Chill Pill: Come at me, Covid, just not today

The policy today is to let Covid-19 move through the population, but to let it spread slowly, in waves that can be absorbed by the hospitals. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE - In Singapore, the daily infection numbers are now four figures, which a year ago would have signalled the end of the world, but today is considered "Tuesday".

Which is good. It indicates a certain calmness, a quiet confidence in how things are unfolding as they should.

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