11 minutes ago, welovesundaysatspace said:

How many of us know anyone who has been on the moon or who can run 100 meters in less than 10 seconds? ???????? 

A hell of a lot more are supposed to have the virus than the numbers who can run under 10 seconds and way more than those who have been on the moon.

8 hours ago, Oliver Holzerfilled said:

if Thailand were lying about their numbers there would be full hospitals and bodies in the streets" crowd will be along to shout you down seeing as how there are no full hospitals or bodies in the streets in Laos or Cambodia either.

Dream a little dream that you believe would be happening if there was Covid here.  Once again another Covid denier is amongst us.  Look at it as far as this "Very few have been tested, and now with active testing the numbers are expanding", hmm, I know what I believe, and it is not you or the other folks who insist that Hospitals would be full, and bodies would be in the streets, enjoy your day.  Think I might have misread your post, a lack of coffee...

6 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Is this why they have not tested the rest of Thailands population as they are truly afraid of what the numbers might be, and they would loose FACE.  

It's their own fault for claiming they "did a good job" and had "good numbers" etc... There was never any reason for the government (here or anywhere) to claim victory or job well done but now that they have they own any future failures.

2 hours ago, Oldie said:

In countries with reported very high rates are no bodies on the streets. I think your approach is too simple. 

 

Well said.

 

Be it west/central africa, where medical facilities are limited/ even non-existent or South Asia which is densely populated but testing significantly, we have not seen bodies on street. Hence, if we have significant numbers of asymptomatic cases around us, we need not see bodies.

6 minutes ago, Billy Bloggs said:

A hell of a lot more are supposed to have the virus than the numbers who can run under 10 seconds and way more than those who have been on the moon.

Definitely. What’s your point though? 

2 hours ago, Rockhound said:

How many of us know anyone who is ill with Covid now?  I don't know anyone.

 

we don't have illegal Burmese migrant workers (entered the country thanks to soft-hearted Thai border patrol) in our neighbourhood

 

2 hours ago, Rockhound said:

How many of us know anyone who is ill with Covid now?  I don't know anyone.

I've been asking that question regulary since it all began. Face to face and online all report ZERO. Around 1,000 contacts worldwide all ZERO. 

17 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Is this why they have not tested the rest of Thailands population as they are truly afraid of what the numbers might be, and they would loose FACE.  

You and many like you really do want it to go wrong. Can't stand it that the west has failed miserably and want the same here to save the WEST'S FACE. 

1 hour ago, mtls2005 said:

 

So the positivity rate (in this 'cluster') is ~ 8+ %?

 

Still say they should release one set of numbers from on source at the same time every day.

 

Yes, I understand that these ~ 900-ish will be in today's numbers.

 

 

No the positivity rate is 16% because they apparently only managed to test 5574 people and didn't achieve their goal of 10,000 tests, which is reported in other news reports that can't be linked. 

4 minutes ago, Keesters said:

You and many like you really do want it to go wrong. Can't stand it that the west has failed miserably and want the same here to save the WEST'S FACE. 

Not in the least, we just want the truth to be know for safety reasons and concerns for our families here.  I could give a rats a...in what the west is doing.  I live here, and please stop with the freaking comparisons.  You folks just will not give it a rest and want to compare.  I don't want to compare, as I live here and want clarity and not hidden agendas.  Move along.

10 minutes ago, NorthernRyland said:

t's their own fault for claiming they "did a good job" and had "good numbers" etc

Actually..they did do a good job with the initial wave and now (no surprise) it is catching up with them.

 

Laos and Cambodia (and Myanmar) may as well be on the dark side of the moon for reporting or comparison purposes.They always were there and there they remain. 

5 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

What was it Sunday ? Found 5000, Monday found another 900 - where are they on worldometer ?

These numbers have not been added to that site . Currently at 126 but should be higher .

8 hours ago, Oliver Holzerfilled said:

...the "if Thailand were lying about their numbers there would be full hospitals and bodies in the streets" crowd will be along to shout you down seeing as how there are no full hospitals or bodies in the streets in Laos or Cambodia either.

 

Maybe they burn 'em quicker?

 

There was a guy on overnight UK chat radio earlier who was claiming that UK hospitals aren't as busy and close to collapse as MSM portrays. This view was based on observations during a couple of trips to his local hospital's outpatients department. He didn't check the ER, the ICU  or any of the other wards.

 

PS: I prefer the "show me the bodybags brigade" actually.

2 hours ago, Rockhound said:

How many of us know anyone who is ill with Covid now?  I don't know anyone.

My Mum died of it on December 18th. It's her funeral in the UK today. 

count yourself lucky!

 

1 minute ago, youngster30uk said:

My Mum died of it on December 18th. It's her funeral in the UK today. 

count yourself lucky!

 

Tragic. R.I.P.

Test more, get more cases duh ! Probably 20% of Bangkok is positive by now.

2 hours ago, Rockhound said:

How many of us know anyone who is ill with Covid now?  I don't know anyone.

I know of 6 people who have tested positive, all in the UK, 3 are direct family members and 3 are friends

The question all of us want to know, is that province locked down tighter than San Quentin? And the answer is likely no, due to the influence of the seafood industry. Forget the seafood. Nobody comes in or out. If the authorities cared. This all happened due to sheer stupidity and stunning greed. Thailand is really going into a world of hurt now. Tourism will not recover for years and domestic tourism just died. Millions of jobs lost. And the truly astonishing aspect of this, that few seem to be discussing, is that this could have been at least partly avoided, had Prayuth and Anutin, two stunningly incompetence men, taken action early, and decisively. Instead, the whole country is made to suffer the consequences of inaction, of not locking down ground zero, Samut Sakhon (just a relatively small section of the province, actually) the first day of the second outbreak. It is beyond comprehension. It should have been locked down like a maximum security penitentiary. Cordoned off. Nobody comes in or out. And can anyone guess why it wasn't? It is one of the largest seafood distribution centers in Thailand, and it would have meant the loss of a small fortune, for some. So, it came down to sacrificing a large fortune, and the nations economy, for a relatively small out of money, coming from those seafood sales. Nothing else makes sense. No other explanation means anything, or comes close to breaking down why this action as not decisively taken. Sure, the main market was closed. But, people were allowed to travel freely, and become super spreaders. Just incredibly dumb policy and a nearly unforgivable lack of action. 

 

 

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Health officials on Monday reported 914 new COVID-19 infections in Samut Sakhon following the start of widespread testing which will eventually see almost 60,000 people in the province tested for the virus

Proof that when you test you find infections... something that was very lacking last year.

2 hours ago, Rockhound said:

How many of us know anyone who is ill with Covid now?  I don't know anyone.

I do... a family of 5

5 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

What was it Sunday ? Found 5000, Monday found another 900 - where are they on worldometer ?

 

Number 126

58 minutes ago, welovesundaysatspace said:

How many of us know anyone who has been on the moon or who can run 100 meters in less than 10 seconds? ???????? 

Neil Armstrong

Buzz Aldrin

Usain Bolt ????????????????

5 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

What was it Sunday ? Found 5000, Monday found another 900 - where are they on worldometer ?

 

Don't recall seeing 5000 last Sunday or 900 last Monday being reported anywhere.

 

Worldometers uses the same, Thai government-issued statistics.

 

Woldometers daily updates are at 00.00 hours UTC (or -7 hours from Bangkok time).

20 minutes ago, youngster30uk said:

My Mum died of it on December 18th. It's her funeral in the UK today. 

count yourself lucky!

 

My condolences...

 

I know two who have suffered from it..and the physical impact was most severe even tho' neither was over 50..

 

Curiously enough it seemed (in those two cases) to leave the more elderly in the families alone.

from what I have been reading, they also report that up to 90% show no symptoms whatever so therefore you

won't find masses pouring into hospitals.  Also the ones with symptoms probably have underlying conditions which their regular doctor has been treating and probably assumes it is just that underlying condition and they don't test for the virus.  Many are possibly old and locally they assume they died of old age.  Too many variables if widespread testing is not done.  That was the cause of widespreading disease in the US, at first they were not doing widespread testing until there came a time when it was everywhere!

 

20 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

Don't recall seeing 5000 last Sunday or 900 last Monday being reported anywhere.

Twisting words again.  What he said was "What was it Sunday ? Found 5000, Monday found another 900 - where are they on worldometer ?", So this past Sunday two days ago, and then yesterday (Monday) and what was reported last night from Samut Sakhon was 900....so please stay on task, as the worldometer has not been updated with Thai Numbers that include those from Samut Sakhon

1 hour ago, DUNROAMIN said:

There have been cases poping up all over Isaan country, just not been reported.

 

Citation?

 

Yours sincerely,

Interested in Isaan

7 minutes ago, Presnock said:

from what I have been reading, they also report that up to 90% show no symptoms whatever so therefore you

won't find masses pouring into hospitals.  Also the ones with symptoms probably have underlying conditions which their regular doctor has been treating and probably assumes it is just that underlying condition and they don't test for the virus.  Many are possibly old and locally they assume they died of old age.  Too many variables if widespread testing is not done.  That was the cause of widespreading disease in the US, at first they were not doing widespread testing until there came a time when it was everywhere!

 

Well said. Also add the fact that most Thais living in remote rural areas die at home, and not in hospital. Then a funeral takes place with no autopsies being performed. So no one really knows what they died from.

1 hour ago, DUNROAMIN said:

Isaan farangs have Thai partners who have extended family everywhere, word of mouth travels fast, no secrets here.

 

That's your citation?

 

Yours sincerely,

Embedded with the tribe of about eleven in Isaan.

1 hour ago, DUNROAMIN said:

There have been cases poping up all over Isaan country, just not been reported.

And just where did you get this information from, especially if they are, as YOU say unreported?

 

Show us the EVIDENCE!