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Cedric Chin
@ejames_c
Right now, with Singapore entering a lockdown again, it feels like a repeat of 2020 in more ways than one. The most interesting thing to me is that, in my local conversations, we are talking about the variants in a way that people in the West aren't.
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Cedric Chin
@ejames_c
The biggest thing is that local spread is happening despite nearly-100% masking and despite vaccinations. Which prompted the government to trigger a lockdown. A friend put it best: "it seems like we're back to uncertainty again, with some of these variants."
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Kristiyan Bogdanov
@krisbogdanov
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@ejames_c
Are you not concerted that Singapore might be in a perpetual state of lockdown indefinitely since as soon as you ease restrictions, cases rise despite nearly 100% masking, following the rules and good rate of vaccination? Are alternatives being discussed - eg mass antigen tests?
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Cedric Chin
@ejames_c
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Fast antigen tests are already deployed, apparently. Not worried about this — Singapore is able to scale up and down on lockdowns because of a compliant population, and lots of tech. The current focus is on superspreader venues, with waste water testing as a leading indicator.
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Cedric Chin
@ejames_c
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The added nuance here is that it seems they are tightening measures until everyone has more information about the new variants. Or at least, that is what we think, reading between the lines. Ho Ching, written for boomers: m.facebook.com/story.php?stor and
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