4 hours ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

Looks good...no exponential virus spread.

Today looks good since we have reduced testing.  Bollacks

2 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

And in a Bangkok Newspaper this Morning, ( Article - " Factory Staff to be monitored " )there was an article that was saying how expensive all the testing was becoming for the Government, and that cheaper ways had to be found to test all these people.

They have only been testing 10,000 per day at a published price between 2,000 -3,000 Baht per test, in the West, Countries are testing 10 times these numbers every Day.

Now the CCSAA are bitching about having to continue with 2000 tests per Day, saying a comprimise has to be sought between mass testing and costs.

I find this response by the Thai Authorities to the Covid situation far worse than any words I can put together

 

Would be a thought for Thai authorities to take a leaf out of Australia Covid vaccine plans they are planning to give the Covid vaccine to any body living in Australia including anyone on a visa inc Thais ,not only that but the jabs is free, we could only wish cuz nothing reciprocal is going to happen here

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Nearly all of the new cases were again discovered during testing of migrant workers at quarantine facilities and hospitals in Samut Sakhon.

Purely from memory - hasn't every report since the latest outbreak stated that the majority of positive tests have been amongst migrant workers? Just how many migrant workers are there in Samut Sakhon?

there are people who donot like to go for tesys???? they might be positif!!

what to do, they ll spread..

AND the Thai baht dropping again to the eueo exchange Now only JUST about 36

Tourists not comong...

 

????you put your numbers in

     you pull your number out

     in out in out and shake em all about

     you do the okey cokey

    and you turn around

    flip flopping all about????

2 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

There are possibly Thousands of people in Thailand as you describe.

They will not go to the Hospital unless they are really, really sick, because they will be admitted and have to undergo Quarantine Etc Etc Etc and be parted from their Families and Work.

Well, that is extremely good news.

 

It suggests that the majority of Thai people who get Covid don't get "really, really, sick" and moreover that they don't transmit the virus to others, because if they did, Covid infections would be running rampant throughout the country.

19 minutes ago, KhaoYai said:

Purely from memory - hasn't every report since the latest outbreak stated that the majority of positive tests have been amongst migrant workers? Just how many migrant workers are there in Samut Sakhon?

in the fishing industry in this province works 300k people, the majority burmese. They do also work in many other industries. There might be around 300k. 

They have special immigration office opened only for them, at the same spot they can do work permits and all related papers.

way, way too early to making these kinds of proclamations..

5 hours ago, internationalism said:

so today 525, the last few days over 800.

for the last month figures are 200-900.

with the coming wave of burmese escaping marshal law there well might be hundreds of thousands illegal immigrants, from which some 10% positive. There won't be tested and quarantined on entry, exactly as those, who came to samut sakhon in the autumn.  But now it can be on a larger scale

and you forgot to mention Chinese New Year and the potential of many more coming in... easy peezy as China does has a border with Burma

3 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

And in a Bangkok Newspaper this Morning, ( Article - " Factory Staff to be monitored " )there was an article that was saying how expensive all the testing was becoming for the Government, and that cheaper ways had to be found to test all these people.

They have only been testing 10,000 per day at a published price between 2,000 -3,000 Baht per test, in the West, Countries are testing 10 times these numbers every Day.

Now the CCSAA are bitching about having to continue with 2000 tests per Day, saying a comprimise has to be sought between mass testing and costs.

I find this response by the Thai Authorities to the Covid situation far worse than any words I can put together

 

Agree, think it's the don't look, don't find, looks good, no infection, haven't we done well. Plus the cost, not just of testing but compensation to those out of work in closed businesses. People in UK calling for things to open up now, despite the balls up of previous openings from lockdowns.

3 hours ago, Percy P said:

Couldn't the workers be tested on entering the factory . When I enter 7/11, super shopping malls one is tested. Even at the local rural market people are tested. Temperature testing ,hand sanitized. The market has a ribbon around it allowing for one passage way in to it.

 

Temperature checking will only pick up very small amount of infections, not those who have it but are asymptomatic or only loss of smell, slight cough.

Just in time for Chinese New Year - bring your Yuan.

Such a coincidence right? Many countries report same. Could as well be that PCR lab tests are finally done in a proper way.

And btw over 20,000 cases as in OP; last year when total Cov-19 death count for Thailand was just 59, I saw on a website of John Hopkins Uni, the total death of Influenza & Pneumonia in Thailand was 33,808 on year basis.

Not a lot, 0.05%, but higher than Covid. These days hard to compare as all cases are scrapped on the Covid pile.

 

2 hours ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

Good news is no news ????

 

.........you must mean no news is good news????? 

52 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

and you forgot to mention Chinese New Year and the potential of many more coming in... easy peezy as China does has a border with Burma

chinese new year is cancelled in thailand. 

I don't know in birma, but I think likely also.

Chinese can come to thailand legally, with quarantine, no point for them risking 2 borders and thousand km travel.

Police do expect some 100k illegal burmese, taking advantage of new law, allowing to they them without visa, just on the special police permit

 

5 minutes ago, bimmerbob said:

 

.........you must mean no news is good news????? 

Either way is good...especially when reporting Thai Covid numbers ????

Feeding the fishes keep them happy.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand reports significant drop in COVID-19 infections

Followed by daily reports like this:

Thailand reports 809 new COVID-19 infections.

 

I'm curious?  Which is it?  800 or 900 daily infections is a "significant drop in Covid-19?'  Ha ha ha.  Prayut should take a page from the playbook of Gavin Newsome and shut the country down until daily infections rates are zero.  And he might want to try to find some vaccines for the Thai people while he's at it.

As often, this article obfuscates rather than informs. We had months of safety. The only important cases are those after December 14, now numbering 18,407 Covid+ in 66 (?) provinces.

 

By today Feb 5th, Bangkok alone has seen 739 Covid+ cases. I’ve seen a 3.14% figure for BK but unsure if this is the RO or not.

 

This has become truly exponential growth, just as anticipated, a few weeks after New Year holiday travel. The graphs posted tell it all: up, up, up.

 

“Asymptomatic” is not accurate. What we have here is presymptomatic cases. After one is infected, there is also a window for testing. Too early & inaccurate result, false negative.

 

Encouraging people to travel over Chinese New Year shows how much govt cares about its citizens. Covid, don’t worry. Can’t breathe, don’t worry. Drinking saltwater, don’t worry.

 

* BTW, Chinese New Year is only cancelled in Yaowarat, nowhere else.

 

We need massive testing & we need it now. Thai people need to feel safe.

7 hours ago, AmySeeker said:

It's all over. 

 

You know it, i know it, they know it, we all know it. The virus is out. 

You did see that there was a 500% increase in Bangkok didn't you ??

A post that contained graphs that were copy and pasted from some site without a supporting link has been removed. 

11 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

We need massive testing & we need it now. Thai people need to feel safe.

Thai people would probably feel much safer if there was no testing at all.

 

That way, there would be none of these apocalyptic numbers like 800 infected, 900 infected, 700 infected, all of whom seem to get better rather quickly, and who refuse to die in any significant quantities - the total so far  being less than one-thousandth of the UK death toll, and less than a single day's deaths on Thai roads.

 

It's an odd pandemic where you have to test people to find out whether they have contracted this disease or not.

Reality check, testing is not the issue. Mortality rate is the ISSUE. Stop parroting about testing. Thank your lucky stars where you are are.

8 hours ago, Percy P said:

Couldn't the workers be tested on entering the factory . When I enter 7/11, super shopping malls one is tested. Even at the local rural market people are tested. Temperature testing ,hand sanitized. The market has a ribbon around it allowing for one passage way in to it.

 

Are you saying that having your temp. taken is testing for covid?

Awesome!  Fact is they are doing a good job managing this virus.

Just figures plucked out of thin air, just makes the population feel good, getting a little bit like TAT with there numbers. 

13 hours ago, DLock said:

Not this ish again.

 

One swallow does not a summer make.

 

One down day, likely because of lower testing rather than lower positive results, and all the knuckleheads come out again saying how great Thailand has done, no exponential growth and it's over...

 

..until the next big testing day.

Big testing day, big results. 

 

The number before the new outbreak has gone from 3000 to 22000,but deaths have only risen from 60 to 79.

 

I suspect that the Myanmar problem may exasperate the problem. 

But in truth the number multiplied from 3 to22, 000,that's significant and I suspect, as most, that it is far from over. 

 

Now Europe are fighting with England over using Northern Ireland as a back door for vaccine supply. 

Thailand now facing supply problems and some countries threatening to sue Pfizer over supply contracts. 

 

The whole vaccine race has now turned into a political football, as greedy middle men and drug companies fight for contracts, and government politicians are being manipulated by big-pharma billionaires, that means you don't matter a toss. 

 

It's now become and always was a big pharma money grab, that's turned the world into a chaotic shambles, and created extremely more wealth for the rich. 

12 hours ago, Somchai Jackson said:

Followed by daily reports like this:

Thailand reports 809 new COVID-19 infections.

 

I'm curious?  Which is it?  800 or 900 daily infections is a "significant drop in Covid-19?'  Ha ha ha.  Prayut should take a page from the playbook of Gavin Newsome and shut the country down until daily infections rates are zero.  And he might want to try to find some vaccines for the Thai people while he's at it.

The unelected "PM" is just a soldier, with a soldiers education, not a politician, it does not matter to him or the rest of his soldiers whether the Thai people get their vaccines or not, he does not need to worry about getting voted out by the electorate, when he does decide to leave, it will be for some other soldier who fancies being an unelected "PM".

9 hours ago, dinsdale said:

Are you saying that having your temp. taken is testing for covid?

Are you sure that's not what they are doing now as one of the ways to reduce costs?????

News this morning: Military prepares 100,000 field hospital beds