Episode Seventeen – Covid19 on our doorstep
Thank you to students from Gr10,11 and 12 for being involved in making this podcast episode at this difficult and busy time.
Shownotes:
World Health Organisation
Singapore Government
Chanel News Asia
Coronavirus: after Little India riot, Singapore promised migrant workers decent housing. What happened?
To all of our UWCSEA community please #staysafe
I didn’t really consider the third wave that could potentially hit us, and that is definitely an important thing to consider. I agree with what you were saying about how the government has been commendable in their efforts to flatten the curve, but the epidemic in migrant worker dormitories has really shown us the Singaporean attitude towards these people. While there has always been massive inequality between migrant workers and the rest of the population, the epidemic has completely uncovered how badly they are treated and has brought their struggles to the forefront of our minds.
I think that you guys raised some good points and I didn’t really think about the misinformation aspect of the virus. I agree that Singapore’s response was gradual and was effective. The segment on migrant workers and inequality was interesting to me since I didn’t really look at the angle of migrant worker inequality. The growing gap between Migrant workers and “everyone else” is wrong, and I don’t think the government should be treating them differently to others. Same goes for all the members of our society.