiving a booster shot of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine in October 2021.

The patient, described as a “fit and healthy” 42-year-old with no underlying illness or history of allergies, experienced muscle pain and tenderness at the injection site.

He had taken the mRNA-based Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for his first two shots.

Though he was well on the first day when he got his Moderna booster, he subsequently experienced worsening shortness of breath, and by the fourth day, was unable to move about without intermittent rest.

On the fifth day, he began experiencing chest pain caused by exertion. He was admitted to hospital the following day and the man’s electrocardiogram showed signs similar to those of patients with myocarditis and pericarditis, which is the inflammation of the lining around the heart.

He was discharged on the eighth day without further intervention and was able to resume normal daily activities a week later.

The patient was a participant in a study of 200 people on the side effects of Covid-19 vaccines. It was funded by the National Medical Research Council.

His participation allowed researchers to compare blood samples before and after vaccination, and contrast the samples against specimens from 18 other people in the cohort to identify differences that could explain the cardiac complication observed. 

While the findings suggest the cardiac complication resulted due to a number of reasons, the main factor may have been the administering of mRNA vaccines to someone with a high level of RNASE2, researchers said.

The paper suggested that modifications to future vaccines could help prevent the overstimulation of RNA sensors, making such vaccines safer.

Other studies have already suggested a link between an overactive immune system and cardiac complications, said the lead investigator, Professor Ooi Eng Eong, deputy director of the emerging infectious diseases programme at Duke-NUS Medical School.

The paper admitted that a key limitation of the study was that its findings were based on a single case.

However, Prof Ooi told The Straits Times that it would be unrealistic and uneconomical to recruit the hundreds of thousands of people needed for a clinical trial, given how rare occurrences of post-vaccination cardiac complications are.

“You would literally have to recruit Singapore’s entire population of more than five million people just to get those rare specimens,” he said.

Speaking in Parliament on May 9, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said incidents of myocarditis after taking Covid-19 vaccines have been very rare, with 160 reports of myocarditis and pericarditis linked to the vaccines to date, out of more than 17 million doses administered. Two deaths from myocarditis – a 43-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man – have so far been linked to the Covid-19 vaccine in Singapore.

It ultimately comes down to ensuring that the benefits of the vaccines outweigh the risks, said Professor Paul Tambyah, principal investigator for the Integrated Innovations in Infectious Diseases project, which the study is a part of.

Given that the global coronavirus situation has stabilised since 2020 – the World Health Organisation declared an end to the global health emergency on May 5 – this is the ideal time to be looking at making vaccines even safer, he said, pointing out that mRNA technology is being explored for vaccines for other diseases.

[Mustank]

Knn keeping getting sick but no COVID 

[Windwaver]

https://mothership.sg/2023/05/pm-lee-covid/

PM Lee tests positive for Covid-19 for the 1st time, will self-isolate

PM Lee said he is "generally feeling ok."

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong tested positive for Covid-19 this morning (May 22).

He gave the update on his social media, showing a photo of positive ART kit results.

"Tested positive for Covid-19 for the first time," PM Lee wrote. "I am generally feeling ok but my doctors have advised me to self-isolate until I am asymptomatic," he added.

PM Lee was given Paxlovid as treatment due to his age.

He added that his latest Covid-19 booster was in November 2022.

"As Covid-19 remains endemic in Singapore, we must continue to stay safe and healthy," PM Lee reminded.

Official Visit to Kenya

PM Lee was on an official visit to South Africa from May 14 to 16 and to Kenya from May 17 to 19.

Singapore confirmed bilateral cooperation with the two nations during the visit.

During his time in South Africa, PM Lee went to Robben Island and visited the cell where former South African President Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for many years on a life sentence.

 

[bsswan]

Haha, my boy also tested positive for the first time yesterday....... seems like another mini-wave with travelling back to high levels.

[Watwheels]

Lai  lai  lai, suggestions for 4D numbers.

Buy simi lumber?

https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/pm-lee-catches-covid-19-first-time?utm_source=a1home&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=A1+trending&utm_content=c1

[Blueray]

will affect COE ?

helping friend ask ...

[Tkseah]

0820 2205 ten big ten small 😄

[Tianmo]

Phoon soh tang puay,  pay half.

 

[SGMCF328]

No offence but this can also make news? There ae easily thousands of of people contacting covid in Singapore everyday, and probably a small percentage, say 1%, are first timer, but do we have news article for each and everyone of them?

OK, LHL is a prime minister, so more news worthy? Normal people contacted, die and forgettable? Pardon for my sarcasm but food for thought, really.

[Blueray]

On 5/22/2023 at 12:43 PM, Tkseah said:

0820 2205 ten big ten small 😄

just bought at Singapore Pools. numbers can still key in for Wed, Sat, Sun big and small.

huat ah !

Edited May 22, 2023 by Blueray

[Strat]

my fren ask first time need  tio to bao ang bao?