Thailand reports new daily record of COVID-19 cases

[MikeyIdea]

13 hours ago, Macrohistory said:

 

Here's what it actually says:

 

 

One meter distance when breathing heavily without a mask is a joke when it comes to Delta, 2 meters is most likely not enough without mask when it comes to a prolonged exposuse like an exercise session. If one has it when they start, 5 will have it when they finish 

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1 hour ago, DonaldBattles said:

In Chiang Rai Province there is no vaccine. The Mae Fah Luang Hospital has given me an appointment on August 23. This assumes that they will have vaccine then. Unless Thailand stops shipping the vaccine to neighbor countries thee will never be enough for the local residents. Why the government wants to ship it out is beyond me. I Chiang Rai Province there is not one dose of the vaccine available. The 1.5 million doses provided by the USA will never get past Bangkok. The USA gift specified that 20% must go to foreigners.

You're assuming that what the Thai official claimed about that 20% is true. There has been no confirmation from the US.

[2 is 1]

A major anti-government protest is called for next Sunday, Jul 18 by co-leader Arnon Nampa. 

I hope they cancel that! PM is not going to resign anyway. This time they only going to make situation even worse.

 

https://www.khaosodenglish.com/opinion/2021/07/10/calls-for-prayut-to-resign-and-catch-22/

[MikeyIdea]

11 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

By the way @brewsterbudgenhow are the closures in Bangkok by the Central group going to affect your working from the office?

I worked in the Central World office building during the occupation of central world. The department store closed, they just lock the entry doors if they have to but the office stays open. They may leave the doors open as food courts may stay open. Many office workers eat at the food courts in Central World, 6/7th floor and the more expensive one beside TOPS

Edited July 11, 2021 by MikeyIdea

[Scott]

A post with no link to the source has been reported and removed.

 

[pegman]

2 hours ago, dinsdale said:

The CCP and WHO let the virus spread. China makes vaccines. Vaccine diplomacy is initiated. Thailand buys millions of doses from the CCP. Vaccine shown to be useless. The world is run by morons.
 

Yes, the morons who control the formula for the vaccines that do work are despicable  for not sharing it. Profiting while the people of the world suffer and die is pathetic. End the patent protections now! 

[jerrymahoney]

10 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

10 hours ago, jerrymahoney said:

Ergo although 618 medical workers have become infected after 2 doses of Sinocvac, 676,730 who received two doses of Sinovac did not.

The comparison would be who did not and were also working on the frontline in covid wards.

Right. Maybe also those infected were frontline exposure to positive Covid cases and all those NOT infected were records clerks.

[jacko45k]

20 hours ago, James105 said:

Steroids, probably not, but staying fit and healthy most definitely will provide protection from the effects of covid.   The WHO specifically state that face masks should NOT be worn whilst exercising.  

 

This is from the WHO:

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters

You left off the important line......

The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain physical distance of at least one meter from others.

[Bkk Brian]

1 hour ago, jerrymahoney said:

Right. Maybe also those infected were frontline exposure to positive Covid cases and all those NOT infected were records clerks.

I would wait for some confirmation on that one......555

[jerrymahoney]

8 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

I would wait for some confirmation on that one......555

... and wait.

 

But the PBS said the 700,000 were 'medics'.

 

Edited July 11, 2021 by jerrymahoney

[anchadian]

Top tourists soured by red tape, hyper regulation is killing off enthusiasm for the Phuket sandbox

 

Two more foreign tourists within the Phuket sandbox test positive while the province has just announced its first Delta virus case as schools close for two weeks with a worrying uptick in infection rates announced on Sunday, it is clear that public health officials have a job to do to defend against the new virus wave but it is also quite apparent that the overly restrictive regulations themselves are a turnoff for potential tourists and dampen enthusiasm.

 

As authorities in Phuket revealed on Sunday that the Delta variant had been detected on the island and a further two tourists had tested positive, the story of two European visitors, German Stefanie Korényi and Norwegian trainee medical student Hans Erling Skallevold, who have ended up out of pocket and in Alternative Local Quarantine (ALQ) facilities on Phuket, has highlighted the fear and confusion being caused by red tape and regulations designed to protect public health but which are strangling the confidence of prospective tourists and generating increased negativity towards a scheme which initially was supported enthusiastically by many fans of Thailand.

More: (a lot more)

https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2021/07/12/tourist-fans-soured-by-hyper-regulation/

Edited July 11, 2021 by anchadian

[ExpatOilWorker]

8 minutes ago, anchadian said:

who have ended up out of pocket

Why do they have to pay out of pocket?

Don't the mandatory Covid insurance cover the ALQ cost?

[ThailandRyan]

4 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Top tourists soured by red tape, hyper regulation is killing off enthusiasm for the Phuket sandbox

 

Two more foreign tourists within the Phuket sandbox test positive while the province has just announced its first Delta virus case as schools close for two weeks with a worrying uptick in infection rates announced on Sunday, it is clear that public health officials have a job to do to defend against the new virus wave but it is also quite apparent that the overly restrictive regulations themselves are a turnoff for potential tourists and dampen enthusiasm.

 

As authorities in Phuket revealed on Sunday that the Delta variant had been detected on the island and a further two tourists had tested positive, the story of two European visitors, German Stefanie Korényi and Norwegian trainee medical student Hans Erling Skallevold, who have ended up out of pocket and in Alternative Local Quarantine (ALQ) facilities on Phuket, has highlighted the fear and confusion being caused by red tape and regulations designed to protect public health but which are strangling the confidence of prospective tourists and generating increased negativity towards a scheme which initially was supported enthusiastically by many fans of Thailand.

https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2021/07/12/tourist-fans-soured-by-hyper-regulation/

Honestly, this was known to be a fact prior to the sandbox actually kicking off.  Many of the people I know, who wanted to come, saw the hoops and said no way.  They also told me that it would be far better just to fly into BKK, do the 14 day ASQ and then be able to travel the country and that was before this wave hit.  There is no fear and confusion as the story states "fear and confusion being caused by red tape and regulations designed to protect public health but which are strangling the confidence of prospective tourists and generating increased negativity towards a scheme which initially was supported enthusiastically by many fans of Thailand".  It was not viewed enthusiastically by tourists as they touted, but seen as a means for many expats with families and homes here to arrive and stay out of the inside of a quarantine hotel for the first 14 days before they could then go home.  I just talked to a friend who comes for 4 weeks every year to train Muay Thai in Chalong and she said they have now decided, along with many of the folks they travel with to give Thailand a wide birth until 2023 due to the draconian measures and the uncontrolled virus and failed vaccination program.

[anchadian]

Chonburi province have just reported 399 new infections and 2 deaths.

[ThailandRyan]

2 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

Why do they have to pay out of pocket?

Don't the mandatory Covid insurance cover the ALQ cost?

Maybe the policy only pays for being treated in a hospital facility, just being asymptomatic is enough to get you quarantined here regardless and you may never need any medical treatment.  

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, anchadian said:

Chonburi province have just reported 399 new infections and 2 deaths.

Expected this as well as the continued growth throughout the country due to the exodus from Bangkok.

[Bkk Brian]

15 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

... and wait.

 

But the PBS said the 700,000 were 'medics'.

 

Here is what you said:

"Ergo although 618 medical workers have become infected after 2 doses of Sinocvac, 676,730 who received two doses of Sinovac did not."

 

If you really think that making that comparison without the details needed is a logical one then carry on.

[webfact]

Thailand reports 8,656 new COVID-19 cases, 80 more deaths

 

Reuters file photo for reference only

Thailand on Monday (July 12) reported 8,656 new COVID-19 cases and 80 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1223695-thailand-reports-8656-new-covid-19-cases-80-more-deaths/

 

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