anchadian Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 17 minutes ago, Mikeasq60 said: I'll be traveling to Thailand on the 8th of February. I'm looking forward to a wonderful holiday with my wife. and I'm a senior citizen also. Not worried about virus in the least Don't travel, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimBKK Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 3 hours ago, rtco said: The advice is that masks are next to useless Depends on the type of mask: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/01/29/800531753/face-masks-what-doctors-say-about-their-role-in-containing-coronavirus?ft=nprml&f=1001 But it seems most are not wearing N95 masks (the most effective mask type) so your statement is mostly correct, FWIW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinLOS Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 5 minutes ago, cauldlad said: Seasonal flu kills 400,000 globally every year!! I think some people need to get things into perspective. Season flu kills 1 in 1000... this is killing between 20 - 30 in 1000 at a minimum and Lancet data suggests over 100 in 1000... Do the math.. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchadian Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51305526 Coronavirus: Death toll rises as virus spreads to every Chinese regionThe death toll of the coronavirus has risen to 170 and with a confirmed case in Tibet, the virus has now spread to every region in mainland China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post johnny49r Posted January 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2020 5 hours ago, webfact said: Is it safe to travel to Thailand? The correct answer to that question must be taken in the general context. If unsanitary food doesn't get you the highways will. If you survive breathing the air and drinking the water then it might be time to worry about coronavirus. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayboy Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 4 hours ago, neeray said: I always find this line of logic (if it can be called that) to be completely irrelevant. The road deaths go on regardless. Coronavirus deaths are in addition. I disagree.If someone is assessing risk before coming to Thailand, one of the world's worst road death rates is a hugely more significant factor than the coronavirus. The fact that the road injury/death rate is , as it were built in, is neither here nor there. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chilli42 Posted January 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2020 When is the government going to stop being indecisive. Time to follow the international community and ban all flights from China. They always wait until things are out of control before they act. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoiEtDale Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, johnny49r said: The correct answer to that question must be taken in the general context. If unsanitary food doesn't get you the highways will. If you survive breathing the air and drinking the water then it might be time to worry about coronavirus. This is scary! When are they going to start recalling the infected bottles of Corona and stop this thing? It’s insane. I know it’s bad for business but people are dying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crabbie2020 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Hello from Krabi Town! I am pretty worried and it's a little alarming that all hand santiziers and face masks have sold out in the city! Anyway, are there destinations in Thailand where Chinese don't tend to go? Obviously Phuket, Bangkok and CM are super popular. Have not see too many of them in Krabi thankfully! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoiEtDale Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 1 minute ago, crabbie2020 said: Hello from Krabi Town! I am pretty worried and it's a little alarming that all hand santiziers and face masks have sold out in the city! Anyway, are there destinations in Thailand where Chinese don't tend to go? Obviously Phuket, Bangkok and CM are super popular. Have not see too many of them in Krabi thankfully! I’m think massive class action lawsuit against the Corona beer company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P100 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 3 hours ago, Wiggy said: The Spanish flu epidemic of 1918-20 infected an estimated 500 million people and killed 20-50 million. Now that was a virus to be worried about. If you would know that you are the one to be killed you will think it over I guess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crabbie2020 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 17 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said: I'll bet that there are more Chinese travellers in Cambodia and the UK at any given time. You've never been to the UK then! Millions of them in LOS and it will only get worse, which is why I am fleeing back to the EU soon!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchadian Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, chilli42 said: When is the government going to stop being indecisive. Time to follow the international community and ban all flights from China. They always wait until things are out of control before they act. I've been saying this all along. The government will only act when it's too late. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokat Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 28 minutes ago, Mikeasq60 said: I'll be traveling to Thailand on the 8th of February. I'm looking forward to a wonderful holiday with my wife. and I'm a senior citizen also. Not worried about virus in the least That's not unreasonable, the numbers in Thailand are not very bad yet. I would just recommend to avoid touching your face after touching door handles, hand rails and fingerprint scanners. Maybe have some alcohol gel if you don't feel like waiting for the next bathroom to wash your hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 38 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said: Dear Dr... I don't think people can be infected with viruses thru their ears! Well with all the loud PA systems here maybe there are a lot with perforated ear drums. ???? ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 I got in a heated debate about Air BnB a month a go ... Oh, how "selfish" I was for not wanting strangers from every corner of the world, fresh off an international flight ... here in our lovely building on short stays. Everyone criticized me. Our building is cracking down on Air BnB in a serious way ... show of hands please ... who wants these people in their building because "mean Bangkok Equity enforced the condo rules?" and they are GONE. I will pay their taxi fare to send these travelers straight to YOUR building! Please let me know where to send them ... because, you know ... you thought Air BnB was brilliant last month! By the way, guess what now also makes sense?? ... TM30. A record of travelers, where they go, and where they stay. Things that make ya' go "hmmmm" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haecksler Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 For all the TV Doctors, specialists and other BS let me tel you something: It always strikes me down if death numbers are compared with the annually flu victims. OK. for all of this guys seeing this numbers as not an issue means you think if a A 380 crashes and 530 people are minced is not problem as the flu kills every year ????????? ???? In this moment it is completely irrelevant how much is the death rate. Why? Because there is a risk that now many people going to hospitals. This is the place where you absolutely don't want to be in this moment. If later more people getting sick hospitals will not be able to provide IC as they run out of equipment. Happening right now in Wuhan. Therefor it is now essential to stay healthy in either way. Any contribution to minimize the risk must be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonltr Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 8 minutes ago, crabbie2020 said: Hello from Krabi Town! I am pretty worried and it's a little alarming that all hand santiziers and face masks have sold out in the city! Anyway, are there destinations in Thailand where Chinese don't tend to go? Obviously Phuket, Bangkok and CM are super popular. Have not see too many of them in Krabi thankfully! If you get infected it will surely be from a Thai. BA has stopped all flights to China and the Philippines has stopped all visas on arrival from China whilst Thailand sprays the planes in preparation for new arrivals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post runamok27 Posted January 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2020 2 hours ago, FarFlungFalang said: About 3%.A tad more than your average flu from what I’ve read. I saw a statement by a former CDC person and he said they really don't know and for the most part never really know because an unknown number of people catch the flu but never go to the hospital so the total infected number would be way too low. The people who are getting percentages from the infected numbers and the death numbers will greatly overstate the mortality rate. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
englishoak Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, LivinLOS said: do the road deaths double every 2 days ?? This is why comparing fat tail outcomes to thin tail outcomes is statistically meaningless in risk assessment models. Bare in mind this prediction was done on 22 for the next 30 day at then present data if nothing was to change. So far the numbers have mostly mirrored the prediction frighteningly closely .. I really hope it begins to diverge to the low side within the next few days. Edited January 30, 2020 by englishoak 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 6 minutes ago, Lacessit said: You're going solo on the sex side? This particular virus -- unlike others -- supposedly cannot be spread thru sexual body fluids alone... although heavy breathing and kissing is probably best avoided! Although somewhat ironically, the drugs the medicos are looking at right now as prospective treatments for the coronavirus are anti-viral HIV drugs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neeray Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 3 hours ago, soalbundy said: some people would panic if a mouse farts. Corona is just influenza with a college education. I always understood mice don't fart. Same for dogs. But I get your point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech65 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 3 hours ago, bartender100 said: But humans are very clever, a cure will be found Or is it available yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyCarlton Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 8 minutes ago, JHolmesJr said: there's no point washing your hands and bathing in alcohol sprays if someone in the kitchen is going to sneeze a bit of corona on your French fries Wife wears a surgical mask when preparing my food. Doesn't yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max69xl Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 4 hours ago, SkyFax said: All I can say is that, if for Thailand it is too late and that this has spread out of control already, I'm glad I'm not in Pattaya. You don't seem to know that BKK is the most popular place for Chinese tourists, and maybe Chiang-Mai is number two because of the Chinese population there. I am staying in Jomtien and some days I don't see any Chinese tourists, even when going into Pattaya. The Chinese New Year isn't very big in Pattaya and the celebrations are not the same as in other places in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeeTua Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 30 minutes ago, LivinLOS said: 37 minutes ago, cauldlad said: Seasonal flu kills 400,000 globally every year!! I think some people need to get things into perspective. Season flu kills 1 in 1000... this is killing between 20 - 30 in 1000 at a minimum and Lancet data suggests over 100 in 1000... Do the math.. And roughly one in five infected critical? ------------------------------ "On January 28, 2020 there were 4,515 confirmed cases across all regions in the People's Republic of China (except for Xizang). 976 cases are in critical condition, 106 have died....." https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/file/situation/situation-no25-280163.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Caldera Posted January 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2020 It's never "safe" to travel to Thailand. As of now, this new virus makes it only marginally more unsafe. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
englishoak Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, Tech65 said: Or is it available yet? There wont be a cure perse, a vaccine possibly but estimates for use best predictions are a year or so... Oz has already successfully copied the virus and its the first step.. China wont currently share the original its got for some reason but assume its on it too... then trials then more trails then mass production, delivery nd finally to the masses.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max69xl Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, DannyCarlton said: Wife wears a surgical mask when preparing my food. Doesn't yours? Maybe she wears it because of bad breath? ???? Don't confuse the cheapest masks from the pharmacy with proper surgical masks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dallen52 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 170 deaths 7000 reported cases Thailand is second in the world for cases. Advice is all but essential travel to be avoided. 11:30 am Thursday. I cannot believe anything that the Thai government puts out. Its aimed at protecting the tourist $$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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