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We have to live with Covid-19 like it’s the flu
Influenza is not a trivial disease, but Singapore strives for high influenza vaccination coverage for the vulnerable instead of imposing restrictions during seasonal outbreaks.
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Thanks to vaccination, Covid-19 has transformed from a highly fatal disease to a milder illness.
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Ooi Eng Eong
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Like many human viruses that originated in animals, Sars-CoV-2 has adapted to life in humans. If it had not been adaptable, Covid-19 would already have been eliminated. We will thus have to live with Covid-19.
Living with Covid-19 means grappling with certain facts. For one thing, we must expect that the number of cases of respiratory infections will come in waves through the year.
