Public anger grows over coronavirus in Thailand, with eight cases of the illness

[Tarteso]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Detecting infected patients is a good sign because it shows that our system is efficient,"

Mmmnnn.... interesting reflextion.????

[ChipButty]

Keep out of 7/11's you'll be fine

[steve187]

1 hour ago, Chrysaora said:

What does that mean? 

Are you saying that all the confirmed cases got it from a non-human?

Where did it come from?

Lazada?

in simple terms they don't know if any have been infected cases of human-to-human, only time will tell, i looked on Lazada, awaiting supplies from China

[Assurancetourix]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Graffiti artist, @headachestencil commented on Twitter, "Can close roads and islands, but can't close the country from China for the safety and confidence of the public. Can you not value Yuan more than our lives #crapgovernment."

Well said !
A few extra baht in the kitty and a few extra arrivals to please the TAT are much more important than the health of the people of Thailand.

A responsible government would have immediately ordered airlines to suspend all flights from China and not just the province concerned because containment, even by the Chinese military, cannot be 100% secure

[Bundooman]

10 minutes ago, mike787 said:

Can anyone blame Thai people's anger for letting this happen.  Are chinese tourists more important than the Thai person's life.  NOT!

The answer is, of course, yes they are - far more important than the common population.

Only the top percent, the Hi-Sos and very, very, important trough snouters are more important, but even then - less important than the Yuan!

But no - I, like you, do not blame the Thai people's nger - absolutely justified!

[Isaan sailor]

Blame needs to fall squarely on the regime (including TAT and BoT).  Western currencies down, so they could fill up on Chinese tourists.  Well, you can see how well that is working.

Of course, they could go back to wooing healthy western tourists--but they'd have to push the Baht down, something they'd rather not tackle.

[rkidlad]

Just now, Assurancetourix said:

Well said !
A few extra baht in the kitty and a few extra arrivals to please the TAT are much more important than the health of the people of Thailand.

A responsible government would have immediately ordered airlines to suspend all flights from China and not just the province concerned because containment, even by the Chinese military, cannot be 100% secure

His original tweet wasn't so eloquently put. Quite the opposite in fact. 

[chilli42]

“We can control the situation and are confident in our ability to handle the crisis," Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters. 

This is were most problems start in Thailand.  The speaker being either delusional or a liar (maybe both).  This hubris leads to inaction and intervention when the horse has already left the barn.

Does anyone believe the number of cases China is publishing?  Based on what they have done and planning to do, you can know that the number is massively higher.

 

it it were my show, I would block all flights from China now.  There is of course the profit barrier and the need to get existing tourists back to China. Making decisions that are right for the public health and well being are why this bunch of mischief makers was elected in the first place.  They don’t understand that the power was given to them by voters and that they serve at the pleasure of the voters/public  ... I know that sounds naive when considering Thailand but it’s how a democracy is intended to work (though seldom does).

 

 

[Krataiboy]

1 hour ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

They got it from another human while they were in China, not in Thailand: "There have been no cases of human-to-human transmission in Thailand."

Not yet. However, the disease can reportedly be spread during the incubation period when no symptoms are present. If this is correct, taking the temperature of arriving Chinese tourists is an unreliable method of testing for the virus and Thailand could be opening the door to trouble.

Edited January 27, 2020 by Krataiboy

[Assurancetourix]

2 minutes ago, chilli42 said:

I know that sounds naive when considering Thailand but it’s how a democracy is intended to work (though seldom does).

 

Should Thailand be one (democracy);
which is not the case and never has been.

[newnative]

5 hours ago, Creasy said:

Don't worry people of Thailand.

 

The voteless prime minister will order, demand and instruct the corona virus to go away or set up a committee full of junta flunkys to talk about it.

You totally nailed it!  As he has done with air pollution and everything else.  

[ChipButty]

7 minutes ago, steve187 said:

in simple terms they don't know if any have been infected cases of human-to-human, only time will tell, i looked on Lazada, awaiting supplies from China

In central yesterday sold out of face mask my wife went everywhere to buy

[Sunderland]

They have a right to be angry. The government as usual is not proactive in the slightest. They should be shutting down the schools - for a start - this week, but they won't. They should have already shut down all flights from China, but they won't. They should stop using those fingerprint scanners in the airports, or at least have sanitizer available, but they won't. They should be following up on every person who boarded the flights with people who were infected for up to 14 days, but I am fairly certain they won't have done that.

Too little too late. The number of cases in the coming weeks in Bangkok and other parts of Thailand will be a massive drain on the economy. 

 

 

 

[Assurancetourix]

1 minute ago, Krataiboy said:

Not yet. However, the disease can reportedly be spread during the incubation period when no symptoms are present. If this is correct, taking the temperature of arriving Chinese tourists is an unreliable method of testing for the virus and Thailand could be opening the door to trouble.

Go explain this to the Thai authorities while you are a farang;
they will laugh at you; a farang does not understand Thailand ..

Right, the incubation can go up to 14 days without any sign of anything, so no fever, no nausea, nothing,

Taking the temperature of arrivals is the same as cutting soft butter with string or putting a plaster on a wooden leg.
it is useless at all.

[Jimbo2014]

Im surprised they havnt touted this as one of the successes of the TM30 ????

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

"If it reaches a point where public health is in danger, we will take (more) action," Anutin said, adding that the government would not prioritise tourism revenue over health.

Just like the PM2.5 scandal.... Anutin knows sod-all about health issues, after quoting the above he wonders why people are not confident in what they're doing!!!!

Thais are I think finally waking up to the governments ineptitude on many issues and now starting to use social media to speak out!

[les1]

Just read that Vietnam is doing the right thing check this link out..

 

nytimes.com/reuters/2020/01/24/world/asia/24reuters-vietnam-health.html

[rocksniffer]

So far in Thailand nobody has died from the coronavurus. Yesterday in Thailand around 40 people were killed on the roads. Why aren't "the public" angry about the governments handling of that situation. 

 

[Kinnock]

40 minutes ago, tifino said:

yeah!   a certified to 0.3micron mask, but supposedly scam-battling a Virus sized down to 0.12micron

 

The aim of the masks is to help prevent droplet infection from coughing/sneezing.  If everyone wears one (infected and uninfected people) it will help reduce the spread (which is why China has made them compulsory in Wuhan).  But you also need to wash hands after removing your mask, and wear a new one each day.  

 

The aim of all the public health measures is to reduce the Ro (average number of cases passed on per person) to less than 1.0 - as then the epidemic will end. 

[mberbae]

We CAN control the Virus - Thai Officials say.  The same way we

CAN control Burning, Traffic deaths, Corruption.

 

I feel a Whole lot better now .

[manhood]

False information of the government as normal here!

There is human to human transmission, due to research of a german virology institute.

The thai government better listen to those who have a glue of an idea!

[AlQaholic]

I think the real number of infected people in China is closer to 100,000 rather than the official count of 2,000, based on the fact that it has now a worldwide spread in such a short time.

[soistalker]

Thailand traded stable long term farang expats for chinamen at 1 to 100. Less revenue from the Han clones on vacation than what some clean law abiding white European guy would be spending. 

[thisisrascal]

I admit that I'm a complete amateur when it comes to epidemiology but it appears that we know far better than our respective government's and I'm <deleted> off about my own (British) government's reaction to this too, so it is not just Thailand's. In my opinion, the first thing you should do when you're aware of a virus as dangerous as this is to close down all possible avenues in which that virus could spread and lessen the possible harm to your own people. That includes air travel. It is simply unbelievable that air travel from China is still allowed. Lay on flights to get your own people out of there by all means, but those returning must be kept isolated for approximately 15 days. 

Edited January 27, 2020 by thisisrascal

[brianthainess]

3 hours ago, AlexRich said:

Come back Farang ... all is forgiven!!

And we don't care how many times a year you come we want your money now

[FinChin67]

It is much worse in China that they say. I get really worrying messages and they put cities in lockdown - nobody in or out. It has already spread and out of hand. Let's see if China goes into full panic mode and people start fighting over food. Then it's really bad. They already sell second hand masks other nasty stuff... Wuhan really screwed up this one and they learned nothing from SARS. Saving face again and it backfired really really bad.

5 million left Wuhan before lockdown, 1,000 new coronavirus cases expected in city
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3047720/chinese-premier-li-keqiang-head-coronavirus-crisis-team-outbreak
“From observations, the virus is capable of transmission even during incubation period,” Ma said, adding that the incubation period lasted from one to 14 days.

Ma Xiaowei, the minister in charge of China’s National Health Commission (NHC), told a press conference that battling the outbreak was complicated, particularly as it had been discovered that the new virus could be transmitted even during incubation period, which did not happen with Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome).
“From observations, the virus is capable of transmission even during incubation period,” Ma said, adding that the incubation period lasted from one to 14 days.

Edited January 27, 2020 by FinChin67

[PEE TEE]

Screening people on arrival will do no good if the incubation period can be up to 2 weeks . They say the infection can be passed on whilst undetected   

[brianthainess]

1 hour ago, GeorgeCross said:

 

which bit of "in Thailand" did you not understand?

 

I don't understand Thailand.

[ICELANDMAN]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7922379/Chinas-lab-studying-SARS-Ebola-Wuhan-outbreaks-center.html

[British Bulldog]

Here in Laos, all international airports have turned on their health scanning machines after a few years rest, but what has been raised by many local people is the fact that a tremendous amount of Chinese drive down to the old City of Luang Prabang and beyond to Vientiane, plus there are the thousands of workers who work on Hydro Power Projects that go back and forth by bus and car .... apparently, there is no scanning at any of the northern border crossings .... ????