Covid-19: Outbreak at Bangkok shopping center - and government cover up - just more fake news

[webfact]

Covid-19: Outbreak at Bangkok shopping center - and government cover up - just more fake news

 

Thai caption: Fake News!

Picture: 77kaoded

 

Thai media reported that an outbreak of coronavirus or Covid-19 at a well known shopping center in the Rama 9 area and allegations of a government cover-up were just more fake news.

 

77kaoded said that posts had circulated on social media pertaining to the shopping center as well as cases in several provinces like Yala and Pathum Thai.

 

Claims were made that health care workers and people in a factory were affected.

 

Following an investigation by the Anti Fake News Center it was all discovered to be untrue.

 

The public health ministry said that cases of the virus in Thailand remained at 35 - fourteen are being treated and 21 have gone home.

 

There were no new cases and if there are then they will be announced at the daily briefings.

 

The Public Health department asked the people to get their news from them.

 

Source: 77kaoded

 

 

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[canuckamuck]

The ministry of truth has checked it out. Nothing to see here folks.

[Dmaxdan]

13 minutes ago, webfact said:

The Public Health department asked the people to get their news from them.

Okay, but only if they willing to take a polygraph test. 

[Pedrogaz]

Would I believe the government would be open about cases at a shopping mall.....no I don't. I think they would cover it up.

[smedly]

at some point in the near future some consciensious  senior doctor is going to break and divulge all he knows and I suspect it won't be pretty and possibly career ending

[Jimbo2014]

Thailand must be doing a remarkable job (of covering up).  Stuck at 35 infected while all other countries have increased by incredible amounts.  ???? 

[yellowboat]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

There were no new cases and if there are then they will be announced at the daily briefings.

 

The Public Health department asked the people to get their news from them.

So touchy.  The fact they are so touchy only makes one like they are hiding something.  The whole government hates to be questioned about anything.  Is this good governance ?

[JimHuaHin]

49 minutes ago, smedly said:

at some point in the near future some consciensious  senior doctor is going to break and divulge all he knows and I suspect it won't be pretty and possibly career ending

Some Thai medical staff already have, on various health professionals' LINE groups.  Medical staff have also be threatened with severe disciplinary action (by their overlords in Nontaburi - Ministry of Public Health) if they go 'public'.

[superal]

It would be interesting to know what percentage of those infected were wearing a mask and what type .

[tomauasia]

You can't wrote this <deleted> in comic book. Fake news department.. GOLD !!

[Thailand]

1 hour ago, Jimbo2014 said:

Thailand must be doing a remarkable job (of covering up).  Stuck at 35 infected while all other countries have increased by incredible amounts.  ???? 

Has to blow up soon, the figures are simply not possible. 

[Cake Monster]

The basic problem that Thailand has is this

Because so much " smoke and mirrors " and downright lies are told by Government, absolutely nobody believes a single word that is spoken from them now. About anything.

They then retaliate with a " fake news " allegation to everything, which makes them look even worse than they actually are.

 

 

Edited February 24, 2020 by Cake Monster

[smedly]

Latest

 

A new report from a WHO infectious disease modeling team based at Imperial College London is estimating about two-thirds of Covid-19 cases worldwide have gone undetected. The analysis suggests the global spread of the novel coronavirus is significantly greater than the current volume of confirmed cases.

 

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I said about 3 weeks ago that there could be many infected people in Thailand who are living at home and sick and likely being told just to stay there or have been sent there

[FritsSikkink]

8 minutes ago, smedly said:

Latest

 

A new report from a WHO infectious disease modeling team based at Imperial College London is estimating about two-thirds of Covid-19 cases worldwide have gone undetected. The analysis suggests the global spread of the novel coronavirus is significantly greater than the current volume of confirmed cases.

 

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I said about 3 weeks ago that there could be many infected people in Thailand who are living at home and sick and likely being told just to stay there or have been sent there

Could be , would be , should be. any prove for this at all? Who on this forum knows anyone with the virus?

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The public health ministry said that cases of the virus in Thailand remained at 35 - fourteen are being treated and 21 have gone home.

With not a single case being reported in Thailand since the original 35, while other countries report spikes in the numbers.

Who are we to believe?

[smedly]

30 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

Could be , would be , should be. any prove for this at all? Who on this forum knows anyone with the virus?

I trust the World health Organisation more than your opinion mate - no offence

 

Oh and how would you know who has or hasn't got the virus in Thailand without a valid test

[Monkeyrobot]

People were getting sick and no plastic bad allowed.

[snoop1130]

Govt denies data about COVID-19 concealed, calls on people to not believe fake news

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - News about factory workers in Pathum Thani and a department store employee in the Phloenchit area of Bangkok being infected with COVID-19 has been found by the Ministry of Public Health to be fake news.

 

The online news claimed there might be more than one factory in Pathum Thani province where workers were reported to have been infected with COVID-19 and the government was accused of concealing it, prompting the Ministry of Public Health to announce that no COVID-19 patients have been found in that area.

 

The online news also claimed that a Central Embassy employee has been infected with COVID-19, prompting the department store to make an inquiry with the Ministry of Public Health which assured there has not been an infection reported. Central Embassy has taken measures for the health and safety of its employees and customers and announced any employees, who might have a fever, can take leave. Members of the public are advised to not believe such fake news or share or post it online and to visit www.antifakenewscenter.com

 

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[DrTuner]

Fake news, eh? NNBT should know: https://www.thaienquirer.com/7301/thai-media-is-outsourcing-much-of-its-coronavirus-coverage-to-beijing-and-thats-just-the-start/

 

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The Sinicization of Thai News

The Channel 3 partnership with Xinhua is only the latest of a long string of official partnerships Xinhua has inked with Thai news agencies. Among the 12 known signatories of its news sharing agreement are prominent platforms like Voice Online, Manager Online, Sanook, the Matichon Group (the parent company of Khaosod) and state broadcasting agency NBT.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Broadcasting_Services_of_Thailand

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National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (Thai: สถานีวิทยุโทรทัศน์แห่งประเทศไทย) also known as NBT is a National television station in Thailand owned and operated by the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT) of The Government Public Relations Department (PRD), a division of the Thai Government. 

 

Birds of feather.

Edited February 24, 2020 by DrTuner

[YetAnother]

25 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Govt denies data about COVID-19 concealed, calls on people to not believe fake news

ah i see; believe O N L Y what we tell you; how do you think that will work out ?????

[bluesofa]

4 minutes ago, YetAnother said:

30 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Govt denies data about COVID-19 concealed, calls on people to not believe fake news

ah i see; believe O N L Y what we tell you; how do you think that will work out ?

Ah, The Ministry of Truth, Winston's place of work.

[FarFlungFalang]

All the hallmarks of a beginning of a correction.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-24/australian-share-market-tumbles-on-coronavirus-spread-fears-asx/11993842

[ukrules]

I wonder why the UAE today banned its citizens from coming to Thailand?

[saltedegg]

Kuwait also

[superal]

4 hours ago, ukrules said:

I wonder why the UAE today banned its citizens from coming to Thailand?

containment has to be the way to stop the virus spreading ?  I think it is and stop all international travel but I think its a case of the stable door and the horse has bolted , now almost out of control with the unnecessary loss of many lives .  

[Sharp]

As i mentioned in another thread given the prevalence of all forms of social media and personal account outlets in Thailand if the numbers were being distorded surely it would of been debunked by now so im hoping the medical profession have it covered or at the very least have/are dodging the bullet .

[phkauf]

31 minutes ago, Sharp said:

As i mentioned in another thread given the prevalence of all forms of social media and personal account outlets in Thailand if the numbers were being distorded surely it would of been debunked by now so im hoping the medical profession have it covered or at the very least have/are dodging the bullet .

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the government is highly invested in keeping the "real" numbers down so as to not completely kill what remains of the tourist business. Put something on social media or otherwise publicize it and you will subject yourself to the wrath of the government. Look what happened to that 20-year in Chonburi who posted something about an event long ago that we cannot discuss - he's in jail. People are wise to how the government deals with dissent these days.

Plus if someone is ill and goes to the hospital, perhaps they won't test for the Corona Virus and just diagnose it as a flu or pneumonia. That's the end of that and there are no Corona Virus cases in Thailand. 

 

[Sharp]

22 minutes ago, phkauf said:

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the government is highly invested in keeping the "real" numbers down so as to not completely kill what remains of the tourist business. Put something on social media or otherwise publicize it and you will subject yourself to the wrath of the government. Look what happened to that 20-year in Chonburi who posted something about an event long ago that we cannot discuss - he's in jail. People are wise to how the government deals with dissent these days.

Plus if someone is ill and goes to the hospital, perhaps they won't test for the Corona Virus and just diagnose it as a flu or pneumonia. That's the end of that and there are no Corona Virus cases in Thailand. 

 

Point taken and duly noted but as i said 'I HOPE' in my quote just as you wrote 'PERHAPS' anyhow 'I GUESS' time will tell 

Still i feel personal stories, pics, videos would of surfaced if it was way worse than declared 

At least we are still able to have objective views on the subject. 

[Russell17au]

All you ThaiVisa do gooders must obey the law like I intend to and that is to not believe all the fake news and that means that I will not believe any news that any dogooder from ThaiVisa makes public and that includes any and all news that is broadcast by this fake democratic government.

Edited February 25, 2020 by Russell17au

[DrTuner]

5 hours ago, Sharp said:

As i mentioned in another thread given the prevalence of all forms of social media and personal account outlets in Thailand if the numbers were being distorded surely it would of been debunked by now so im hoping the medical profession have it covered or at the very least have/are dodging the bullet 

Still easy to dismiss is as influenza or some such, simply diagnose it as something else, nobody's wiser. MoPH stopped publishing the distribution of diagnoses couple of weeks ago.