Chula expert offers advice on dodging coronavirus

[snoop1130]

Chula expert offers advice on dodging coronavirus

By THE NATION

 

Thiravat Hema-chudha

 

A senior medical lecturer at Chulalongkorn University has explained how people become infected with Covid-19.

 

Dr Thiravat Hema-chudha offered the information via Facebook on Thursday (April 30), explaining that the virus is spread by droplets emitted from an infected person’s nose and/or mouth. These droplets can then be transferred – through touch or the air – and enter the body of another person through their eyes, nose or mouth.

 

In enclosed or unventilated spaces, droplets from an infected person will remain airborne for long periods, eventually coming to rest on people’s faces, bodies and clothes. The droplets can also be transferred to surfaces, where they remain a potent source of infection for many hours.

 

The infection occurs when a healthy individual comes into contact with the viral droplets and transfers them to his or her face.

 

The doctor concluded by saying that the best protection against the virus was to avoid touching your face unless you have first washed your hands.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30387085

 

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[Thaiwrath]

5 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The doctor concluded by saying that the best protection against the virus was to avoid touching your face unless you have first washed your hands.

You had better tell Prayuth. 

He obviously thinks the best protection is to deprive the whole country of any alcohol consumption !

[madmitch]

Is this a new report? Everyone else has been saying exactly the same for at least two months!

[MJKT2014]

Ground breaking news eh?

[than]

it's a champion for breaking down open doors

[dinsdale]

Great advice. Very up to date.???? Doesn't mention anything about masks which should be worn, so he's wrong there and didn't mention that selling alcohol would result in groups of people gathering all over Thailand to drink and therefore spread the virus, so he's right there.

[Relocated]

The virus landed on face from nose to eyes. How washing hands would eliminate virus from eyes and nose? Is he a journalist or real doctor?  

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1 hour ago, Thaiwrath said:

You had better tell Prayuth. 

He obviously thinks the best protection is to deprive the whole country of any alcohol consumption !

 

Edited April 30, 2020 by CLS
Wrong quote

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55 minutes ago, madmitch said:

Is this a new report? Everyone else has been saying exactly the same for at least two months!

I took 2 months till well known things were translated to Thai.

[trainman34014]

I'm surprised she has caught up with the news already; it normally takes Thailand at least 50 years to realise they are a bit behind !

[rasmus5150]

3 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

I'm surprised she has caught up with the news already; it normally takes Thailand at least 50 years to realise they are a bit behind !

Dude looks like a lady - but he is a man.....

 

And a rabies expert.

[lamyai3]

5 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

In enclosed or unventilated spaces, droplets from an infected person will remain airborne for long periods, eventually coming to rest on people’s faces, bodies and clothes. The droplets can also be transferred to surfaces, where they remain a potent source of infection for many hours.

Instead of telling everyone what they've known for months, couldn't they be collating valuable research on why airborne droplets in high humidity are much less prone to remain airborne than similar droplets in cool dry environments (due to the water component of the droplets not evaporating, they fall to the ground much more quickly).

 

Explaining to the world the reason why the virus has had minimal impact on tropical Southeast Asian countries would be a genuine contribution in world science right now, far more than the muddle-headed comments about not knowing the environmental effects on covid-19 spread and impact.

 

Though it would probably lead to the department being shut down by the government for undermining it's anti covid-19 efforts and threatening national security. 

[lkv]

54 minutes ago, lamyai3 said:

Explaining to the world the reason

Please. Does it look like Oxford when you open the window?

 

I was not aware of Thailand being a scientific hub of some sort. ????

Edited April 30, 2020 by lkv

[Artisi]

So pleased that's finally been cleared up, there was far too much unknown about the supposed spread of CV19. 

[Thailand]

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Edited May 1, 2020 by Thailand

[hotchilli]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Chula expert offers advice on dodging coronavirus

Stay at home.. there's my two-penny-worth of advice, but I'm no expert!

[bluedoc]

He obviously missed the bus.????

[Yadon Toploy]

15 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

I'm surprised she has caught up with the news already; it normally takes Thailand at least 50 years to realise they are a bit behind !

Realise?

[trainman34014]

5 hours ago, Yadon Toploy said:

Realise?

So you are American or Canadian then and use 'z'; unlike us Europeans ?

[anto]

You can only get it through a french kiss ,or similar very close contact .A virus can not exist alone ( its not a living thing ) ,and certainly not outside the body .

Edited May 1, 2020 by anto

[Letseng]

On 4/30/2020 at 8:33 PM, lamyai3 said:

Instead of telling everyone what they've known for months, couldn't they be collating valuable research on why airborne droplets in high humidity are much less prone to remain airborne than similar droplets in cool dry environments (due to the water component of the droplets not evaporating, they fall to the ground much more quickly).

 

Explaining to the world the reason why the virus has had minimal impact on tropical Southeast Asian countries would be a genuine contribution in world science right now, far more than the muddle-headed comments about not knowing the environmental effects on covid-19 spread and impact.

 

Though it would probably lead to the department being shut down by the government for undermining it's anti covid-19 efforts and threatening national security. 

"minimal impact on tropical S.E. Asian countries?

You live in a cocoon. Look at Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia. 

[cornishcarlos]

2 hours ago, Letseng said:

"minimal impact on tropical S.E. Asian countries?

You live in a cocoon. Look at Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia. 

 

Possibly high infection rate but low mortality rate compared with Europe and US though.

Singapore has just 16 deaths attributed to Covid out of 17,000+ confirmed cases !!

Maybe Europe and US are padding out the Covid related deaths for some reason ?? 

[lamyai3]

1 hour ago, Letseng said:

"minimal impact on tropical S.E. Asian countries?

You live in a cocoon. Look at Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia. 

I suggest you attend to the details a bit more. On the world list of case numbers Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia rank low - 24th, 36th and 47th respectively. To take all three:

 

1) Singapore's recent spike is well documented, and spread amongst poor migrant workers cramped into 16-bed dormitories. Although this proved to be a national embarrassment for Singapore (and it's facade of a fair and equitable society), the wider population has not been impacted much by these infection clusters, and the national mortality rate is only 16, less than 0.1% of total numbers. Due to much more widespread testing, Singapore's statistics will be almost certainly be the most reliable in the region.

 

2) Indonesia is a poor country with a very large and dense population. Testing there is recognised as being minimal, so while they've recorded 800 deaths, the total case numbers are considered to be vastly underestimated. Indonesia has six times as many people as Spain, but only about 3% of their case numbers and deaths (less than 0.5% per capita). 

 

3) Malaysia had a severe outbreak after a 16000 strong religious gathering over two months ago in late February. According to the timeline of infection many should be dead now, but only 103 have died, amounting to around 1.6% of national case numbers.

 

None of these countries have remotely high mortality rates in comparison with the big four in Europe, each with around 25-30000 deaths. Even Indonesia's death toll is only 3% of each of these countries. By now the numbers speak for themselves and it's plainly obvious that neither spread nor severity of illness are the same in South East Asia. The question is no longer whether the impact is lower in the tropics as this is now self-evident, the question people should be asking is why is it so much lower.

 

Feel free to check any of the numbers:

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

 

[scorecard]

On 4/30/2020 at 11:43 PM, Retarded said:

The virus landed on face from nose to eyes. How washing hands would eliminate virus from eyes and nose? Is he a journalist or real doctor?  

Read the news item again, not what he said.