We have been vaccinated against a host of diseases since we were babies. The mechanism at work here is to expose the immune system to deactivated form the pathogen so that when the active pathogen tries to invade the body in future, the body quickly recognises it and destroys it. Vaccination immunises us against pathogens. […]

What’s even more infectious than the Wuhan virus? It’s the panic buying “virus”. Immediately after DORSCON Orange was announced, the “virus” spread throughout Singapore afflicting thousands who thronged the supermarkets to clean the shelves for 3 month’s supply of rice, instant noodles and toilet paper. Make that 1 year’s supply of toilet paper. Queues reached […]

I find it quite interesting that so many manufacturers of surgical face masks are claiming … I mean complaining that they are short on raw materials. To argue against my suggestion of deploying our NS boys to make instead of pack masks, a friend who is in academia shared a post carrying interviews with Malaysian […]

So what’s new? Early this morning, an auntie walked into a supermarket and bought every single bottle of Dettol off the shelf. The supermarket just restocked and now it’s out of stock. Brilliant “moneytocracy” there. What made our government think that we have enough supplies of masks? It’s probably the numbers. The trouble is, it’s […]

This is actually a question for Brad Bowyer in the next video, but first, let us recap what Prof Chua Beng Huat said earlier. While many people slammed the professor for being pro-establishment, I don’t think the good professor deserves that label. In fact, he has proven to quite a dissident in the past, having […]

2020 update. As you may recall, UK consulate worker, Hong Konger Simon Cheng was arrested in Shenzhen in 2019 and held for 2 weeks on prostitution charges. He has since been released from custody and is currently seeking political asylum in the UK. In the first video below, he relates his harrowing escape from Hong […]

Last night, I had a dream. It has to be a dream because I don’t own a car and I dreamt that my car had been used without my permission. My friend Stanley was the prime suspect. “Stanley!” I yelled. “Did you use my car without my permission?” “I can give you the answer. I […]

OK, exercise cut. You can all go home now. The players get a day off. Choreographers get a promotion. We take a lot of pride in showing off our readiness. But are we really this ready? A visit to the A&E at SGH will raise more questions than answers. It has been many years since […]

Since the start of December, hospitals in the city of Wuhan have admitted 27 patients – most of them stall holders at the Huanan seafood market – with a viral pneumonia of unknown origin. Doctors are yet to identify the causative virus. People’s Daily reported this on 31 December 2019, citing Hubei provincial authorities. Those […]

I started the year with something which could have been regarded as inauspicious. Just days before Chinese New Year, I went for surgery to correct my bunions. You an read the details (and I do mean details) of my journey here. It was not a particularly painful experience (albeit a little inconvenient) and I was […]