Thailand reports 1,470 coronavirus cases, daily record 7 deaths

[Guderian]

Half the new cases are in Bangkok and its environs, where this whole mess started. Yet the people living there are still free to travel wherever they want and infect whomever they like. Sooner or later, the government is going to have to realise that this outbreak won't simply fizzle out of its own accord, they're going to have to get serious about nationwide lockdowns and curfews again. The sooner they understand that, the less painful the end-result will be.

Edited April 22, 2021 by Guderian

[wensiensheng]

40 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Tests and Positive cases following the expected pattern, the more you test the more you will find

https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/situation.php

This seems to show a positivity rate of very close to 10%. That seems pretty high to me and cause for concern.

[johnnytuc]

22 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Trump and Johnson both said don't worry it's only the flu. Trump with a more circumspect attitude the infection rate and death toll would be different.

Trump yes, but show me where and when Johnson said its only flu ?

[Bkk Brian]

7 dead today, RIP. I remember a tin foil hat poster on here around a week ago insist on asking why the death rate was not rising or correlating with the high positive case count. He was told countless times by posters here that it will come, there is a lag but it will come.

 

Well that lag is no more. I've not seen him post for a few days now, wonder why?

Edited April 22, 2021 by Bkk Brian

[Bkk Brian]

3 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

This seems to show a positivity rate of very close to 10%. That seems pretty high to me and cause for concern.

Its certainly high and cause for concern, not as high as some countries where the virus is ravaging them but then we also don't want it higher. Lets hope it starts to decrease.

[Osthos]

8 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

This seems to show a positivity rate of very close to 10%. That seems pretty high to me and cause for concern.

 

It's showing a serious outbreak, but there is some small comfort that the positivity rate is not trending upwards over the past few days. 

[dinsdale]

19 minutes ago, johnnytuc said:

Trump yes, but show me where and when Johnson said its only flu ?

Wasn't he saying it's nothing to worry about, it's like a flu just before he tested posive?

[ChrisKC]

If people here think the Thai authorities are fudging or manipulating or lying about (all) the figures, which accounts do you choose to believe or not?

 

Me. I read them every day like everyone else.

 

I don't know whether they are true or not and I doubt anyone else does.

 

Do they have two filing cabinets - one for the truth and one for public consumption?

 

So I think to myself - I don't know and I am certainly very unlikely ever to know.

 

Therefore I will try not to be so affected by it all!

 

 

Edited April 22, 2021 by ChrisKC
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[khunjeff]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Of the new cases, 1,370 were local transmissions, while 100 were imported from people entering quarantine. 

 

Actually, zero were imported cases - all were local transmission. The 100 figure is from proactive testing in the community, and the rest from people who came in for testing.

[ftpjtm]

2 hours ago, 2 is 1 said:

Israel pay double prize from Pfizer vaccine, reason they get that fast!

 

At least the families of the deceased can take solace in the fact that the Thai government saved money on vaccines...

[nightfox]

2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

7 Deaths, RIP and my condolences to your families.  Maybe the Government will send officials to represent them at the funeral pyre, and express their sympathies, by paying respects and then paying for the needs of the families that they allowed the loved one to be removed from by not listening to the doctors and allowing travel over Songkran.  Malfeasance at its best. 

A bit delusion are we as don't think anyone put a gun to their head and made them travel over Songkran. People knew the risk traveling but choose to ignore it and this is the reality that comes out of it. 

[chang1]

Yesterday the BBC were reporting some UK statistics that are mind blowing. I am doing this from memory so may be a out on the numbers. These numbers are mostly referring to the most vulnerable people who were first in line for the vaccine.

 

Research shows vaccines are working well at preventing hospital admissions in UK 

"Further encouraging results have emerged on the effectiveness of the coronavirus vaccines used in the UK. Only 32 people have been admitted to hospital with covid-19 more than three weeks after receiving at least one dose of either the Pfizer/BioNTech or Oxford/AstraZeneca jabs, a study has found.

 

The research, which looked at more than 74,000 hospital admissions between September and early March, found that nearly 2000 of these people had received a covid-19 vaccine. But for the vast majority of these, the vaccine would not have had time to kick in, as the three weeks thought necessary for maximum immunity to develop had not elapsed."

 

Link

[Boedog]

Why is it a requirement to have a fit to fly cert then arrive in Thailand with COVID, you can't teach STUPID

[jrward42]

Some people in my condo building tested positive and have been waiting for the hospital to come pick them up. It has been several days now. They are currently isolating at home in the building and the security guards are delivering food. I live in Bangkok near Prakanong BTS. Not sure where they caught it but it seems like they got it during Songkran. 

[ChipButty]

3 minutes ago, Boedog said:

Why is it a requirement to have a fit to fly cert then arrive in Thailand with COVID, you can't teach STUPID

They do in Thailand

[Bkk Brian]

8 minutes ago, nightfox said:

A bit delusion are we as don't think anyone put a gun to their head and made them travel over Songkran. People knew the risk traveling but choose to ignore it and this is the reality that comes out of it. 

The officials actively encouraged travel stating how important it was to be with your families over Songkran. The people followed the governments advice believing it would be safe to do so, what the heck has guns got to do with it.

[anchadian]

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[bkk6060]

Lock it all down with a curfew and no booze sales ASAP.

[Cake Monster]

3 hours ago, dinsdale said:

Ask yourself why we are getting virtually identical numbers everyday.

I have.

And I think its because of the rationing of test kits that are in short supply, and also the inability of Labs to throughput the Tests.

Although there was a statement a few days ago that said Thailand has 270 Labs working on the test results, and they have a massive capacity of something like 61 Million test per Day.

Whatever the reasons for the flatlining, it sure is not a transparent report of the situation, and nobody can surely believe this Tosh.

[dinsdale]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Of the new cases, 1,370 were local transmissions, while 100 were imported from people entering quarantine. 

According to BP report this is incorrect. 1,70 at hospitals and 100 from mass testing. If this is correct only 100 from mass testing one wonders what number of mass testing is taking place. 

[mjnaus]

29 minutes ago, Boedog said:

Why is it a requirement to have a fit to fly cert then arrive in Thailand with COVID, you can't teach STUPID

It is not (anymore). Flew in on the 11th without a fit-to-fly cert. The requirement was scrapped from the 1st April.

[itsari]

4 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

For me, the most important statistic here is the 7 new deaths. R.I.P  The sad reality of consistently finding more and more Covid infections every day. ????  

Added with 37 positive cases from new inmates in a  Chiang Mai prison does make you worry . Worry is if the inmates had not been apprehended they would be busy infecting more people . My opinion is that covid 19 is far more prevalent than what the official figures show .

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand reported 1,470 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday and 7 new deaths.

But Prayut insists it's under control... 

[polpott]

Just now, Boedog said:

Why is it a requirement to have a fit to fly cert then arrive in Thailand with COVID, you can't teach STUPID

Now no longer a requirement for a fit to fly certificate for foreigners.

[2 is 1]

2 hours ago, Kaopad999 said:

Well, they are in good shape in terms of the vaccine roll out, but look  the amount of covid deaths in the UK and USA


UK 127,000 deaths ( similar population to the Thailand ) 

USA 596,000 deaths
 
Compare those figures to Thailand  = 110 deaths 

So, yeah those countries needed to be prioritized given the sheer number of cases and deaths. 




 

You REALLY think Thailand have only 110 deaths! "Clearly" all can believe in Thailand coverments numbers! ????

[metisdead]

A post using an unknown acronym has been removed as well as the replies.  This is a forum, not an SMS or Twitter message.

 

An off topic trolling post about Trump has been removed.

[bkk6060]

I question high cholesterol as being a risk factor and related to the deaths.  No Doctor, but how does that affect a lung disease?

If true, a majority of the older ex-pats who otherwise maybe generally be healthy probably have this risk factor.

Edited April 22, 2021 by bkk6060

[A Los for words]

22 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

According to BP report this is incorrect. 1,70 at hospitals and 100 from mass testing. If this is correct only 100 from mass testing one wonders what number of mass testing is taking place. 

Depends on your definition of mass. One is: relating to, done by, or affecting large numbers of people or things.

Another is: It's just a number we like to make you think is big when in relative terms it is small.

[Kaopad999]

17 minutes ago, 2 is 1 said:

You REALLY think Thailand have only 110 deaths! "Clearly" all can believe in Thailand coverments numbers! ????

Even if it's more, there is no way it's even close to the UK with 127,000 deaths. So my points is still valid. 

[Jeffr2]

12 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

They only test 1000 people a day what would you expect TIT

that's not true.  They've tested upwards of 10,000 a day at times.  Like the last wave from the seafood factories.

 

Edited April 22, 2021 by onthedarkside
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