The Chinese are the least of your concerns now. Good luck tracking down everybody that taxi driver who caught it was in contact with. Should of shut out the Chinese the over a week ago. 

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3048441/singapore-closes-borders-all-chinese-travellers-stem

 

Travellers wearing face masks at Changi International Airport in Singapore. Photo: AFP

 

 

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Singapore closes borders to all Chinese travellers to stem spread of coronavirus

Singapore  will close its borders to all new visitors from mainland China, including foreigners who have been there within the past 14 days, becoming the first Southeast Asian country to do so in a bid to stem the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

 

The island nation has China as one of its biggest trading partners and is a popular destination for Chinese tourists. Figures from the Singapore Tourism Board showed that 248,000 travellers from the mainland entered Singapore last November, while 3.42 million mainland Chinese tourists visited in 2018.

 

The visa suspension will come into effect immediately so travellers can be informed in advance, while the travel restriction will start at 11.59pm on Saturday.

 

 

African students in China are struggling to find food and supplies in the coronavirus lockdown

https://qz.com/africa/1794362/wuhan-coronavirus-lockdown-leaves-african-students-without-food/

38 minutes ago, khunpa said:

True and that is also why all the people comparing this to the Flu and saying it is nothing, should sit back and think a bit.

 

The danger in this is not so much the amount of people that die, but the many people who need medical care and get critically ill. Many people with other deceases, will also die due to lack of treatment and ressources.

Wuhan is a clear example of what will happen, when this gets out of hand. Thailand has not yet realised this and it is already too late here. The outbreak is a reality in Thailand and MANY more infected will show up. 

Indeed. Which is why I'm saying it's a good idea to wear the mask: chances are high we all will get this virus at a time or another, but you really, really don't want to get it at the same time everybody else is also at the hospital. Anything that gets you over the first waves makes sense.

19 minutes ago, snatur said:

African students in China are struggling to find food and supplies in the coronavirus lockdown

https://qz.com/africa/1794362/wuhan-coronavirus-lockdown-leaves-african-students-without-food/

If a lockdown turns into a siege, what will happen is the inhabitants will simply break out. Then we'll see if the commies are true to their blood and will meet them with machine guns. The result would probably be deadlier than the virus.

27 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3048441/singapore-closes-borders-all-chinese-travellers-stem

That's how you do it. Thailand, take their lead. Sod tourism.

6,000 tourists quarantined in Italy oncruise ship

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/6000-passengers-stuck-on-cruise-ship-in-italy-over-coronavirus-fears/ar-BBZtsi8?li=BBnb7Kz

US State Dept advises citzens not to travel to China

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/who-declares-coronavirus-global-emergency-state-department-raises-travel-warning-to-highest-level/ar-BBZu28x?li=BBnb7Kz

WHO modelling and previous pandemics have both shown restricting air travel delays the spread of pandemics by a short amount of time, would not actually stop the disease from getting to any particular country, and would have minimal impact on the magnitude of the pandemic.

"It's completely clear from empirical evidence from pandemic influenza that reducing air travel has an incredibly minor effect on the ultimate spread of diseases like this,"

https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2020-01-31/coronavirus-quarantine-unintended-consequences/11912722

20 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

If a lockdown turns into a siege, what will happen is the inhabitants will simply break out. Then we'll see if the commies are true to their blood and will meet them with machine guns. The result would probably be deadlier than the virus.

 

There's a Twitter feed with a lot of China/coronavirus related posts right now.... And it's very difficult to know for sure which ones are legit and which ones may not be...

 

But in one of the recent videos I saw there, it showed a guy trying to get out of an ambulance, fighting with two guards, and then having one of the guards grab the guy in a headlock and wrestle him back into the ambulance.

 

https://twitter.com/hashtag/WuhanCoronovirus?src=hashtag_click

 

There's a lot of other posts there, including photos and videos that purport to be from or show scenes of Chinese medical workers. I'd post them here, but I'm guessing they'd be deleted as being unverified/unapproved. But if you take them in their totality, they paint a picture of extreme despair and overwhelming conditions going on there.

 

Edited January 31, 20206 yr by TallGuyJohninBKK

13 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

But in one of the recent videos I saw there, it showed a guy trying to get out of an ambulance, fighting with two guards, and then having one of the guards grab the guy in a headlock and wrestle him back into the ambulance.

I was very surprised to read about something similar in a CNN article: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/30/asia/chinese-health-care-virus-intl-hnk/index.html

 

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According to University of Michigan's Gallagher, there is also a lack of health care professionals, in part because of a fear that becoming a doctor or nurse puts them at risk of violence. Last month, a Beijing doctor was fatally stabbed by a patient's relative. The problem is so widespread that China has passed a new law -- which comes into effect later this year -- to protect medical workers.

 

What the actual hell are they thinking attacking doctors?

30 minutes ago, snatur said:

Active ingredient found against coronavirus

 German researchers have discovered a substance that inhibits various coronaviruses.  The natural product comes from Asia and also has an effect on other dangerous diseases such as Ebola, Lassa or Zika virus.

 

https://www.mdr.de/wissen/neuer-wirkstoff-gegen-coronavirus-gefunden-100.html

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321862607_Broad-spectrum_antiviral_activity_of_the_eIF4A_inhibitor_silvestrol_against_corona-_and_picornaviruses

 

It's been discovered a while ago.

 

Prof. Grünwaller also states in the article the approval as medicine is still far away.

 

Heere's the plant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aglaia_odorata

 

And if you're going to go hunting for one, here's a Thai article for ya: https://medthai.com/ประยงค์/

Edited January 31, 20206 yr by DrTuner

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A post using foreign language and linking to sites using foreign language has been removed as this is an English language forum. 

2 hours ago, Salerno said:

WHO modelling and previous pandemics have both shown restricting air travel delays the spread of pandemics by a short amount of time, would not actually stop the disease from getting to any particular country, and would have minimal impact on the magnitude of the pandemic.

"It's completely clear from empirical evidence from pandemic influenza that reducing air travel has an incredibly minor effect on the ultimate spread of diseases like this,"

https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2020-01-31/coronavirus-quarantine-unintended-consequences/11912722

Facts are of minor importance. This is just a good old hysteria. "virus.....China!!!!!.... AAAAAAAAAAHHHH."

Let authorities and the experts do what they have to do and just chillax everybody...

Both China and Thailand are doing a good job in monitoring and controlling this virus. 

If the usa and the rest of the world cant prevent a yearly influenza epidemic with annually tens of thousands of deaths, stop bitching about Thailand and China.

Edited January 31, 20206 yr by herwin1234
spelling misstake lol

all this blablabla about a virus ,less dangerous like many viruses killed tenthousands away,

pure panik

...last weeks an outbreak in africa killed already thousands of measels

...the flu virus kills tenthousands a year , why nobody scarred

 

pure panik, bcs its happen in a major country, with stupid easily paniking people (asian race) ,and related to world econonmy

 

the thousands killed the last weeks in other part of the world, nobody intrested or even heard about..........................

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-51028791

 

Edited January 31, 20206 yr by lapamita

1 hour ago, lapamita said:

all this blablabla about a virus ,less dangerous like many viruses killed tenthousands away,

pure panik

...last weeks an outbreak in africa killed already thousands of measels

...the flu virus kills tenthousands a year , why nobody scarred

 

pure panik, bcs its happen in a major country, with stupid easily paniking people (asian race) ,and related to world econonmy

 

the thousands killed the last weeks in other part of the world, nobody intrested or even heard about..........................

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-51028791

 

I can agree with your sentiment.

Nothing about this  virus indicates any more and maybe less  danger to populations health than any existing variety of endemic or  potentially endemic disease.

But advantage is  being taken in  various ways while ignoring  equal or greater  humanitarian crisis elsewhere that have  no political or financial priority.

 

 

Experts are more concerned it dosent evolve into a more serious strain as it or can infect more easily

Racially tinged troll post reported and removed.  

 

Get on with it already! 

5 hours ago, DrTuner said:

I was very surprised to read about something similar in a CNN article: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/30/asia/chinese-health-care-virus-intl-hnk/index.html

 

 

What the actual hell are they thinking attacking doctors?

Nut cases! It happens frequently in the UK in the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Departments - usually on a weekend and mostly by drunks/druggies.

Relax!...... the government has this under control 

Every Chinese visitor to Thailand will be granted a free VOA

Virus on Arrival 

If you were offered a rubba , would you prefer a certified quality protection, a rubba with holes as an important person albeit not medically qualified recommended , or no rubba at all.

 

Plan B no contact at all with source of problem?

What an insult....yesterday it was all waïs-prosternations-garlands and today it's go back from where you came from....well of course it's the right thing to do, but very insulting to the picky sensitive Chinese who will further boycott Thailand once the outbreak is contained. Bootlicking the Chinese in the first place was a wrong move...they should have rather betted on the big spending Indians....and encourage the europeans to come back with special "tourist THB exchange rates"....

Allmost all Chinese at the airport were wearing masks.

Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock.

Umm.  Why does he need to propose any measure to the Chinese government?  Last time I checked we're not a 'special administrative region' like Hong Kong.  Yet.

13 minutes ago, newnative said:

Umm.  Why does he need to propose any measure to the Chinese government?  Last time I checked we're not a 'special administrative region' like Hong Kong.  Yet.

Vassal state. Thailand is getting it's first real taste of what it feels like to be the loser in China's economic invasion.

Edited February 1, 20206 yr by DrTuner

The beat goes on ....

 

5 minutes ago, Damrongsak said:

The beat goes on ....

And these numbers are low. The actual number is much higher... the total numbers of SARS outbreak in 2002-2004 has already been surpassed. Clearly this virus is much more virulent. 

Edited February 1, 20206 yr by Tounge Thaied
Dates correction.

9 minutes ago, Tounge Thaied said:

And these numbers are low. The actual number is much higher... the total numbers of SARS outbreak in 2002-2004 has already been surpassed. Clearly this virus is much more virulent. 

Might not be much more virulent, but the Chinese are a lot more mobile than they were in early noughts, Makes a strong case for limiting their mobility now.