TallGuyJohninBKK

Does the adopted son wear bright red high heeled shoes??? And Muslim too, according to the AI.

Looks like the source was an article today in the Bangkok Post. Can't quote or link to BKK Post articles on the forum, per forum rules.... But AI can. "16. The Bangkok Post, Khaosod, Pattaya Mail and the Phuket News do not allow quotes from their news articles or other material to appear on ASEAN NOW." https://aseannow.com/forum_rules/ However, what the original source actually reported is a bit different from the OP here. The original source only quoted a Google guy as saying that in 2023, they saw a significant surge in financial fraud scams in Singapore, Thailand and India. There's no talk in the Post report of any kind of top countries ranking.

I had no problem DLing Google Wallet from the Play Store lately... But my Google account is identified in the U.S., not Thailand, which may make a difference in what is shown as available.

And for all of that and more above, that's the reason RFK Jr. has been politically disowned by his extended family of Kennedy relatives, many of whom have now endorsed Joe Biden for re-election: In rebuke to RFK Jr, Biden wins Kennedy family endorsement April 19, 2024 PHILADELPHIA, April 18 (Reuters) - Fifteen members of the storied Kennedy political family endorsed U.S. President Joe Biden at a Philadelphia campaign event on Thursday, with some joining him onstage, in a rebuke of Robert F. Kennedy Jr's independent bid for office. Biden, a Democrat, faces Republican Donald Trump in a November re-match of the 2020 election. But members of both parties have bristled over the possibility that the candidacy of Kennedy, a prominent anti-vaccine activist, or another third-party bid could spoil either of their chances. ... Many in Robert F. Kennedy Jr's elite family - prominent Democrats since the 19th century - have broken with him over his views. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-win-kennedy-family-endorsement-philadelphia-2024-04-18/ AND Kennedy family members call RFK Jr.’s independent bid ‘dangerous to our country’ 10/09/23 Members of the Kennedy family are denouncing 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision on Monday to abandon his Democratic campaign and instead run as an independent candidate. “The decision of our brother Bobby to run as a third-party candidate against Joe Biden is dangerous to our country,” read a statement signed by four of Kennedy’s siblings — former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (D), former Rep. Joseph Kennedy II (D-Mass.), Rory Kennedy and Kerry Kennedy. “Bobby might share the same name as our father, but he does not share the same values, vision or judgment. Today’s announcement is deeply saddening for us. We denounce his candidacy and believe it to be perilous for our country,” the statement continued. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4245980-kennedy-family-members-call-rfk-jr-s-independent-bid-dangerous-to-our-country/

Not very surprising that one of the greatest misinformation peddlers of the COVID pandemic, now a presidential candidate who's been politically disowned by his own extended family, would be trying to walk back the anti-vax nonsense above that multiple credible news agencies and fact checkers have confirmed RFK Jr. really did say. And it's not the first time he's done so. RFK Jr. Incorrectly Denies Past Remarks on Vaccine Safety and Effectiveness November 8, 2023 ... In a “PBS NewsHour” interview, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly denied previously saying that “no vaccine” is safe and effective. But Kennedy said exactly that on the Lex Fridman podcast in July. ... Fridman, July 6: You’ve talked about that the media slanders you by calling you an anti-vaxxer, and you’ve said that you’re not anti-vaccine, you’re pro-safe vaccine. Difficult question: Can you name any vaccines that you think are good? Kennedy: I think some of the live virus vaccines are probably averting more problems than they’re causing. There’s no vaccine that is, you know, safe and effective. https://www.factcheck.org/2023/11/scicheck-rfk-jr-incorrectly-denies-past-remarks-on-vaccine-safety-and-effectiveness/ AND FactChecking Robert F. Kennedy Jr. August 9, 2023 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is no stranger to FactCheck.org. He is a prominent anti-vaccine advocate who has been on our radar for years, primarily as the founder of Children’s Health Defense, a nonprofit that spreads anti-vaccine misinformation. We’ve written numerous stories about his claims and those made in posts appearing on his nonprofit’s website. In 2021, the Center for Countering Digital Hate named Kennedy and CHD one of the “Disinformation Dozen,” or top 12 spreaders of misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines online. ... Many of these are about vaccines. Kennedy, who is also an environmental activist and lawyer, has been opposed to vaccines since at least 2005, when he published an error-laden story in Rolling Stone and Salon that pushed the false notion that certain vaccine ingredients cause autism. The publications later retracted or withdrew the story. https://www.factcheck.org/2023/08/scicheck-factchecking-robert-f-kennedy-jr/ AND RFK Jr.’s COVID-19 Deceptions August 11, 2023 More recently, during his campaign, Kennedy hosted a virtual roundtable with some top COVID-19 misinformation spreaders, including Dr. Joseph Mercola, Del Bigtree and Dr. Pierre Kory. And in the first episode of his campaign YouTube series “Running on Truth,” the only three people featured are Dr. Christiane Northrup, Dr. Robert Malone and Kory — each of whom have pushed COVID-19 disinformation. Time and again, Kennedy has misrepresented or distorted the science about the pandemic or the COVID-19 vaccines. https://www.factcheck.org/2023/08/scicheck-rfk-jr-s-covid-19-deceptions/

Interesting! The "map to your home" has been a standard BKK CW document request for retirement extensions for a long time... I'm OK with killing one less tree every year! 🙂

Yes, but the question looming in the minds of many of us has been.... will the recent unfortunate and widely publicized miscreant misbehavior of various farangs, including some directly against police, end up making the annual Immigration experience more troublesome for the regular folks as the authorities have talked about various kinds of "crackdowns" against foreigners here... And based on the OP's report, it sounds like things at BKK CW at least for now are pretty much business as usual for those with proper documentation, which is good news!

I have an Amazon Alexa device at home that gives me current temperatures for Bangkok in real time every day. That's been showing daily highs illustrated by the gray bar peaks right around 100 F., sometimes a bit above, sometimes a bit below, for many days now. And the below chart seems to confirm that. https://weatherspark.com/h/m/113416/2024/4/Historical-Weather-in-April-2024-in-Bangkok-Thailand#Figures-Temperature Seems as though past years in April, as illustrated by the peaks of the gray shaded bars, have been quite a bit cooler, though 2023 was warming up:

Yes, the current situation doesn't compare to the past couple major peaks of the pandemic here in Thailand. But the current latest week new hospitalization numbers for COVID are still the highest in almost a year. Also, the Worldometers chart you used above is somewhat misleading, because the peaks shown were back when what Thailand was reporting was actual COVID cases, just cases. Whereas since last year, the only "case" numbers they report are in fact the smaller numbers of hospitalizations. So the one Worldometers chart is really tracking two different stats over time, without acknowledging the change. FWIW, we had a Thai doctor in the past week, as reported here on AN, estimate that based on current COVID hospitalization numbers, Thailand was probably experiencing almost 10,000 actual COVID cases/infections (not hospitalizations) per day. "Last year’s Covid outbreak that led to a jump in infection, illness and death continued till early June and it is worrisome how the situation will pan out this year, he said, while urging the public to protect themselves in daily life. https://thainewsroom.com/2024/04/22/concern-over-spread-of-covid-19-nearly-10000-cases-a-day/ Here's the closest last year to this year weekly comparison to be had for the present Week ending April 29, 2023: 1,811 new COVID hospitalizations and 10 COVID deaths. 157 current serious condition COVID hospitalizations. Week ending April 27, 2024: 1,672 new COVID hospitalizations and 9 COVID deaths. 390 current serious condition COVID hospitalizations. The serious condition COVID hospitalizations and the hospitalized COVID intubation numbers (shown in purple below) from that week in 2023 are much smaller than the current numbers now. Week ending April 29, 2023: Last year, the above COVID hospitalization numbers kept climbing into June and peaked at over 3,000 in a week, before they started falling off. So if that pattern holds, this year's numbers are likely to continue increasing in the coming weeks.

I wish the Thai MoPH would be more forthcoming in publicly reporting the deaths and hospitalizations associated with the various other major diseases, since doing so would bring better context on how to evaluate their COVID reporting. But, unfortunately, they don't do that. That said, I seriously doubt any of the other diseases you listed above produced 1600+ new hospitalizations in the past week like COVID did in Thailand. Overall, it will be very interesting to see if this year's spring COVID surge ends up being less, equal to, or higher than the comparable one from last year. That will be a sign of what the COVID future here holds.

The first part being a pretty good and prudent suggestion, considering the findings of the above study: "However, the findings of the study, published in the journal General Hospital Psychiatry, suggest that full Covid vaccination makes sufferers four times less likely to have brain fog – a term used to describe symptoms including poor concentration, feeling confused and cognitive impairment."

A 66% one-week increase in new COVID hospitalizations, and COVID hospitalizations rising consecutively for 7 straight weeks now and tripling over that period isn't "skyrocketing"???

Weekly new hospitalizations for COVID continued their strong spring 2024 surge in Thailand during the past week, with new COVID hospitalizations now having risen for the past seven consecutive weeks and having more than tripled over that period to the highest level in nearly a year. According to the latest weekly report released today by the Thai Ministry of Public Health, new COVID hospitalizations spiked to 1,672 during the past week, a 66% increase over the 1,004 reported for the prior week. There also were marked increases in weekly COVID deaths that tripled to 9 last week, as well as the totals of hospitalized COVID patients in serious condition and those needing intubation to breath. The latest MoPH report covers the period April 21 to 27, the first full week following Thailand's mid-April Song Kran holidays that brought the entire country out for gatherings and celebrations and saw many people traveling back to their family homes in the provinces. Thailand had a similar COVID hospitalizations surge last spring as well, when weekly COVID hospitalizations rose from a few hundred to a peak of more than 3,000 by early June 2023 before eventually subsiding. The latest COVID hospitalizations tally reported today by MoPH is Thailand's highest weekly total since mid-June 2023 when the weekly number hit 2,158. Among the 9 newly reported COVID deaths during the past week, one involved an infant between 0 and 4 years of age. The MoPH only recently resumed publicly disclosing the broad age ranges for Thailand's reported COVID deaths, something they had ceased many months prior with the end of COVID's declared emergency status in Thailand. Among the other new COVID deaths, 6 involved people age 70 and above, along with one each in age 60-69 and 50-59 ranges. With the latest weekly report, Thailand since the start of 2024 has now seen 11,265 COVID hospitalizations and 81 official COVID deaths, according to the MoPH. Even while COVID hospitalizations have been spiking, Thailand's officially reported weekly COVID deaths have mostly remained in the single digits thus far in 2024. The weekly COVID hospitalization increases reported by the MoPH during the past seven weeks have been as follows, with the spring surge beginning well before this year's Song Kran holidays, but then climbing rapidly once they arrived: March 16 -- 501 March 23 -- 630 March 30 -- 728 April 6 -- 774 April 13 -- 849 April 20 -- 1,004 April 27 -- 1,672 In the latest weekly report, the number of hospitalized COVID patients considered in serious condition with pneumonia type symptoms rose from 292 to 390 week over week (the dark purple section in the chart above). Likewise, the number of hospitalized COVID patients requiring intubation/ventilation to breath rose from 101 to 148 week over week (the light purple section in the chart above). The MoPH's weekly COVID reports for Thailand are available at the following MoPH website: https://ddc.moph.go.th/covid19-dashboard/?dashboard=main They also have been posted each week in the following AseanNow forum thread: https://aseannow.com/topic/1311049-weekly-thai-ministry-of-public-health-covid-reports/ Below is the MoPH's prior weekly COVID report for the period April 14-20:

Thailand MoPH Weekly COVID report for Apr. 21 - 27, 2024: --1,672 new COVID hospitalizations, up 668 from the prior week --9 new COVID deaths, up 6 from the prior week --390 current COVID patients hospitalized in serious condition (pneumonia symptoms), up 98 from the prior week (dark purple) --148 current COVID patients hospitalized requiring intubation/ventilation to breathe, up 47 from the prior week (light purple) Cumulative figures since the start of the current year are COVID new hospitalizations (11,265) & COVID deaths (81). Of the 9 new official COVID deaths, the MoPH below is reporting that 8 were male and 1 female. By age, 6 were 70 and above, and one each were 60-69, 50-59 and 0-4. https://ddc.moph.go.th/covid19-dashboard/?dashboard=main Reported weekly COVID new hospitalizations have now risen for the past 7 consecutive weeks since mid-March and more than tripled over that period, as follows for the weeks ending: March 16 -- 501 March 23 -- 630 March 30 -- 728 April 6 -- 774 April 13 -- 849 April 20 -- 1,004 April 27 -- 1,672 The latest weekly new COVID hospitalizations total is Thailand's highest since mid-June 2023, when the total hit 2,158. Thailand's weekly new COVID hospitalizations peaked last spring at 3,085 in early June amid a similar run-up that began in mid-April.

Looks like the talks are going to continue: Ninth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) for a WHO instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response – resumed 29 April – 10 May 2024 "In December 2021, the World Health Assembly established an Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) to draft and negotiate a convention, agreement or other international instrument under the Constitution of the World Health Organization to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. The resumed ninth meeting of the INB is to be held in hybrid format from 29 April to 10 May 2024. INB9, resumed, is the final negotiating session to agree a new pandemic instrument. Representatives of WHO’s 194 Member States are expected to attend and, in the words of Dr Precious Matsoso, Co-Chair of the INB Bureau: “There is clear recognition from governments that the goal of a pandemic agreement is to prepare the world for preventing and responding to future pandemics, built on consensus, solidarity and equity. These goals must remain our North Star as we move toward the finalization of this historic, pressing commitment for the world. We know that if we fail, we will be failing humanity, including all those who suffered from COVID-19, and those at risk of future pandemics.” https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2024/04/29/default-calendar/ninth-meeting-of-the-intergovernmental-negotiating-body-(inb)-for-a-who-instrument-on-pandemic-prevention-preparedness-and-response-resumed

More than a quarter of people with Covid infection develop Long Covid, new UK research reveals 25 April 2024 A new study carried out by researchers at the University of York suggests 28% of people who catch COVID-19 will go on to suffer from Long Covid. The study also reveals that one in four people with Long Covid will experience brain fog and one in three to four will develop anxiety or depression. However, the findings of the study, published in the journal General Hospital Psychiatry, suggest that full Covid vaccination makes sufferers four times less likely to have brain fog – a term used to describe symptoms including poor concentration, feeling confused and cognitive impairment. ... The study reviewed 17 studies from around the world involving more than 40,000 Long COVID patients. It was carried out in collaboration with the STIMULATE-ICP project, which is a £6.8 million NIHR-funded national research project led by University College London. (more) https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2024/research/long-covid-fog/ Note: the above research used the definition of Long COVID as the presence of symptoms ≥12 weeks after acute COVID-19 disease. Findings 17 studies were included, reporting 41,249 long COVID patients. Across all timepoints (3–24 months), the combined prevalence of mental health conditions and brain fog was 20·4% (95% CI 11·1%-34·4%), being lower among those previously hospitalised than in community-managed patients(19·5 vs 29·7% respectively; p = 0·047). The odds of mental health conditions and brain fog increased over time and when validated instruments were used. Odds of brain fog significantly decreased with increasing vaccination rates (p = ·000). ... The number of COVID-19 patients per study ranged from 72 to 86,157, with 41,249 of the total 146,231 (28%) suffering from long COVID. Seven studies included long COVID patients never hospitalised for SARS-CoV-2 infection (n = 38,774, 94%). Ten included those who had been hospitalised (2475, 6%). ... At 12 months follow-up, the prevalence of all mental health conditions and brain fog taken together was 27·4% (95% CI 23%–32%; 9 studies). ... At the 12-month time point, the prevalence of brain fog was 23·3% (95% CI 7·3%-54·0%; 8 studies). (more) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163834324000392

Except, according to the results of the OP study here, the actual problem with this post COVID was rooted in the loss of smell, and that loss diminishing the sense of taste. According to this study, their tests showed no diminishment of actual taste capacity in the tested folks. E.g., they're saying, nothing physically wrong with people's taste buds per se post COVID. From the OP article: "Reports that taste loss continues long after the initial infection probably are due in large part to the confusion between taste- and olfaction-dependent food flavor," the authors explained. "Smell loss remained in nearly one-third of individuals with exposure, likely explaining taste complaints of many individuals with [long COVID]." AND "The total WETT [empirical taste test] scores did not differ significantly between participants with and without a COVID-19 history, with both groups falling within normal ranges."

There's good reasons for that CDC recommendation. Info from last fall showing the COVID risks for young children: As Covid-19 hospitalizations climb, rates among seniors and children raise concern September 22, 2023 ... Seniors have the highest rates of Covid hospitalizations by far, but hospitalizations among children — especially among those younger than 5 — are rising fast. ... Admissions among children remain below previous pandemic peaks. There were about 1,800 new pediatric admissions in a week at the height of last winter’s wave, and more than 6,500 weekly admissions during Omicron, the AAP analysis shows. Children accounted for 6% of all Covid-19 hospital admissions during the week ending September 9, federal data shows. And children under 5 were the most at risk, with about half of all pediatric Covid-19 hospitalizations among those younger than 5, according to the AAP analysis. [emphasis added] https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/22/health/covid-hospitalizations-seniors-kids-vaccines/index.html

Smell loss was mostly found among those with original COVID or early variant infections Sense of smell—but not taste—was still impaired in some COVID patients at 1 year, according to a new study in JAMA Network Open. The US-based cross-sectional study compared 340 people with and 434 without prior COVID-19, recruited from February 2020 to August 2023 from the social media website Reddit. ... Almost a third with prior COVID had loss of smell Participants with a history of COVID-19 were more likely to experience some degree of smell loss compared with those without a history (30.3% vs 21.0%; odds ratio [OR], 1.64; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.18 to 2.27). Moderate to severe loss of smell was likewise higher in those with previous COVID-19 (8.5% vs 2.8%; OR, 3.28; 95% CI, 1.65 to 6.53). (more) https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/impaired-sense-smell-still-common-1-year-after-covid-19 Findings In this cross-sectional study of 340 individuals with and 434 individuals without prior COVID-19, taste function did not differ between individuals who had contracted COVID-19 one year earlier and those who had not, whereas some olfactory dysfunction was present in 30.3% of individuals with prior COVID-19 but only 21.0% of individuals with no history of infection. Deficits were greatest for individuals with the original untyped and Alpha variant infections. Meaning These findings suggest that long-term taste loss perceived by many patients with COVID-19 likely reflects the loss of flavor sensations from odorant molecules reaching a damaged olfactory epithelium via the nasopharynx rather than the taste buds. ... In post hoc analyses, the mean UPSIT score among individuals with Omicron variant infection (35.19 [95% CI, 34.54-35.84]) was significantly higher than those of individuals with the original (33.11 [95% CI, 31.81-34.41]) and Alpha (32.30 [95% CI, 30.83-33.77]) variant infections (P values = .001). Test scores of participants with the original and Alpha variant infections were the only ones to differ significantly from test scores of participants with no history of COVID-19. (more) https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2817869

The legal battle between the entities extends beyond the UK Pfizer and its Germany partner BioNTech have urged London’s High Court to invalidate competitor Moderna‘s patents over technology instrumental in the Covid-19 vaccines development as the latest phase of a global legal fight that started [Tuesday] (23 April), reported Reuters. In September 2022, US pharma company Pfizer and BioNTech filed a lawsuit against Moderna at London’s High Court, seeking to cancel patents held by Moderna. However, days after the filing of the lawsuit, Moderna hit back, levelling allegations that its patents had been infringed. The dispute centres on messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) technology, which has been instrumental in the fight against the pandemic. ... Meanwhile, the legal battle between Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna extends beyond the UK, with parallel proceedings in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and the US, as well as at the European Patent Office. (more) https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/news/pfizer-biontech-legal-uk/

Data for U.S. adults thru early February 2024 While the risks associated with COVID-19 generally have decreased over time due to prior exposure to the vaccines and the virus, some people remain at elevated risk, such as the elderly and immunocompromised. The updated COVID-19 vaccines and, in some cases, a new monoclonal antibody can provide increased protection for this group. “At this point, many people have had multiple vaccines and we are seeing a lot less severe and life-threatening illness, especially in people who have had recent vaccination,” Dr. Camille Kotton, clinical director of Transplant and Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital, told us. “Nonetheless, we are still seeing significant severe disease, hospitalization, even life-threatening disease, especially in people over the age of 65 or who are immunocompromised.” We spoke with Kotton, who is also a member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, about the current state of affairs for people at elevated risk of severe disease from COVID-19 and the tools they can use to protect themselves. (more) https://www.factcheck.org/2024/04/scicheck-qampa-on-reducing-covid-19-risk-for-elderly-immunocompromised/

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday voted to restore “net neutrality” rules that prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and Verizon from favoring some sites and apps over others. The move effectively reinstates a net neutrality order the commission first issued in 2015 during the Obama administration. In 2017, under then-President Donald Trump, the FCC repealed those rules. The measure passed Thursday on a 3-2 vote split along party lines, with Democratic commissioners in favor and Republicans opposed. (more) https://apnews.com/article/net-neutrality-fcc-broadband-regulation-cc8421bc4f11a3e0f6ffc22c358fbfd0 https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-restores-net-neutrality

Not only that, but a multi-time FAILED Republican candidate for Congress... and former SEC prosecutor, which of course gives him great expertise into Trump hush money criminal charges. 🤣 "Demos vied in 2010 for the Republican nomination to compete for the congressional seat of Democrat Tim Bishop on Long Island in New York State in the November 2010 election, coming in second in the primary." ... Citing his impending wedding, Demos withdrew from the race May 25, 2012.[32] ... On October 6, 2013, he announced he would seek the Republican nomination to run against Congressman Tim Bishop.[33] On June 24, 2014 he lost the primary election to New York State Senator Lee Zeldin.[34] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Demos George G. Demos is a former United States Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement attorney and an Adjunct Professor at U.C. Davis School of Law where he teaches corporate and white collar crime. https://thehill.com/opinion/4617077-why-the-case-against-donald-trump-in-hush-money-trial-is-on-shaky-ground/

The latter part above is imagined nonsense. The medical and public health communities and credible research have been pretty clear and consistent about the safety status of COVID vaccines throughout the pandemic once the vaccines were deployed to the public. That with nearly 13 BILLION doses given in the world thus far, the vaccines have been proven to be safe, and that serious side effects can occur, but are very rare. And when side effects have been found, the rates often have been higher from getting COVID than they are from the vaccines themselves. You can find that message, and varying forms of it, in countless official places and countless reports around the world, because that's what the credible research has shown, and major public health agencies haven't denied that there are potential vaccine side effects. Examples: ICMRA statement on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines COVID-19 vaccines significantly reduce the risk of severe disease, hospitalisation and death from infection with SARS-CoV-2. Evidence from the more than 13 billions of vaccine doses given worldwide shows that COVID-19 vaccines have a very good safety profile in all age groups. The benefits of the approved vaccines far outweigh the possible risks. The vast majority of side effects are mild and temporary. However, safety monitoring (pharmacovigilance) systems have identified some very rare (occurring in less than 1 in 10,000 people) but serious side effects. https://icmra.info/drupal/strategicinitiatives/vaccines/safety_statement "The February 2024 publication of the largest peer-reviewed study of Covid-19 vaccine safety to date has inspired misleading social media claims that its findings show the jabs are unsafe. Study authors and independent experts say the research confirms that adverse reactions to vaccination are rare and pose far fewer risks than Covid-19 infection. ... Epidemiologist Anders Peter Hviid, one of the study authors, told AFP the findings confirm previous research and should not deter people from receiving Covid-19 shots. "What we take away is that the Covid-19 vaccination campaigns have been very effective in preventing severe disease," he said on February 23. "The few serious side effects that we have observed in this and other studies have been rare." https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.34K78ZW COVID-19 vaccines are safe. Since 2021, more than 13 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered globally. As with all vaccines, WHO and regulatory authorities continuously monitor the use of COVID-19 vaccines to identify and respond to any safety issues that might arise. Serious reactions to COVID-19 vaccines are extremely rare. Through this process, we establish that COVID-19 vaccines remain safe worldwide. https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/covid-19-vaccines/advice What was labeled misinformation and conspiracy theories was when anti-vaxers have gone off the rails into disproven nonsense: --such as claiming VAERS reports equate to proven vaccine injuries (they don't) https://www.factcheck.org/2023/06/scicheck-what-vaers-can-and-cant-do-and-how-anti-vaccination-groups-habitually-misuse-its-data/ --such as claiming every time someone noteworthy dies that it's because of COVID vaccinations. No, those deaths haven't been caused by vaccination. https://apnews.com/article/vaccine-died-suddenly-misinformation-a8e3a80a015ba9bf78b6bd4f3c271f58 And legions of anti-vax crackpots who regularly make false and disproven claims about COVID vaccines and/or misreport and mischaracterize research that has been done. https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32JG7UE https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/published-studies-misrepresented-peter-mccullough-false-claim-covid-vaccines-sudden-cardiac-death/ https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/misleading-data-used-claim-covid-vaccines-do-more-harm-than-good-2024-03-21/

Not all countries are reporting their COVID deaths to the WHO any more... Many aren't, so the WHO data on that is only a partial glimpse, as the WHO notes on every report they issue on such things these days. And, while Thailand's reported weekly "official" COVID deaths number remains small, that doesn't erase the latest report of more than 1,000 weekly COVID hospitalizations in Thailand, a figure that has doubled over the past six weeks. Nor the fact that Thailand currently has nearly 300 COVID patients hospitalized in serious condition, as reported by the MoPH and cited in the OP report in this thread. From the OP: