4 hours ago, webfact said:

As of Tuesday (January 28), the Chinese government has closed many of its cities and controlled all entry points.

Meanwhile Thailand seems to be opening as many doors as possible

1 minute ago, RichardColeman said:

Meanwhile Thailand seems to be opening as many doors as possible

same same her legs... ????

Just buy a set of masks for your family for public places. I got those via lazada, delivered in a couple days, sets of 3 and replacement filters too if you want to use against pollution - https://bit.ly/2u20bUD

What are you worried about, it's all 100% under control, when can an epidemic ever become dangerous in Thailand?
Just follow the PM's directions!

the screening is useless as patients can carry and spread virus in the incubation period, which is 14 days. Close the borders for Chinese. Mask are useless too. 

this is why it's important for us older guys to stay in shape. and not drink or smoke, work out and eat healthy foods.  this is your best defense.

Its all a bit shock horror. 106 deaths in a week, all in China, is hardly a world epidemic. Less than 2 days carnage on Thai roads.

About every 5 years we get a major panic about another deadly virus and we're all going to die. Ebola, H1N1, bird flu etc.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/can-anti-hiv-combination-or-other-existing-drugs-outwit-new-coronavirus

13 minutes ago, malibukid said:

this is why it's important for us older guys to stay in shape. and not drink or smoke, work out and eat healthy foods.  this is your best defense.

don't forget lots of boom boom.

17 hours ago, dcnx said:

Philippines stopped giving them visa on arrival. Taiwan stopped issuing all visas to Chinese. Mongolia closed their border with China.

 

Thailand just started screening everyone.

 

 

No they are planning to screen everyone this mornings media claims, so again talk is cheap. When they are DOING it then maybe screening is happening, but all to late.

17 hours ago, GeorgeCross said:

so thailand is now on the same exponential path as china: 1, 2, 5, 8, 14, ??

 

same virus so same result?

 

 

Not the same, maybe worse as Thailand is doing very little compared to China.

17 hours ago, toenail said:

??? Money from tourism is more important than dealing with an uncontrollable epidemic.  You know the “Thai way”... react after it is a big problem. 

And by "react" you mean hold a bunch of press conferences where they compete over who can come up with the most moronic ideas and then not implementing anything except a few media day photo sessions to make it seem like they are doing something? 

The word crackdown is likely to be tossed around as well...

14, that is the kind of exponential increase indicating that the real number of infections in Thailand should be around 2000 or more now. Screening does not help much as the virus can be transmitted before any symptoms appear. And why in the <deleted> do these Wuhan people travel so much? Stay home you <deleted>!.

Flights still ! arriving directly from Wuhan to Krabi ... This yesterday 

No mention of Koh samui i am told 3 cases 2 Thai 1 chinese have the symptoms but is not confirmed  

52 minutes ago, visarunner said:

the screening is useless as patients can carry and spread virus in the incubation period, which is 14 days. Close the borders for Chinese. Mask are useless too. 

How can you say the masks are useless??

If nothing else, they stop you from touching your nose and mouth.

The average person touches their face 4/5 times per minute.

You can argue forever about the size of the virus and how it can bypass the filters but they can be helpful in preventing the spread of the virus

18 hours ago, webfact said:

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand announced plans on Tuesday to screen all arrivals from China for symptoms of a deadly virus and confirmed six more infections among such visitors, taking the southeast Asian nation's tally to 14, health officials said.

Should have done that from day one !!!!

Why worry? We've been told from the top that it's 100% controllable. That's all I need to know. 

58 minutes ago, mrfill said:

Its all a bit shock horror. 106 deaths in a week, all in China, is hardly a world epidemic. Less than 2 days carnage on Thai roads.

About every 5 years we get a major panic about another deadly virus and we're all going to die. Ebola, H1N1, bird flu etc.

So many people thrive on drama to get through their boring lives.

Not much will come out of this. Sure people may get sick, most won't and some may die. It's not the Apocalypse so people make it out, or wish it was, to be.

Most countries are taking the same actions as Thailand. An inconvenient truth for some on this forum.

18 hours ago, simtemple said:

Every person infected infects another 2.6. At present, no cases have been reported in the Philippines. ThaiVisa is blocking communications from outside Thailand. Why? 

Because of what is splashed all over MSN western news outlets and Rueters this morning. That's why.

How many of you trust them scanning/checking people on arrival? It's the same way they scan you when entering some malls, or when going on the BTS, very loud beeps but they tell you to keep on walking - scanning machine is just for show. 

A friend who's never been here asked me why Thailand hasn't done anything to stop the Chinese tourists coming, well it's just a quick equation.

No tourists, no one dies = no profit

Tourists, some people die = profit

Money has more value than people's lives.

 

Also, just saw a clip on Facebook of Chinese tourists refusing to pay 250 baht for getting their hair washed+cut (females). These are the tourists you need! They come with viruses and no money, only spend money on Chinese tours, Chinese hotels, Chinese restaurants... How much do the locals really make from Chinese?

1 hour ago, mrfill said:

Its all a bit shock horror. 106 deaths in a week, all in China, is hardly a world epidemic. Less than 2 days carnage on Thai roads.

About every 5 years we get a major panic about another deadly virus and we're all going to die. Ebola, H1N1, bird flu etc.

Yes it’s seems like that now on the surface but factor in what you can’t see which is the underreporting by China and others. Travellers from infected areas are still travelling, hospitals at ground zero already overwhelmed and refusing new patients. If you were in one of these cities you would want to escape by any means without knowing you were already infected. I see this one as the big one and I hope to God I am wrong. If this had kicked off in the US or even HK I may have been less pessimistic but I think history will confirm my theory that this pandemic coming from the middle of China prior to the Chinese Lunar New Year has created the perfect storm to spread this virus everywhere and make it the Pandemic of this century. If that happens there is no way hospitals everywhere will cope and you will simply have to take your chances on self recovery. “Brace yourself Shiela”

41 minutes ago, Sticky Wicket said:

How can you say the masks are useless??

If nothing else, they stop you from touching your nose and mouth.

 

An airborne virus like Cov can enter your body via the eyes. Hence, preventing you from touching nose and mouth is useless.

 

I addition studies have shown that the coronavirus can survive up to 4 days on plastics, glass and similar surfaces. If you wear mask and touch say an escalator that has a smattering of coronavirus, then rub your eyes, guess what will happen.

 

So I am guessing he said that masks are useless because in certain circumstances they are, well, useless.

Thailand will screen nobody there not qualified. They lie and will let them all through unless your coughing or dieing.

Best screen the government officials bank accounts.

3 minutes ago, Bundooman said:

"Our target is we will be able to detect all carriers entering Thailand and we will apply necessary measures as the situation develops.

It was not Bundooman who wrote this;
It is a Thai minister who has still not understood that the only way to do this is to ban flights and vehicles wishing to enter Thailand.

Every day thousands of vehicles cross the bridges of Friendship on the Mekong;
Thai and lao trucks that supply the construction sites of dams made by the Chinese.
The conductors are necessarily in contact with the Chinese site managers and even with the Chinese workers.

When they return to Thailand, they may very well be infected without even knowing it (incubation of the disease from 1 to 14 days)

1 minute ago, Assurancetourix said:

It was not Bundooman who wrote this;
It is a Thai minister who has still not understood that the only way to do this is to ban flights and vehicles wishing to enter Thailand.

Every day thousands of vehicles cross the bridges of Friendship on the Mekong;
Thai and lao trucks that supply the construction sites of dams made by the Chinese.
The conductors are necessarily in contact with the Chinese site managers and even with the Chinese workers.

When they return to Thailand, they may very well be infected without even knowing it (incubation of the disease from 1 to 14 days)

THEY don't care only want money a few thousand dead Thais no probs 

18 hours ago, GeorgeCross said:

so thailand is now on the same exponential path as china: 1, 2, 5, 8, 14, ??

 

same virus so same result?

 

 

Logically the outbreak has already started here, but the PM is handling this personally and has it 100% under control. 
 

So no worries ????

 

 

It's been clearly shown that the virus can be transmitted during the incubation phase when there are no symptoms, so what on earth is the point of checking body temperatures? The only effective way of keeping the virus out is to keep the Chinese out, full stop!

Everything 100% under control, PM said ...

1 hour ago, Sticky Wicket said:

How can you say the masks are useless??

useless is probably not the best word to use.  maybe a better way to say it is 'not as great as you might think'.

 

here is a link that provides some explanation. 

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/01/do-masks-actually-protect-against-coronavirus.html