SINGAPORE: Singapore has managed to keep the number of COVID-19 fatalities"very low", with a death rate of 0.2 per cent compared to 3 per cent or more in countries that experienced a surge in cases before vaccination, said Senior Minister of State for Health Janil Puthucheary on Monday .
Dr Puthucheary noted that the number of deaths has increased in the past two months as the overall case count rose. “Almost all of the remaining 26 per cent who were fully vaccinated suffered from underlying medical conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, and heart, lung or kidney diseases. Underlying conditions add risks, even if the conditions are well controlled before the patient encounters COVID-19, especially if the patient is elderly.
“In other words, though we will have fatalities as a result of COVID-19, we will not see more overall deaths than we would in a normal non-COVID year. Nearly every other country that has arrived at that destination has paid a high price in lives.”
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
the contrast sis....WHO'S LYING NOW?
Genuine question: why are we comparing the death rate of 0.2% with the death rates of countries BEFORE vaccination? Shouldn’t we be comparing apples to apples?
Great; now restore 8 people limit for dining out, not 4 people subject to complex conditions. Start getting serious about reopening
Awesome.
Heard from somewhere. Booster start = old people start dying also.
Build more facilities...
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