COVID-19 five years on: Are we better prepared for the next pandemic?
Today marks five years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.
Questions remain – from the origins of the outbreak to the effectiveness of public health interventions – but chief amongst them is are we any better prepared for the next pandemic?
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Stop reminding us we shouldn't celebrate the covid pandemic
The lying and gaslighting from the mainstream media did a tremendous amount of damage to people's trust in the healthcare system.
Has Fauci ordered up another one?
Yes we are better prepared. Next time, no businesses close, no masks required or the red team will take to the streets, the way the blue team did last time.
I really miss the social distancing and lockdown moments also wearing mask in public please revive that someday
Better put the body glove on, mask up and get EVERY VACCINE and Booster offered!
Stay home too. Don’t want to Risk anything!
Don’t forget to tell everyone how scared you are and stand 666feet away from EVERYONE.
Trust Everything the government and doctors tell you- they would never lie.
Their motives are Completely Sane.💩💩
I think the title of the song by the who is appropriate here and that is wont get fooled again and I never took the shot
Five years exactly from today and it’s still incessant today smh
We remember that MOM announced in the press release (6 Aug 21).] that Singapore will resume entry approvals for work pass holders and their dependents with travel history to higher risk countries from 10 Aug 21.
In 2021, I lost all trust in them;
Sacrifice Life, Sacrifice Jobs;
Elderlies were relegated to make shift facilities;
Home Recovery instead of proper hospital care and despite the highly infectious variants.
Goes to show why these days, Trust Cannot be Simply Granted.
May those less fortunate RIP.
Singaporeans can make their own conclusion.
– Lawrence Wong said [4 May 2021] in defending the imports – “We knew that there would be leaks from time to time. We know that these Risk could happen”.
– Lawrence Wong said [26 Jul 2021 in Parliament] – “As we do so, we must expect cases to rise, partly because there is still on-going critic transmission in our communities which can easily breakout into new cluster with an increase activity level.
– Not true that the GST increase hurts the poor’: Lawrence Wong 2 Mar 2022
– GST hike impacts on prices is "once off" and not permanent.: Lawrence Wong 28 Feb 2024
– More responsible' to proceed with GST increase amid uncertain inflation outlook: Lawrence Wong [Ref: CNA 14 Oct 2022]
– Deferring upcoming GST hike will only ‘store up more problems’ for the future’: Lawrence Wong [Ref: BT Aug 3, 2023]
Have you noticed that defense upgrades and security issues always coincidentally rise in proportion to the proximity of the GE? Distraction from domestic high cost of living, turbocharging or what you say it is for?
And people will never forgive the liars who covered up the pandemic esp since the lawsuit are coming. CNN is going to get some too for the joe rogan defamation report. Well more media retrenchment, dont worry we have deepseek and manus Agent AI now. They wont be missed. Like nediacorpse show.
Malaysia China Indonesia were well better prepared than SG during the pandemic
Missouri state has just won a $24B COVID lawsuit against the Chinese government.
China 🇨🇳, which did not participate in the trial, now must pay or risk civil forfeiture of assets and farmland.
Chinese life expectancy has declined to 62 years from 72 about 10 years ago thanks to Covid and pollution.
The Spanish flu happened around/after WW1 also, so if you combine the total death toll from the war and the outbreak its probably way higher.
Tariffs the new pandemic. Wake up
So are we facing the next pandemic world like the bird flu after Covid pandemic 5 years avo
Children are primed for orders 🤳🏻 Trust nothing👹
That vaccine wasn't playing.😢😢😢😢😢
Go to hell
Why don’t the PAP redact those security and commercial sensitive issue away instead of barring the COVID-19 report from Public Scrutiny?
Original COVID-19 report cannot be published due to national security, commercial sensitivities [Ref: CNA News 21 Mar 2023]
COVID-19 White Paper goes beyond original report: Lawrence Wong [Ref: CNA News 21 Mar 2023]
Uncalled for to suggest Govt withholding info in Covid-19 White Paper: DPM Wong rebuts Pritam [Ref: ST 22 Nov 2024]