Expert warns COVID wave may be much worse than one and two - expect 1,000 cases/day

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

Dr Pongsakorn Chindawatana, senior director of communications at Bangkok Hospital, went online to issue stark warnings about the latest wave of Covid-19 infections. 

 

He urged the public to take great care as the latest outbreak is "huge". 

 

A hundred cases came back positive from just two labs, some medicines were in short supply and he expected 1,000 cases a day very soon. 

 

He said that this third wave would be "many times worse" than the first ones. 

 

He suggested avoiding gatherings like parties and in pubs and entertainment venues.

 

He urged people not to visit younger relatives who might have been out.

 

If you go to restaurants he suggested only go with family members.

 

He advised stocking up on supplies to avoid having to go out frequently. 

 

He said people should wear masks at all times, throw away used ones, wash hands frequently with alcohol sanitizer and even take showers and wash hair and wash clothes after going out.  

 

He urged people to look after themselves, reported Daily News

 

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[Thaiwrath]

3 minutes ago, webfact said:

He suggested avoiding gatherings

But travelling home for Songkran, many on crowded public transport, is not a problem, according to the Health Minister Anutin !

Maybe he should have consulted you before making his stupid announcement ?

[Shuya]

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

some medicines were in short supply

Good thing they had over 1 year to prepare. Used the time wisely I see.

[YetAnother]

13 minutes ago, webfact said:

He advised stocking up on supplies to avoid having to go out frequently. 

o boy....; let the panic commence

[Shuya]

17 minutes ago, webfact said:

senior director of communications at Bangkok Hospital

One would think this statement would be a good communication tool to force the government to speed up the vaccination through the private sector.... for example by Bangkok Hospital? 

[Bkk Brian]

Government's got their fingers in their ears, their own experts say travel is fine, visit your relatives over Songkran no problem, even if you come from a red zone.

[brewsterbudgen]

23 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Government's got their fingers in their ears, their own experts say travel is fine, visit your relatives over Songkran no problem, even if you come from a red zone.

 

This is about one doctor's opinion.

[Niteowl45]

This is another example of why it will be a long time before I visit Thailand again.

 

People who spend thousands of dollars to come over now have to also get expensive health insurance, quarantine, tracking etc, while in the meantime they let in workers from nearby countries for some payola and then they tell locals to go traveling in the country during another wave....

 

Screw them and their idiotic way of doing things.....

[smedly]

and how are you going to find them ??

[Bkk Brian]

1 hour ago, brewsterbudgen said:

 

This is about one doctor's opinion.

Really I found another, if you want more let me know, how many do you need?

 

Songkran could bring new wave of COVID-19 infections, top virologist warns 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212685-songkran-could-bring-new-wave-of-covid-19-infections-top-virologist-warns/?fbclid=IwAR0VL3NM9ahea4R51tSnyJ4xEpBdLHIVdW_jog8WtV9O_ufbSaMQAkDoMJM

 

But I guess  Anutin prefers to ignore them or label them as fear mongers. 

 

 

[poskat]

thailand, the new hub of "could/may/might"

[BKKTRAVELER]

Just heard rumors that the new clusters in Bkk are people infected with the British strain. If that's the case, we're probably screwed. That being said, they are rumors only, so who knows.

 

Before people ask me, they were cropped pictures of chats between doctors at Chula hospital discussing it. Can easily be all fake, and hopefully it is.

[Daithi85]

1 hour ago, Niteowl45 said:

This is another example of why it will be a long time before I visit Thailand again.

 

People who spend thousands of dollars to come over now have to also get expensive health insurance, quarantine, tracking etc, while in the meantime they let in workers from nearby countries for some payola and then they tell locals to go traveling in the country during another wave....

 

Screw them and their idiotic way of doing things.....

Your missing out, life is Great here  ????????

[fleccer]

How can you predict 1000 cases a day? Please do explain it to us Mr expert .Not only that, but the third wave will be even worse than the first two, we are at the apotheosis of catastrophism ,no discounts

Edited April 7, 2021 by fleccer

[Xonax]

This should certainly attract all the vaccinated tourists to visit Thailand.

[Jeffr2]

5 hours ago, RandolphGB said:

Project fear to keep people in line during Songkran. 

1,000 cases a day is scary!  Songkran should be postponed. 

[WHansen]

25 minutes ago, fleccer said:

How can you predict 1000 cases a day? Please do explain it to us Mr expert

Its ok Mr denier, the government will never allow a 1000 cases a day ????

[npboy99]

30 minutes ago, fleccer said:

How can they predict 1000 cases a day? Pure terrorism!

seems pretty low, Malaysia has been doing multiples of that for months now. 

[huangnon]

13 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

1,000 cases a day is scary!  Songkran should be postponed. 

It's supposed to be scary, headline-grabbing, etc.  Songkran was postponed last year, how much of the rest of your life do you want to postpone?

Probably best to double-mask and stay at home watching CNN from under our beds, eh?

[Olad Mate]

Travel Bubble!!!

What Travel Bubble?

5555

[Golden Triangle]

Okay all of you that call this nothing more than a cold, wanna party everywhere & anywhere you want please go and offer your services voluntarily at the local isolation ward without any jabs or PPE, then report back, ta ????

[mjakob007]

6 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

But travelling home for Songkran, many on crowded public transport, is not a problem, according to the Health Minister Anutin !

Maybe he should have consulted you before making his stupid announcement ?

how about vaccinating the population...

 

Thailand trailing Myanmar, Cambodia and many African countries in terms of vaccination.

[holy cow cm]

3 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Really I found another, if you want more let me know, how many do you need?

 

Songkran could bring new wave of COVID-19 infections, top virologist warns 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1212685-songkran-could-bring-new-wave-of-covid-19-infections-top-virologist-warns/?fbclid=IwAR0VL3NM9ahea4R51tSnyJ4xEpBdLHIVdW_jog8WtV9O_ufbSaMQAkDoMJM

 

But I guess  Anutin prefers to ignore them or label them as fear mongers. 

 

 

Are you questioning Anutin's qualifications and intelligence for in the health industry?

[AlfHuy]

37 minutes ago, WHansen said:

Its ok Mr denier, the government will never allow a 1000 cases a day ????

They will spread the number over 10 days.

[rjstorer50]

5 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

 

This is about one doctor's opinion.

Yes, the senior director of communications. Please note "Songkran Sundowners event and AustCham Thailand Member Briefing: Update on COVID-19 Vaccines by Bangkok Hospital event on Wednesday XXXX, have been postponed.

This is due to the recent case emergence of COVID-19 in Bangkok."

 

This meeting was sponsored by BANGKOK hospital.

Ajarn Thiravat Hemachudha, a virologist at Chula and my colleague Aj. Yong also agree.

 

What is your expertise?

 

[John Drake]

The Thai government let its guard down. After so many sacrificed so much during the past year with lockdowns, quarantines, curfews, lost jobs and wages, it's all going for naught, as the rush for bubbles, vaccination passport waivers, abolished quarantines, lax to no enforcement of masks and social distancing create a Covid tidal wave.

[Guderian]

If it's as bad as he seems to think, and just remember how little testing they do nationally so it actually may be much worse, then why should it stop rising at 1,000 cases a day? 10,000 cases or even 50,000 cases a day are also perfectly possible once the authorities lose their grip, which seems to have happened. The first thing Prayut should do is announce an immediate nationwide lockdown, and the second is to fire his imbecilic health minister, Anutin, who's criminally incompetent.

[Jeffr2]

1 hour ago, huangnon said:

It's supposed to be scary, headline-grabbing, etc.  Songkran was postponed last year, how much of the rest of your life do you want to postpone?

Probably best to double-mask and stay at home watching CNN from under our beds, eh?

Why is the truth supposed to be scary? Methinks you've lost the plot.

 

It's a global pandemic killing millions. These health professionals are just trying to save our lives. Sad some don't understand this. 

[Mung]

4 hours ago, BKKTRAVELER said:

Just heard rumors that the new clusters in Bkk are people infected with the British strain. If that's the case, we're probably screwed. That being said, they are rumors only, so who knows.

 

Before people ask me, they were cropped pictures of chats between doctors at Chula hospital discussing it. Can easily be all fake, and hopefully it is.

We've managed to sort it out.. I thought Thailand was meant to be a master when it came to evading this crisis? 

[paulikens]

so many chris whittys on here