Tag Archives: Virus

"We didn't get the virus here on purpose", so "why only target the Indians?"

There was a video circulating online about a man who refused to wear a mask on the MRT going towards Redhill. On 9 May 2021, SMRT shared in a Facebook post that they have reported the matter to the police.

Just yesterday, the famous “sovereign lady” who refused to wear masks at Shunfu Market was sentenced to two weeks’ jail and a $2,000 fine for breaching our COVID-19 regulations. Seems like there is a new contender ready to take her place. Last night, this man in the above picture was …

India recorded its worst spike of more than 200,000 cases in a SINGLE day. A double mutant variant was also detected. Yet, our government continues to welcome them with open arms! Why?

At that point, I was a little shocked that the situation escalated that quickly and I was dealing with an angry Caucasian man. Thoughts were racing through my head: Is it because I'm Chinese? Am I supposed to say sorry?

Pls Cheng hu..I beg U...Pls stop importing corona from overseas...You’re making the same mistake as Feb/Mar...Now Singapore is doing ok...But we need to preserve our healthcare resources for the people who are here...

Ever since the emergence of CO-VID 19 cases, I have observed a spike in racists comments online like on Facebook,Twitter and other social media platforms. Is MOH painting a picture that only the Foreign Indian Workers or Imported Cases from India are the sole culprits for the recent spike in infections ?

Singaporeans will have to go out to vote on 10 July when they would have preferred to stay safe from the risk of getting COVID-19. Almost three months after lockdown began, new cases still remain stubbornly in the three-digit range, a result of the PAP’s poor handling of the pandemic. The resulting economic damage could have been avoided.

A contributor has shared some interesting calculations for Budget 2020. In Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat's round-up speech on debate on the Fortitude Budget in Parliament, he revealed that Singapore is "committing almost $100 billion, or close to 20 per cent of our GDP, to our Covid-19 response". Once the PAP increases GST from 7% to 9%, our contributor estimates this should bring in an estimated extra 0.7% GDP per year. So in order to cover the money spent on the Special $100 billion Covid19 Budgets, our contributor suggests that the government will need around 28.5 years to claw back this amount. Could this mean that the PAP has a lot of extra in our reserve and they don't really need the extra 2% GST to begin with?

This sudden lifting of restrictions is nothing short of a bright streak of sunlight breaking through this storm of doom and gloom. I beg of you people to practice whatever it takes to restore our signature brand of lukewarm peace. Before I go, I should warn you of this: The sudden re-opening of every bit of business and recreation will be overwhelming. There has never been any precedent of such a thing happening apart from war or shortage. I wouldn't blame you if you'd explode and run around your favourite spot. But tone down the excitement a little bit. At least enough to remember "One arm's length away from people". Or was it 2 ?