Picture: Bangkok Business News

 

Thailand's health minister Anutin Charnvirakul reported that Thailand had experienced a reduction of 80% in dengue fever cases in the first five months of 2021 compared to the same period last year.

 

In comments reported by Bangkok Business News he attributed this to better public awareness and lockdown of public places especially schools.

 

This meant there were less places for the mosquitoes that cause the disease to breed. 

 

He stressed that while Covid-19 was the undoubted focus of health department efforts they had not forgotten the threat posed by dengue that can be fatal. 

 

Thailand held a meeting to mark "ASEAN Dengue Day 2021" on June 15th. 

 

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Well, at least that is a piece of good news on the health front

There is something to be scientific investigated here, i.e. dengue fever vs. Covid-19.

 

There has been scientific observations that being cured from dengue fever might give some level of protection against Covid-19.

 

The 100 year old TB-vaccine Calmette-Guérin (BCG) also seems to protects against Covid-19, some studies have shown up to 68 percent protection, new clinical studies are ongoing at the moment; but Calmette-Guérin also seems to give some level of protection against dengue fever (there are 4 variants, having had one doesn't give protection against the others).

 

Does recovering from Covid-19 give some level of protection against dengue fever - is that's why the number of cases have been reduced by 80 percent so far in 2021 - it could be that more people than tested and verified, have suffered from asymptomatic Covid-19, they have not been ill, but might have reached some level of immunity against Covid-19, and perhaps also dengue fever...????

 

Another Thaivisa news article today mentions a Thai developed dengue-fever vaccine...

Thai researchers have co-developed dengue vaccines that are the first of their kind in the world and they are urging the government to step up vaccination of the people to combat the disease. 

It could be interesting if that vaccine also is effective against other diseases; like Calmette-Guérin also seems to be ("one of the most") successful cancer immunotherapies...

 

 

Same with flu and colds in Europe - virtually disappeared with masks and lockdowns and conclusive proof that the measures worked and left the health services enough slack to cope with the worst COVID cases.

Which was the intention all along as too many forget.

 

But apparently the legacy is they expect a real bad flu season this year.

Mostly the effect of pre-monsoon drought, I should think.

Must be all the C19 injection killing it off!

No rain = no mosquitoes = no dengue.

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Well their response to one Dengue infection up here was to immediately fumigate the whole area near the persons house with follow up checks for where the mosquitoes might breed.. This is something they were prepared for, unlike the response to Covid.

It's a prime example of the effectiveness of mandatory mask wearing, social distancing and lockdowns.  ????

16 minutes ago, connda said:

It's a prime example of the effectiveness of mandatory mask wearing, social distancing and lockdowns.  ????

Sorry, dengue is transferred by mosquito bites. Masks, distancing, and lockdowns help with airborne transfer(covid) but have little or no effect on dengue transfer.