Corona Virus update How is Thailand doing in containing it

[realenglish1]

According to Fox News in the USA Thailand is  1 of the top ten doing a very good job at

dealing with the Corona virus along with the USA and the UK.

[spiekerjozef]

If it's Fox news it must be true!

Edited February 27, 2020 by spiekerjozef

[cyril sneer]

CNN and The Guardian have said it's Trump's fault so not sure how trustworthy your news source is

[scubascuba3]

the fact that there is little information on where to go, what to do and who to call means to me it's been poorly handled, just lucky so far or the problem hidden

Edited February 27, 2020 by scubascuba3

[nausea]

I think it's endemic. Most guys or gals won't go to a hospital, they'll just ride it out. I, personally, have had lung problems, but it's not so bad. 

[4MyEgo]

Australia just announced its lifted it's status to Pandemic, not waiting for the WHO.

 

Ozzies don't usually overreact, this tells me a lot, I don't like ScoMo, but good onya for having the balls.

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

14 minutes ago, nausea said:

I think it's endemic. Most guys or gals won't go to a hospital, they'll just ride it out. I, personally, have had lung problems, but it's not so bad. 

 

The difference between CV and other various illnesses is its high degree of transmission to others around. It's one thing if someone wants to ride out an routine illness at home. It's a different thing if doing so with CV risks exposure to everyone else around them.

 

[ukrules]

8 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

The difference between CV and other various illnesses is its high degree of transmission to others around. It's one thing if someone wants to ride out an routine illness at home. It's a different thing if doing so with CV risks exposure to everyone else around them.

 

The vast majority of people in this country aren't going to care about that.

[Pravda]

There is this video and it starts talking about Thailand at 10:16

 

It pretty much lays out why some countries banned flights from Thailand

 

 

[NCC1701A]

the government of Thailand is not going to do anything at all. it is all theater.

 

and you should NEVER rely of any government when it comes to your own personal survival. 

 

take responsibility for yourself and educate yourself about THIS virus and what happens globally during a pandemic and what that means to you and take the steps you are comfortable with. 

 

and I hope everyone is beginning to understand the magnitude of what is happening WORLD WIDE.

 

It does not matter if you live in a plastic bubble you are going to be affected by this virus.

 

Wait for stories about Tesco Lotus, Makro, Big C or 7 Eleven distribution centers closing due to the virus.  

 

Disruptions with "just in time" delivery systems and trucks. Shortages of imported items. Today it is masks and hand sanitizer, tomorrow food and water. 

 

Hospital staff are being quarantined. How long until hospitals are overwhelmed because their best staff are not present?  

 

Already many here having to make the decision if they should stay in Thailand or go home, before the decision is made for them.  

 

Good luck everybody.

 

 

[realenglish1]

20 hours ago, cyril sneer said:

CNN and The Guardian have said it's Trump's fault so not sure how trustworthy your news source is

CNN has about 500,000 audience Fox has over 3 million Seems the majority Trust Fox more than CNN

[realenglish1]

19 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

the government of Thailand is not going to do anything at all. it is all theater.

 

and you should NEVER rely of any government when it comes to your own personal survival. 

 

take responsibility for yourself and educate yourself about THIS virus and what happens globally during a pandemic and what that means to you and take the steps you are comfortable with. 

 

and I hope everyone is beginning to understand the magnitude of what is happening WORLD WIDE.

 

It does not matter if you live in a plastic bubble you are going to be affected by this virus.

 

Wait for stories about Tesco Lotus, Makro, Big C or 7 Eleven distribution centers closing due to the virus.  

 

Disruptions with "just in time" delivery systems and trucks. Shortages of imported items. Today it is masks and hand sanitizer, tomorrow food and water. 

 

Hospital staff are being quarantined. How long until hospitals are overwhelmed because their best staff are not present?  

 

Already many here having to make the decision if they should stay in Thailand or go home, before the decision is made for them.  

 

Good luck everybody.

 

 

I can see your cup is half empty

Edited February 28, 2020 by realenglish1
spelling erro

[Gweiloman]

4 minutes ago, realenglish1 said:

CNN has about 500,000 audience Fox has over 3 million Seems the majority Trust Fox more than CNN

Do you trust Fox more than CNN? If you do, then your statement cannot be trusted. 

[realenglish1]

8 minutes ago, Gweiloman said:

Do you trust Fox more than CNN? If you do, then your statement cannot be trusted. 

 

8 minutes ago, Gweiloman said:

Do you trust Fox more than CNN? If you do, then your statement cannot be trusted. 

I read and listen to a number of news sources including Fox I trust no news service but find Fox far more accurate then the laughing stock CNN

[CanuckThai]

54 minutes ago, realenglish1 said:

CNN has about 500,000 audience Fox has over 3 million Seems the majority Trust Fox more than CNN

 

But more trusted Gilligan and the professor...  Same plots, similar characters, new generation.

 

 

 

Edited February 28, 2020 by CanuckThai

[WaveHunter]

23 hours ago, cyril sneer said:

CNN and The Guardian have said it's Trump's fault so not sure how trustworthy your news source is

LOL...CNN, all the fake news that's unfit to print.  That's a great source for being as uninformed as you can possibly be IMO, though MSNBC is even worse.  They are so bad it's actually entertaining to see how far they can stretch the truth and still keep a straight face with their nonsensical rhetoric.

 

True journalism is a thing of the past and great journalists like Walter Cronkite would be rolling over in their grave if they heard some of the stuff that's reported as news these days.  What a magnificent journalist he really was!

Edited February 28, 2020 by WaveHunter

[ChipButty]

I think Thailand is doing a pretty good job shops and supermarkets still full of everything you need I've just been talking to an English couple who arrived from HK they told me cant buy toilet rolls among many other things

[Thainess]

The government of Thailand is about as competent, effective and well organized as a government of an average African country, so I'd be very concerned about its ability to control this virus outbreak. I'm not in Thailand right now, but if I had been, I'd have left by mid-January at the latest. I imagine the virus is rampant all over Thailand by now.

[Jeffrey346]

19 hours ago, realenglish1 said:

CNN has about 500,000 audience Fox has over 3 million Seems the majority Trust Fox more than CNN

CNN has 972,000 viewers per night according to Nielsen. 

[phantomfiddler]

No little bug,s gonna get the better of me !!! ????

[Toany]

Well they have done an excellent job of containing any reports of the virus.  Quite a few countries don't belive the government's figures either.

[Gerard052]

20 hours ago, realenglish1 said:

CNN has about 500,000 audience Fox has over 3 million Seems the majority Trust Fox more than CNN

Fox news is a freakin joke.

[nycjoe]

Recently read that the seasonal flu causes death in .02 cases, that would mean that this virus at 2-3% is something to be really on your toes about. Wash your hands and keep them away form your face, mask in crowded enclosed spaces and aware of whether the guy next to you looks sick. Just be careful and aware, not to be downplayed. Get your info from the cdc or W.H.O, not from Fox News.

Edited February 29, 2020 by nycjoe

[unsubscribe]

stock up on food for a few months and water, have some medicine on hand, know your neighbors, gather some books you've been meaning to read, some video games and movies and prepare to ride it out. 

[jimn]

On 2/27/2020 at 5:17 PM, NCC1701A said:

the government of Thailand is not going to do anything at all. it is all theater.

 

and you should NEVER rely of any government when it comes to your own personal survival. 

 

take responsibility for yourself and educate yourself about THIS virus and what happens globally during a pandemic and what that means to you and take the steps you are comfortable with. 

 

and I hope everyone is beginning to understand the magnitude of what is happening WORLD WIDE.

 

It does not matter if you live in a plastic bubble you are going to be affected by this virus.

 

Wait for stories about Tesco Lotus, Makro, Big C or 7 Eleven distribution centers closing due to the virus.  

 

Disruptions with "just in time" delivery systems and trucks. Shortages of imported items. Today it is masks and hand sanitizer, tomorrow food and water. 

 

Hospital staff are being quarantined. How long until hospitals are overwhelmed because their best staff are not present?  

 

Already many here having to make the decision if they should stay in Thailand or go home, before the decision is made for them.  

 

Good luck everybody.

 

 

More scaremongering

[ivor bigun]

On 2/27/2020 at 4:29 PM, cyril sneer said:

CNN and The Guardian have said it's Trump's fault so not sure how trustworthy your news source is

Dont trust anything the Guardian says ,left wing rag. so few people read it they have to beg for money to keep going .

[rvaviator]

21 hours ago, realenglish1 said:

CNN has about 500,000 audience Fox has over 3 million Seems the majority Trust Fox more than CNN

and what does that say about the majority ?

[rvaviator]

19 minutes ago, jimn said:

More scaremongering

No problem getting food in Beijing ... Supermarkets looks to be well stocked .. Why should it be different in other countries ?

[justin case]

stop counting = problem solved

[CGW]

19 hours ago, WaveHunter said:

True journalism is a thing of the past

Ain't that the truth! "reporters morphed into "repeaters" repeat what they are told to say or they are out of work!

Now most news comes from Silicone valley, scary for the future!