Has Any TVF Member Had Covid 19? Does Any Member Know of Anyone Who Has Definitely Had Covid 19

[Pilotman]

I haven't to my knowledge had it and nobody I know has had it.  Among all my friends and family. nobody knows of anyone who has tested positive for Covid 19, or anyone who has been hospitalised with the virus.  Any TVF Members can share info on their circle of friends and family? 

[GroveHillWanderer]

Yes, my daughter, who was working 12-14 hour shifts in critical care in an NHS hospital in the UK at the peak of the outbreak, tested positive for the virus about a month ago. Luckily she only had mild symptoms and was back at work within a week.

 

If you're talking about Thailand then no, nobody in my immediate circle of family or friends has tested positive here.

Edited July 22, 2020 by GroveHillWanderer

[robblok]

Yes but not in Thailand, in my home country. Family friend 65 no real other health issues. Did not make it. Strange as not overweight or other health issues. Sometimes its just bad luck i guess. Not sure from who he got it. I did not get all the info though. 

[Pilotman]

5 minutes ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

Yes, my daughter, who was working 12-14 hour shifts in critical care in an NHS hospital in the UK at the peak of the outbreak, tested positive for the virus about a month ago. Luckily she only had mild symptoms and was back at work within a week.

 

If you're talking about Thailand then no, nobody in my immediate circle of family or friends has tested positive here.

Kudos to her.  Hope she is fine now. 

[NanLaew]

7 minutes ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

Yes, my daughter, who was working 12-14 hour shifts in critical care in an NHS hospital in the UK at the peak of the outbreak, tested positive for the virus about a month ago. Luckily she only had mild symptoms and was back at work within a week.

That was maybe back around the time when seven-to-ten day incubation and 14-day quarantines were all the rage but curiously, Matt Hancock and other apparatchiks who tested +ve were given the all-clear after only seven days. Still haven't got my head around that subtle variation.

Edited July 22, 2020 by NanLaew

[GroveHillWanderer]

2 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

Kudos to her.  Hope she is fine now. 

Yes she is, thanks. As I mentioned, she only ever had mild symptoms anyway and appears to have made a full recovery.

[GroveHillWanderer]

3 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

That was maybe back around the time when seven-to-ten day incubation and 14-day quarantines were all the rage but curiously, Matt Hancock and other apparatchiks who tested +ve were given the all-clear after only seven days. Still haven't got my hear around that subtle variation.

According to my daughter, the idea is that if you've already had symptoms and then test positive after that, you're already at least 5-6 days into the course of the disease and after another 7 days you're no longer at risk of passing it on to others.

 

I have to say it surprised me as well when she told me she was only allowed 7 days off, but she said that was standard.

[rhodie]

Yes, a good friend of mine aged 63 tested positive about a month ago. Not in Thailand though. Did not have to go to hospital, but was pretty sick for 2 weeks and said it was terrible. Played golf on the weekend but said the back nine was rough. He is pretty fit but getting there.

[robblok]

8 minutes ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

According to my daughter, the idea is that if you've already had symptoms and then test positive after that, you're already at least 5-6 days into the course of the disease and after another 7 days you're no longer at risk of passing it on to others.

 

I have to say it surprised me as well when she told me she was only allowed 7 days off, but she said that was standard.

Strange but on the other hand they had a shortage of workers so getting them back fast must have been a priority. 

[orchis]

yes, I know 3 friends who had it and one passed away.
not here in Thailand.

Edited July 22, 2020 by orchis

[robblok]

2 minutes ago, orchis said:

yes, I know 3 friends who had it and one passed away.
not here in Thailand.

Do you have a large circle of friends ? I am sure covid is real and don't doubt you. Just wonder a bit about why some people know many and others few that had it. Im from the Netherlands just one that I know but I can't say i have a huge circle of friends.

[2long]

No one here.

My mate's mum in the UK had it.

To say Covid is a scam is probably not true, as the virus obviously exists. However, I believe that it has already been through Thailand before we knew about it, and in most cases symptoms are so mild you don't know you have it. Some aren't so lucky.

I believe that governments are manipulating the figures (some up, some down) for their own political reasons.

[robblok]

Just now, 2long said:

No one here.

My mate's mum in the UK had it.

To say Covid is a scam is probably not true, as the virus obviously exists. However, I believe that it has already been through Thailand before we knew about it, and in most cases symptoms are so mild you don't know you have it. Some aren't so lucky.

I believe that governments are manipulating the figures (some up, some down) for their own political reasons.

That is why the only data that is a bit believable is to compare average death rates (not perfect either but the best of the worst).

[bert bloggs]

is there anywhere in Pattaya where you can check if you have had it,i dont know anyone who has had it ,but begining of Jan i was very sick and a bit delirious ,but had not heard of covid then, just dont know what was wrong , 

[bkk6060]

Thousands of TVF members

who know 1000's of people.

All the older expats living here.  And their Thai partners who have families with older family members and parents.

And no one personally knows of anyone who has gotten it in Thailand?

Interesting.

[thaibeachlovers]

40 minutes ago, robblok said:

Yes tell that to the people who died because of it. Maybe you should go to the US and attend a COVID party. I hear they are really educational. 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/12/us/30-year-old-covid-party-death.html

Plenty die with it. I'm yet to be convinced that it CAUSES death in greater numbers than other diseases such as flu.

Could be that it just gives a hurry up to those going to die soon anyway.

Regardless, humans have made this serious by being crowded into unhealthy cities, eating unhealthy food, breathing unhealthy air and being generally unhealthy. So many obese people about now.

[2long]

 

3 minutes ago, bert bloggs said:

is there anywhere in Pattaya where you can check if you have had it,i dont know anyone who has had it ,but begining of Jan i was very sick and a bit delirious ,but had not heard of covid then, just dont know what was wrong , 

I thought that being sick and delirious was a condition of being able/allowed to live in Pattaya? ????????

[thaibeachlovers]

2 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Thousands of TVF members

who know 1000's of people.

All the older expats living here.  And their Thai partners who have families with older family members and parents.

And no one personally knows of anyone who has gotten it in Thailand?

Interesting.

Very interesting. If I hadn't been told that I had to lockdown I'd never have even known it happened. No one in my area or anyone I know has had it.

[moe666]

My grand children and their mother had mild versions of the virus. She being a nurse in a clinic back in the states. A friend who lives here became ill in the states while visiting, he didn;t have a test but had the classic result loss of taste, and smell also feeling very sick. He recovered and probably got one of the last flights back to Thailand. The Hong Kong airport totally deserted and only 4 passengers on his flight from HK to BKK.

Edited July 22, 2020 by moe666

[RJRS1301]

I have three relatives in UK, two who have "recovered". they both still have extreme fatigue over 90 days after testing negative, and hospital. One has cardiac impairment following infection which did not exist prior to infection.

Third one remains in hospital 120 days so far, kidney impairment and liver impairment neither of which were pre infection issues 

Two relatives in their 60s third one 42 year old previously fir healthy . Non had pre-existing health problems

[thaibeachlovers]

12 minutes ago, robblok said:

That is why the only data that is a bit believable is to compare average death rates (not perfect either but the best of the worst).

Only if the death rates differentiate between those that die with it and those that die of it.

[sungod]

2 minutes ago, 2long said:

 

I thought that being sick and delirious was a condition of being able/allowed to live in Pattaya? ????????

Not a prerequisite, but it certainly helps.....

[Dmaxdan]

8 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Thousands of TVF members

who know 1000's of people.

All the older expats living here.  And their Thai partners who have families with older family members and parents.

And no one personally knows of anyone who has gotten it in Thailand?

Interesting.

Yes it is very interesting, especially when you consider how many people claim that the Thai government are continuously lying about the official number of infections...

 

 

[RJRS1301]

1 minute ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Only if the death rates differentiate between those that die with it and those that die of it.

I have a gut feeling that more are dying "with it" than because of it.

Especially when people are being listed as Covid19 deaths and are in their 80s and above.

[Inepto Cracy]

I have had it on two confirmed occasions. The worst part for me is the testing with that stick up your nose. I am fully recovered now, but my body produced no anti bodies at all. So would a vaccine help, my answer would be a resounding no.

Edited July 22, 2020 by Inepto Cracy

[thaibeachlovers]

6 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

I have three relatives in UK, two who have "recovered". they both still have extreme fatigue over 90 days after testing negative, and hospital. One has cardiac impairment following infection which did not exist prior to infection.

Third one remains in hospital 120 days so far, kidney impairment and liver impairment neither of which were pre infection issues 

Two relatives in their 60s third one 42 year old previously fir healthy . Non had pre-existing health problems

I've had fatigue and kidney impairment for years. Nothing to do with Corona. I'm not rubbishing your story, but such happens to otherwise fit and healthy people without anything to do with Corona.

Sympathy for them, but are they unusual or the norm? That has yet to be determined.

Edited July 22, 2020 by thaibeachlovers

[Rimmer]

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[thaibeachlovers]

14 minutes ago, bert bloggs said:

is there anywhere in Pattaya where you can check if you have had it,i dont know anyone who has had it ,but begining of Jan i was very sick and a bit delirious ,but had not heard of covid then, just dont know what was wrong , 

I've never heard of delirium as a symptom of Corona, but it is, apparently, a symptom of malaria.

[jonwilly]

"I haven't to my knowledge had it and nobody I know has had it.  Among all my friends and family. nobody knows of anyone who has tested positive for Covid 19, or anyone who has been hospitalised with the virus.  Any TVF Members can share info on their circle of friends and family? "

 

Up to last week I also used to say that I knew nobody and neither did anyone I know, know anyone who had C19 here in CM or Thailand.

However last week i was informed by a reliable source that a frang customer at his restaurant had caught the infection.

 

john

Edited July 22, 2020 by jonwilly
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[stevenl]

16 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Only if the death rates differentiate between those that die with it and those that die of it.

Doesn't matter. If average deaths are up by 80.000 a month this year you know enough. If your reasoning is correct, and it is people who would have died soon anyway, in Europe average death rates now should be lower than previous years. So far they are not.