Is the COVID-19 pandemic really 'over'? Experts weigh in
President Biden stirred debate among health experts Monday after commenting to CBS's 60 Minutes that the pandemic is over.Though Biden said the country is still fighting COVID-19, White House officials were nonetheless surprised by his comment: "The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID. We're still doing a lot of work on it. But the pandemic is over."Some experts took the president's statement to mean that the emergency part of the pandemic is over, while others worry that Biden's comments could thwart global efforts to combat the disease."I think what the president meant was that we are finished with the emergency phase of COVID-19 and we are in a better place than we were a year ago. And that's a fair point. But he didn't say that, and I'm concerned that the public will h
Why Are Singaporeans Queuing Up For Fixed Deposits?
Fixed deposit rates have started to increase with promotional rates as high as 2.6% for one-year tenure. In fact, this has created some news about the long snaking queues at the banks.In the current environment of rising inflation and interest rates, everything seems to be more expensive (including our mortgage payments for those of us on floating interest rate bank loans). However, one upside is that we can get better interest rates on our savings.