So what good is the wearing of masks and the various restrictions actually doing?

4 minutes ago, giddyup said:

So what good is the wearing of masks and the various restrictions actually doing?

Very little. But the government has to be seen to do something, and that is something, so we'll do that.

11 hours ago, morrobay said:

And sorry to say it could be a lot more alot faster: dy/dt = ky. The solution to this differential equation is y(t) = y(initial)e^kt. April 1 there were 26 new cases and 98 days later 272,309 new cases since then. So y(98) =26e^k98 = 272,309.  So solving for the rate constant k and then adding 7 days to the 98 gives: y(105) = 26e^k105 = an exercise for the reader.

 

Has tha got nowt better to do, lad? Gobbledegook!

13 minutes ago, giddyup said:

So what good is the wearing of masks and the various restrictions actually doing?

None. They don't make any difference. 

Off topic posts and replies about bum gun usage and toilet paper have been removed.

24 minutes ago, EvetsKram said:

I've been asking for weeks why daily numbers are always similar.  Infected people only infect one more.  I doubt it very much

I am guessing because sane number of people gets tested. Only now more found to be infected .

 

recall reading some hospitals closed because can not test, do not have kits and some closed because can not treat newly infected. 
 

I am also guessing someone figured out with each new field hospital there is money to be made, so numbers growing to fill the beds 

That means everyone stay home and take massive precautions to support their health.

this will be the only target they have achieved in a long time. In fact they may even surpass this by a country mile. 

1 hour ago, Darksidedude said:

Thailand is way past 10k a day at the moment i would say

 

i heard it cost 3000 Baht to get a covid test, what Thai person would pay that

In Chiangmai you can get a Covid test for Baht 1,800

 

http://www.healthcaremedicalclinic.com/news-view.php?view=160

 

I miss the good old days 2020BC , Thinking was legal

10k per day !! uk has 25k per day  with 60% been vaccinated !!

12 minutes ago, csmith said:

In Chiangmai you can get a Covid test for Baht 1,800

 

http://www.healthcaremedicalclinic.com/news-view.php?view=160

 

But if you fail, it'll cost you a lot for 2 weeks in hospital, even if you have no symptoms.  I think that, because of that, many foreigners - including me - will be passing on tests unless we have symptoms and need hospital.

Soooo, of the people tested there could be 10,000 a day, which as we know doesn't mean that there is only that number of cases.

IMO the far more important figure will be how many get sick enough to need hospitalisation. 10,000 that only have symptoms or no symptoms ( only positive on a test ) and get better without medical intervention is not the same as 10,000 needing a hospital bed.

I'd like to extrapolate that but it gets political, so can't.

28 minutes ago, raccos21 said:

That means everyone stay home and take massive precautions to support their health.

and just who is going to pay for them to do so? Food and rent ain't free.

53 minutes ago, RandolphGB said:

None. They don't make any difference. 

Indeed. We've been told to wear masks and social distance for over a year now and has made zero difference with situation now, IMO.

Something is wrong with the picture, IMO.

1 hour ago, RayD said:

Very little. But the government has to be seen to do something, and that is something, so we'll do that.

Doing "something" just for the sake of doing "something" even if it doesn't work is IMO "virtue signalling" ( and that's not meant in a complimentary sense ).

6 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Soooo, of the people tested there could be 10,000 a day, which as we know doesn't mean that there is only that number of cases.

IMO the far more important figure will be how many get sick enough to need hospitalisation. 10,000 that only have symptoms or no symptoms ( only positive on a test ) and get better without medical intervention is not the same as 10,000 needing a hospital bed.

I'd like to extrapolate that but it gets political, so can't.

The number to worry about is the number of available critical and ICU beds. If they are full which many are then people will die as a result. 

Time lock down and ban all inter province travel Immediately!! Better late than never. End Sandbox and other like proposals until virus is well under control. 

2 minutes ago, Pimoo2 said:

End Sandbox and other like proposals until virus is well under control. 

Sorry.......loss of face more important

14 hours ago, Blumpie said:

Sounds like a great place for a vacation!  (sarcasm)

Yeah .. Let’s do a Sand Castle “;0)

Because, they do not take real action.

Talk too much insteed of real actions.

And I could die tomorrow...

 

Why is this statement made? Testing public opinion? Frighten the natives, frighten the Government to get their act together?

They need to see if they can increase the output of their Astrazenica Plant and keep all of its vaccine for Thailand  untill they can get a handle on this outbreak. Other countries unfortunatly will have to wait for the promised supplies.  No international court would punish them if they can't fulfill orders as they have a crisis.

1 hour ago, csmith said:

In Chiangmai you can get a Covid test for Baht 1,800

 

Here, that would be 30 bottles of Leo. I know what the vast majority of the folks would spend their money on here.

2 hours ago, giddyup said:

So what good is the wearing of masks and the various restrictions actually doing?

Growing scientific evidence for masks and physical distancing against covid-19 which I doubt interest you. 

2 hours ago, Darksidedude said:

Thailand is way past 10k a day at the moment i would say

 

i heard it cost 3000 Baht to get a covid test, what Thai person would pay that

I have my own COVID test, which costs nothing.

I swim the length of my condo pool (30 metres ) without taking a breath. I could not do that if I had COVID.

1 minute ago, Eric Loh said:

Growing scientific evidence for masks and physical distancing against covid-19 which I doubt interest you. 

My question was, if there are 10,000 new cases a day, what good is the wearing of masks and social distancing. BTW, you have no idea what interests me.

The great PM is saying that he is isolating, when he likely is just hiding out in his bunker, errr   house  for his own safety

and health.  Time  will tell.

Geezer

2 minutes ago, giddyup said:

My question was, if there are 10,000 new cases a day, what good is the wearing of masks and social distancing. BTW, you have no idea what interests me.

Simple answer; it could have been more if everyone go maskless and construction sites don't have enforced closure. I guess the topic in your posting gave a clue to what you interested. 

1 minute ago, Eric Loh said:

Simple answer; it could have been more if everyone go maskless and construction sites don't have enforced closure. I guess the topic in your posting gave a clue to what you interested. 

Coulda, woulda, shoulda, pure speculation. As is your guess as to what interests me.