LosLobo

A bit of anecdotal local information about COVID in Ranong which may be of interest...... I was chatting to my ex yesterday, seems COVID has recently arrived in her moobaan in Ranong. There are about 50 positive cases quarantined in the local wat from week before last, as local District hospital is full. Testing of 200 last week netted another 50 confirmed cases, now confined at home. An adjoining mooban has another 200 confirmed cases in similar circumstances. The testing has a few days turn around so I assume it's PCR. The current official positive case figure for the whole tambon since last year is only 40. I wonder how endemic this situation (not COVID) is throughout Thailand.

As a testimony to the efficacy of vaccines, in the Phuket Sandbox with over 27,000 vaccinated arrivals only 0.2% subsequently tested positive.

Maybe it's just the difference between being a glass-half-full or a glass-half-empty person.

So you now agree vaccines can prevent transmission!

I think your statement "Spreading should be expected though as none of the vaccines can prevent this" is somewhat misleading. No vaccine for any disease stops infection, transmission, symptoms, hospitalization and sometimes death, 100% of the time and has never been a vaccine's raison d'être. Vaccines have always protected against disease in varying degrees at various stages. And that applies to COVID vaccines. The bottom line is that the COVID vaccine can stop people catching COVID, even the Delta variant.

So vaccines can prevent the possibility of transmission.

Maybe you can quote the part where it says vaccines cannot prevent transmission?

Vaccines cannot prevent transmission. Really? I wait with anticipation for you to provide evidence to support your claim.

There should be bonus in the Member's Reputation Score for such a category!

Here is some supporting evidence for my claims from WHO. Perhaps you can supply evidence from a reliable source to support yours? Vaccine protection and transmission "COVID-19 vaccines are crucial tools in the pandemic response and protect against severe disease and death. Vaccines provide at least some protection from infection and transmission, but not as much as the protection they provide against serious illness and death. More evidence is needed to determine exactly how well they stop infection and transmission." Vaccine efficacy, effectiveness and protection (who.int)

I think your statement "vaccination will not stop people getting covid" is somewhat misleading. No vaccine for any disease stops infection, transmission, symptoms, hospitalization and sometimes death, 100% of the time and has never been a vaccine's raison d'être. Vaccines have always protected against disease in varying degrees at various stages. And that applies to COVID vaccines. The bottom line is that the COVID vaccine can stop people catching COVID, even the Delta variant.

Please explain why you should not used distilled water? Also please explain how the boiling process affects the pH of water and makes it "pretty neutral".

Interesting article from NY Times. Which may explain current trend in Thailand. Has Delta Peaked? We investigate Covid’s mysterious two-month cycle. "Since the pandemic began, Covid has often followed a regular — if mysterious — cycle. In one country after another, the number of new cases has often surged for roughly two months before starting to fall. The Delta variant, despite its intense contagiousness, has followed this pattern." "After Delta took hold last winter in India, caseloads there rose sharply for slightly more than two months before plummeting at a nearly identical rate. In Britain, caseloads rose for almost exactly two months before peaking in July. In Indonesia, Thailand, France, Spain and several other countries, the Delta surge also lasted somewhere between 1.5 and 2.5 months." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/briefing/delta-peak-covid-caseload.html Same report from MSNBC. When Will The Covid Delta Variant Peak? Has It Already? - YouTube

Please feel free to let it all out. Do you always react badly when your proven wrong?

Lockdowns CAN work! South Australia, with a very low vaccination rate, had a successful, short, sharp, one week lockdown last month when 1 case of community transmission was discovered. The cluster grew to about 20 with thousands of possible contacts in isolation. The state is now Covid free.

In USA there are still 85 million unvaccinated, mainly Republicans. Cases are now 190,000 a day with 1,500 daily deaths and rapidly rising. Another 100,000 deaths are expected by Xmas.

LG C1.

It is an emergency and time is of the essence. Every hour is critical. Back in 2006, treatment of my retinal detachment was delayed five days and even with world class medical care, I lost 50% of sight in that eye.

Thailand is expected to have more COVID-19 infections than reported figures. "ATK" test results are positive but not included. "Rural Doctors Society Facebook posted about the issue on August 22, 2021. According to the heart of understanding the report figures, there are a few important issues to look at together. The actual number of people infected is higher than reported. As of today 22 Aug 2021, we've seen an average of around 20,000 cases per day, but this figure is due to this week's RT-PCR testing averaging 52,845 tests a day, which means there are still a few RT-PCR tests available because of it's potential. Thailand does more than 100,000 cases a day. While daily ATK tests are reported as positive, they are not included in the numbers of infected people. If anyone repeats the RT-PCR, if it is positive, it will be counted as a new patient. But if you don't ret check it, you'll be gone." 'Rural Doctors' Thailand is expected to be infected with COVID-19 more than the report figures. (bangkokbiznews.com)

Just watched Reminiscence (2021) with Hugh Jackman. Boring and weird. A wasted 1hr 56mins! Reminiscence (2021) - IMDb

63.8% of deaths were not vaccinated. "According to reports of deaths from COVID-19 and the history of vaccinations by age group, July 25 - August 19. In 2021, 4,656 cases were found to have not been vaccinated, 2,969 (63.8%) were vaccinated, 1 needle vaccination before the start of the illness, 316 cases (7.0%), and Before 4 weeks of illness, 118 cases (2.6%) were injected with 2 injections before the start of the illness at least 2 weeks, 26 cases (0.6%) and 874 cases (19.2%)." B.E. 2535 (201 'Deaths from COVID-19' revealed More than 63.8% of Them were not vaccinated. (bangkokbiznews.com)

The 35.6 % who are vaccinated with only one shot!

Subcutaneous is not the same as intradermal. Subcutaneous injections are administered in the fat layer, underneath the skin. Intradermal injections are delivered into the dermis, or the skin layer underneath the epidermis (which is the upper skin layer).

Maybe invest more time in Thai before venturing off into other languages.

Sodium Ascorbate is not E330 or Citric Acid. It's E301, a sodium salt of Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) Food Additives: Acids, Antioxidants & Salts E300-E385 (foodreactions.org)