16-10-2021, 02:02 PM
As the government’s message has shifted from a clear and successful policy of keeping the virus out to a halting lurch in the direction of reopening, public sentiment has been divided.
“We shouldn’t go ahead and reopen fully, not when we’re seeing 3,000 cases right now,” said Rozanah Mohd Shah, a 47-year-old housewife. She’s concerned for her elderly father, who is fully vaccinated but vulnerable, having previously suffered a stroke.
“No one really prepared us for this journey as we look to re-open, and no one is really trying to explain to us what it takes,” she said. “It has been a bunch of confusion.”
............But limits on movement within the city are causing consternation too, especially given Singapore has one of the world’s highest inoculation rates.
“The promise was when 80% of the population are fully vaccinated we will be reopening, so why are we closing up again?” said cafe owner Glen Ho. “The government has said it is a mild sickness already, why are we still restricting people?”
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“We shouldn’t go ahead and reopen fully, not when we’re seeing 3,000 cases right now,” said Rozanah Mohd Shah, a 47-year-old housewife. She’s concerned for her elderly father, who is fully vaccinated but vulnerable, having previously suffered a stroke.
“No one really prepared us for this journey as we look to re-open, and no one is really trying to explain to us what it takes,” she said. “It has been a bunch of confusion.”
............But limits on movement within the city are causing consternation too, especially given Singapore has one of the world’s highest inoculation rates.
“The promise was when 80% of the population are fully vaccinated we will be reopening, so why are we closing up again?” said cafe owner Glen Ho. “The government has said it is a mild sickness already, why are we still restricting people?”
More at https://tinyurl.com/3h7vapxa