The heightened alert phase has been much tougher than the circuit breaker. The circuit breaker came with more government support so everyone was more or less on the same page. HA has been less taxing fiscally but it was more demoralising as we were unable to have a drink at the nearest coffee shop. F&B was almost thrown to the dogs and there was no moratorium on mortgage loans.

To be fair, I thrived during HA fiscally, but with less fiscal support from the government, I see a lot more unhappiness on social media and chat rooms. Every day Singaporeans are really hurt by this second lockdown.

• We should not have open our legs to foreigners.
• Hawker centre rents should not have gone up!
• Singapore should side with China and go against the US!

There are times when everyone becomes an armchair policymaker. That cannot be helped because they are literally on their arm-chairs the whole day.