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41 minutes ago, khunPer said:

28th July +20...

 

They need to get updated as the symptoms from delta are a lot different than other variants. Generally appears just as a cough and general cold symptoms rather than the previous fever loss of taste etc. 

Maybe start with a stool test for potential parasites or bacteria. Ask for a PCR test if available. As some parasites are cyclical and can take multiple samples to get a correct diagnosis and false negatives are common. It sounds like it could be a mild case of giardiasis. But always best to test first rather than taking a stab in the dark approach to treatment. 

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

If going on those figures of 19,000 cases to 94 deaths then I make it 0.5% mortality rate

Might be best to wait and see how many of the 8.5k active cases go. 

3 hours ago, James105 said:

In order to believe it is 1.5% based on that calculation you would also need to believe that Thailand is testing and finding every single person who has Covid and there are no undiagnosed cases in the country.

 

So either Thailand is doing an amazing job with testing or the mortality rate is lower than 1.5%.   

You also have to believe they are counting the deaths properly too. 
mall the people passing in their homes and on the street. Are they being counted?

2 hours ago, ABCbangkok said:

Thailand’s mortality is less than 1% (0.82%). 

 

Hmmm ????. You don’t think the government is fudging the numbers a bit, do you? That would be dishonest! 

Wrong.
You need to look at it as a percentage of concluded cases not total cases.

Which makes it about %1.5.

Many of the current 150k active cases will also succumb to Covid.

On 7/21/2021 at 10:26 AM, XtraFly said:

Relocating to samui. Isn’t that what you are looking for as well ? I wanted to learn from your experience to see what area you found to fit your needs, I’m looking for the same thing quite and away from tourists but not too remote.

I don’t live there but go as often as I can. Will make it permanent one day 

1 hour ago, XtraFly said:

wondering, what did you end up doing ? I'm asking cos im considering same thing myself. Thanks

Considering What ?

8 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Interesting. Person in Oz tests positive having had 2 pfizer jabs. Became symptomatic and deemed infectious.

I believe one of the icu patients also was fully vaccinated and another had first dose. No details on which vaccine though. 
Thailand situation featuring prominently on AUS Tv lately. 

5 hours ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Australia is currently taking about 3,035 people each week into hotel quarantine, and that's after the total was cut by 50%.It was until recently about 6,000.

Official figures a few weeks ago where about 160k had been granted exemption to leave the country. That figure does not include travel in NZ travel bubble. 

29 minutes ago, anchadian said:

BP have reported that the DofDC have ample supplies of AZ and Sinovac to administer 10m doses a month.

Yes 9999999 doses of Sinovac and 1 dose of Az left 

38 minutes ago, polpott said:

I'm currently in the UK and desperately trying to return to Thailand (but failing).

Had my 2nd AZ vaccine on 19th June. My friend (also fully vaccinated) tested positive for Covid 10 days later. I immediately had a government PCR test which returned negative even though I had symptoms. I availed myself of a couple of boxes of free Lateral Flow Tests and have tested myself daily ever since. After 3 days I tested positive and self isolated. 5 days later I tested negative and have done ever since. I no longer have any symptoms and am no longer isolating. The UK government is unaware that I have had Covid.

Free lateral flow tests would be a big benefit to the Thai population. However complete and effective vaccinations are the answer. I had something no worse than the flu and didn't feel the need to visit a hospital, I put that down to having already been fully vaccinated.

 

But as demonstrated but your own experience lateral flow test do not work well in the initial stages of infection and also at the trailing end.

False negatives are common in theses periods. Meaning people will still go out believing they are negative. That is why they are not widely used. 

2 hours ago, anchadian said:

Anutin in his letter says he expects AZ to increase supplies from SBS to 10 million a month. So it seems he’s pressing AZ to to siphon off vaccine contracted to go to TL’s neighbors to make up the number, rather than TL imposing an export ban. Some very tough negotiations ahead.

https://twitter.com/pakhead/status/1416601987135643653

 

Unlike to happen even if they ban exports. EU tried it once with a small shipment to Australia and that was the last you heard of it. Banning the export won’t necessarily give them access to the product. I’m sure there is plenty of fine print in the manufacturing contact to cover that and AZ would likely pull their license to manufacture. 

Nothing other than putting brakes on movement will stop the train now. 
Its evident the virus is spreading faster by the day. 

10 minutes ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

Can't you read? I wrote that 14.600 Swedes died from Corvid, less than Belgium with a similar population, a country that locked down. Swedes are buying new cars, boats and house prices are increasing, Swedish citizens has never been as wealthy as they are now.   

Yes I can read.

What about those that died because the government failed to manage the situation properly. Maybe they and their families still wish they were still here to share in the riches and buy themselves a new car or boat. 

But they can’t as they are no longer here due to poor management. 

45 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Central region -12%. Would this have anything to do with not testing in workers camps/C19 prisons.

Very likely and most likely also due to limiting testing at hospitals that are already at breaking point. It’s also possible and probably highly likely that the labs have reached their capacity to turn around the test within a reasonable timeframe. If that is the case then any increase in numbers will reflect an increase in positivity rate. 

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

Earlier @anchadian posted info about Australians being able to register for AZ vaccine to be administered on Sunday.

You make appointment via Au embassy Thailand website.

I just registered. Bit strange. You don't get appointment. Just turn up Sunday 1pm +

Bit weird is confirmation page.

Anyway the booking link in up.

Don't blame me if it's another red herring.

They most likely have 50 shots.

Edit: I don't know why this post is in bold type. 

Another edit. Just went back to the site. It states places are limited. If your successful they email you back at some point. 

Australia has plenty of AZ to spare as most here don’t want it. I’m sure Scomo has sent enough. 

36 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Are they referring to SB as AZ for this purpose since the lab is producing AZ or is this from overseas. Just a little confused 

SB would be likely be producing under license for AZ but would have no real say on the distribution. May well also production issues at the SB plant responsible for delays.