How did Singapore leaders handle Covid-19? ST's book, In This Together, brings you the inside story

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Before even the first case of Covid-19 was detected in Singapore, a multi-ministry task force was in place to steer the nation through the pandemic.

But this sometimes required a larger government approach, such as when dormitories had to be locked down.

At one low point last year amid this change of plans, the Government was also presented with a stark choice: Accept an uptick in infections as the country moved towards a situation in which the virus was endemic, or re-introduce restrictions to try to avoid a potential situation in which a number of elderly people would be hospitalised and dying of the virus.

Wearing a mask does not just protect you from Covid-19 - it protects others from you if you have an asymptomatic infection. In This Together: Singapore's Covid-19 Story contains 13 chapters written by journalists from The Straits Times newsroom who have been in the thick of covering the crisis. It is edited by executive editor Sumiko Tan.

"My view looking at the numbers and just eyeballing it was that it was clearly heading in a bad direction and we should move. There was no point waiting," he said.

 

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Riiiiiiight! We believe everything wrote esp concerning those white panties

The story you tell today is the belief that drives the hive mind tomorrow.

Is there any hint of rational criticism in this book? Or is it pure propaganda?

Disappointing

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