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“Yes. Boost the herd’s immunity,” wrote a Singapore surfer in response to US health authorities warning of the Covid-19 parties where people get together with an infected person in hopes of getting sick.
But most of the other Straits Times Facebook users discovered that the idea of infection parties for people hoping to get so-called immunity in this way is just disgusting. Some even feared that such reckless people would appear in Singapore.
While some people in the US USA They had only expressed their desire to contract the virus, with two parties initially believed in Washington state to be the first dedicated events confirmed by public health officials.
Officials in Walla Walla, in southeastern Washington state, said in a statement last Wednesday that the county had seen a spike in Covid-19 games, but retracted those claims later, The Guardian reported.
Instead, local media said that US officials became aware of a social gathering where at least one person was infected with Covid-19, and that most of those in attendance knew that there might be people present with the virus.
Since then, two people who attended a meeting tested positive for the coronavirus.
Partygoers told health researchers they thought they could recover quickly from the virus, seemingly without considering that they could also pass it on to others more vulnerable to becoming seriously ill or even dying.
SURVIVAL OF …
ST Facebook readers were horrified by his actions. The word “stupid” in various forms came up a lot.
Patrick D Soh said: “Cause of death, half from the virus and the other half from stupidity.” “Stupid and stubborn,” repeated Tong Chih Sheng. Jessica Yeoh commented: “This is good. The world needs to reduce its number of ‘stupid’.”
Richie Yeung called them “fools” and threw a serious accusation at the partygoers, saying, “Having been infected, they can die. If they don’t, they will infect their family members. The older people in that family will die.” .
Ms Meghan DeBolt, director of community health for Walla Walla, said of the party goers, “They feel really bad now, knowing that they put families, friends and others at risk.”
ST Facebook user Swee Png wrote about the partygoers: “But they will have the right to demand precious hospital beds when they need ICUs and ventilators. They should sign a waiver that they will not go to hospitals when they are ill.” .
Felicia Chew said: “Do not put pressure on health workers. Selfish.”
ST Facebook reader Mohamed Habib said wryly: “The Darwin Prize goes to …”
But party goers may well win in this Darwinism game after all. According to Ms. DeBolt, the two people who got sick after the party were young and had not needed hospital care.
The losers would be the ones with the misfortune of being close to them and being vulnerable to getting sick.
KEEP BORDERS CLOSED
Not wanting to be around those partygoers, there are ST Facebook readers like Priscilla Tan, who wrote, “I hope Singapore closes our doors on these people who can harm our population.”
Conrad Li said: “Singapore will probably maintain travel restrictions for the United States for a long time.”
But while travel restrictions may keep people out of the country, they can’t let go of infection party ideas and speed up so-called immunity.
The United States has a long history of people choosing an intentional infection in hopes of obtaining immunity, according to The New York Times. US health officials For example, the US had worked in the past to stop chickenpox parties where parents tried to expose their unvaccinated children to the disease.
When it comes to Covid-19, the World Health Organization said: “There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from Covid-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second infection.
“People who assume they are immune to a second infection because they have received a positive test result may ignore public health advice.”
Perhaps some attendees at possible infection parties have darker motives.
“The consensual buzz has been around for centuries since HIV,” wrote Facebook user ST Bing Tng. This could possibly be referring to people who intentionally try to become infected with HIV positive people.
HIV or the human immunodeficiency virus causes chronic, life-threatening Aids disease or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Maybe they want emotions that can kill.
They can win in this dangerous game of Darwinism, but innocent bystanders only a meter away may not.
NOTABLE TRENDS
ASIAN HORNETS OF “MURDER” IN THE UNITED STATES Originally from China and Southeast Asia, the giant hornets appeared in Washington state, where they pose a threat to humans and bees. ST Facebook users made ingenious comments about this in light of the dispute between the United States and China over the origins of Covid-19. Howe Wah Beng had someone in mind when he wrote, “Donald will surely blame someone for this.”
DESIRED PERSONNEL TO WORK FROM HOME: A survey found that 90 percent of employees in Singapore want to continue working from home in some way after the end of the circuit breaker. ST Facebook user Vincent Teo said: “We work harder and harder at home than we do at work.” Another, named Raphael Lim, wrote: “LOL, most still don’t have their electric bill.” And Priscilla Tan said: “Many of us are afraid of running into asymptomatic people.”
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