Commentary: Does Singapore seem more anxious about COVID-19 deaths than other causes?

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There is no magic formula to determine how many COVID-19 deaths will be acceptable for Singapore as we learn to live with COVID-19 but comparing it to other causes of death may not be meaningful, say NUS researchers.

SINGAPORE: As Singapore eases measures to prepare for endemic living, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung cautioned in August that Singapore has to be “psychologically prepared that the death toll due to COVID-19 will also likely go up”.These tensions are coming into sharper focus as infections and deaths mount.

How are hospitals on the frontlines of the COVID-19 surge coping? Two senior doctors reveal their biggest challenges on CNA's Heart of the Matter: An extreme example is “COVID-19 stress syndrome”, in which individuals suffer from a fear of getting infected and a compulsion to continually seek out information and reassurance.

At the other end of the spectrum, some have questioned whether prevailing restrictions are justified when we look at the relatively low death toll. After all, we haveand flu - not looking at elimination but also not panicking when numbers tick up.

 

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the government cares more about the GDP than the death of anyone that's not part of the royal family. go figure

Wrong , we more anxious about our healthcare system , they can collapsed like some country

Govt not anxious.....cos the more covid19 deaths meant less subsidies in hospitalization n thus enrich the govt coffers.

很多老人家根本就不在乎!他們把接種疫苗的勸說當著是耳邊風。

PAPSingapore gov is not anxious at all, unlike the hysteria during SARS. May be there is no famous person died, ordinary peasant mean nothing to Singapore gov especially those ex-general are heartless, self righteous and lack empathy! leehsienloong TanChengBock allsgstuff

I’m not anxious about it at all if it’s your granny who dies from it, CNA.

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