Let's Talk About

Countries are starting to treat COVID-19 as endemic. But what exactly does that mean? Are we now supposed to treat the highly infectious disease that caused the world to practically grind to a halt, like the common cold? Or is there more to it. On this episode of Let's Talk About, Amin and Alex discuss what the implications are, and how exactly this would affect Malaysians as a society.

Is dominance equal to a monopoly? Does that then make Grab a monopoly in Malaysia? While they may be the most powerful app in the ride-sharing and food-delivery industry, what's stopping other companies from stepping up to compete? On this episode, Amin and Alex discuss.

Wonder drug for COVID-19 or utter nonsense being spread online by anti-vaxxers? Today's episode Amin and Alex discuss the infamous drug Ivermectin, going through all the reports, facts and information that the public knows about this drug.

Malaysia has set some lofty goals. The target is to get 80% of the country's population vaccinated. More economic sectors are supposed to loosen. However, cases have now rocketed to a point where we're hitting over 20,000 positive COVID-19 cases a day. What went wrong? And how can we achieve our goals? On this episode of Let's Talk About, Amin and Alex discuss.

With reports of ghost jabs spreading throughout the country, many have grown concerned about whether they've actually gotten their COVID-19 Vaccine jab. One of the alleged ways to determine it was to take something called an antibody test. But, do they actually work? Are they worth spending your hard earned money on? Or is this just a quick cash grab? On this episode of Let's Talk About, Amin and Alex break it down.

This episode was recorded on the 30th of July 2021.

A couple of videos and stories started circling the internet about Malaysians allegedly not receiving vaccines even though they went to get vaccinated. One video even showed a vaccine administrator stick the needle with the vaccine in the person's arm, but not push the plunger. While initially dismissing it as "fake news", until the CITF began investigating these incidents. Have Malaysians really been getting empty vaccine jabs? And if so, what should we do about it?

Despite the record high number of COVID-19 positive cases day after day, Malaysia seems to be loosening its movement control restrictions and gradually allowing more economic sectors to open. Is it really the right time to do so when we're hitting over 10,000 positive cases per day? What should be done to make sure things don't spiral even more out of control? On this episode of Let's Talk About, Amin and Alex discuss.

The government is trying all sorts of movement control orders. MCO 3.0. PKPD. "Full" MCO. Yet, the positive COVID-19 cases are still staggeringly high, averaging over 6,000 per day. What does Malaysia need to do to bring the cases down? Can we ramp up COVID-19 vaccination to overcome this? On this episode of Let's Talk About, Amin and Alex discuss.

For a population of just about 30 million, Malaysia has almost 10 telco operators. Yet, there are people who claim that we should invite MORE operators in so that we can get better service. But, will that really be the case? Or, should we cut down on the number of telcos so that each provider can have a bigger chunk of the spectrum? And why are operators like Altel being given even more spectrum when their user base is so small? On this episode, Amin and Alex explore this.

You may have seen the headlines. First it was about how Perak distributed 20,000 "low-quality" phones to the B40 community to prevent students from playing games. Then, there was something about asking for chickens when they were given sardines. Then, one of those phones caught fire during class. And another. It was a pretty messy situation, with some media outlets even claiming that the phone "exploded". On this episode of Let's Talk About, Alex and Amin unpack the whole situation and give you the real perspective.