54 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Dead is dead, should be zero if they were treated appropriately with what has been learned over the past year and they got them to a hospital in a fashionable time and not 5 days later as in a few cases so far.  Additionally, one has to wonder how many may have been even sick for a longer time when patients were sent away and untested because hospitals lacked room and tests.

1500 people die every day in Thailand. This virus is merely culling the old and sick.

1 hour ago, 4MyEgo said:

I look forward to the day when they stop reporting this, day in, day out, we get it !

I guess they report it because it is news. Some would say important news it seems others may not.

5 minutes ago, hotelbri said:

1500 people die every day in Thailand. This virus is merely culling the old and sick.

So your okay with those who have not lived a full life already dying, good to know.  Hope you survive should you become infected and not end up with long covid either.  Tell that to the family of the 29 year old e-sports gamer who died yesterday.  Tell them he was culled because he was obese.  

14 minutes ago, hotelbri said:

1500 people die every day in Thailand. This virus is merely culling the old and sick.

What about the several under 40 who just died from Covid?  Terrible thing to say.

8 minutes ago, hotelbri said:

1500 people die every day in Thailand. This virus is merely culling the old and sick.

What a truly horrific thing to say. 

I sicerely hope your lack of empathy doesn't come back to haunt you personally but I think many would also argue if it did, it would truly be karma.

Thai News Reports

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Vaccinations in Thailand since 28th February 2021: First dose - 949,124 people Second dose - 175,029 people Yesterday, 14,675 people received their first dose and 14,033 received their second dose. * The official population of #Thailand is 66,186,727.

 

11 minutes ago, hotelbri said:

1500 people die every day in Thailand. This virus is merely culling the old and sick.

 

This is a tiresome argument. Michael DeBakey continued to treat patients until he was 99 years old. I'll bet in his last year he contributed more to mankind than you have done throughout the entirety of your life.

13 minutes ago, hotelbri said:

1500 people die every day in Thailand. This virus is merely culling the old and sick.

I guess you did not see this:

 

A surprise in today's COVID deaths --  eight of the eleven are in the 20s to 40s age group, though most had various preexisting conditions including obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, etc. Most of the fatalities lately have been in their 60s to 80s..

 

A government spokeswoman added that the final fatality on the list was a young woman from Bangkok who was 25 week pregnant upon her death

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And what about the innocent people who may die from catching covid from you and your cavalier attitude to the whole pandemic?
Do you think your awful attitude would change if you were found to be asymptomatic and had infected all the people you had met whilst 'Got things to do and people to see and meet and beer to drink.?'

Gamble with your own life as much as you want but you have no right to risk others. 

4 minutes ago, johnnybangkok said:

What a truly horrific thing to say. 

I sicerely hope your lack of empathy doesn't come back to haunt you personally but I think many would also argue if it did, it would truly be karma.

The written word may appear unsympathetic , but is it incorrect

This highly contagious B.1.1.7 UK variant is devastating Thailand now.

 

It is heartbreaking.

1 minute ago, hotelbri said:

The written word may appear unsympathetic , but is it incorrect

Yes it is. Or would you like to tell the parents of the 21 year old British girl who died with no pre-existing conditions and at a VERY young age

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-briton-21-with-no-existing-health-conditions-dies-after-contracting-covid-19-11963451

 

She is one of many who don't fit into your 'merely culling the old and sick' nonsense

 

4 minutes ago, hotelbri said:

The written word may appear unsympathetic , but is it incorrect

Not to mention ignorant.

 

I hope that you are not in Thailand for everyones sake. 

14 minutes ago, hotelbri said:

The written word may appear unsympathetic , but is it incorrect

Such a very unsympathetic, and uncaring cavalier in nature response.  Tell that to the family of the young lady who was one of the 11 today who was 25 weeks pregnant.

16 minutes ago, johnnybangkok said:

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And what about the innocent people who may die from catching covid from you and your cavalier attitude to the whole pandemic?
Do you think your awful attitude would change if you were found to be asymptomatic and had infected all the people you had met whilst 'Got things to do and people to see and meet and beer to drink.?'

Gamble with your own life as much as you want but you have no right to risk others. 

Guess you're choosing 'getting on with dying'. Whatever works for you. For those so concerned and high risk/vulnerable/afraid...stay locked in your homes. Don't go out. Have food and essentials delivered. Don't see family and friends. What kind of existence is that? Might work for a few but not the vast majority of this overpopulated planet. 

1 hour ago, Misty said:

 

The drop in confirmed cases could be due to the "weekend effect" .  You can see similar drops in  confirmed cases on the weekend in reported confirmed numbers of other countries.

Thanks.  good to see someone’s brain is working. 
Most western countries are turning around their tests in under 24hrs. 
Thailand is saying up to 4 days to get results. We really don’t know what day the current positive tests were done on. 

16 minutes ago, RobMuir said:

This highly contagious B.1.1.7 UK variant is devastating Thailand now.

 

It is heartbreaking.

Indeed, its heartbreaking not only for those suffering seriously but also for the economic damage its doing to so many people now and in the future. 

 

Watching this helplessly is all we can do, the powers that be appear to have relinquished control to provincial governors instead and washed their hands of the lockdown decisions that are needed now.

Online petition seeks Anutin's exit as Public Health Minister over Covid-19 crisis

 

An online group, "MorJaMaiThon" [Doctors can’t stand anymore], has launched a campaign demanding the resignation of Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.

 

"The campaign, "Call for Minister of Public Health to resign due to the failure to resolve the Covid-19 outbreak", was launched at midnight on Friday on Change.org.

 

Within a few hours -- as of 9.30am on April 25 -- the campaign had drawn more than 45,000 supporters.

 

The campaigners stated that over the past one year, the Covid-19 outbreak had proved Anutin did not have enough capacity to control the spread of the virus through proper policy-making, resource management, vaccine procurement, or building confidence among medical personnel."

 

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https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40000196

 

 

 

 

14 minutes ago, johnnybangkok said:

Yes it is. Or would you like to tell the parents of the 21 year old British girl who died with no pre-existing conditions and at a VERY young age

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-briton-21-with-no-existing-health-conditions-dies-after-contracting-covid-19-11963451

 

She is one of many who don't fit into your 'merely culling the old and sick' nonsense

 

There are always exceptions to the overwhelming factual statistics. Every death is a family tragedy, not national and international news. 

 

https://www.facebook.com/thaimoph/posts/294984242111486

 

 

3 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Online petition seeks Anutin's exit as Public Health Minister over Covid-19 crisis

 

An online group, "MorJaMaiThon" [Doctors can’t stand anymore], has launched a campaign demanding the resignation of Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.

 

"The campaign, "Call for Minister of Public Health to resign due to the failure to resolve the Covid-19 outbreak", was launched at midnight on Friday on Change.org.

 

Within a few hours -- as of 9.30am on April 25 -- the campaign had drawn more than 45,000 supporters.

 

The campaigners stated that over the past one year, the Covid-19 outbreak had proved Anutin did not have enough capacity to control the spread of the virus through proper policy-making, resource management, vaccine procurement, or building confidence among medical personnel."

 

(more)

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40000196

 

 

 

 

True Malfeasance was good enough to remove others and convict them in absentia due to fleeing the country.  Should be good enough to remove him and prosecute him as well as the rest of his friends in Government.

1 hour ago, Danderman123 said:

Still only a mortality rate of 0.5 percent. 

Only when you belong to that 0.5 percent will it significantly matter apparently. 

Daily update from the Ministry of Public Health on how Thailand compares with world countries and its regional Asian peer countries in terms of total cumulative reported COVID cases. With the latest update, Thailand continues to rank 105th among all countries.

 

 

Just now, ThailandRyan said:

True Malfeasance was good enough to remove others and convict them in absentia due to fleeing the country.  Should be good enough to remove him and prosecute him as well as the rest of his friends in Government.

But it won't because the puppet master won't let it. 

1 hour ago, DavisH said:

It's certainly NOT out of control. Just stay at home if you are afraid. 

If it was in control then we wouldn't be seeing these numbers, I think we can assume its clearly out of control.

16 minutes ago, Skeptic7 said:

Guess you're choosing 'getting on with dying'. Whatever works for you. For those so concerned and high risk/vulnerable/afraid...stay locked in your homes. Don't go out. Have food and essentials delivered. Don't see family and friends. What kind of existence is that? Might work for a few but not the vast majority of this overpopulated planet. 

This has nothing to do with 'getting on with dying' and everything to do with looking after others. Selfish attitudes like yours is why this pandemic has got so out of control. The idea of staying locked in my home has nothing to do with fear and everything to do with the costs required for living in a civilised society that works TOGETHER to overcome adversities.

I am super low risk but will gladly give up a few social freedoms if it means I am not responsible for spreading this horrendous virus and putting others at risk.

It's called empathy.

A comment on moderation post complaining about the removal of a misinformation post has been removed.

Just one question to Thai Hotel Operators network... Do you still want quarantine to be scrapped, borders and unrestricted travel?

48 minutes ago, hotelbri said:

1500 people die every day in Thailand. This virus is merely culling the old and sick.

What a truly revolting statement.

you call the death of an unborn child culling? The poor pregnant girl who died probably had maternal onset issues that disappear after pregnancy and totally unrelated to her general health. 

The video of today's government English language COVID news briefing that runs about 20 minutes:

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/thailandprd/videos/210862920494498/

 

And the set of presentation slides from this morning's Ministry of Public Health update:

 

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/posts/312726723678992