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We are well into the first month of 2021. It seems it was only yesterday that we were still in 2020. Do we have reasons to look forward to a better year? Like most people, you might already have been out and about for a few months already. Judging by the crowds in malls, save for the face masks in sight, you’ll be forgiven to think there is no pandemic in Singapore. While the worst is far from over, we may have something positive to look forward this year. Below are some things we might look forward to in 2021: Immunity – Yes, we’re talking about immunity against Covid-19. With mass vaccination underway in many countries, including Singapore, hopes are...

  Honestly, ‘2020’ is such a misnomer. That’s because we’re still being plagued by the effects of 2019. Yes, we’re talking about Covid-19, the infectious disease associated with a year. We learned many more words and strange happenings in 2020: words that were there but were never in our vocabulary. At least not in our everyday speech prior to 2020. It was 11 months ago (has it been that long?) that we first heard about Wuhan. And the word closely associated with Wuhan: coronavirus. Corona Beer became the butt of jokes. And we learned the name of the virus that causes Covid-19 is SARS-coV-2. Can’t they just call it SARS-2? Less drama like that. We also learned that there are...