Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Updates
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Some even need to live apart as a family…outing/socialising we can do without. My thinking is so long as we can retain the basic…health/life we can make up whatever lost in this period…
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justbehappy\" post_id=\"2043123\" time=\"1634779001\" user_id=\"10329:
Thank you for sharing..really appreciate it. Wish you full recovery soon.
MOH has been repeating this 98.6% that many ppl think that vast majority of the people who got COVID do not feel anything. Mind you, they only have 2 categories, asymptomatic/mild, and serious. Besides “serious” which means need oxygen and ICU, the rest are conveniently grouped as asymptomatic/mild. You know what are mild symptoms? I got COVID, so I know. It means having fever, very bad sore throat which feels painful when swallowing, loss of smell (cannot enjoy my coffee, no aroma), food taste bland, body aches. Most symptoms disappear after a week or so, but my smell and taste still have not come back.ChiefKiasu\" post_id=\"2043080\" time=\"1634737948\" user_id=\"3:
I think what most people are looking for is the truth, and the most encouraging data is fact that 98.6% of those with COVID symptoms are asymptotic without feeling anything at all. Chances are high that we are part of this group of people if we kanna :xedfingers:
COVID is closer than what we think. I am very careful type, have not dined out for months, refrain from touching things outside, wash hands and bathe once return from marketing. Yet I still got it (ART +ve). I most likely got it from my husband (PCR +ve), but he has no idea how he got it, he goes to work 2 days a week and dines outside with friend occasionally, besides that he is also quite careful and comply with SMM. Every day we hear 3k+ COVID cases, I suspect actual number is a lot more, as ART+ cases are not required to be reported. -
starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"2043120\" time=\"1634778264\" user_id=\"14025:
I think we are also protecting ourselves. It is not true that we only get mild flu like symptoms. There is loss of smell/taste (which we do not know it will take how long to recover) and we do not know if we will suffer from long COVID. We should not undermine the effects of COVID.
Now the fully vaccinated ones are facing restrictions in order to protect the unvaccinated ones. Is this correct? -
Justbehappy, if you don’t mind me ask…how long since covid now?
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justbehappy\" post_id=\"2043129\" time=\"1634779683\" user_id=\"10329:
This is the message all have been getting - 98.6% has mild or no symptoms.
I think we are also protecting ourselves. It is not true that we only get mild flu like symptoms. There is loss of smell/taste (which we do not know it will take how long to recover) and we do not know if we will suffer from long COVID. We should not undermine the effects of COVID.starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"2043120\" time=\"1634778264\" user_id=\"14025:
Now the fully vaccinated ones are facing restrictions in order to protect the unvaccinated ones. Is this correct?
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/the-good-and-the-bad-in-spores-fight-against-covid-19-ong-ye-kung -
MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2043132\" time=\"1634781048\" user_id=\"43981:
My husband abt 2 weeks, me 1+ wks. Both of us fully vaccinated since May.
Justbehappy, if you don't mind me ask..how long since covid now? -
justbehappy\" post_id=\"2043123\" time=\"1634779001\" user_id=\"10329:
Wishing you a speedy recovery.
COVID is closer than what we think. I am very careful type, have not dined out for months, refrain from touching things outside, wash hands and bathe once return from marketing. Yet I still got it (ART +ve). I most likely got it from my husband (PCR +ve), but he has no idea how he got it, he goes to work 2 days a week and dines outside with friend occasionally, besides that he is also quite careful and comply with SMM. Every day we hear 3k+ COVID cases, I suspect actual number is a lot more, as ART+ cases are not required to be reported.
Definitely covid is NOT to be taken lightly. -
My sample size is not large - but everyone I know who caught Covid had symptoms, and typically, much worse than a normal bout of flu. Loss of taste and smell - this part is not painful - some did have bad fevers, chills and aches. However, these did go away. The down time tends to be one to two weeks.
One colleague who caught Covid was among the 1st batch of cases in Singapore (church cluster), and that case was hospitalized for a long time. This was pre-vaccine period. -
doodbug\" post_id=\"2043138\" time=\"1634782543\" user_id=\"13281:
Hence vaccination really helps in making the symptoms less serious.
My sample size is not large - but everyone I know who caught Covid had symptoms, and typically, much worse than a normal bout of flu. Loss of taste and smell - this part is not painful - some did have bad fevers, chills and aches. However, these did go away. The down time tends to be one to two weeks.
One colleague who caught Covid was among the 1st batch of cases in Singapore (church cluster), and that case was hospitalized for a long time. This was pre-vaccine period. -
starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"2043135\" time=\"1634782096\" user_id=\"14025:
This is the message all have been getting - 98.6% has mild or no symptoms.
I think we are also protecting ourselves. It is not true that we only get mild flu like symptoms. There is loss of smell/taste (which we do not know it will take how long to recover) and we do not know if we will suffer from long COVID. We should not undermine the effects of COVID.justbehappy\" post_id=\"2043129\" time=\"1634779683\" user_id=\"10329:
[quote=starlight1968sg post_id=2043120 time=1634778264 user_id=14025]Now the fully vaccinated ones are facing restrictions in order to protect the unvaccinated ones. Is this correct?
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/the-good-and-the-bad-in-spores-fight-against-covid-19-ong-ye-kung[/quote]Yeah. I quoted from the article,
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2. More patients with mild or no symptoms
There is now a higher percentage of infected individuals with no symptoms or mild symptoms, said Mr Ong.
About 98 per cent of infected individuals used to have mild or no symptoms. But in the last 28 days, this has increased to 98.6 per cent.
The remaining 1.1 per cent of cases need oxygen supplementation, 0.1 per cent require time in the intensive care unit, and 0.2 per cent have died.”
In his definition, “Mild or no symptoms” means
no need oxygen supplementation, not in ICU, not dead
You can be having high fever, no voice, rashes, whole body ache, no smell, no taste, etc. you will still fall under mild symptoms.
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