Covid-19 crisis Why are unvaccinated treated differently from the vaccinated?
There is a large group of people who are unhappy that the unvaccinated are treated differently from the vaccinated in access to restaurants and for travel.

They described the different treatment as "dividing the people".

I disagree with this description.

There is a valid reason for the ministers to continue to restrict social mingling for the unvaccinated, while relaxing the restrictions for the vaccinated.

There are statistical data that show that the unvaccinated have a much higher risk of severe illness from covid infection, compared to the vaccinated.

The risk could be more than 5 times. It could approach 10 times.

This higher risk is significant and should not be ignored.

When a person becomes severely ill from covid, the cost of treating the patient is high. The capacity for treatment is also limited.

As the cost is borne by the government, they have a duty to manage this cost and keep it under control.

I have read the reasons given by people who are unwilling to be vaccinated. They say that the vaccine does not provide sufficient protection and has unknown long term consequences.

I believe their distrust of the vaccine to be unwise.

Their view is also contrary to the view of the health authority and their panel of experts.

While they have the right to remain unvaccinated, they should also respect the decision of the ministers to continue the restrictions on their activities.
I hope that they will decide to be vaccinated soon.

Some of them have medical reasons to remain unvaccinated. They should also accept the restrictions and avoid social mingling. It will reduce their exposure to the virus and its serious consequences.

There may come a time when the ministers decide that it is safe to remove the restrictions on the unvaccinated.
We have to trust them to make the right judgment at that time.

Tan Kin Lian

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