TallGuyJohninBKK

So what's your point of raising the issue then? Everyone knows what the various risk factors are. The typical reason people post as you did is to essentially imply that those people are at some point going to die anyway... so let's not really blame COVID. The reality is, in cases counted as COVID deaths, they're dying either directly from COVID or with COVID as a contributing factor... Either way, it's due to COVID causing or hastening the deaths -- no matter what their comorbidities may be.

So you think both the road deaths and COVID hospitalizations are no big deal? I certainly don't think that.....in either category.

So in your view, overweight people who die from COVID deserve it, because they became oveweight? Last time I saw, the majority of the U.S. population is classified as overweight/obese. "Roughly two out of three U.S. adults are overweight or obese (69 percent) and one out of three are obese (36 percent)." https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-prevention-source/obesity-trends-original/obesity-rates-worldwide/ PS - Obesity is only ONE of the various risk factors for bad COVID outcomes... Advanced age alone is probably the largest single factor, and then add in all the other comorbidities such as overweight, diabetes, heart disease, respiratory problems, etc etc. Seems like you're willing to write off quite a large percentage of the population, based on one risk factor or another.

Interesting report in another thread.... The Thai government for months now has no longer publicly reported mere COVID cases...and instead only publicly reports COVID hospitalizations, which obviously are much lower stats than general cases.... But now we have this (again, COVID cases, not hospitalizations): Temporary Covid-19 surge may result in 10,000 daily cases A new wave of Covid-19 infections is expected to bring daily cases to 5,000-10,000, but a swift decline in numbers is predicted thereafter, according to Dr Nitipatana Chierakul, Head of the Respiratory Disease and Tuberculosis Division at the Faculty of Medicine in Siriraj Hospital. In a statement on his Facebook page, Dr Nitipatana noted a rise in infections caused by the Omicron XBB.1.16 sub-variant but highlighted the majority of cases were mild. He explained that severe reactions were likely due to pre-existing health conditions. He said… “During the new wave, daily cases are estimated at 5,000-10,000 patients, which is relatively low compared to last year. It is anticipated that cases will reduce within a few weeks.” https://thethaiger.com/news/national/temporary-surge-may-result-in-10000-daily-cases-for-a-brief-period

Unless your Dad is a former top Thai Army official.

And elsewhere in the world -- the below report seems to reflect a lot of COVID denying/deflecting posters here: Covid is still a leading cause of death as the virus recedes Millions of Americans gathered maskless in homes and houses of worship this month for Passover, Easter and Ramadan — the latest evidence that coronavirus has retreated from public view as the pandemic winds down. But retreat is not the same thing as eradication: Federal health officials say that covid-19 remains one of the leading causes of death in the United States, tied to about 250 deaths daily, on average, mostly among the old and immunocompromised. Few Americans are treating it as a leading killer, however — in part because they are not hearing about those numbers, don’t trust them or don’t see them as relevant to their own lives. (more) https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/04/16/covid-deaths-per-day/

You guys really need to do a bit more reading: "Department director-general Tharet Krutnairawiwong said 435 patients were admitted to hospital for treatment of Covid-19 between April 9 and 15, about 62 cases per day. Of the number, 30 had lung inflammation and 19 were put on ventilators, up 58% and 36% respectively, from the previous week." COVID hospitalizations last week were up 250% / 2-1/2 times over what they were the prior week, and now are at their highest level since January. The Thai MoPH is saying "no cause for concern" because they believe, probably correctly, that they have enough hospital bed capacity to treat the COVID patients who are going to end up being hospitalized. Speaking for myself, as an age 60+ person, I'd rather do my best to AVOID ending up hospitalized from COVID in the first place.

Then maybe you should stop posting derogatory comments about "the medical profession," which typically means doctors, nurses and associated professionals. If you want to criticize the pharma industry, then criticize what it is.... the pharma industry.

Or perhaps they're actually interested in trying to protect their health at a time when COVID is spreading and increasing in Thailand, and not risking spreading COVID to others around them.

People can and do die from Omicron associated pneumonia. Study from a South Korea hospital. Comparison of the causes of death associated with delta and Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variants infection "During the Omicron-dominant period, 42 (6%) of 654 patients with COVID-19 were admitted died (Supplemental Figure 1). The primary cause of death was COVID-19–associated pneumonia in both the Omicron (64%, 27/42) and Delta (88%, 37/42) eras " https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9710103/

And again, you provide absolutely no credible sources to substantiate what you're claiming. COVID, even Omicron, is NOT the same as or comparable to the flu in terms of severity. Omicron hospital illness 54% deadlier than flu hospital cases, study finds https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/omicron-hospital-illness-54-deadlier-flu-hospital-cases-study-finds COVID Omicron variant infection deadlier than flu, studies suggest https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid-omicron-variant-infection-deadlier-flu-studies-suggest

Here on this forum, as reported by the Thai Min of Health. "Department director-general Tharet Krutnairawiwong said 435 patients were admitted to hospital for treatment of Covid-19 between April 9 and 15, about 62 cases per day. Of the number, 30 had lung inflammation and 19 were put on ventilators, up 58% and 36% respectively, from the previous week." Those COVID hospitalization numbers from last week are more than double those from the week before, and the highest for Thailand since late January of this year.

65 and over is a more accurate threshold for where the health risks from COVID begin to get much worse. And then the odds of bad outcomes obviously get even worse as you get older from there.

Rubbish.... doctors and nurses around the world died from COVID often because they were trying to keep their COVID patients alive during a worldwide pandemic. Not because they were in it to make a buck. Health and Care Worker Deaths during COVID-19 WHO estimates that between 80 000 and 180 000 health and care workers could have died from COVID-19 in the period between January 2020 to May 2021, converging to a medium scenario of 115 500 deaths1. https://www.who.int/news/item/20-10-2021-health-and-care-worker-deaths-during-covid-19

As of last week, an average of 60+ people per day were being hospitalized in Thailand for COVID, and some of those sick enough to require intubation because they cannot otherwise breathe. You seem to have a very odd definition of "no real threat anymore."

"The new estimates by WHO/Europe and presented at the conference by Dr Margaux Meslé, Epidemiologist at WHO/Europe highlight the striking impact of COVID-19 vaccine programmes and also underscore the urgent need for countries with low vaccination coverage to fully vaccinate their older adults. Since the emergence and subsequent spread of SARS-CoV-2 in early 2020, over 2 million COVID-19 laboratory-confirmed deaths have been officially recorded by WHO/Europe. ... “We see from our research, the large numbers of lives saved by COVID-19 vaccines across Europe during the pandemic. However, too many people in vulnerable groups across the WHO European Region remain unvaccinated or partially vaccinated. We urge people who are eligible and who have not yet taken the vaccine to do so," says Dr Richard Pebody, Head of the High Threat Pathogen Team at WHO/Europe." https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/986127

"COVID-19 vaccination directly saved at least 1,004,927 lives across Europe from December 2020 to March 2023, according to new research presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) annual meeting this week in Copenhagen, Denmark. The study was based on weekly reported deaths and vaccination doses from 26 countries in Europe collected by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. ... Overall, 96% of lives saved were in people ages 60 and older, with the first booster vaccine dose calculated to have saved 64% of the total lives saved in Europe during the first 3 years of the pandemic. Vaccination was most impactful during the Omicron wave of the pandemic, with an estimated 568,064 deaths averted. (more) https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid-vaccines-saved-least-1-million-lives-europe-experts-estimate

At first, I thought this guy had nothing about his ex-GF on his FB page, just GUNS... many photos and videos of him shooting and posing with all kinds of guns... But turns out, he did have at least one post about her back in March 2021: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02KtJ4efWRHnhhvVz1bAbSQsVyprv8Mr6tDocRtwF1d3gTUayQWozPwfqrnBMK1apGl&id=100009742925235 And her: https://www.facebook.com/ggigie.supitcha

Actually, from everything I can read in the Thai language news, there's no indication she entirely "rejected" him. Even though they apparently had previously broken up, somehow, despite the apparent history of domestic abuse, there were social media photos of them together out not long before the murder.

This appears to be our guy: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009742925235 "Studies at Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School Went to Scots College Wellington Went to Satit Kaset International Program Went to KMIDS Lives in Wellington, New Zealand From Bangkok, Thailand Single" New Zealand???

"On April 19, 2023, Gigi Supitcha, a famous female net idol, was found dead. Was shot dead along with Nonthaburi Phumiphat Chaiwanichaya, the Royal Thai Army, President of the 2nd year military prep class, son of Gen. Somchai Chaiwanichaya, a former assistant to the Army Commander, in a room in a luxury condo in the Asoke area. Later, Big Krian's Facebook page reported that initially expected the incident. caused by jealousy The man shot the woman dead. Then shot himself." via Google Translate from Thai website Kapook..com https://hilight.kapook.com/view/232532

Looks like the famous Dr. Yong from Chula is now predicting the current COVID wave is gonna be with us for a while.... "Leading virologist Dr Yong Poovorawan warned on Tuesday that a new wave of Covid-19 has emerged after the Songkran festival. Yong, who heads the Centre of Excellence at Chulalongkorn University, stressed the need to curb a resurgence of Covid, adding that it may come in the form of a new and more elusive variant. He said the new wave is expected to accelerate from mid-May before peaking in June and then declining in September, in line with seasonal patterns of respiratory diseases." https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/general/40026759 Curiously, he had the following prediction back in February: "In his Facebook post today (Monday), he also said that COVID-19 in Thailand will subside this month, but will re-emerge from June until September, after which it will become a seasonal disease, like influenza." https://www.thaipbsworld.com/top-thai-virologist-says-2023-is-game-over-for-covid-19/

The journalist Sorayuth FB posts quoted above referring to him as the "perpetrator." Along with the pictoral evidence posted above that she was being physically abused by the guy, and that he also appears (based on the posted photos) to have been something of a gun nut. Water is wet... You don't have to wonder if it's wet.

First Stephen, and now you.... ???? You think the net idol shot and killed the military brat with his own gun, and then killed herself?

Another BKK opportunity for the Pfizer bivalent vaccine, according to a FB post from the TH National Vaccine Institute: "Currently, Naradur Institute is also open to provide Covid 19 vaccination service. You can inquire for more information at Naradur Nursing Institute. Tel. 02-590-3427." This appears to be referring to the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute in Nonthaburi run by the government. The graphic below says they began offering the vaccinations in early March and are being offered on weekdays from 8:30 to 3:30 pm. Location is Building 9 on the first floor. http://bamras.ddc.moph.go.th/landing/ https://www.facebook.com/nvikm/posts/pfbid0mm4WcwyWNjaZLCmTDkprnpMKES8W1kpz4gycrCF194pqx9jqcq2fHNR2KjPjekz3l