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It's very easy to check. Compare the number of official covid deaths with the number of excess deaths all causes. In France it fits well. I did not check for India but for Thailand it"about three times the number of official covid deaths. Follow the link below. You need to change the country to Thailand to get the numbers for Thailand in number of raw deaths all causes. Then compare with the official number of covid deaths in Thailand. https://ourworldindata.org/excess-mortality-covid

Right. And you can be sure the hospital will not let them go before they have sucked any possible dollars from them, including by delaying tests or refusing to make counter-tests. The outcome of this policy is that anyone with a brain will do anything in order to not get tested. I regularly have a look at facebook groups and the dominant advice given is to avoid being tested. I am currently here as tourist as my usual professional staying has been made impossible by restrictions. One thing is sure. If I get some symptoms I will just auto-test. If I am positive I will not tell anyone and I will self quarantine in the condo I rent.

One question. Are Thai people or expat residents subject to the same rule or are they allowed to self-quarantine at home?

Only if you assume that all covid deaths are counted. https://m.timesofindia.com/india/official-counts-of-covid-19-deaths-are-underestimated-in-south-asia-world-bank-report/articleshow/86842303.cms

The time periods are not comparable. The CDC data you show are weekly rates. What you showed before about influenza were the rates for the whole 2019-2020 season. To be honest the 248 Covid deaths rate likely includes two seasons, so to make it comparable it would be logical to multiply the influenza rate by two. So around 12 for influenza compared to 248 for Covid-19.

Fact-oriented people with a critical mind would compare the number of official Covid-19 deaths with the number of total excess deaths in order to find out if it makes sense (it does), Instead of making the same old debunked B.S. claim. https://www.ft.com/content/a2901ce8-5eb7-4633-b89c-cbdf5b386938 https://ourworldindata.org/excess-mortality-covid

I also don't understand why they think the Omicron wave will wait until March to strike, taking into account that they already found 200 cases in Kalasin.

Ahem... The death rate for Covid-19 in the USA is 248.76 per 100,000, not 6 death per 100,000. https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality

I never thought about it, so I did a quick search and it seems you are right. https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/07/02/the-science-of-why-firing-your-gun-up-into-the-air-can-be-lethal/?sh=684b87cff656

The recoveries correspond approximately to the number of cases 2 weeks before. Check on the chart provided by Bkk Brian in this thread, you wil see it fits more or less.

Oops! Thanks for correcting it, it was December 16.

I don't know how it is in Thailand, but in other countries they are able to identify the Delta variant. So in most countries, the number of Omicron cases is assessed by the number of non-Delta cases.

As of January 16, there were only 200/300 cumulated cases of Omicron detected in France, which has broadly the same population as Thailand. Now, estimates are 20,000 to 40,000 per day. So it took only 9 days from 200/300 to 20,000/40,000

It's not like these two countries weren't very safe re Covid-19! ????

Provided he would be "told" to do so, just as he has been told to make a coup and to become PM.

I knew it would happen. That's why I rushed to fly to Thailand one week ago.

The Omicron wave will hit Thailand in January anyway.

The soup with dried fish is also quite good, but maybe not for everyone's taste.

Great! Thanks to all of you for this information!

Is there a place to get good Northern Thai food in Pattaya (restaurant, food stall, take away....)? ChiangMai sausage (Sai Ua), green chilli sauce, etc...

And soon a well deserved recover at his home! ????

Likely because it corresponds more or less to the number of people tested positive two weeks before.

Oooops! Sorry, it was November, not December

I thought about it after uploading the post, That's why I edited it.

The number of total deaths all causes for December has been published. It's going up........ https://ourworldindata.org/excess-mortality-covid