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I am not a doctor but somehow my gut feelings tell me that there is something not right about the government's rationale that face masks should only be used when one is ill. It is akin to saying that when riding your motorbike, you put on the safety belt and helmet only when you meet with an accident. Or workers at construction... 

I was president of the Singapore Medical Association 17 years ago during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) outbreak and have some suggestions on how to better deal with the Wuhan virus situation. It is now clear that the Sars virus and the Wuhan virus develop in very different ways despite both being coronaviruses. With... 

After much radio silence, PM Lee gave a press conference while in Davos to say that Singaporeans don’t need to panic. Singaporeans immediately responded to PM’s unwarranted and childish response, highlighting that even President Xi was taking it so seriously and ordering many cities to be locked down. After the damage was...