“We are all craving connection, and if this can help to rebuild connections, businesses, and help travel reopen, I am happy to do it,” she admits. She is fully vaccinated and believes getting the jab was a selfless act of service for humanity.
Mrs Lim (no first name given to protect identity) is 42 and works as a dance instructor. An unvaccinated person is permitted to dine-in at an F&B establishment by presenting a negative pre-event Covid-19 result from an approved medical clinic that charges S$30 – S$65 for the test. Unvaccinated residents of Singapore are not allowed to dine in at a restaurant or cafe. Vaccinated residents of Singapore at a coffee shop. Unvaccinated individuals are also prohibited from using indoor gyms or join indoor mask-off fitness classes, and have been encouraged to restrict movement to group sizes of two people. Regulations that went into effect on 10 August prohibit unvaccinated people over the age of 13 from dining in F&B outlets, except for hawker centres. While awaiting her fully vaccinated status – which doesn’t come into effect until two weeks after the second jab – she eats at home and doesn’t socialise as she used to. Post-vaccination side effects she experienced included lethargy, headaches and nausea lasting two days. Mrs Ong opted for the Pfeizer jab and has completed one of the two shots so far. “I felt like a social outcast,” she said, “so I reluctantly decided to get the vaccine so that I could have a sense of freedom again.” When the government announced the new restrictive measures for unvaccinated people, Mrs Ong felt “pressured” into booking her vaccination. “I was concerned about myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle), which is one of the adverse side effects of the vaccine,” she says. She was hesitant of the mRNA vaccine and held off getting vaccinated for as long as she could, citing concerns over vaccination injuries and adverse reactions.
Mrs Ong (no first name given to protect identity) is 38 and a mother of two. For those who remain unvaccinated, however, there is a feeling of being ostracised. Immediately, there was a surge in vaccination numbers, leaping from 70% completing the full regimen on 8 August to 78% just two weeks later. In August, the Singapore government announced strict segregation measures for the unvaccinated.
A vaccinated woman laments the division over jabs She got jabbed, but a breastfeeding mother has not and says ‘If people want to judge me, it’s on them’.A mother-of-two who had held off against getting vaccinated ‘felt like a social outcast’ when Singapore announced segregation measures for the unvaccinated.First published in South China Morning Post
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