With 576 new Covid-19 cases, Thailand sees highest single-day spike

[Forza2002]

Authorities didn't have a big enough carpet to sweep this Covid news away... Perfect timing to ensure no protests in the near future. Especially once the local election results are announced...

[ThailandRyan]

3 minutes ago, Forza2002 said:

Authorities didn't have a big enough carpet to sweep this Covid news away... Perfect timing to ensure no protests in the near future. Especially once the local election results are announced...

Yes, and then I am afraid of the possible spread from those that went home to vote and may have been positive.  However, it looks like Khon Kaen, and Nakhon Ratchasima are mandatorily making anyone who traveled to the Samut Sakhon Area since the beginning of December that they are to turn themselves in for testing.  I am sure this will expand, but how much will be the question.  Now they have 3 Covid Cases that just popped up in Samut Prakan. Testing of over 10,000 in the works now, and they expect the Samut Sakhon cases to keep growing.

[HashBrownHarry]

17 minutes ago, JHicks said:

I had an antigen test because I thought I might have been exposed last February - the doctor thought it was unlikely there would be any antibodies even if I had been, but we did the test anyway and it was negative. The consensus seems to be that the antibodies don't hang around long but the important thing is that your system is geared up to produce more if need be.

The anti body test is equally as unreliable as the swab test(s) for false positives.

 

Also, you're not immune if you have the antibodies, i had a doctor tell me if you get infected a 2nd time the symptoms will likely me much worse.

[trainman34014]

5 hours ago, bodga said:

thatll  stop  those  pesky  students..........on second thoughts

 it  may  kill  off those  old dinosauruses as the Wife  calls  them

Problem is it's always the Dinosaurs that survive for millions of years longer than the rest of us, horrible scaly things like Crocodiles and Cockroaches !

[foreverlomsak]

5 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

I'm still trying to work out how the hell there can be 576 confirmed new cases if Thailand never tests anybody? 

This just proves they have not been testing  as one infection found leads to a 43% infections rate of those tested, with so many asymptomatic if you applied that rate to the total population you have in the order of 30m+ cases.

Then the government would not look so good in the world's eyes would they?

In Thailand appearance is more important than reality.

[rickthailand]

https://thepattayanews.com/2020/12/20/bangkok-metropolitan-administration-asks-for-new-years-countdown-events-to-be-cancelled-asks-people-to-work-from-home-for-14-days/?fbclid=IwAR2gXgqvLMWsWIiGx0ovGHI_luj17pp1K-KTUnjgaMaBRv8FcPWtADDNC44

[Misterwhisper]

23 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

Problem is it's always the Dinosaurs that survive for millions of years longer than the rest of us, horrible scaly things like Crocodiles and Cockroaches !

 

Are you alluding to horrifying species like Prayuthus ineptus, Prawitus chronometri, and Anutinus arrogantus, perhaps?

[ukrules]

1 hour ago, HashBrownHarry said:

i had a doctor tell me if you get infected a 2nd time the symptoms will likely me much worse.

 

Don't believe everything a Doctor says, many of them have no clue what they're talking about outside of their specialisation, some of them inside it.

 

[Pattaya Spotter]

3 hours ago, Virt said:

 Here we only put people in hospitals when they need care. Otherwise it's self isolation, which about 10 % breaks, so maybe forced hospitalization is a good way to do it, when the health care system is not overburdened, to keep people properly isolated. 

 

No money in self-isolation...except for the food delivery guys.

Edited December 20, 2020 by Pattaya Spotter

[tomazbodner]

6 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Praying that the New Years parties on the rooftop venues do not get canceled.  I have my reservations made just like last year where you can see 360 degrees from the rooftop as the fireworks go off.  However, if BKK starts to have cases popping up then I would envision that they will close-up the venues so that no mass gatherings occur. 

There you go - you won't miss anything in lockdown.

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1197662-bangkok-countdown-events-cancelled-public-told-to-work-from-home-for-14-days/

 

 

[Pattaya Spotter]

2 hours ago, Guderian said:

People on other boards are saying that they have friends and relatives working in restaurants in parts of Bangkok (like Bang Na), and they're being told to go home as there's a lockdown coming. Just stories at the moment, and obviously I can't post a link, but is anybody on here hearing similar tales?

Seafood restaurants? 

[ThailandRyan]

17 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

There you go - you won't miss anything in lockdown.

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1197662-bangkok-countdown-events-cancelled-public-told-to-work-from-home-for-14-days/

 

 

Ouch. Guess my penthouse balcony will have to do. No fireworks oh drats.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

5 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Even if your asymptomatic they hospitalize you here in Thailand.  Placed into Isolation unit until you test negative, regardless if you you need any medical attention.  Cost is between 200k and 300k for a 14 day stint there.

 

 

Yep, but I was looking at it not as an indicator of how many people are actually sick sick, but rather, how those hospital admission stats are using up a limited/finite amount of CV isolation rooms/units available in Thai hospitals overall.

 

[onthedarkside]

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[HashBrownHarry]

2 hours ago, ukrules said:

 

Don't believe everything a Doctor says, many of them have no clue what they're talking about outside of their specialisation, some of them inside it.

 

should i beleive you instead - lol

[pegman]

9 hours ago, Ireland32 said:

Is all people just worried Alcohoh, We are taking Covid , my god  pathetic

 So how long since you quit, Ireland?

[AmySeeker]

Lockdown coming. 

 

Utterly depressing. 

[Albert Zweistein]

10 hours ago, Thecritic said:

How the hell did all these guys sneek in from the borders..greed is overpowering social responsibility. 

Or poverty ?

[Albert Zweistein]

10 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Of all days with people traveling all over to vote, wonder how far and wide this will blow.  5 days from now it should have hit a new peak.  Looks like I will be staying in after my Birthday party tonight, only a guest list of a few hundred expected at the club since after 6 the alcohol can flow.......if you can not see the sarcasm here then shame on you.

Happy Birthday !

[blackcab]

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[metisdead]

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[spidermike007]

17 hours ago, welovesundaysatspace said:

I found it concerning that those girls were able to cross the border without quarantine. I find it concerning that there is an outbreak now. That being said, I’m neither an advocate of the administration, nor do I have enough knowledge about how to seal a land border tight. I doubt you can just build a wall, whether a concrete one or by deploying enough soldiers there. 
 

 

 

 

 

Tens of thousands of soldiers could be patrolling the rivers, in boats, manning many of the border areas, or just doing something. Anything. Just don't do nothing. Earn your keep. Prove to the nation that the motto "to protect the people" actually means something. Good training for the soldiers anyway, since there are no conflicts to deal with, other than the southern insurgency, which will likely never end, unless Thailand makes some reasonable concessions to a people who were colonized over a century ago.