70% of new COVID-19 cases in Thailand are Delta variant – Dr. Yong

[Jonathan Fairfield]

 

About 70% of all new COVID-19 infections in Thailand are of the Delta (Indian) variant, which is 1.4 times more transmissible than the Alpha (UK) strain, said Dr. Yong Poovorawan, chief of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology of the Faculty of Medicine at Chulalongkorn University.

 

In his Facebook post today (Saturday), the well-known virologist said that the Delta strain was first detected in Thailand among construction workers and, by now, has become the fourth variant of the virus which causes COVID-19 in Thailand. Currently, the dominant strain is the Alpha variant.

 

The spread of the Alpha variant began in entertainment venues in the Thonglor area of Bangkok, he said, adding that, in this third wave of the pandemic, it has replaced the G variant, which characterized the second wave of pandemic, which originated in Samut Sakhon among migrant workers from Myanmar.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/70-of-new-covid-19-cases-in-thailand-are-delta-variant-dr-yong/

 

 

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[Petey11]

70% Delta cases but..... then says alpha currently the dominant strain??? Typo in reporting?? 

Or maybe he's borrowing TAT's calculator again.

 

[Excel]

9 minutes ago, Petey11 said:

70% Delta cases but..... then says alpha currently the dominant strain??? Typo in reporting?? 

Or maybe he's borrowing TAT's calculator again.

 

Dr Yong is often Wong 

[choff56]

*70% of "all new cases",  so no mistake.

[law ling]

So, what's the game plan Dr Yong?

Wait months and months for a vaccine?

Give Ivermectin, and other possibily useful drugs, a go?

Farm all the recovered patients for their antibodies?

Or not do much, and let the virus do its worst?

Edited July 4, 2021 by law ling

[pegman]

2 hours ago, law ling said:

So, what's the game plan Dr Yong?

Wait months and months for a vaccine?

Give Ivermectin, and other possibily useful drugs, a go?

Farm all the recovered patients for their antibodies?

Or not do much, and let the virus do its worst?

These are military decisions. No need for input from a virologist.

[brommers]

More to the point, what is the number of Beta variant cases because the AstraZeneca vaccine is totally useless in dealing with this one which is in the wild in southern Thailand and will spread from there.

[Isaan sailor]

Still no firm order for Moderna vaccine?  They took our deposits so gleefully…

[RichardColeman]

1 hour ago, Isaan sailor said:

Still no firm order for Moderna vaccine?  They took our deposits so gleefully…

I heard someone lost the signing pen

[Nanaplaza666]

70% delta cases so if those sinovac vaccines don't really work against the delta variant that means 0% of phuket is actually vaccinated ????

[phetphet]

All soon to be followed by Delta Plus and Lambda variants

[mrfill]

1 hour ago, phetphet said:

All soon to be followed by Delta Plus and Lambda variants

lambda is a bit further down the list but there are -

 

Epsilon (B.1.427/B.1.429) – first identified in the United States

Zeta (P.2) – first identified in Brazil

Eta (B.1.525) – first identified in multiple countries

Theta (P.3) – first identified in the Philippines

Iota (B.1.526) – first identified in the United States

Kappa (B.1.617.1) – first identified in India

 

before you get to Lambda.

[Lingba]

70%..??...so where is Moderna, Pfizer and Johnsom??

[Mr Meeseeks]

5 hours ago, Isaan sailor said:

Still no firm order for Moderna vaccine?  They took our deposits so gleefully…

A fool and their money etc.

[lavender19]

I thought there was a petition to get rid of this idiot. Everybody knows it's the Indian variant of the Chinese virus

[4MyEgo]

13 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

the well-known virologist said that the Delta strain was first detected in Thailand among construction workers and, by now, has become the fourth variant of the virus which causes COVID-19 in Thailand. Currently, the dominant strain is the Alpha variant.

 

I'm now taking bets that the 5th one soon coming to Thailand will be the Omega variant followed by the Sigma variant.

 

The omega will be 80% more contagious than the Delta and the Sigma 100% more contagious than the Omega variant.

 

What are the odds.

 

 

[BestB]

Kind of annoying. China gave world Covid , UK gave world Alpha, India gave world Delta, Thailand has given nothing , so much for being a hub ????

 

Sick joke I know , what else is there to say 

[sammieuk1]

Unlike the original Xi Variant that wasn't transmissible at all here hey Dr . 

[Isaan sailor]

3 hours ago, Lingba said:

70%..??...so where is Moderna, Pfizer and Johnsom??

Not made in China—so will take longer, much longer.

[connda]

15 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Dr. Yong Poovorawan

Purveyor of Fear.

Every time this guy opens his mouth it's to promote a new angle on Covid-fear to scare the unwashed masses. 

<cue John Lennon>
Delta Covid's going to get you
Going to knock you right on the head
You better get yourself together
Pretty soon you're going to be dead

[connda]

4 hours ago, mrfill said:

lambda is a bit further down the list but there are -

 

Epsilon (B.1.427/B.1.429) – first identified in the United States

Zeta (P.2) – first identified in Brazil

Eta (B.1.525) – first identified in multiple countries

Theta (P.3) – first identified in the Philippines

Iota (B.1.526) – first identified in the United States

Kappa (B.1.617.1) – first identified in India

 

before you get to Lambda.

Pretty soon they'll be scaring the public with hexadecimal:

(B.293884.2939940.000)  A01FC   

(B.399488.3099233.994)   A01FD
(P.388848.38983.22)         A01FE

Get that jab, get that jab - A01FF is gonna get you!

[gk10012001]

14 hours ago, Petey11 said:

70% Delta cases but..... then says alpha currently the dominant strain??? Typo in reporting?? 

Or maybe he's borrowing TAT's calculator again.

 

The numbers are not inconsistent.  70% of new cases are Delta.  but previous cases still total up such that Alpha is the dominant bouncing around. 

[gk10012001]

But again.., so what?  How many people are really suffering severely from the virus?  How many people are dying?  How many people actually had or have the virus?  Without testing every body you don't know the actual percentages of harm or mortality. If 6 million Thais had or have the virus then the percent of harm is relatively low.  If you only count those that tested positive well, the harm is relatively high.  In statistics, you must know the sample space properly