How to read the daily report on new cases provided by MOH
I want to explain how I read and understand the figures given in the daily report from Ministry of Health (MOH) on the new covid infections. Here is the report for 3 September 2021. There were 219 cases broken down into: Imported - 3 Local transmission - detected through quarantine 56 - detected through surveillance 51 - unlinked...
Unhelpful to use the term ‘unlinked’
Many people are worried about the large number of "unlinked" cases. But they worry for the wrong reason. It does not really matter if the case is "linked" or "unlinked". These unlinked cases are more serious, because they are identified when they appear at the clinic with some symptoms of covid sickness. In contrast, the "linked"...
Lazy Lah
I know I shouldn’t indulge in stereotypes but I was considered an odd ball when I was growing up as an Asian kid in the Western world. The reasons were simple, my strengths were in the use of language rather than in numbers and I preferred going out with people rather than studying. Asian students were always assumed to be...
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