Public Health Ministry rejects reports that Chatuchak Weekend Market was source of COVID-19

[webfact]

Public Health Ministry rejects reports that Chatuchak Weekend Market was source of COVID-19

Praphorn Praphornkul

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health has dismissed reports in Danish media, claiming that the World Health Organization (WHO) released a report saying Thailand was the original transmission source of COVID-19.

 

After an academic study made a hypothesis that animal markets, particularly Thailand’s Chatuchak Weekend Market, were the source of COVID-19, the acting Director of the Emergency Disease and Health Hazards Control Division, under the Department of Disease Control, Dr. Chawetsan Namwat, released a statement dismissing the claim. He said it is only a hypothesis made by an academic, and there is no evidence to support it.

 

According to the assumption, if the original transmission source was not from China, it could be from a nearby country. Although Thailand does not share a border with China, both countries conduct trade with each other. Therefore, it could be possible that the virus was brought from Thailand to China.

 

Studies show that there was no evidence of transmission from animals to humans in Thailand, and it is not possible that the virus spread from Thailand to Wuhan, China.

 

The first COVID-19 outbreak in Thailand was reported in tourist destinations, boxing stadiums and entertainment venues.

 

There is no evidence to suggest that Chatuchak Weekend Market was the original transmission source.

 

 

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[Tropicalevo]

More 'Chinese' misinformation?

[Enzian]

1 hour ago, Tropicalevo said:

More 'Chinese' misinformation?

Is there any other kind?

[Dagfinnur Traustason]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

There is no evidence to suggest that Chatuchak Weekend Market was the original transmission source.

And nothing that talks against it

[Guderian]

If Thailand had a top-level virology lab, conducting research into ways of modifying viruses so as to make them more deadly, situated next door to Chatuchak, then the story might have some credibility. Now let me see, can anyone think of a wet market anywhere in the world with such a facility nearby?

[PETERTHEEATER]

Coming from Chatuchak this has to be fake news......

[RichardColeman]

6 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

More 'Chinese' misinformation?

Step 1. Give them the disease.

Step 2. Sell them the cure.

Step 3. Blame someone else.

 

 

[outsider]

There you go Thailand. Remember who, or what, you are sleeping with.

[Puccini]

7 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

More 'Chinese' misinformation?

"...Danish media..." in the news article is a reference to Denmark, which is a country in Europe. If anything, this would make it Danish misinformation, not Chinese misinformation.

[jvs]

That would be the biggest upset ever!

China has been blamed(not proven)farangs have been blamed and now this news.

The guy who came up with this is a Dane who is part of the WHO.

Animals illegally bought in China,sold in Chatuchak market and the Chinese tourists

got it there and carried it back to China?

Lets see how this turns out,if true it would make a lot of people feel really stupid!

[ukrules]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

and it is not possible that the virus spread from Thailand to Wuhan, China.

 

Interesting conclusion, I read a year ago that Bangkok is the number one international flight destination for people who live in Wuhan, of course those days are now long gone.

 

So sure, he says it's not possible that it could go from Bangkok to Wuhan.

 

Yet it made it's way back to Thailand though via the same route.

 

Makes you think.

[Sydebolle]

As the animal market does - officially - not exist and does - officially - not sell any illegal or endangered species, it can be safely confirmed, that the media report - irrespective of source - is wrong. It was the big wig of the health ministry who clearly pinpointed the source to the "dirty farang" - so that should suffice! 

[JulesMad]

7 hours ago, Enzian said:

Is there any other kind?

Yes, the american kind

[Surasak]

With the World Health Organisation being in the pockets of their Chinese friends, what else are we to expect? The Chinese are forever trying to blame any other country, the w.h.o. are just doing their friends a favour.

[grumbleweed]

Although doubtful,  it's certainly a case of poetic justice.

Blaming someone who never hesitates to blame foreigners. Now they know the feeling

[Stevemercer]

The early theory was that the virus was an accidental release from the Whuhan virology laboratory. The laboratory routinely kept and dissected many exotic animals in the search and identification of new virus. Many of these animals were used in virological testing

 

The lab generally had adequate security to prevent accidental releases. The animal carcasses were sealed and frozen for later incineration. However, the incinerator staff saw a backdoor way of making a profit and sold some of the carcasses at a nearby wet market. I guess it was only a matter of time.

[hotchilli]

9 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

More 'Chinese' misinformation?

Emanating from Denmark?

[Cake Monster]

1 hour ago, ukrules said:

 

Interesting conclusion, I read a year ago that Bangkok is the number one international flight destination for people who live in Wuhan, of course those days are now long gone.

 

So sure, he says it's not possible that it could go from Bangkok to Wuhan.

 

Yet it made it's way back to Thailand though via the same route.

 

Makes you think.

I can recall reading something by the BBC online Team several Weeks ago now.

It was a feature on a Scientist lady here in Thailand who was the Thai equivalent of the Chinese " Bat lady " Scientist.

Both these  Ladies are doing research into the Corona Virus ( s ) and Bats, and apparently there is a colony of Bats in some Sanctuary in Eastern Thailand, that carry most of the same makeup of Corona Virus as the current Virus that is causing the Pandemic Worldwide.

This report has switched from this , to a story about Chatuchak Market being then source.

It could not be Chatuchak. 

BBC - New Corona Virus closely linked to SARS_COV_2 found in Thailand.

I dont know where the Chatuchak angle came from, but the paper out of Bangkok carried a very different newsline on this very subject this Morning.

[ukrules]

9 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

I can recall reading something by the BBC online Team several Weeks ago now.

It was a feature on a Scientist lady here in Thailand who was the Thai equivalent of the Chinese " Bat lady " Scientist.

Both these  Ladies are doing research into the Corona Virus ( s ) and Bats, and apparently there is a colony of Bats in some Sanctuary in Eastern Thailand, that carry most of the same makeup of Corona Virus as the current Virus that is causing the Pandemic Worldwide.

This report has switched from this , to a story about Chatuchak Market being then source.

It could not be Chatuchak. 

BBC - New Corona Virus closely linked to SARS_COV_2 found in Thailand.

I dont know where the Chatuchak angle came from, but the paper out of Bangkok carried a very different newsline on this very subject this Morning.

 

Yes, they went on an expedition to the Chanthaburi caves looking for bats last year, strangely enough I don't recall reading any follow up on this story.

 

[vandeventer]

There goes the 6 million Chinese tourist this year as they all must think that we gave them the virus. Amassing!!!

[Andycoops]

Oh dear, Thailand is being thrown under the bus by it's Submarine building friend and the WHO which has only just stopped slapping the Thai's on the back for their response to the Wuflu.

You can't trust anyone these days ...

[chang1]

15 hours ago, jvs said:

That would be the biggest upset ever!

China has been blamed(not proven)farangs have been blamed and now this news.

The guy who came up with this is a Dane who is part of the WHO.

Animals illegally bought in China,sold in Chatuchak market and the Chinese tourists

got it there and carried it back to China?

Lets see how this turns out,if true it would make a lot of people feel really stupid!

Extremely hard to prove anything over a year later as traces of covid19 could have come from anywhere by now. 

What we can be sure of is China will do anything it can to look like a victim and not the cause. Look at the facts - The CCP suppressed any information at the beginning including silencing the doctors that tried to raise the alarm. The CCP claimed it was not possible for human to human transmission even when it was beyond doubt. The CCP stopped travel from Wuhan to other parts of China but allowed international flights out to continue. The WHO did no investigation within China for over a year. The WHO did not recommend stopping international travel despite Wuhan being locked down. The WHO refused to call covid19 a pandemic until it was far to late to contain it. 

Now this guy from the WHO is suggesting that the source could have been from a city which at that time had no recorded infections and then transperted to, and infected people around a Wuhan wet market. 

It's way too late for the CCP to pass the buck as it is now pretty much impossible to prove where it came from. However we can be certain of who lied to cover it up in the first place. Why lie if you are innocent? The WHO is either in bed with the CCP or incompetent, either way it needs sorting out as the way it looks now, is covid19 started in China and the WHO allowed it to be spread throughout the world. 

[brianthainess]

Maybe Thailand had it first and China made a copy, or visa versa

[sandyf]

1 hour ago, chang1 said:

Extremely hard to prove anything over a year later as traces of covid19 could have come from anywhere by now. 

What we can be sure of is China will do anything it can to look like a victim and not the cause. Look at the facts - The CCP suppressed any information at the beginning including silencing the doctors that tried to raise the alarm. The CCP claimed it was not possible for human to human transmission even when it was beyond doubt. The CCP stopped travel from Wuhan to other parts of China but allowed international flights out to continue. The WHO did no investigation within China for over a year. The WHO did not recommend stopping international travel despite Wuhan being locked down. The WHO refused to call covid19 a pandemic until it was far to late to contain it. 

Now this guy from the WHO is suggesting that the source could have been from a city which at that time had no recorded infections and then transperted to, and infected people around a Wuhan wet market. 

It's way too late for the CCP to pass the buck as it is now pretty much impossible to prove where it came from. However we can be certain of who lied to cover it up in the first place. Why lie if you are innocent? The WHO is either in bed with the CCP or incompetent, either way it needs sorting out as the way it looks now, is covid19 started in China and the WHO allowed it to be spread throughout the world. 

Quite, very difficult to get a statement from the deceased.

 

Not everyone appreciated Li’s bombshell warnings. After he shared information about the strange infections he was seeing, he was reprimanded by local authorities for “making untrue comments” and “severely disturbing social order.” His messages about a SARS-like infection conveyed an urgency that undercut the official efforts to downplay the epidemic and its risk to the public. At the time, Wuhan’s health bureau said there was no evidence of spread between humans.

https://time.com/5779678/li-wenliang-coronavirus-china-doctor-death/

[elgenon]

Well Thailand strongly wants Chinese tourists so they might go along with this. They are buying the Sino vaccine rather then the much superior Western ones. What's the term, "quid pro quo"? 

 

So sad when a good country goes bad. 555

 

What was the Rolling stones song, "Under My Thumb"?

[johnarth]

if you seen the two videos from China just days after the virus was spread at the fish market 100 k from Wuhan, the story of the batwoman and her lab, the video showing the very first covid virus separated from a bat, then the lab after a raid on it by police and a report that 10 people associated with the lab all missing, China really needs bloody huge brown envelopes, trouble is millions of people in Thailand not just the government seen these videos

[BernieOnTour]

On 2/25/2021 at 1:38 AM, webfact said:

animal markets,

 

On 2/25/2021 at 1:38 AM, webfact said:

particularly Thailand’s Chatuchak Weekend Market

 

Well... I really hope, the missus doesn’t learn, that Chatuchak is now

not only suddenly a wet market, but also selling animals !

 

 ... that would extend the usual shopping spree, hunting for cheap clothes and useless <deleted>, to at least another day, because she has to touch all the pets and finally buy at least one of them ????

[nrasmussen]

20 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

I can recall reading something by the BBC online Team several Weeks ago now.

It was a feature on a Scientist lady here in Thailand who was the Thai equivalent of the Chinese " Bat lady " Scientist.

Both these  Ladies are doing research into the Corona Virus ( s ) and Bats, and apparently there is a colony of Bats in some Sanctuary in Eastern Thailand, that carry most of the same makeup of Corona Virus as the current Virus that is causing the Pandemic Worldwide.

This report has switched from this , to a story about Chatuchak Market being then source.

It could not be Chatuchak. 

BBC - New Corona Virus closely linked to SARS_COV_2 found in Thailand.

I dont know where the Chatuchak angle came from, but the paper out of Bangkok carried a very different newsline on this very subject this Morning.

 

Regarding the Chatuchak angle:

As far as I know, the Danish scientist said something like the virus could have originated in a market similar to Chatuchak. This was then published by a Danish newspaper as Chatuchak might possibly be the source of the outbreak, hence the need for damage control by the Thai government.

[simtemple]

An alternative view:

 

https://www.bitchute.com/video/SUSjqWJyTQ63/

[bobandyson]

10 hours ago, nrasmussen said:

As far as I know, the Danish scientist said something like the virus could have originated in a market similar to Chatuchak. This was then published by a Danish newspaper as Chatuchak might possibly be the source of the outbreak,

 

So, it was Chinese Whispers then? ????

 

The tiddlys just can't win.

????