Thai government gets high marks for its handling of coronavirus pandemic

[Em150]

Thailand just got very, very, very LUCKY for whatever reason. Still letting in visitors from Wuhan in January! Tourists flooding in from all over the world in Feb. No restrictions or special measures, no planning.

 

The incredibly low rates of infection in Thailand may be something to do with the heat or humidity, the fact Thais 'wai' rather than shake hands, som tam diet - who knows - but they are certainly nothing to do with the government's brilliant strategic planning and initial handling of the situation. In fact, if you remember, they were worryingly slow off the mark. 

 

Definitely more luck than judgement

[DPKANKAN]

2 hours ago, cdmtdm said:

go and survey the villages in Isaan to get the true numbers ...

Hi marks!!! 5555  Same as teachers having to pass their students. 

" Congratulations. You have put your name and the date on the exam paper. 1 out of 100 you have passed!!" ????????????????????????????????

[sandyf]

32 minutes ago, tribalfusion001 said:

I'm back in the UK now and I don't know anyone who has been confirmed with it, my 87 year mother also doesn't know anyone has tested positive either and no one on my Facebook has mentioned it.

I take it your too young to have heard of Eddie Large or Tim Brooke-Taylor. RIP.

[cornishcarlos]

26 minutes ago, Bert got kinky said:

I'm back in the UK now

So you know nothing of the real situation in Thailand but you try to show off as an expert in the matter.

Six weeks ago the effects of this virus were very different, the situation has changed so much worldwide.

Try doing a bit of research from people on the ground instead of trying to bleat on about a situation that you have no first hand knowledge of.

 

I believe that trying to spread or get people to believe your incorrect facts about this virus equate to you spreading fake news about the virus.

As far as I am aware,  most countries now class this as a crime.

Therefore, please think carefully before peddling your lies.

 

 

Which part of his post was incorrect or lies?

 

a) He is in the U.K

b) He was in Thailand 6 weeks ago

c) His mother is 87 yrs old

d) The figures in Thailand are dubious

e) Millions of people are now unemployed

f) Government support is lacking

 

That just about covers the entire post... Any of them false or fake or lies ??

 

[Rikito]

Getting high marks for controling the covid victims to less than one hundred. Congrats to the Thai administration. But how many more thousand victims will result from deciding to lock down The entire economy ? Though the government proved, when it can be when necessary, to be very active, shouldn’t he concentrate more on issues such as pollution or road accidents which result in at least 600 times more victims than covid. Covid will probably  stay in Thailand, but likely in small scale due to the understanding and cooperation of the Thai people on this issue. For pollution and road carnage, it will also stay, in big scale, as long as no real action is being taken on government side ...

 

 

[Bert got kinky]

2 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

Which part of his post was incorrect or lies?

 

a) He is in the U.K

b) He was in Thailand 6 weeks ago

c) His mother is 87 yrs old

d) The figures in Thailand are dubious

e) Millions of people are now unemployed

f) Government support is lacking

 

That just about covers the entire post... Any of them false or fake or lies ??

 

 

Aah, so you are only selectively quoting what he said.

The lie was in his quote 'Now the west have copied the same lockdowns and they don't work'.

 

If you still have trouble understanding, please tell me which syllable you are stuck on and II will try my best to explain it to you.

 

[pineapple01]

1 minute ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

Which part of his post was incorrect or lies?

 

a) He is in the U.K

b) He was in Thailand 6 weeks ago

c) His mother is 87 yrs old

d) The figures in Thailand are dubious

e) Millions of people are now unemployed

f) Government support is lacking

 

That just about covers the entire post... Any of them false or fake or lies ??

 

If his Moms 87 like mine would be hes rather old to post such drivel.

[Boomer6969]

45 minutes ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

I would venture as far as saying that all countries are cooking their books but to state the lockdowns are not working in Thailand are ludicrous.

Every member of my family back in the UK personally know someone who has or has had the virus.

One of my sisters lives in a cul-de-sac with 14 houses and 3 of those have at least one member of the household who has the virus.

How many people do you know in Thailand who have the virus?

I don't even know anyone in Thailand who knows someone else with the virus.

 

It would be stupid of me to believe that governments don't lie but the fact is that Thailand are not suffering anywhere near as badly as the Western countries where people ignore the restrictions.

Do the measures that have been put in place by the Thai government and to an extent the discipline of Thai citizens have shown in this matter work?

Of course they do.

To state the lockdowns don't work is very crass and not well thought out

.

 

I'll try to give you clue. Thailand has about 0.8 doctors per 1000 head of population, in Europe this figures varies in a 3 to 5 ranges. To me this would indicate that and outbreak like those in Europe or the US would have resulted in absolute devastation as the healthcare system would be totally overrun by the caseload. So, it could be that the Thai government has been smart enough to listen to experts and implemented contained measures, in time to prevent such major, catastrophic, outbreak.

 

Why such outbreak hasn't occurred in January while there were still hordes of Chinese in the country still needs to be explained. 

[MyTHaiMyKe]

2 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Proves how single minded it gets, there's no comment of the knock on consequences, companies closing, people losing jobs, food queues, people dying not going to hospital

Where's the 5,000 baht per person for 6 months? Complete failure!!

[cornishcarlos]

2 minutes ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

Aah, so you are only selectively quoting what he said.

The lie was in his quote 'Now the west have copied the same lockdowns and they don't work'.

 

If you still have trouble understanding, please tell me which syllable you are stuck on and II will try my best to explain it to you.

 

 

I replied to your quote of his, so you selectively quoted him, not me !!

In future maybe quote the part you are calling lies, instead of things that are obviously not lies.

 

I'm pretty good up to 3 syllables but will give you a shout if I get stuck for sure...

[saminoz]

2 hours ago, SkyFax said:

The Covid-19 Riddle: Why Does the Virus Wallop Some Places and Spare Others?

Experts are trying to figure out why the coronavirus is so capricious. The answers could determine how to best protect ourselves and how long we have to.   May 3, 2020 Updated 11:28 a.m. ET

The coronavirus has touched almost every country on earth, but its impact has seemed capricious. Global metropolises like New York, Paris and London have been devastated, while teeming cities like Bangkok, Baghdad, New Delhi and Lagos have, so far, largely been spared. ...

 

Cultural factors, like the social distancing that is built into certain societies, may give some countries more protection, epidemiologists said.

In Thailand and India, where virus numbers are relatively low, people greet each other at a distance, with palms joined together as in prayer. In Japan and South Korea, people bow, and long before the coronavirus arrived, they tended to wear face masks when feeling unwell.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/03/world/asia/coronavirus-spread-where-why.html

 

2 hours ago, SkyFax said:

The Covid-19 Riddle: Why Does the Virus Wallop Some Places and Spare Others?

Experts are trying to figure out why the coronavirus is so capricious. The answers could determine how to best protect ourselves and how long we have to.   May 3, 2020 Updated 11:28 a.m. ET

The coronavirus has touched almost every country on earth, but its impact has seemed capricious. Global metropolises like New York, Paris and London have been devastated, while teeming cities like Bangkok, Baghdad, New Delhi and Lagos have, so far, largely been spared. ...

 

Cultural factors, like the social distancing that is built into certain societies, may give some countries more protection, epidemiologists said.

In Thailand and India, where virus numbers are relatively low, people greet each other at a distance, with palms joined together as in prayer. In Japan and South Korea, people bow, and long before the coronavirus arrived, they tended to wear face masks when feeling unwell.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/03/world/asia/coronavirus-spread-where-why.html

testing, testing, testing

 

[jvs]

1 hour ago, cardinalblue said:

Non democratic countries have had much more success in lowering infection numbers than democratic ones...

 

I also believe genetics and built up immunity helped lower numbers...countries with a lot more diseases, their population seemed to do better than countries that have eradicated many of those diseases...

 

the presence, structure and organization of western style nursing homes created a one foot in the grave scenario in the west....

I was reading something lastnight that i found very interesting.It was not directly about covid 19 or even people but it made me think.

It was about hours of sunlight and the amount of vitamin D absorption,countries with more sun hours year round less infections?

Then i also read about the high percentage of infections in prisons in the US,not much sun shine in there.

I will look into this some more today,very interesting.

[cracker1]

2 hours ago, SkyFax said:

The Covid-19 Riddle: Why Does the Virus Wallop Some Places and Spare Others?

Experts are trying to figure out why the coronavirus is so capricious. The answers could determine how to best protect ourselves and how long we have to.   May 3, 2020 Updated 11:28 a.m. ET

The coronavirus has touched almost every country on earth, but its impact has seemed capricious. Global metropolises like New York, Paris and London have been devastated, while teeming cities like Bangkok, Baghdad, New Delhi and Lagos have, so far, largely been spared. ...

 

Cultural factors, like the social distancing that is built into certain societies, may give some countries more protection, epidemiologists said.

In Thailand and India, where virus numbers are relatively low, people greet each other at a distance, with palms joined together as in prayer. In Japan and South Korea, people bow, and long before the coronavirus arrived, they tended to wear face masks when feeling unwell.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/03/world/asia/coronavirus-spread-where-why.html

Global metropolises like New York, Paris and London have been devastated, while teeming cities like Bangkok, Baghdad, New Delhi and Lagos have, so far, largely been spared. ...

May be our warmer climates is a factor in the good results the tropical countries are enjoying ?

[Bert got kinky]

6 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

I replied to your quote of his, so you selectively quoted him, not me !!

In future maybe quote the part you are calling lies, instead of things that are obviously not lies.

 

I'm pretty good up to 3 syllables but will give you a shout if I get stuck for sure...

 

I could reply to this but this would end in a battle of common sense and I refuse to go into a battle with an opponent so ill equipped as yourself.

 

[cornishcarlos]

Just now, Bert got kinky said:

 

I could reply to this but this would end in a battle of common sense and I refuse to go into a battle with an opponent so ill equipped as yourself.

 

 

You did reply to this...

 

So you didn't selectively quote him then or accidentally miss the part you were calling lies ??

My apologies... ????

 

 

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai government gets high marks for its handling of coronavirus pandemic

Giving itself the usual Thai pat-on-the-back... martyrs are looking for a new set of gold wings !

[finnsk]

We still need to see some reliable research from independent high qualified persons, to find out why the covid virus is working so different around the world. That could be a big step to help the tourist industri in the hot asian countries, to make safe vacations and get the tourist back.

 

The low covid numbers in the hot asia, is not because of some "clever" leaders, well it could be if it because of manipulated numbers. In my opinion it is because the virus is acting different under different temperatures, heavy sun, humidity etc, so thank to Covid no to be so aggresive in the hot asia.

[sapson]

2 hours ago, cdmtdm said:

go and survey the villages in Isaan to get the true numbers ...

Absolutely .....

If they are not so old and have a minor fever they will be given paracetamol by the village doc and told to rest and probably be ok eventually.

 

 But no covid test...... this would be expensive and a trip to a major hospital and the village would be thrown into chaos if positive.

 

If older and with breathing health problems this is quite a regular event in the villages and the eventual recovery or demise is routine.

 

Again no covid test and any deaths the cause will be down to lung failure old age complications as per normal.

 

The real figures in Thailand require testing hundreds daily at all the major cities throughout the kingdom.

 

Yesterdays figure of 3 positive from a 70 million population doesnt indicate the all clear but simply shows so few tests been carried out.

[herwin1234]

3 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Proves how single minded it gets, there's no comment of the knock on consequences, companies closing, people losing jobs, food queues, people dying not going to hospital

proves how responsible and understanding and united Thai ppl are. They know complaining doesnt help to solve this crisis.

THANK GOD ppl and its leaders are not utterly dumb like in the usa.

[Moo 2]

I guess those 4 ladies on the photo could not care less about the alcohol prohibition.

[BestB]

In terms of containing the virus I think government did a good job, in terms of economy and assisting people rather a bad one

[Greg O]

So many "experts" everyone knows it's Karma ! The General is bucking for a 5th star as well ...

[Surasak]

2 hours ago, steven100 said:

I believe Khun Prayut Chan O Cha did a good job in limiting the infection and transmission rate of the COVID-19 virus. Lockdown had to be as well as other stringent measures. 

Good job again by Khun Prayut.

If you think it was all down the general misfit, you are very delusional.

[JoeMc]

Self back clapping Gov propaganda ..

[GaryAdriaenssens]

Happy to hear the Thai people are happy in THE MASKED WORLD... Boring measures always work in Thailand! Now we must see when this boredom will stop. Maybe 2050....

[Guderian]

They would have found the government getting much lower marks if they'd asked specifically about the extended alcohol ban!

[sahibji]

well deserved going by the numbers. truly remarkable co-operation by the people,

[sahibji]

4 minutes ago, Guderian said:

They would have found the government getting much lower marks if they'd asked specifically about the extended alcohol ban!

curious to know the co-relation between alcohol ban and the the corona virus numbers.

[Surasak]

1 hour ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

Aah, so you are only selectively quoting what he said.

The lie was in his quote 'Now the west have copied the same lockdowns and they don't work'.

 

If you still have trouble understanding, please tell me which syllable you are stuck on and II will try my best to explain it to you.

 

The lie was in his quote 'Now the west have copied the same lockdowns and they don't work'.

 

I believe Sweden don't have a lock down as such and their numbers are quite low.

[spidermike007]

Good job guys. Whatever was done, it has seemed to have worked. Kudos to all. Now, let's get the people back to work. The re-opening of the restaurants and shops, helps us to feel like a human beings again! 

 

Nice to be here, and not in one of the epicenters.