Thailand reports 188 new coronavirus cases, brings total to nearly 600

[trainman34014]

1 hour ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Some of the important people are already out of the country and have been for some time, verstehen sie???

 

Still plenty left....they are called 'The Government' !

 

[peter48]

Surely Thailand’s CoVid19 deaths figure is so amazingly low because either a) not tested especially in regions b) recorded as viral pneumonia etc otherwise you guys are onto something

[Yorkshire Tea]

2 hours ago, legend49 said:

Outspoken Health minister is quiet too!

On a ventilator?

[denby45]

What's with the farangs not wearing masks in Bigc. Almost 100% Thai's wearing them. Is this a macho thing. And if I see one more farang handling the all breads with his bare hands he is getting a clip. I am sick of giving tongue lashings. It's not working. Disgusting habit.

 

 

Den

[Chazar]

3 hours ago, smedly said:

that boxing stadium has become very handy but lets be clear by their own admission 

 

this sudden apparent escalation is 100% among Thais

My Wife this  morning said she  should stay away from foreigners..................u cant help stupid and I really  let her  know 

[bkkcanuck8]

5 minutes ago, Chazar said:

80 % get  over it  without hospital intervention although smoking wont help and many Thai men smoke, 17% need a hospital, 3%  die............Thailand 60  million work it  out

Addendum, 17% (19% in NY state) require hospitalization due to severity... and most of those 17% would not receive the ventilator support etc. if the curve is not flattened and the overall cases kept rather low.  If infection spreads to 50% to 60% (which some are estimating higher) too fast... almost no one would have the support they needed.

[bkkcanuck8]

3 minutes ago, Chazar said:

My Wife this  morning said she  should stay away from foreigners..................u cant help stupid and I really  let her  know 

tell her - all foreigners dead - now have to avoid Thais.

[Abmong]

When you don't need the army on the streets they show up, when you do need them they're nowhere to be seen...

[FinChin67]

1 hour ago, MikeyScars said:

Chinese should return all the masks and ventilators back to the countries which they received it from.  

They are doing this. However what the people do not realise everything what they do is calculated. Chinese make no losses. They can "donate" few masks and other gear but in the meantime when production is geared up they sell already masks for 5-10x the real value + other things not to mention they make killing from test kits already.

China "helping" is something western world does not seem to comprehend very well. I think I have learned something after spending there 28 years but every day I learn something new too.

 

Example (I do not go into details but just think who operates ports in Greece now...):
 

China Sends 1 Million Face Masks To Greece Amid COVID-19 Pandemic - Greek Health Ministry

China has sent to Greece one million medical and surgical masks, as well as other medical supplies amid COVID-19 outbreak, the Greek Health Ministry said on Saturday, adding that the total weight of cargo amounted to eight tonnes.

According to the ministry, 500,000 masks were granted to Greece by the Chinese government, while another half was sent by State Grid Corporation of China, a strategic partner of Greece's Independent Power Transmission Operator.
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202003/17/WS5e701247a31012821727f8c0.html

 

+ there is even online consultation...
https://promo.guahao.com/en/global/pneumonia/

 

 

++ here in Malaysia (I'm in KL) we are now in lockdown until 31st but I guess it will continue after that.

Edited March 22, 2020 by FinChin67

[jacob29]

5 minutes ago, peter48 said:

Surely Thailand’s CoVid19 deaths figure is so amazingly low because either a) not tested especially in regions b) recorded as viral pneumonia etc otherwise you guys are onto something

I don't think it likely foreigners have been dropping like flies, without the international media getting a sniff of it (through friends and family losing contact etc). Surely the tourist hotspots would be hit the hardest.

 

It may well be spreading fast (and not have spread fast earlier for inexplicable reasons), but I doubt the death toll is numbering in the hundreds or anything.

[Dogmatix]

Looks like we are in line with European countries and the US reporting a doubling of new confirmed cases every three days.

[Dogmatix]

9 minutes ago, denby45 said:

What's with the farangs not wearing masks in Bigc. Almost 100% Thai's wearing them. Is this a macho thing. And if I see one more farang handling the all breads with his bare hands he is getting a clip. I am sick of giving tongue lashings. It's not working. Disgusting habit.

 

 

Den

Yesterday I didn't see anyone not wearing a mask at a Big C in Bkk, Thais and farangs alike.

[EricTh]

27 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

And you think they have been testing here in Thailand appropriately........

Thailand is ranked number six in the world in terms of giving good health so don't question the number given by the ministry of health.

 

Watch video below for the interview with Anutin. His English is quite good compared to a lot of other Thai ministers.

 

 

Edited March 22, 2020 by EricTh

[Chazar]

1 hour ago, BestB said:

Stop panicking you lot , even more so the ones who are not even in Thailand.

 

Australia has less than half thai population and just as many if not more cases. 
 

yes it’s spreading as expected and people are recovering 

 

i  try  to  keep  mentioning  the 80% figure who  dont  end  up  in  hospital

[EricTh]

1 hour ago, BestB said:

Stop panicking you lot , even more so the ones who are not even in Thailand.

 

Australia has less than half thai population and just as many if not more cases. 
 

yes it’s spreading as expected and people are recovering 

 

 

You are right. I feel safer in Thailand with ONLY one death compared with Australia's 7 deaths and rising.

 

Must be Buddha's protection.

 

 

 

[stouricks]

2 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Nope !   But the Aircraft are waiting to remove all the 'Important ' people out of the country.

To WHERE may I ask?

[Tingnongnoi]

14 minutes ago, peter48 said:

Surely Thailand’s CoVid19 deaths figure is so amazingly low because either a) not tested especially in regions b) recorded as viral pneumonia etc otherwise you guys are onto something

Israel 712 confirmed cases 1 death, Brazil 641 confirmed cases 4 deaths, Qatar 470 cases 0 deaths, Austria 2649 confirmed cases 6 deaths

https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/685d0ace521648f8a5beeeee1b9125cd

 

lot of other countires seem to have low deaths also where as others gone through the roof

[bkkcanuck8]

3 minutes ago, Chazar said:

i  try  to  keep  mentioning  the 80% figure who  dont  end  up  in  hospital

People get very worried about going in for elective surgery when the doctor says there is a 2% chance of complications... yet many on here think a 3% mortality rate is nothing -- or -- 20% hospitalization rate is insignificant in the big picture of things.  When the cases are low (as they still are in most of the world - much lower than they can be) you can get support in the hospital and survive, if the healthcare system is overwhelmed -- in many countries you would just have to start picking which ones will have a chance of surviving while rejecting the rest.   It is still extremely early in the pandemic (case wise). 

[shackleton]

Well the Prophets of doom are now coming out

Want a total lock down of Bangkok 

There has been one  death so far .?

I think it would be wise to review all safety actions before going for a total lock down 

Not saying it won't happen but let's not rush in causing more panic buying ect 

 

 

 

[Chazar]

20 minutes ago, denby45 said:

What's with the farangs not wearing masks in Bigc. Almost 100% Thai's wearing them. Is this a macho thing

thats  what  an  education does  for  you...................or  u  can  follow  the  Thai sheeple

[bkkcanuck8]

4 minutes ago, Tingnongnoi said:

Israel 712 confirmed cases 1 death, Brazil 641 confirmed cases 4 deaths, Qatar 470 cases 0 deaths, Austria 2649 confirmed cases 6 deaths

https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/685d0ace521648f8a5beeeee1b9125cd

 

lot of other countires seem to have low deaths also where as others gone through the roof

Two strains of the virus and it is still very early and you can get ventilator support as needed.  That won't be the case if the system is overwhelmed at the peak of the pandemic.  Getting it early has it's benefits.

 

Edited March 22, 2020 by bkkcanuck8

[tlock]

Thailand is unique in the sense that so much of the young population works in the Bangkok/Chonburi area and then will return all over Issan.  There is much more inter-country travel than possibly any other country affected so far.  

[Chazar]

19 minutes ago, bkkcanuck8 said:

Addendum, 17% (19% in NY state) require hospitalization due to severity... and most of those 17% would not receive the ventilator support etc. if the curve is not flattened and the overall cases kept rather low.  If infection spreads to 50% to 60% (which some are estimating higher) too fast... almost no one would have the support they needed.

yes I  know the figures  vary from country to country,  just giving out the approximates when many seem to think this is  going to  kill  almost everyone

[Chazar]

18 minutes ago, bkkcanuck8 said:

tell her - all foreigners dead - now have to avoid Thais.

told  her  no  more  rumpy  pumpy and Im buying a  dog

[raccos21]

[ThaiFelix]

3 hours ago, GeorgeCross said:

looking at the map it looks like to me its being taken back to issan. cases all over that region. rayong too.

 

probably going to be impossible to lock bangkok down even if they wanted to. not that i think it would be effective, the horse has bolted.

 

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

"Most of the new cases were found in Bangkok and were among young people who continue to have social activities, which can lead to more infections," he said urging the public to stay home.

The selfish attitude indicated above I am sure is the same reason for the spread into Isaan.  I reside in a small quiet village in Isaan that has recently had returnees from S. Korea who have immediately set about catching up with old friends for meals, parties etc.  We have also seen an influx of them from Bangkok, Pattaya etc who behave in the same manner.  Isaan people dont usually bother with a centre spoon at meal times and often eat off each others plates.  Likewise the men will sit around and drink sharing the same one glass and a bottle or two of Lao Khao.  A disaster waiting to happen.

 

Yesterday there was a noisy procession in the streets with the usual dancers and loud music etc with not one mask to be seen.  There was also the usual scene of small groups among the dancers all drinking from the same beer bottles not to mention the hugging and kissing.  When I asked the wife what was going on and why are people gathering when we have been told not its best to isolate, her reply was ...."Oh its the annual moo barn festival and in Isaan we HAVE to have it, no matter what"!!  When I compared it to Songkran, the racing at Buriram, bars closed everywhere etc etc, it made no difference.  "No you dont understand, In Isaan we have to have it every year, its all been booked earlier!!

 

Is it that Thai 'logic' thing again?  Is it having the right amulet or the belief in reincarnation?  It seems to be the same attitude that makes them overtake on a hill or a blind bend into oncoming traffic.  Whatever it is they are slow to realise it just doesnt work.

 

 

[bkkcanuck8]

2 minutes ago, Chazar said:

yes I  know the figures  vary from country to country,  just giving out the approximates when many seem to think this is  going to  kill  almost everyone

Not everyone - maybe just 50 million worldwide.

 

Many others with scarred lung tissue affecting blood oxygenation.

[Isaan sailor]

Thai families are typically multi-generational—much like Italian families. And they also like to share food at dinner gatherings.  Woohan Virus could wreck havoc in Isaac.

[djayz]

2 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

With visas on arrival cancelled and now both the COVID test certificate and $100,000 in health insurance required in order to enter Thailand via air from foreign countries, I don't think we'll be seeing many Chinese anytime soon.

 

Or many other tourists for that matter

[Krataiboy]

Less than six hundred confirmed cases of COVID-19 and only one death, so far, out of a population of seventy million does not seem like a good reason to panic.

 

This isn't the first virus to generate the kind of scary headlines beloved of those who control our lives. Nor will it be the last. But it is a temporary phenomenon, not an apocalypse the hyperbolic mass media would have us believe.

 

It's worth trying to preserve a sense of perspective by looking at some salient facts. For example, the tiny proportion of the population likely to catch the virus have either no or only mild symptoms and make a full recovery.

 

The younger you are, the greater your chances of shaking off the germ. Most at risk are elderly folk with compromised immune systems and/or pre-existing health problems.

 

And obviously, there are many simple and sensible precautions one can take - avoiding crowded places and stepping up personal hygiene - to minimise risk.

 

If I wasn't an old fart myself, I would find this chart reassuring!

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 22, 2020 by Krataiboy