Thailand's tourism minister: Everything will be fine after Songkran - the hot weather will blow the virus away!

[saengd]

3 hours ago, Sonhia said:

More hot air.. These people live in the land of make beleive, they cannot accept truth, defeat or logic.

 

Get real!!! Most foregiiners have had enough of a racist, expensive, polluted, unsafe, extortionate, filthy, dirty place..

 

Clean your act up, demonstrate far more respect toward foreigners, the very people that help Thai to exsist!

 

Foreigners do not need Thailand, but Thailand needs foreigners! Simple truth and a fact! So accept the truth or go under. UP TO YOU!

 

You over estimate your worth to Thailand, it's not even close to a fraction of what you think. 

[chainarong]

You wanta make a bet, what a brain dead person this one is .

[burgdawg]

Singapore Leads the Way!

Good podcast here:

 

 

 

[Somtamnication]

If the govt says it, then it must be true, y'all!

[fraggleRock]

Its all ok he has onboarded the Avengers!

[burgdawg]

whoa...just came upon this podcast which points a smoking gun at the 5G rollout in Wuhan 

as a contributing cause of the ongoing pandemic. 5G aboard there Diamond Princess cruise ship? Yes.

5G in South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong? Yes.

In Thailand? Not that I am aware of...I need help here...is there 5G in Bangkok anyone?

Very Interesting here:

 

https://www.sgtreport.com/2020/02/must-watch-covid-19-pandemic-aided-by-weaponized-5g-rollout-across-china/

[twizzian]

I guess he gains all of his knowledge from google like many others

[GarryP]

52 minutes ago, burgdawg said:

whoa...just came upon this podcast which points a smoking gun at the 5G rollout in Wuhan 

as a contributing cause of the ongoing pandemic. 5G aboard there Diamond Princess cruise ship? Yes.

5G in South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong? Yes.

In Thailand? Not that I am aware of...I need help here...is there 5G in Bangkok anyone?

Very Interesting here:

 

https://www.sgtreport.com/2020/02/must-watch-covid-19-pandemic-aided-by-weaponized-5g-rollout-across-china/

That finally did it. You are either taking the <deleted> or seriously paranoid/delusional. 

[trainman34014]

1 hour ago, burgdawg said:

whoa...just came upon this podcast which points a smoking gun at the 5G rollout in Wuhan 

as a contributing cause of the ongoing pandemic. 5G aboard there Diamond Princess cruise ship? Yes.

5G in South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong? Yes.

In Thailand? Not that I am aware of...I need help here...is there 5G in Bangkok anyone?

Very Interesting here:

 

https://www.sgtreport.com/2020/02/must-watch-covid-19-pandemic-aided-by-weaponized-5g-rollout-across-china/

Perhaps an hour of our lives worth spending to learn more about the evil things Governments are using to try and take over the world and could it be that what China has started could end up being a greater enemy then any other country could ever be ?

[Dutyfirst]

Actually what he is saying has some basis. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2863430/

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/av/2011/734690/

These studies demonstrate that the virus get inactivated at much faster rates in hot and humid weather.  Combined with the other factors of how viruses tend to spread less in summer months this might be a glimmer of hope for SE Asia. It also might explain why there has been huge surges in numbers in areas like Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia like the other much colder climates in Asia and not some crazy govt coverup as suggested. 

[overherebc]

1 hour ago, Dutyfirst said:

Actually what he is saying has some basis. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2863430/

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/av/2011/734690/

These studies demonstrate that the virus get inactivated at much faster rates in hot and humid weather.  Combined with the other factors of how viruses tend to spread less in summer months this might be a glimmer of hope for SE Asia. It also might explain why there has been huge surges in numbers in areas like Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia like the other much colder climates in Asia and not some crazy govt coverup as suggested. 

Not sure what the coldest months are in Kuwait but it seems to be a happy virus there at the moment.

[Dutyfirst]

10 minutes ago, overherebc said:

Not sure what the coldest months are in Kuwait but it seems to be a happy virus there at the moment.

Look at the cases in Kuwait and you will see the vast majority of 8 (hardly a large amount to consider it a pandemic) all just returned from Iran. Now go look at the daily temperatures in Iran which are around 10 degrees (c). Now go read the studies and see where the virus start to lose a decent amount of effectiveness which is around 28 degrees. So not sure how these cases in Kuwait are relevant to the climate in SEA at all. 

[overherebc]

17 minutes ago, Dutyfirst said:

Look at the cases in Kuwait and you will see the vast majority of 8 (hardly a large amount to consider it a pandemic) all just returned from Iran. Now go look at the daily temperatures in Iran which are around 10 degrees (c). Now go read the studies and see where the virus start to lose a decent amount of effectiveness which is around 28 degrees. So not sure how these cases in Kuwait are relevant to the climate in SEA at all. 

'If' it spreads there we'll know the answer then, won't we.

[sambum]

Pipat Ratchakitprakarn said he expects everything will be much better for Thailand by Songkran - mid April.

He told Thai Rath after a meeting in the south that the virus does not like hot weather and along with other countries entering summer its impact will lessen.

Plus he expected his Chinese friends to have come up with a vaccine by then.

 

From today's update on the BBC website:-

"The state-run Global Times reported that scientists had made progress on developing an oral vaccine, with a professor at Tianjin University taking four doses with no side effects.

But experts warn that until full clinical trials have taken place it is unclear how safe or effective the vaccines will be and it could still be months before they can be made widely available."

 

The man is perfect for the job - talks absolute garbage!

Edited February 25, 2020 by sambum

[sambum]

2 hours ago, Dutyfirst said:

Actually what he is saying has some basis. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2863430/

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/av/2011/734690/

These studies demonstrate that the virus get inactivated at much faster rates in hot and humid weather.  Combined with the other factors of how viruses tend to spread less in summer months this might be a glimmer of hope for SE Asia. It also might explain why there has been huge surges in numbers in areas like Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia like the other much colder climates in Asia and not some crazy govt coverup as suggested. 

Totally irrelevant - these articles are about the SARS virus - not the current outbreak of Covid-19 which may or may not react in the same way - NOBODY KNOWS YET!!! 

Edited February 25, 2020 by sambum

[connda]

On 2/24/2020 at 9:55 AM, webfact said:

"We'll be back to normal within half a year," he said. "After Songkran the worst will be behind us".

Humm.  He probably got that insider information for a local Buddhist monk fortune-teller.

[burgdawg]

Here is an intriguing interview hosted by Simone Gai and and Steve K. Bannon on what is transpiring in China and the world. A call for true transparency:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlF0LcQO9Tg&t=1229s

[Toany]

The burning season will be over and pollution will be back to normal.  Maybe it is the pollution keeping the virus numbers down.

[Curt1591]

" ... the hot weather will blow the virus away!"

 

 

Maybe all the "hot air" these guys produce will blow the virus away.

[KohMook]

‘The minister was pictured next to several superheroes including Captain America and The Incredible Hulk, notes Thaivisa’

 

What about Oggy & The Cockroaches...?
 

 

[assayer]

To his credit there was an article that said EXTREME heat killed the virus. I am not sure that 38 degrees celcius qualifies as extreme heat.

[retsdon]

It's an interesting anomaly that while  in cold and temperate climates the normal flu virus survives better and propogates more readily in cold, dry weather, in the tropics the opposite is true and flu infections climb during the rainy season. So if Covid-19 follows the same pattern, it's more likely that the worst is yet to come. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/03/08/173816815/flu-risk-and-weather-its-not-the-heat-its-the-humidity

Edited February 26, 2020 by retsdon

[mtls2005]

"Normal" flu season here is June through October.

 

No clue if CV19 follows the same patterns. Also no clue if the use of aircon (low temp/low humidity) is a factor here?

 

Slowing/delaying the spread seems beneficial, for any number of reasons.

 

Obviously places like Singapore, (hot and humid) have issues: see SARS and H1N1, even with CV19.

 

Counting on high temps and humidty as a silver bullet seems silly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 26, 2020 by mtls2005

[DrTuner]

7 hours ago, Toany said:

The burning season will be over and pollution will be back to normal.  Maybe it is the pollution keeping the virus numbers down.

Opposite.. PM2.5 causes inflammation of the respitory tract making it easier for the virus to catch on. That's why smokers are in the risk group.

Edited February 26, 2020 by DrTuner

[DrTuner]

3 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

"Normal" flu season here is June through October.

 

No clue if CV19 follows the same patterns. Also no clue if the use of aircon (low temp/low humidity) is a factor here?

How did SARS-CoV do in 2003? SARS-CoV-2 might well be similar, although there's no guarantee it is.

[Jiggo]

What a stupid man, should really be thinking of cancelling Songcrap calibrations.

[DrTuner]

30 minutes ago, Jiggo said:

What a stupid man, should really be thinking of cancelling Songcrap calibrations.

Songkran is made by the people, I haven't seen many organized parties outside Bangkok. Other than posting soldiers in every corner ready to shoot back with live ammo, I don't see Thais stopping to do whatever they have done for ages, no matter if there's an army of zombies gnawing their jugulars or not. They are just too bullheaded and fatalistic.

 

That said, there's a major drought going on. Just close the reservoir outflows for the duration.

Edited February 26, 2020 by DrTuner

[stoutfella]

It will be interesting/entertaining to reflect on this after Songkran.

[3NUMBAS]

meanwhile the global economy tanks and the wealthy dont travel and dont go shopping so it all tanks the same

stock markets plummet every day leading to a possible recession

Edited February 26, 2020 by 3NUMBAS

[Bell1234]

On 2/24/2020 at 12:38 PM, ThailandRyan said:

This ain't the FLU

Yes it is a Flu.. It effects the lungs and basically it's the flu but a tiny bit worse.