Singapore: From pandemic to endemic? *Vaccines are working well

I see Singapore brought up by some people to argue “vaccines don’t work” and by other people to argue against any move away from the most stringent lockdowns. Important to understand what is actually happening there (not just look at a chart of case numbers) https://t.co/kJRmt16dfH
— Col. Lateral (@offbalancetweet) October 9, 2021

“The vaccines don’t work- look at Singapore.” Alright, let’s do it.

Cases are at record highs due to Delta, however, OVER 98% of Singapore’s vaccinated cases are MILD or have NO symptoms. In addition, the nation has had VERY FEW deaths despite a surge in cases.

I’m not done.🧵
— Chise 🧬🧫🦠💉 🔜 BWS GOH (@sailorrooscout) October 7, 2021

According to their MOH, over the last 28 days, of the 43,610 infected individuals, 98.3% are MILD or have NO symptoms, 1.4% required oxygen supplementation, 0.1% required ICU care, and 0.2% had died. https://t.co/jY4IrZwP3l. pic.twitter.com/RnUYw47i4g
— Chise 🧬🧫🦠💉 🔜 BWS GOH (@sailorrooscout) October 7, 2021

As of yesterday, 3 more cases had passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection. According to the MOH, the individuals were aged between 68 and 102 years. All of them had been unvaccinated against COVID-19, and had various underlying medical conditions.
— Chise 🧬🧫🦠💉 🔜 BWS GOH (@sailorrooscout) October 7, 2021

at the National University of Singapore. “Case numbers may remain high for a few months, but the “vast majority” will be well protected by the vaccines and won’t fall seriously ill.” “The long-term plan against COVID is a combination of vaccination and natural infection to
— Chise 🧬🧫🦠💉 🔜 BWS GOH (@sailorrooscout) October 7, 2021

many of whom rush to hospital after a positive, even if free of symptoms are currently what is driving Singapore’s case numbers. “Instead of infection followed by vaccination, we’re going to go vaccination followed by infection, which I think is even better because [infections]
— Chise 🧬🧫🦠💉 🔜 BWS GOH (@sailorrooscout) October 7, 2021

in the city-state, meaning COVID-19 circulates in a population like its four coronaviruses cousins but doesn't upend lives due to widespread immunity. As long as deaths remain low, Singapore can set an example for how other countries, especially those that have maintained zero
— Chise 🧬🧫🦠💉 🔜 BWS GOH (@sailorrooscout) October 7, 2021

tolerance for COVID-19, can emerge from the pandemic. Singapore's successful vaccination rate has kept severe cases AND deaths DOWN. You can read all of this and more here:
•https://t.co/rJjN8d1ec6
•https://t.co/asDgWQqeSX
•https://t.co/gVyMbkcjEZ
•https://t.co/jY4IrZwP3l
— Chise 🧬🧫🦠💉 🔜 BWS GOH (@sailorrooscout) October 7, 2021

https://t.co/Qi2fE8YwxU pic.twitter.com/Kd1HmYskxw
— KittyPooh (@KittyPo80176717) October 7, 2021

Vaccination is working well in preventing serious symptoms and hospitalization.

2) Vaccines work? Absolutely! 98.3% mild or asymptomatic. But is #DeltaVariant so severe that it can still send the rest of the 1.7% to the hospital. pic.twitter.com/I2HnX7lt8q
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) October 5, 2021

4) Singapore 🇸🇬 relaxed its mitigation, hence now lots of younger adults are hospitalized too. It’s exponential math if you balloon total infected. pic.twitter.com/r3sqJSuHjE
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) October 5, 2021

6) the other issue is waning efficacy against infections. 47% after 5 months. But hospitalization efficacy is holding up at 88% at 5 months. But 88% isn’t 100%… and when you BALLOON 🎈 the total number infected then, you will have spillover into hospitals. https://t.co/seKNX1jtw1
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) October 5, 2021

8) Because of the waning, we need a public database for vaccine efficacy and effectiveness. CDC is finally providing it. https://t.co/9VK22wUQqL
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) October 5, 2021

https://t.co/nwUBqWCfuB
— KittyPooh (@KittyPo80176717) October 2, 2021

Published Fri, Oct 1 20213:12 AM EDTYen Nee Lee @YenNee_LeeShareKey Points

A surge in Covid cases — the vast majority of which have no or mild symptoms — prompted Singapore’s government to tighten social-distancing measures starting this week.
Many of those cases were detected because Singapore is “doing a lot of surveillance for Covid” through testing, said Ashley St. John, associate professor at Duke-NUS Medical School.
Paul Tambyah, chairman of the opposition Singapore Democratic party and an infectious diseases specialist, said the government appeared “hesitant” in shifting away from a “zero Covid” strategy.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/close-to-3000-new-covid-cases-reported-in-singapore-152357842.html

The Ministry of Health (MOH) predicts that Singapore could exceed 5,000 daily Covid-19 cases by mid-October. Most will likely be asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. https://t.co/SlbgYI8EWa pic.twitter.com/0PGTzHW4Lv
— MustShareNews (@MustShareNews) October 2, 2021

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— KittyPooh (@KittyPo80176717) October 2, 2021

S’pore May Exceed 5,000 Daily Covid-19 Cases By Mid-Oct, Most Can Recover At Home

Update On Local Covid-19 Situation (1 Oct 2021)

1st Oct 2021

Summary of local situation· 1,356 cases are currently warded in hospital. 222 cases require oxygen supplementation and 34 are in the intensive care unit (ICU).· Over the last 28 days, of the 31,057 infected individuals, 98.2% had no or mild symptoms, 1.5% required oxygen supplementation, 0.2% required ICU care, and 0.1% has died.· As of 30 September 2021, 82% of our population has completed their full regimen/ received two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, and 85% has received at least one dose.· As of 1 October 2021, 12pm, the Ministry of Health has detected a total of 2,909 new cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore, with 2,079 in the community, 818 in the migrant worker dormitories and 12 imported cases.

Condition of hospitalised cases

As of 1 October 2021, 12pm, 1,356 COVID-19 cases are currently warded in hospital. Most are well and under observation. There are currently 222 cases requiring oxygen supplementation, and 34 in the ICU. Of those who have fallen very ill, 214 are seniors above 60 years.

2. 8 more cases have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection.¹ Of these, 7 were male Singaporeans and 1 was a female Singaporean, aged between 66 and 96 years. Amongst them, 4 had been unvaccinated against COVID-19, 2 had been partially vaccinated and 2 had been vaccinated. All of them had various underlying medical conditions. In total, 103 have passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection.

https://www.moh.gov.sg/news-highlights/details/update-on-local-covid-19-situation-(1-oct-2021)

Update on COVID-19 situation (29 Sep 2021):

Over the last 28 days, 98.1% of local cases had no or mild symptoms, 1.6% required oxygen supplementation, and 0.2% required ICU care. pic.twitter.com/I4AnymzkCM
— Ministry of Health (@sporeMOH) September 29, 2021

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