25 minutes ago, Yinn said:

He not angry. Watch the link. You imagine.

Please not fly off the handle.

 

Obviously didn't understand that post either. Maybe you should react to posts you have some understanding of. No-one is flying off the handle and try reading posts in a calm manner. I did try to dumb this one down for you a bit.

I suspect cases of Corvid-19 are low because hospitals aren’t testing everyone/anyone that comes in with the symptoms, I mean, it’s normal for Thai people to clog up the hospitals when they have a cold, cough etc, there’s no way Thailand has the kits or the manpower to suddenly start testing them all. I think it’ll only start showing up on stats when a significant amount of people start going down with ARDS.

4 minutes ago, lemonjelly said:

I suspect cases of Corvid-19 are low because hospitals aren’t testing everyone/anyone that comes in with the symptoms, I mean, it’s normal for Thai people to clog up the hospitals when they have a cold, cough etc, there’s no way Thailand has the kits or the manpower to suddenly start testing them all. I think it’ll only start showing up on stats when a significant amount of people start going down with ARDS.

 

That has the ring of authenticity about it. Something sure as hell doesn't gel that's for sure and I'm not sure how much of it has to do with the collapse of tourism. I'd be surprised if the good General hasn't been talking to a few people... tourism is probably the one thing which might impel him to read the writing that is surely on the wall...

 

 

1 hour ago, Soikhaonoiken said:

An angry denial of the truth speaks volumes...  I think Sweden are correct in there assumptions the figures don't add up in Thailand ????

Do you have some proof of a cover up and that the numbers have sky rocketed, if you have info no one else have put it out there. If there was a huge number of sick people it would be all over social media. Stop fear mongering

If you don't test them then officially they don't have.
How many tests have they done any stats on that?

He went to Hofstra University (pay tuition, you're in type of school) in Queens, NYC in the 1980's.  I am 100% sure he got bullied and laughed at Hofstra (hence, dislike farangs).  By the way, Bernie Madoff is a Hofstra alumni...

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People who said such things don’t live in Thailand and they don’t know how we work

Oh don't worry. We who do live here and know how Thais "work" have already informed the rest of the world.

22 minutes ago, lemonjelly said:

I suspect cases of Corvid-19 are low because hospitals aren’t testing everyone/anyone that comes in with the symptoms, I mean, it’s normal for Thai people to clog up the hospitals when they have a cold, cough etc, there’s no way Thailand has the kits or the manpower to suddenly start testing them all. I think it’ll only start showing up on stats when a significant amount of people start going down with ARDS.

It seems WHO has two reference laboratories in Thailand, at Chula and National Instutite of Health, both of which need to execute a RT-PCR test on a sample and confirm a positive. Ministry of Public Health, lead by Anutin, runs the NIH lab. MoPH stopped publishing the number of pending diagnoses days ago, but until then they were growing hand by hand with suspected cases, indicating either the testing is very slow (I've seen multiple mentions of RT-PCR tests taking 24-48/h to complete, there was also a video from Chula's lab here on TVF, throughput seemed to be under 10 diagnoses per day when they were still publishing the backlog) or one of the labs is not confirming new cases.

 

Not that hard to read between the lines.

This racist dirtbag believes it's the farangs fault that coronavirus has spread to Thailand. He's just another xenophobic Thai that believes his country is superior and therefore they don't need to listen to, or liaise with, international organisations. 

15 minutes ago, monkfish said:

If you don't test them then officially they don't have.
How many tests have they done any stats on that?

It's like the trash problem here.  No hab bins. No hab problem.

4 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

It seems WHO has two reference laboratories in Thailand, at Chula and National Instutite of Health, both of which need to execute a PT-PCR test on a sample and confirm a positive. Ministry of Public Health, lead by Anutin, runs the NIH lab. MoPH stopped publishing the number of pending diagnoses days ago, but until then they were growing hand by hand with suspected cases, indicating either the testing is very slow (I've seen multiple mentions of PT-PCR tests taking 24-48/h to complete, there was also a video from Chula's lab here on TVF, throughput seemed to be under 10 diagnoses per day when they were still publishing the backlog) or one of the labs is not confirming new cases.

 

Not that hard to read between the lines.

Sounds similar to the pollution problem in Pattaya when the govt simply stopped reporting.  No hab report.  No hab problem.

14 minutes ago, moe666 said:

Do you have some proof of a cover up and that the numbers have sky rocketed, if you have info no one else have put it out there. If there was a huge number of sick people it would be all over social media. Stop fear mongering

With the level of social media activity in Thailand, they would never be able to keep it covered up. The authorities in Thailand, unlike China, do not have control over what people can post. And even in China with the vast social media controls in place, information is still coming out. If the infection levels were like that in Thailand, you would not see anything else online.

 

I agree with you that people need to stop fear mongering. 

1 hour ago, Brigand said:

Obergruppenführer Anutin at it again with his poor levels of emotional intelligence and propensity to fly off the handle into a rant at the slightest question (which he is obviously not used to being asked). Cheese & rice.

 

49 minutes ago, Brigand said:

Obviously didn't understand that post either. Maybe you should react to posts you have some understanding of. No-one is flying off the handle and try reading posts in a calm manner. I did try to dumb this one down for you a bit.

Yes, Anutin NOT fly off the handle.

if you say he did, is a false narrative.

 

Watch the link I give, very calm. 

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Anutin said the Thai government never hid the truth

Remember May 19, 2010 Mr. Anutin ..
91 dead according to the government and in reality more than 700 

 

I forgot that the policies of all countries are generally very short memory 

I’ve a feeling that the government is either trying to avoid mass hysteria by not reporting or actively trying to identify new cases, or it’s just a rabbit sat in the road staring at the headlights of an oncoming vehicle; I suspect the latter being closer to the truth.

1 hour ago, JustAnotherHun said:

As a comedian Comical Anutin would make a fortune

He could reply to this gentleman who owns a soup restaurant right next to the new Sakon Nakhon bus station;
he is one of Khun Mam's great friends

 

3 minutes ago, lemonjelly said:

or it’s just a rabbit sat in the road staring at the headlights of an oncoming vehicle;

Don't make Yinn cry, the rabbit is a pet in Thailand;
I think it’s the only animal they don’t eat 

27 minutes ago, Yinn said:

 

Yes, Anutin NOT fly off the handle.

if you say he did, is a false narrative.

 

Watch the link I give, very calm. 

Read Brigand's post again. Saying that someone has a propensity to fly off the handle is very different to saying that they actually flew off the handle. 

The thing is that foreigners just don’t like this louder mouthed egotistical racist. He can now never change that and he only has himself to blame. 

The implications of this 'leak" are significant and could very well put  Thailand on the list of blocked  countries.

 

3 hours ago, Soikhaonoiken said:

An angry denial of the truth speaks volumes...  I think Sweden are correct in there assumptions the figures don't add up in Thailand ????

That's what public health specialists have been saying for some time. There is absolutely no way that Thailand with the millions of Chinese visitors that it had received would have fewer cases than countries which received a fraction of the Chinese visitors. Common sense says there should be more cases.

 

2 hours ago, IvorLott said:

Nice to see he was so busy handling the crisis, he couldn't be arsed to attend in person. Not only a bigoted liar but a coward too then.

Perhaps he was not invited. Think about it: Would you want  a potential carrier coming from a country with minimal prevention and screening measures entering your country and attending a conference with valuable people needed for the  crisis?

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Yinn said:

He not angry. Only explain. Calm.

I think the headline trick you. Watch the video. So calm. 

You are missing the BIG picture. Your excerpt is a small excerpt of the event. You are missing the part where he was politely questioned about Thailand's data. In effect   he was told that the  world's experts believe that Thailand  has under reported and misrepresented its data.

 

 

1 hour ago, lemonjelly said:

I suspect cases of Corvid-19 are low because hospitals aren’t testing everyone/anyone that comes in with the symptoms, I mean, it’s normal for Thai people to clog up the hospitals when they have a cold, cough etc, there’s no way Thailand has the kits or the manpower to suddenly start testing them all. I think it’ll only start showing up on stats when a significant amount of people start going down with ARDS.

The initial tests are now chest xrays. If they do not see the telltale clouding, the patient is cleared. The test kits are being rationed. More importantly, Thailand is notorious for unreliable   live samples. So many things can go wrong here;

- The samples must be kept at 2-4C, and we all know  the quality of  refrigeration in Thailand.

- Thailand is relying on swabs. Well, those swabs must be  specially  built with a synthetic tip (i.e. not cotton) and the shaft must be intert like polished aluminum and not the common bamboo  or  low qyality wood fiber used in Thailand. It also depends where the sample is taken (throat, lung sputum etc.)

 

1 hour ago, GarryP said:

With the level of social media activity in Thailand, they would never be able to keep it covered up. The authorities in Thailand, unlike China, do not have control over what people can post. And even in China with the vast social media controls in place, information is still coming out. If the infection levels were like that in Thailand, you would not see anything else online.

 

I agree with you that people need to stop fear mongering. 

In case you forgot, thailand has threatened people with prison  if they say anything questionable and has already made some examples of people. As well,  Thailand uses  software censoring programs. People are scared in large part because the information provided is unreliable. Also, many Thai people don't know any better and are quite willing to accept something if the  guy in uniform or monk outfit tells them.

 

It is IMPOSSIBLE that the number of cases confirmed are as low as they are for the simple reason that we know that  infected carriers entered Thailand.

The Minister erodes his credibility when he uses terms such as "cure" because there is no "cure". people recover.  Recovered people  will most likely have some tissue damage, i.e. impaired respiratory systems  because a respiratory illnesses damages the tissue. if healthy enough they may repair the damage over time. If not, they will succumb to other ailments.  This too is common knowledge and is seen with other less  lethal illnesses.

The Minister is a cringe worthy embarrassment and unfit for this very important  job.

If the Prime Minister cares about thailand he will  appoint  someone with a sound grasp of management and logistics planning to oversee the response. Thailand needs to ramp up its  acute care system now.

 

50 minutes ago, Assurancetourix said:

Don't make Yinn cry, the rabbit is a pet in Thailand;
I think it’s the only animal they don’t eat 

You knowledge about thailand is very low.

Eg. Thai eat elephant? Or not? 

3 minutes ago, Yinn said:

You knowledge about thailand is very low.

Eg. Thai eat elephant? Or not? 

I don't know if they are eating as was reported, but I do know they kill them. They are called poachers.   https://phys.org/news/2012-01-thai-elephant-meat.html

 

However, the issue here is not the eating habits of Thais as there are also many who are vegetarians or who are ethical eaters. Thailand is a country of 70 million, even if only  10% are  humane and ethical, that is still 7 million good and decent people who deserve respect.

 

The same applies for this health crisis. There are responsible health professionals in Thailand. Unfortunately they are not allowed to manage the crisis as they need to do. they are persecuted, discriminated against and maligned. Not everyone is an ignorant prejudiced person like the Minister.  Thailand once earned  the world's respect when it led the way in managing its HIV crisis. Then those professionals were tossed aside as HIV was bad for business. We are seeing the same scenario play out with Covid 19.  Let the health professionals do what they need to do and stop obsessing over the Chinese  revenue.

21 minutes ago, Yinn said:

You knowledge about thailand is very low.

Eg. Thai eat elephant? Or not? 

Yes.

1 minute ago, geriatrickid said:

I don't know if they are eating as was reported, but I do know they kill them. They are called poachers.   https://phys.org/news/2012-01-thai-elephant-meat.html

 

However, the issue here is not the eating habits of Thais as there are also many who are vegetarians or who are ethical eaters. Thailand is a country of 70 million, even if only  10% are  humane and ethical, that is still 7 million good and decent people who deserve respect.

 

The same applies for this health crisis. There are responsible health professionals in Thailand. Unfortunately they are not allowed to manage the crisis as they need to do. they are persecuted, discriminated against and maligned. Not everyone is an ignorant prejudiced person like the Minister.  Thailand once earned  the world's respect when it led the way in managing its HIV crisis. Then those professionals were tossed aside as HIV was bad for business. We are seeing the same scenario play out with Covid 19.  Let the health professionals do what they need to do and stop obsessing over the Chinese  revenue.

My first reply was to the false narrative that Anutin was “angry” in the video phone call. Fly of the handle. 

He was calm. It was false narrative. I show the link. Is true.

 

I not care about him. I know farang not like him, and he not like farang. Not my problem.

Maybe when he go school in USA they punch his face, still his headphones? Maybe hit his head, still his camera and wallet? 

 

I read thai news and social media. If lot of people have corona, it will be on social media. Thai will gossip about it. But it not. 

TVF member say it big problem in thailand.

False narrative again.

 

Nobody die from corona in thailand. Everyone panic to much about it IMO. If the government lie, I will say it. 

 

Since panic about corona start, more people die snake bite, mass shooting, cancer, diabetes, motorbike, car, truck, fall over, drown, heart attack, drug, drunk, AIDS, stroke, flu, electric shock, construction, old age, birth etc etc etc.

corona= 0 die in thailand. 

 

Ps. Old people should be careful, corona might kill them. Young people, not really much. 

 

Lucky that thailand....

 

 

15 minutes ago, Yadon Toploy said:

Yes.

No.

false narrative.

2 minutes ago, Yinn said:

No.

false narrative.

True.

Anutin has everything under control. No checks = no infected. Smart.

19 minutes ago, Yinn said:

No.

false narrative.

I have an oversized spade out the back, would you like to borrow it as the one you are using to dig your hole doesn't seem big enough.

13 minutes ago, Golden Triangle said:

I have an oversized spade out the back, would you like to borrow it as the one you are using to dig your hole doesn't seem big enough.

If you believe Anutin angry and thai people eat elephants. Up to you.

False narrative.

50 minutes ago, Yinn said:

I read thai news and social media. If lot of people have corona, it will be on social media. Thai will gossip about it. But it not. 

TVF member say it big problem in thailand.

False narrative again.

With 3000 Chinese coming in and out everyday I don't believe there are only 35 cases the rest of the World don't believe it either.
Doesn't mean the situation is out of control, doesn't mean there are thousands of cases but certainly more than 35, doesn't mean people dropping dead in the street.
If there were 100 cases they could easily cover them up report them as suspect but not confirmed.
Just tell the truth why have to cover up to protect Tourism that's already down the drain.