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Since the numbers should be stable until the next weekend dump, the question is what they represent, are these the results of testing in clusters, or is the overall positivity rate in Bangkok rising? Similarly, are the northern provinces closing in on 0, or are there new clusters away from Bangkok?

 

Chonburi is clearly improving, despite the Doom and Gloomers claiming the discovery of 2 factory clusters last week meant that Chonburi was in prolonged spike. From last Saturday:

 

Chonburi is getting WORSE now, not better.  During 10-19 May, the average daily number of cases in Chonburi was 51.  From 20-29 May, the average daily number of cases was 71.  That's a 39% increase.  Wouldn't have happened without the enormous Songkran policy error.”

 

As always, the number of hospital walk-ins is a significant factor (the blue bars).

 

 

 

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Back to the standard daily. I would be interested to know exactly what variants are being detected. A strain of the Indian variant now in Victoria is being described as stranger to stranger or fleeting contact transmission. This is why face masks (properly worn) are so important. It is also why real mass testing is so important. Over 140,000 tests in Victoria in the last few days. Six days into a circuit breaking lockdown but more cases are being found with reported today totalling 67 so a lockdown extension is on the cards. They want to stop transmission. 

Interestingly the UK recorded zero deaths yesterday but the Indian variant is on the move at the same time they want to open things up. Watch this space.

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4 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Back to the standard daily. I would be interested to know exactly what variants are being detected. A strain of the Indian variant now in Victoria is being described as stranger to stranger or fleeting contact transmission. This is why face masks (properly worn) are so important. It is also why real mass testing is so important. Over 140,000 tests in Victoria in the last few days. Six days into a circuit breaking lockdown but more cases are being found with reported today totalling 67 so a lockdown extension is on the cards. They want to stop transmission. 

Interestingly the UK recorded zero deaths yesterday but the Indian variant is on the move at the same time they want to open things up. Watch this space.

Yes.melb extended by 7 days

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3 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Back to the standard daily. I would be interested to know exactly what variants are being detected. A strain of the Indian variant now in Victoria is being described as stranger to stranger or fleeting contact transmission. This is why face masks (properly worn) are so important. It is also why real mass testing is so important. Over 140,000 tests in Victoria in the last few days. Six days into a circuit breaking lockdown but more cases are being found with reported today totalling 67 so a lockdown extension is on the cards. They want to stop transmission. 

Interestingly the UK recorded zero deaths yesterday but the Indian variant is on the move at the same time they want to open things up. Watch this space.

Agreed. Things are becoming more complicated now. The old reporting of cases, deaths, cumulatively and daily isn’t really detailed enough. I notice in the UK reporting there is constant reference to types of Covid and which area it is in. Good to know if traveling around or living in one of those areas.

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seems there is a new varient on the loose discovered in Vietnam recently - just saying 

 

There was also a report from Australia about spread in quarantine hotels 

 

this thing changes very rapidly - it's like fighting a war - maybe it is

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5 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Interestingly the UK recorded zero deaths yesterday but the Indian variant is on the move at the same time they want to open things up.

Not Scotland.... There was mention that current vaccinations are being effective against that variant.... 

Yes recent numbers are climbing (infection numbers and hospital admissions), but 0 deaths is a heartening number, if only for a day

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23 minutes ago, sungod said:

You forgot about the 'weekend effect' and the infatuation of forecasting Thailand's move up the world rankings.

The world rankings are are good indicator on how countries are handling the pandemic. Note present not past tense so weekly trends are important. Thailand is now in the top 20 worse perfoming countries in the world NOW, not overall since the beginning. That will soon be the top 80.

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6 minutes ago, smedly said:

seems there is a new varient on the loose discovered in Vietnam recently - just saying 

 

There was also a report from Australia about spread in quarantine hotels 

 

this thing changes very rapidly - it's like fighting a war - maybe it is

Interesting to note that according to Dr Wasun this new strain Indian and Uk hybrid may have been caused by just one person getting infected with both strains. 

 

This is a problem for Thailand as we have both here and especially in the bubble and seal clusters where they are all locked in together

 

 

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7 minutes ago, WhatsNext said:

Testing isn't really needed, just take the age of the daily deaths and multiply by the IFR (Infection fatality rate) for that age group.

 

Say we have 1 death of a 42 year old , according to the table below there is a 0,068% chance of dying at that age if you are infected.

100/0.068*1= 1470 infected within that age group

 

One 82 year old person dying from covid is however 12 infected on average within that age group

 

Table : Table 3 | Assessing the age specificity of infection fatality rates for COVID-19: systematic review, meta-analysis, and public policy implications | SpringerLink

 

How does the timing of the death impact your hypothesis? Some people pass away quite quickly, others after a long slow decline. And then there are the ones that just refuse to die. They hang around in hospitals for ages and recover. And annoyingly, some people don’t even show symptoms.

 

i have a feeling testing might be with us for some time yet, despite the obvious mathematically based answer. ????

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3 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Interesting to note that according to Dr Wasun this new strain Indian and Uk hybrid may have been caused by just one person getting infected with both strains. 

 

This is a problem for Thailand as we have both here and especially in the bubble and seal clusters where they are all locked in together

 

 

Alpha, Bkk Brian, alpha. And delta. And presumably now delpha with this new hybrid.

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