Every Covid patient in Thailand accounted for, confirms Disease Control Dept chief

[foreverlomsak]

2 minutes ago, Jonathan Swift said:

You think Trump actually built his wall? He put up steel fencing along a tiny length of the border which videos showed people easily climbing. What else do you imagine Trump did? Cure Covid in the US? You're as deluded as he is. The only think Trump ever had any skill at is being a master con artist. And he's not so good at that any more, he lost. Did he manage to con you?

If you think I was praising that lump of "   " then read it again.

[ThaiFelix]

23 hours ago, webfact said:

Every Covid patient in Thailand accounted for

And confirmed!!  Wow!  It makes you wonder what the authorities in the US and Europe have been doing, or not doing, to let this thing get completely out of hand when Thailand can confirm its under control after a week or so??  Absolutely marvelous!!  Give yourselves a pat on the back and a few well deserved selfies lol.

[Donga]

48 minutes ago, ThaiFelix said:

And confirmed!!  Wow!  It makes you wonder what the authorities in the US and Europe have been doing, or not doing, to let this thing get completely out of hand when Thailand can confirm its under control after a week or so??  Absolutely marvelous!!  Give yourselves a pat on the back and a few well deserved selfies lol.

 

Little wonder really. Let's look at a few differences between Europe, American covid scenarios and Thailand:

1. They didn't wear face masks from the onset as western experts and WHO didn't think they were effective. They were so horribly wrong and changed tack way too late in May/June, incurring cultural and political silliness depending on the country.
2. Their quarantine processes were not nearly as effective as Thailand state quarantine - some had self isolation haha. The Europeans went crazy in Summer. Social distancing and face masks went out the window. The Thais never let the infected numbers exceed their capacity to trace the contacts. You can't say that for most of Europe and Americas, they never really got on top of it.
3. Thailand has one million health volunteers calling on households daily.. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-thailand-volunteer-idUSKBN23B044  So effective in the provincial outbreaks.

This all apart from the heat and humidity advantage (though take care as central America has similar conditions and has been smashed) and Thailand's higher degree of cultural conformity.

It is no wonder that Thailand's success has been recognised by the WHO as well as John Hopkins University.

Continually amazed at the number of naysayers on this forum who just don't get it. Thailand nailed Covid and continues to control the few outbreaks, which will always occur.

Well done dudes, now please apply the same application to the driving standards.

Edited December 12, 2020 by Donga

[Jonathan Swift]

6 hours ago, foreverlomsak said:

send for Trump, he's out of a job, and he "managed" to wall off Mexico didn't he, at least to same standard as most Thai project success rates, witness the amount of attempts to stop flooding on Pattaya beach road it floods at least twice a year and they then "fix" it so it won't flood again, every year

So you're a walking encyclopedia of American history and politics are you? What are you, a drunken Brit? Under Trump 300,000 dead , more than in all of WWII; 3000 dying every day because he lied to the people from day 1, and did nothing. He said covid would "magically go away'. He built a short metal fence. Hardly a wall, There are videos of people climbing over it. You want him? Take him

Edited December 12, 2020 by Jonathan Swift
correction

[StevieAus]

21 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Looks like it's only ASQ where the daily figures pro rata seems to be the global epicentre of transmission but it is a Thai disease control chief that's saying everyone has been found  ????

Who would you expect in Thailand to make the statement, an Australian, a Brit, an American ???

[berrec]

[VBF]

7 hours ago, Emdog said:

Headline says "patients accounted for" and then lesser headline says " no unaccounted cases"...

Is a patient the same as a case.... what (if any) is the difference? I suppose you could have a case of someone identified as having the virus, but given no treatment so not a patient?

So little testing happening that any numbers are essentially meaningless? Seems a variation on "Ask me not questions I tell you no lies" to "If we do no testing then we have no cases"

That's what I've been saying for months now, and what the UK government also gets badly wrong. They (and most others) regard "cases" as people testing positive for CV.

But, IMO, "cases" should be reserved for those suffering from CV, because, as we know, it is still the situation that the vast majority of those who test positive never get sick - many don't even know.

To call them "cases" totally distorts the picture, IMO.

[Tonypandy]

7 hours ago, Guderian said:

Let's not celebrate too quickly, the four-day weekend with a lot of travel to the northern provinces to admire the fog seas and enjoy the cool weather might have done a lot of damage that will only become apparent in the next week or two. I certainly hope that the guy is right, but when it comes to this virus you can't afford to let your guard down at all.

There doesn't seem to be any obvious increase of people in Chiang Mai this holiday weekend. 

[KhaoYai]

On 12/11/2020 at 7:38 AM, webfact said:

There are no unaccounted for Covid-19 cases in the seven provinces where newly infected persons travelled, Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Disease Control Department said on Friday.

These guys are just jokers.

 

The occupation of some of the women returning from Myanmar illegally is well known. From what I've read, at least one of them continued her 'work' just a few hours after arriving in Chiang Mai.  Does the good doctor think that these ladies ask for ID from their clients and keep a list of names and addresses?

 

How many 'customers' does he think will actually come forward?

[foreverlomsak]

4 hours ago, Donga said:

3. Thailand has one million health volunteers calling on households daily.

With a population of approx. 70 million then all persons in Thailand should have been visited at least every 2 months, have been here throughout all 10 months and we have never been visited.

[Donga]

8 minutes ago, foreverlomsak said:

With a population of approx. 70 million then all persons in Thailand should have been visited at least every 2 months, have been here throughout all 10 months and we have never been visited.

 

Where do you live? They're mostly in the villages, not the towns so much. Surprised you've never heard of them.
My partner was a health volunteer at her village, visiting ten households regularly, before she moved to Hua Hin.
Did you read the Reuters link?

Edited December 12, 2020 by Donga

[Moonlover]

28 minutes ago, Donga said:

33 minutes ago, foreverlomsak said:

With a population of approx. 70 million then all persons in Thailand should have been visited at least every 2 months, have been here throughout all 10 months and we have never been visited.

 

28 minutes ago, Donga said:

 

Where do you live? They're mostly in the villages, not the towns so much. Surprised you've never heard of them.
My partner was a health volunteer at her village, visiting ten households regularly, before she moved to Hua Hin.
Did you read the Reuters link?

The volunteer service has been recognized by WHO as providing a valuable contribution to Thailand's success in tackling Covid.

 

We had over 10 returnees from infected areas staying, in isolation, in our village. It was this stalwart group that monitored their stay and visited other homes, including ours, to ensure that the correct protocols where observed.

 

When it came to containing new clusters like the ones that occurred following the boxing tournament saga, it  was these groups that did much of the leg work.

 

They are a credit to their country.

 

[DavisH]

2 hours ago, foreverlomsak said:

With a population of approx. 70 million then all persons in Thailand should have been visited at least every 2 months, have been here throughout all 10 months and we have never been visited.

Huh...it doesn't work like that. The visit those likely to have been exposed to those with the virus. They also visited returnees from Puket several months ago (when people were allowed to leave the islansd) to check on their health. 

[KannikaP]

19 hours ago, Percy P said:

There only putting themselves at risk. 

Not wearing a mask on THEIR own face does not put that person at greater risk of catching Covid. THEY'RE putting  all those around him/her at greater risk IF that person is positive.

Edited December 13, 2020 by KannikaP

[5633572526]

22 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

Singing from the same hymn sheet? Check out the news in USA. A statistically significant number of people think Covid is a hoax, an even bigger number think there is no need for masks and myriads of conspiracy theories abound. And all this not just in the general populous, but within various governing bodies of elected officials including the Senate and House of Representatives.

 

I’d say Thailand is doing just fine, thanks very much.

I don’t live in USA so I don’t care what’s going on there. If you are concerned perhaps you could find a USA version of Thai  visa 

[ChakaKhan]

Every Covid patient in Thailand accounted for, confirms Disease Control Dept chief........until they're not.....next.

[dcnx]

On 12/11/2020 at 8:59 PM, johnarth said:

yes it seems the warm weather is still working its magic, and thank god for that not the fakers, it also seems us people living in Thailand are doing better than the rest of the world not because the prime minister said so, but because of the weather, death cases at a minim from all of us not just Thais thank you, just another fact

Yes, Thailand is the only nation in the world with summer. Great find.

[wotsdermatter]

On 12/11/2020 at 3:05 AM, stubuzz said:

Did you test everyone?

 

On 12/11/2020 at 2:38 AM, webfact said:

Health officials in the seven provinces, namely Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phayao, Phichit, Ratchaburi, Singburi and Tak traced and tested more than 6,000 persons suspected of having close contact with the infected.

According to the article, if you read correctly, it appears that the answer to your question is NO because they "tested  more than 6,000 persons suspected of having close contact with the infected.

'nuf sed.