There have been a number of cases in other countries where the person has still shown detectable covid virus in their system for several months after they have tested negative. It is usually found to be non viable, non transmissable. 

6 hours ago, geriatrickid said:

As long as we have a reservoir of asymptomatic  carriers, the population is at risk.

The population is ALWAYS at risk, of this or that.

 

In Thailand, farmers spray heavily toxic pesticides on everything, including and especially their rice, which is sold and eaten by the population at large.

 

Many will get cancer from that, or from something else...far more than will get covid 19 and die from it.

 

And it is the same in every country.

 

Our way of life brings cancer, obesity, cardiac issues, and so on.

 

And what do governments do about it, to protect us?

 

We know the answer: nada...it is how it is, accept it or go live like an hermit!

Well that's an interesting find, virus DNA from a RNA virus. Did they find it next to the samples from the two burmese in Koh Tao or the Red Bull case?

21 hours ago, hioctane said:

All hospitals have isolated covid wards so you don’t mix patients without covid.

Of course they do, not just for covid there are many contagious diseases, T B being most prevalent in Thailand. I know.

Edited August 21, 20205 yr by brianthainess

Okay, these cases are a warning. Apparently, there is no real recovery. The virus hides and waits. Whether they can spread infection during the interim has not yet been determined. But here, with closed borders, we now have three identical cases: two Thais, one returned from UAE, the other undisclosed, and a German. All had been quarantied and cleared with three negative tests after 14 days. I'm staying home, thank you!

The world/medical news I'm reading is saying that people who've had CV can continue to have non-infectious DNA fragments in their system for up to 3 months after infection.

 

The non-infectious fragments supposedly pose no danger of infecting others, but can show up as positives on the various CV tests, which sounds like what the Thais are talking about here....

 

Odd that they're putting the women back into hospital for observation over it, though...

 

 

1 hour ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

The world/medical news I'm reading is saying that people who've had CV can continue to have non-infectious DNA fragments in their system for up to 3 months after infection.

 

The non-infectious fragments supposedly pose no danger of infecting others, but can show up as positives on the various CV tests, which sounds like what the Thais are talking about here....

 

Odd that they're putting the women back into hospital for observation over it, though...

 

 

Well it's RNA, but yes, viral matter can swim in the system for quite a while. You need live virus, the whole enchilada, not just the fragments, to pass it to the next ACE2 receptors in another host.