13 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

There was a graph of Viralpneumonia cases in Thailand in this thread earlier. 

Any update and/or a link to the graph?

I posted that graph but it got deleted, it was compiled with the information from the official stats here https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/situation.php

I think Thailand does not carry out many Corvid19 tests, because they are very expensive, but automatically diagnose bacterial or viral pneumonia.  There are, however, a lot of people with Pneumonia.

13 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

I posted that graph but it got deleted, it was compiled with the information from the official stats here https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/situation.php

Any chance you can update it and share again?

5 hours ago, ChipButty said:

 

What's more likely to kill you? Denge? I've heard it's absolutely hell if you get it. 

It's not funny I got it last year certainly knocks the wind out of your sails 

 

- I had a brutal case dengue. At the worst point, I could barely stand up or hold my head up - pissing brown for months as the body got rid of the waste from all the exploded blood cells. A horrendous cold or flu is a joke compared to a bad case of dengue - felt like my eyeballs were going to explode too. No doubt in my mind that if this poor guy had dengue, it would have majorly contributed to his not being about to fight off a coronavirus. While dengue does not cause lung damage, this guy's body would have little or no ability to fight the viral infection in his lungs. 

Nothing at all is true anout the infected people of Corona virus! No proper informations at all. What hapoened to all the people around that poor guy who died? They got tested and found? They are all in quarantane?????

Thats how it works not spread around infections.  But you hear nothing about that in Thailand compare to the western countries! That concerns me the most!

1 hour ago, hottrader77 said:

he had dengue fever , this virus seems to team up with another disease like dengue fever in this case other diseases in other cases , 30 have recovered after being treated so there must be a cure for it 

If they had a proven cure, I am sure we would have heard about it.

Seems that some people have a strong enough immune sytem to clear the virus on their own and develop only mild symptoms (80%). 

Some are weakened and have severe or critical outcomes

20 hours ago, Seismic said:

Currently the death rate without any preexisting conditions is 0.9%, the death rate for ages 10-39 is 0.2%, the death rate for males is significantly higher than females (2.8% vs 1.7%). On children under the age of 10 have died.

Currently, the death rate is only known for reported cases, which is only a subset of total cases which may be orders of magnitude greater than reported caess. One cannot make claims about 'the death rate' with a virus that is new, highly contagious and leaves many people with mild or no symptoms. https://smw.ch/article/doi/smw.2020.20203

21 hours ago, christophe75 said:

Read the article on Matichon.

 

-35 years old

-no underlying conditions.

 

Lungs ravaged.

 

The nurse who took care of him : severe pneumonia.

 

Voilà. But do not forget, it's just a flu, and it kills only very old people full of conditions [complete the list with all the BS of lalaland brigade] etc.

 

https://www.matichon.co.th/heading-news/news_2016677

OK, I read the article in Matichon. It says, 'no chronic illnesses whatsoever'. I don't see 'no underlying illness'. Dengue presumably wouldn't be a chronic illness. It would be acute. Chronic illnesses would include heart, kidney, liver disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, etc.

28 minutes ago, AlienHermit66 said:

What's more likely to kill you? Denge? I've heard it's absolutely hell if you get it. 

It's not funny I got it last year certainly knocks the wind out of your sails 

 

- I had a brutal case dengue. At the worst point, I could barely stand up or hold my head up - pissing brown for months as the body got rid of the waste from all the exploded blood cells. A horrendous cold or flu is a joke compared to a bad case of dengue - felt like my eyeballs were going to explode too. No doubt in my mind that if this poor guy had dengue, it would have majorly contributed to his not being about to fight off a coronavirus. While dengue does not cause lung damage, this guy's body would have little or no ability to fight the viral infection in his lungs. 

Having 2 virus infections at the same time is the doctor's worst nightmare. 

Let's also keep in mind that prolonged bed rest can cause pneumonia as well without the virus itself being the reason. Apparently the patient was in the hospital for 1 month

4 minutes ago, goatfarmer said:

Currently, the death rate is only known for reported cases, which is only a subset of total cases which may be orders of magnitude greater than reported caess. One cannot make claims about 'the death rate' with a virus that is new, highly contagious and leaves many people with mild or no symptoms. https://smw.ch/article/doi/smw.2020.20203

If there are more cases than being reported,  the death rate is actually lower than the rate based on deaths and reported cases. 

7 minutes ago, Miami007 said:

Having 2 virus infections at the same time is the doctor's worst nightmare. 

Let's also keep in mind that prolonged bed rest can cause pneumonia as well without the virus itself being the reason. Apparently the patient was in the hospital for 1 month

I had flu and a parasite infection at the same time: a double whammy - most unpleasant.

If the patient was in hospital for a month and he wasn't admitted for pneumonia, might we assume he caught the bug in the hospital? Another reason to stay away from hospitals as much as possible. 

i just saw on the web that all Thai football has be cancelled for March.  It was a translation from Thai.

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

He was at risk because Thailand refused to stop the flow of Chinese over the CNY period, profit over people ruled the day!

Added to that he was at risk from the day he was conceived and at risk from the 10 million other things life throws at us during our struggle through life.

The law of nature has always been that the strongest survive. Now with all the medical marvels we posses, to prolong our life span. 

Nature has decided to take it to the next level. 

I bet this person was happy to know, that "everything is 100% under control"!

So, far Thailand is doing miraculously well. Officially at least with 42 cases, and one death. Spain, the US, Hong Kong, Singapore, Germany, France, Japan, Iran, Italy, South Korea and of course China, have all fared much worse. Let us hope they are not hiding anything. If they were, it might be the end of the army, once and for all. 

"The patient was given favipiravir, an experimental antiviral treatment, and white blood cell serum from a patient who had recovered. The virus had completely gone since February 16, but his lungs suffered a lot of damage. The patient passed away peacefully after fighting the illness for one month, the director said."

 

That raises more questions than it answers. Not least because they used an experimental drug on him, maybe it did more harm than good - it wouldn't be the first time!

 

First death in Thailand population 70 million 42 cases of virus and Australia first death, population 25 million 29 cases of virus, your got more chance of the winning the lottery then catching it.

 

All the information you need to Know.

https://www.health.gov.au/resources/collections/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-resources

10 minutes ago, geoff65 said:

First death in Thailand population 70 million 42 cases of virus and Australia first death, population 25 million 29 cases of virus, your got more chance of the winning the lottery then catching it.

 

All the information you need to Know.

https://www.health.gov.au/resources/collections/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-resources

Until you catch it...........

 

South Korean has a lot of lottery winners, Italy not doing bad, the BBC news report just reported that potentially up to 1500 may have it in Washington. Thailand lets just rely on comparing it to winning the lottery, that'll do it.

1 minute ago, Bkk Brian said:

Until you catch it...........

 

South Korean has a lot of lottery winners, Italy not doing bad, the BBC news report just reported that potentially up to 1500 may have it in Washington. Thailand lets just rely on comparing it to winning the lottery, that'll do it.

Who's talking about Korea? My post was about Australia and Thailand.

13 minutes ago, geoff65 said:

Who's talking about Korea?

Sorry did you not make a comparison with Australia as well? Well here's a comparison with South Korea and Italy to give a little perspective on what may occur here

Ah... +1 (total 43)

 

A young thai woman... collegue of the guy (infected) who was driving chinese tourists.

 

As usual, no details.

 

It would be useful to know... the timeline for instance.

 

Dates ? How long this woman worked with the guy etc. How many other people have been in contact with this woman ? etc.

 

But i guess, it's not interesting for us.... mere peasants....

10 hours ago, webfact said:

Covid-19 claims first life in Thailand

By The Nation

 

 

A 35-year-old Thai man, who worked as a salesman and had been infected with Covid-19, died on Saturday (February 29) at 6.25pm, the director of communicable diseases, Dr Sopon Iamsirithawon, said on Sunday (March 1).

 

The patient, who had a history of contact with Chinese customers, had no underlying disease and was receiving standard treatment at Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute (BIDI) and stayed on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO).

 

 

The patient was given favipiravir, an experimental antiviral treatment, and white blood cell serum from a patient who had recovered. The virus had completely gone since February 16, but his lungs suffered a lot of damage. The patient passed away peacefully after fighting the illness for one month, the director said.

 

“This is an important example of how the disease can spread in people without symptoms or with small symptoms, and can become a crisis even without underlying diseases,” said Thiravat Hemachudha, the Head of the Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases Health Science Centre.

 

The patient had admitted himself in a private hospital and was diagnosed with dengue fever on January 27. He later tested positive for Covid-19 and was transferred to BIDI on February 5.

 

The nurse who took care of the patient on the first day also developed severe pneumonia on both sides of the lung but, fortunately, she received medication in time and returned home after recovery. However, it has damaged her lungs.

 

Meanwhile, two patients -- both Chinese -- are reported to have recovered from Covid-19 and were ready to return home.

 

Thailand now has 42 confirmed cases: 30 have returned home after recover, 11 are under medical care, and one person has died.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30383108

 

-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-03-02

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So what is causing this lung damage? I havent read or heard of lung damage to others recovered elsewhere. I hope that the Thai treatment is not causing the lung damage! 

57 minutes ago, SunsetT said:

So what is causing this lung damage? I havent read or heard of lung damage to others recovered elsewhere. I hope that the Thai treatment is not causing the lung damage! 

Pneumonia may cause lung damage. 

On 3/1/2020 at 12:19 PM, christophe75 said:

Read the article on Matichon.

 

-35 years old

-no underlying conditions.

 

Lungs ravaged.

 

The nurse who took care of him : severe pneumonia.

 

Voilà. But do not forget, it's just a flu, and it kills only very old people full of conditions [complete the list with all the BS of lalaland brigade] etc.

 

https://www.matichon.co.th/heading-news/news_2016677

"no underlying conditions" Does dengue not qualify then?

On 3/1/2020 at 1:07 PM, TopDeadSenter said:

So either this first death, the fit and healthy 35 year old that perished from it out of 42 people that caught it is a statistical fluke and anomaly, or your figures are inaccurate. Maybe it's time to wait until more reliable stats are available. 

I thought the stats were taken from the thousands of people around the world that are infected, and not just "The Hub  of the Universe" (LOS)? Hmm? 

On 3/1/2020 at 12:19 PM, christophe75 said:

Read the article on Matichon.

 

-35 years old

-no underlying conditions.

 

Lungs ravaged.

 

The nurse who took care of him : severe pneumonia.

 

Voilà. But do not forget, it's just a flu, and it kills only very old people full of conditions [complete the list with all the BS of lalaland brigade] etc.

 

https://www.matichon.co.th/heading-news/news_2016677

Need to get your facts right! Corona virus is pneumonia!!!! 

2 hours ago, geoff65 said:

First death in Thailand population 70 million 42 cases of virus and Australia first death, population 25 million 29 cases of virus, your got more chance of the winning the lottery then catching it.

 

All the information you need to Know.

https://www.health.gov.au/resources/collections/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-resources

If you believe anything, that comes from any Thai- official!

We all know, how trustworthy they are and how important "face' is!

I don't trust them further then  can throw them!

9 minutes ago, dave moir said:

Need to get your facts right! Corona virus is pneumonia!!!! 

SARS-CoV-2, the virus, if the cause of a disease called COVID-19, one of the complications of that disease is pneumonia. It's not as straightforward as your "facts". 

23 hours ago, DrTuner said:

He died of a multi-organ failure after they kept him on external ventilator for weeks. Obviously they wanted to postpone the inevitable as long a they could. Out of the bag now.

I think that the post was a veiled reference to a recent highly well attended meeting arranged by a certain leader of a now banned political party! And that the virus is an ideal reason for banning future (Forward?) meetings of this kind.