Pattaya finally gets the Covid-19 message - It is a lock down in all but name

[NanLaew]

5 minutes ago, Tom79 said:

Why is everyone wearing face masks anyway?? Face mask does <deleted> all. It’s not airborne. You catch it when an infected person touches and object and then you touch it within a few hours and proceed to touch your eyes, nose or mouth. You don’t breathe it in unless someone coughs in your face..but <deleted> anyway since it will be in your eyes. ????‍♂️

Oh dear God!... not this AGAIN???!!!

[Peterw42]

11 minutes ago, Tom79 said:

Why is everyone wearing face masks anyway?? Face mask does <deleted> all. It’s not airborne. You catch it when an infected person touches and object and then you touch it within a few hours and proceed to touch your eyes, nose or mouth. You don’t breathe it in unless someone coughs in your face..but <deleted> anyway since it will be in your eyes. ????‍♂️

Wearing a mask stops you touching your face. I will stop wearing a mask when doctors and nurses stop wearing them

[ivor bigun]

25 minutes ago, Tom79 said:

Why is everyone wearing face masks anyway?? Face mask does <deleted> all. It’s not airborne. You catch it when an infected person touches and object and then you touch it within a few hours and proceed to touch your eyes, nose or mouth. You don’t breathe it in unless someone coughs in your face..but <deleted> anyway since it will be in your eyes. ????‍♂️

Tom ,give it a rest.

[Tom79]

45 minutes ago, Tom79 said:

Why is everyone wearing face masks anyway?? Face mask does <deleted> all. It’s not airborne. You catch it when an infected person touches and object and then you touch it within a few hours and proceed to touch your eyes, nose or mouth. You don’t breathe it in unless someone coughs in your face..but <deleted> anyway since it will be in your eyes. ????‍♂️

Study from the WHO. Airborne spread has not been reported for COVID-19.

[Tom79]

21 minutes ago, ivor bigun said:

Tom ,give it a rest.

Why? I’m not just talking about Thailand. A lot of people all over the world believe too much fake news. Sorry for trying to spread the truth and stop people being afraid of breathing fresh air!

[Rimmer]

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[Pravda]

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[Toany]

2 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Bangkok is still waiting for a full lockdown. Most offices are still open and people still going to work.  I would expect moving to a full lockdown soon, then Immigration will have to close.

I don't think that they will ever close immigration.  It maybe their only income from tourists

[Benmart]

2 hours ago, NanLaew said:

Looks like the motocycle rental gangs haven't got the memo yet.

 

Payments have to be made to those who help others to break the law by not enforcing it.

Edited March 31, 2020 by Benmart

[NoshowJones]

2 hours ago, Isaanbiker said:

If Thailand would have stopped Chinese people from entering the Kingdom, there wouldn't be huge numbers of infected people.

 

These people brought the virus straight from Wuhan and Thais let them travel until March.

 

Shouldn't there be rolling heads now???

 

     

On 13 January, the Ministry of Public Health announced the first confirmed case, a 61-year-old Chinese woman who is a resident of Wuhan. She had not visited the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, but was noted to have been to other markets. She developed a sore throat, fever, chills and a headache on 5 January, flew directly with her family and a tour group from Wuhan to Suvarnabhumi Airport on 8 January, where she was detected using thermal surveillance and then hospitalised. Four days later she tested positive.^[19][20][2]

 

Thailand's second case occurred in a 74-year-old woman who arrived in Bangkok on a flight from Wuhan on 17 January.^[21] On 21 January, Nakornping Hospital reported a suspected case of a 18-year-old male patient who arrived in Chiang Mai from Wuhan with a high fever; his blood samples were sent to King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in Bangkok for further analysis.^[22][23] His condition had improved according to an official statement released by Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital on 31 January.^[24]

 

On 22 January, the MOPH announced two additional confirmed cases. The third was a 68-year-old man, a Chinese tourist as in previous cases.

 

The fourth case was the first case for a Thai citizen; a 73-year-old woman hospitalised at Nakhon Pathom Hospital [th] in Nakhon Pathom Province, arriving from Wuhan.^[25][26]

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_Thailand

Lets wait and see how long it takes for Thailand to start allowing the Chinese back in after things get back to normal. I bet they don't even wait that long as lots of expats and tourist have now gone forced out by ridiculous immigration issues,

[claynlr]

9 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

the unique Pattaya expat, that strong individualist, that rush in where angels fear to tread, with their Vin Diesel and I just got out of prison looks are standing up to the virus. 

 

we here in Hua Hin are washing our hands every time we walk from one room to another. 

 

I would wash too if we had any water flowing in Kamphaeng Phet

[Basil B]

3 hours ago, Isaanbiker said:

If Thailand would have stopped Chinese people from entering the Kingdom, there wouldn't be huge numbers of infected people.

 

These people brought the virus straight from Wuhan and Thais let them travel until March.

 

Shouldn't there be rolling heads now???

 

     

On 13 January, the Ministry of Public Health announced the first confirmed case, a 61-year-old Chinese woman who is a resident of Wuhan. She had not visited the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, but was noted to have been to other markets. She developed a sore throat, fever, chills and a headache on 5 January, flew directly with her family and a tour group from Wuhan to Suvarnabhumi Airport on 8 January, where she was detected using thermal surveillance and then hospitalised. Four days later she tested positive.^[19][20][2]

 

Thailand's second case occurred in a 74-year-old woman who arrived in Bangkok on a flight from Wuhan on 17 January.^[21] On 21 January, Nakornping Hospital reported a suspected case of a 18-year-old male patient who arrived in Chiang Mai from Wuhan with a high fever; his blood samples were sent to King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in Bangkok for further analysis.^[22][23] His condition had improved according to an official statement released by Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital on 31 January.^[24]

 

On 22 January, the MOPH announced two additional confirmed cases. The third was a 68-year-old man, a Chinese tourist as in previous cases.

 

The fourth case was the first case for a Thai citizen; a 73-year-old woman hospitalised at Nakhon Pathom Hospital [th] in Nakhon Pathom Province, arriving from Wuhan.^[25][26]

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_Thailand

Just got to Thailand a few day earlier, that's all, there is no way of stopping this thing one can only slow down the spread. 

[Toany]

2 hours ago, NanLaew said:

There's at least 1 'quarantine camp' in Ubon. They are an open holding area for the transients to serve out their 14-day quarantine. It looks like each province can take its own preventative measures and precautions.

They are doing what central government wont.  They have more control...                       sad

[Peterw42]

Interesting statistics, all the countries that wore masks, Singapore, Korea, japan have flattened the new infection curve.

 

https://www.maskssavelives.org/?fbclid=IwAR1fnDAWqJ7q5w4Q1LZVDNtIL9ttzuUgQgTN6eJKI1L-qL-gXReZb5e1G4c

 

[Susco]

3 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

Interesting statistics, all the countries that wore masks, Singapore, Korea, japan have flattened the new infection curve.

 

https://www.maskssavelives.org/?fbclid=IwAR1fnDAWqJ7q5w4Q1LZVDNtIL9ttzuUgQgTN6eJKI1L-qL-gXReZb5e1G4c

 

 

Interesting statistics, that all the countries in that list were the early birds in the COVID-19 infections, and have reached the peak already, and are now flattening the curve as will happen with every country about 3 - 4 weeks after they start reporting multiplying of infections.

[Peterw42]

3 minutes ago, Susco said:

 

Interesting statistics, that all the countries in that list were the early birds in the COVID-19 infections, and have reached the peak already, and are now flattening the curve as will happen with every country about 3 - 4 weeks after they start reporting multiplying of infections.

Even if they have reached their peak already, the peak is lower, Why didnt those countries rise and then peak the same as no mask countries ?

[Susco]

7 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

Even if they have reached their peak already, the peak is lower, Why didnt those countries rise and then peak the same as no mask countries ?

Because there are many reports that the Europe strain is a mutation of the Asian strain?

[Rimmer]

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[soi3eddie]

3 hours ago, possum1931 said:

Lets wait and see how long it takes for Thailand to start allowing the Chinese back in after things get back to normal. I bet they don't even wait that long as lots of expats and tourist have now gone forced out by ridiculous immigration issues,

Will there be a differentiation of foreigners once the border are re-opened? Chinese allowed in OK but Farang cannot?

Edited March 31, 2020 by soi3eddie
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[White Christmas13]

7 hours ago, Isaanbiker said:

Then the authorities moved in to enforce the ban which is now being observed. 

 

Pattaya, the Thai epicenter of the virus. 

Sorry but all population of Pattaya moved back to Issan now

 

7 hours ago, Isaanbiker said:

Then the authorities moved in to enforce the ban which is now being observed. 

 

Pattaya, the Thai epicenter of the virus. 

 

[White Christmas13]

2 hours ago, Susco said:

Because there are many reports that the Europe strain is a mutation of the Asian strain?

Link please and not from A-nut

[Susco]

6 minutes ago, White Christmas13 said:

Link please and not from A-nut

First of all I'm not your personal google assistant, but I anyway offer you 3 different and credible links that there are several mutations, if you promise to go away.

 

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/04/coronavirus-chinese-scientists-identify-two-types-covid-19.html

 

https://asiatimes.com/2020/03/virus-has-mutated-into-two-strains/

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2020/03/04/coronavirus-has-mutated-aggressive-disease-say-scientists/

[Jingthing]

Viruses do mutate and this one is as well but so far nothing significant.

 

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/covid19-mutating-coronavirus-now-has-eight-strains/news-story/e70752f70f7e623c24aa02fbad16c705

[NoshowJones]

50 minutes ago, soi3eddie said:

Will there be a differentiation of foreigners once the border are re-opened? Chinese allowed in OK but Farang cannot?

Nothing would surprise me about this country.

[daveAustin]

12 hours ago, William Osborne said:

Meanwhile Pattaya emigration rammed with foreigners trying to get visa extensions...???? 

Plot to have as many foreigners as possible on it so they can say, see, it was them all along!?

[daveAustin]

3 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

Interesting statistics, all the countries that wore masks, Singapore, Korea, japan have flattened the new infection curve.

 

https://www.maskssavelives.org/?fbclid=IwAR1fnDAWqJ7q5w4Q1LZVDNtIL9ttzuUgQgTN6eJKI1L-qL-gXReZb5e1G4c

 

And a HUGE number in those countries did not wear masks when it kicked off. Euro-corona is likely a more virulent strain, while Asians in general may be less susceptible. Too many variables to attribute transmissions rates to one thing.

[Isaanbiker]

6 hours ago, Tom79 said:

Why is everyone wearing face masks anyway?? Face mask does <deleted> all. It’s not airborne. You catch it when an infected person touches and object and then you touch it within a few hours and proceed to touch your eyes, nose or mouth. You don’t breathe it in unless someone coughs in your face..but <deleted> anyway since it will be in your eyes. ????‍♂️

It's a face saving measure for fermented fish eating individuals. 

[Skallywag]

The Curve will start to flatten in a few weeks.

Hang in there TV posters.

My prediction is less than 10,000 infected and just a few hundred dead here in Thailand before we return to normal as China is doing presently.

Feel better now.  You are all welcome.

 

P.S., we will have to continue social distancing, wearing masks, and washing our hands for the rest of our lives!????????

 

[Stargeezr]

I wear a mask, because when I have been around a lot of people like

bikers and Thai guys, I have noticed how many of them do not cover their

mouths when they cough, sneeze, or spit.  So many also seem to think

that their behavior is cool.  The term  thick as a brick  comes to mind.

Geezer

[Eindhoven]

8 hours ago, Tom79 said:

Why is everyone wearing face masks anyway?? Face mask does <deleted> all. It’s not airborne. You catch it when an infected person touches and object and then you touch it within a few hours and proceed to touch your eyes, nose or mouth. You don’t breathe it in unless someone coughs in your face..but <deleted> anyway since it will be in your eyes. ????‍♂️

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/31/calls-grow-for-germany-wide-use-of-face-masks-covid-19