Thai Prime Minister worries 2nd wave spread at entertainment venues after easing

[webfact]

Thai Prime Minister worries 2nd wave spread at entertainment venues after easing

By Pattaya Mail

 

  

Prime Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha.

 

At the Inner Santi Maitri Building, Government House, following the weekly cabinet meeting, Prime Minister and Defense Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha disclosed that he is scheduled to attend the 36th ASEAN Summit and other related summits, hosted by Socialist Republic of Vietnam, via a video conference on June 26, 2020.
 

He also emphasized the importance for Thai people to keep guards up against COVID-19 even though Thailand enjoys 29 consecutive free days from new COVID-19 infection. The Government understands the plight of employers and employees in all sectors, but certain businesses, especially entertainment places, are considered high risk, and additional measures other than those of the Government’s, have to be decided and implemented to prevent the 2nd wave of disease spread. The lockdown has now been eased for domestic tourism, but entry of foreign tourists will have to be carefully deliberated.

The Prime Minister also called on both public, private, and business sectors to continue with the work from home measure in a bid to prevent spread of COVID-19, and alleviate morning traffic congestion, particularly when school term starts.

 

Full story: https://www.pattayamail.com/thailandnews/thai-prime-minister-worries-2nd-wave-spread-at-entertainment-venues-after-easing-305256

 

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[doctormann]

Well, is there Covid in Thailand or not!

 

Can't have it both ways - either there is and we may get a second wave or there isn't, in which case he is worrying about nothing!

[Thaiwrath]

9 minutes ago, webfact said:

but certain businesses, especially entertainment places, are considered high risk, and additional measures other than those of the Government’s, have to be decided and implemented to prevent the 2nd wave of disease spread.

State of emergency to remain, and curfew brought back seems ominous following his words.

It is like a dream come true for this regime !

Edited June 25, 2020 by Thaiwrath

[Bkk Brian]

It's a precursor to "I told you so" when there are clusters found in bars or nightclubs

[Paiman]

Is it a call to the wealthy for additional funding to help him to get his priorities right?

[ThailandRyan]

They keep saying there is no Covid here Domestically, So they are either full of BS and they have no clue as they are not testing for it, and because of that it is out there and about, or they really are shining superstars and it has been eradicated.  So why the worry big Uncle Tu?

[JCP108]

4 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

They keep saying there is no Covid here Domestically, So they are either full of BS and they have no clue as they are not testing for it, and because of that it is out there and about, or they really are shining superstars and it has been eradicated.  So why the worry big Uncle Tu?

Another alternative would be that they do have a clue (even without adequate testing) and they don't want it to get worse. Maybe they are looking at the same data that the NYT and BBC have been watching?

[ThailandRyan]

37 minutes ago, JCP108 said:

Another alternative would be that they do have a clue (even without adequate testing) and they don't want it to get worse. Maybe they are looking at the same data that the NYT and BBC have been watching?

Could be, its a crapshoot either way.  Life needs to be lived but sensibly and not locked into walking on eggshells.

[uncleP]

I have family working in big hospitals. They are not seeing covid. It seems to me we are in the grip of a moral crusade despite girls of the night being more a thai thing than foreign, and against the young for dancing. Let's get this straight the majority of thailands cases  came from the army refusing to close a sporting venue

[BobbyL]

Of course there is a chance of a second wave, however if we are to believe the data released by his government in terms of the numbers of cases (none for 30 days) then places cannot remain shut when there is no virus being spread.

 

Currently, the only way of a second wave hitting is by tourists bringing it in. 

[Laza 45]

1 hour ago, JCP108 said:

Another alternative would be that they do have a clue (even without adequate testing) and they don't want it to get worse. Maybe they are looking at the same data that the NYT and BBC have been watching?

They might even have seen what is happening in Victoria Australia where it was though to be under control but is now re-emerging... What would all these wise commentators have to say if it was allowed to re-emerge here?  I can just see it...'what a stupid bunch of fools'.. just who are the fools?  

[DrTuner]

Their daily zero cases TV shows have now created a situation where Thais start flipping the bird to all precautions. Even if there is an actual outbreak later.

 

Moral of the story: If you're going to do BS, align all your BS together.

 

[spidermike007]

A sheer power grab. These guys cannot get enough control. 

 

This incompetent should have been worried alot earlier when the army sponsored that boxing event at Lumpini. Was the officer in charge ever brought to trial? Was Prayuth dismissed? Of course not. They are all above the law. Only us plebs are not, and we are subject to their bizarre decisions. 

[Bender Rodriguez]

mhhh, what will happen when you force everybody inside for weeks

and then they can finally come out

 

you will have little outbreaks, it might spread, but NOTHING DEADLY

 

where are the statistics of the 58 death ??  somewhere online ?

[DrTuner]

11 minutes ago, Bender Rodriguez said:

you will have little outbreaks, it might spread, but NOTHING DEADLY

 

where are the statistics of the 58 death ??  somewhere online ?

Official Thailand: https://covid19.moph.go.th/

Unofficial Thailand: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-53073046

 

 

This time I didn't grab any of the captions in the screenshot, the usual suspect are free to have a cow. Or look at the BBC website.

[SkyFax]

And per this ThaiVisa post analyzing NY Times data, in Thailand September 2019 there were 3998 excess deaths. 

 

• #133

 

 

[DrTuner]

12 minutes ago, SkyFax said:

And per this ThaiVisa post analyzing NY Times data, in Thailand September 2019 there were 3998 excess deaths. 

 

• #133

 

 

If you look in that data, which is originally from Department of Provincial Administration that handles the death certificates, It's not only September. There seems to be an elevation year around. I'll try to dig into the data a bit more thoroughly to remove systematic bias, to see if there was indeed an anomaly from the seasonal and annual variations. I think BBC did that already though, as their numbers do not match the raw data average. BBC has a lower figure.

 

Here's the link for those with time on their hands, courtesy of New York Times (Source is also DoPA): https://github.com/nytimes/covid-19-data/blob/master/excess-deaths/deaths.csv

Edited June 25, 2020 by DrTuner

[Megasin1]

7 minutes ago, SkyFax said:

And per this ThaiVisa post analyzing NY Times data, in Thailand September 2019 there were 3998 excess deaths. 

 

• #133

 

 

then you have to allow for other trend bucks as normally Songkran and the superb driving standards would have contributed to the normal death levels during this period and they have been muted. If you did a proper analysis it would be much covid 19 higher

[SkyFax]

So what caused all the excess deaths in ending 4 months 2019?

[phantomfiddler]

Neighboring countries must be rubbing their hind legs together with glee as Thailand steadfastly destroys it,s tourist industry ????

[flynn]

Nice jacket,,,,,,

[phantomfiddler]

3 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

State of emergency to remain, and curfew brought back seems ominous following his words.

It is like a dream come true for this regime !

Especially when they are in a position to MAKE their dream come true ????

[from the home of CC]

the real problem won't arise till they allow foreigners in...

[Guderian]

He's evidently read about the latest case from Taiwan, after two months with no community transmission. I don't know how these things happen, and nor do Mr. P. and his advisors I suspect, so if they want to stay C19-free they have to err on the side of caution. Whether or not Thailand should be following a strategy of trying to stay C19-free is a political matter at the end of the day, so there's bound to be a lot of disagreement.

[skorp13]

If Thailand is really covid free then how can we spread it????

[tyga]

3 minutes ago, phantomfiddler said:

Especially when they are in a position to MAKE their dream come true ????

Let's not be hasty shall we? If there is no vaccine, countries who were the most cautious in the early phase such as Thailand will be winners in the long term in all respects, health, economy and peace of mind. This story has a long way to play out yet and countries like USA has shown what happens when you don't take it seriously and even S Korea has had a scare or two. The Thai government has been and are continuing to be very prudent in my opinion. For now the economy is functioning and the population is at low risk. I wonder what it would take to make some members here not moan all the time?

[ThailandRyan]

5 minutes ago, from the home of CC said:

the real problem won't arise till they allow foreigners in...

And that's where the blame will be laid. It was brought into the country by dirty foreigners....I can see and hear it now.... 

[sammieuk1]

I doubt the PM worries about anything apart from himself ????

[DrTuner]

43 minutes ago, SkyFax said:

So what caused all the excess deaths in ending 4 months 2019?

Excellent question. Thailand's data on the cause of death in the certificates is pretty bad. In cases where people die at home, which seems to be the majority (I'll dig into that too now that I have data), the cause is sometimes entered as what the relatives say, etc. 

 

Without exhuming the bodies, which is impossible as they were burned, we'll never get the true facts. Have to go by partial data and make assumptions.

[from the home of CC]

3 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

And that's where the blame will be laid. It was brought into the country by dirty foreigners....I can see and hear it now.... 

because it will be true, most other countries are more concerned about money than lives. As its turned out they made some really poor decisions on behalf of their citizens because exposing more people to danger didn't improve their economies anyways so people died for nothing..