Delta variant overtakes Alpha strain in Thailand

[snoop1130]

Workers clad in PPE gear wheel a patient with Covid-19 symptoms to be brought to hospital from a village in Pattani on July 19, 2021, as Thailand seeks to contain a surge in coronvirus cases. Tuwaedaniya MERINGING / AFP

 

The rapidly spreading Delta variant of COVID-19 has already overtaken the Alpha variant as the dominant strain in Thailand, with Delta accounting for 62.6% of 3,340 samples examined by the Medical Sciences Department, compared to 34.1% of Alpha cases.

 

The department’s director-general, Dr. Supakit Sirilak, told the media today (Monday) that, of Thailand’s 77 provinces, the Delta variant has been found in 71.

 

He expressed concern that the surge of infections by the Delta variant, which is easily transmissible, also heightens the risk of virus mutations, citing last week’s discovery of seven cases who were simultaneously infected with the Delta and Alpha strains but, fortunately, the viruses have not yet mutated.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/delta-variant-overtakes-alpha-strain-in-thailand/

 

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[CharlieH]

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[mark131v]

mmmh, what is one able to say?

 

I guess in a country where there had been a safe and efficient role out of vaccines, where the people in charge had done their jobs and homework this would be somewhat less of an issue

 

Clearly not the case here so this could be the perfect storm, expect imminent announcement on the procurement of other vaccines at some later date and a big bang as the stable door bangs shut...

[ukrules]

Thought I'd mention this:

 

 

 

[worgeordie]

Wife says on Thai social media ,that they say the lambda variant 

is also in Thailand....

regards worgeordie

[RubbaJohnny]

Perhaps Delta entered on elite visa or brown envelope to Crystal Ballroom, as old hands know money talks in LOS

 

Any link to Delta airlines and Fort De Trick spreading batsoup essence at the military hames Wugam is a flight of fancy.

[Bohemianfish]

Former US Surgeon General says unvaccinated WILL get the Delta strain in the USA. A matter of time. Gottlieb is his name.

[bermondburi]

Buckle up. Gonna be one hell of a ride!

[meechai]

8 hours ago, mark131v said:

I guess in a country where there had been a safe and efficient role out of vaccines, where the people in charge had done their jobs and homework this would be somewhat less of an issue

Perhaps or maybe not

In the US all flavors of vaccine were/are widely available

Yet we are seeing fully vaccinated people catch Delta variant & that may just be normal course

 

We will know after Echo & Foxtrot variant

Then perhaps by the time we reach Zebra variant we will know it really does just mutate & mutate as all

cold/flu/corona viruses do

 

Also as you can see by this photo still in US even with all vaccines available the daily rates albeit for 300 million population

 

Edited July 19, 2021 by meechai

[Tarteso]

 This is a sham.  With 5.5% of the populace vaccinated after a year and a half of pandemic, it’s proven that the Government is managed by the old military with gold watches and Pinocchios.

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4 minutes ago, Tarteso said:

 This is a sham.  With 5.5% of the populace vaccinated after a year and a half of pandemic, it’s proven that the Government is managed by the old military with gold watches and Pinocchios.

Not to defend in any way the govt's shameful conduct in respect to vaccines, but vaccines only became available in Dec of 2020. So it's more like 7 months, not 18. And they were in very scarce supply for the first few months.

[Tarteso]

13 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Not to defend in any way the govt's shameful conduct in respect to vaccines, but vaccines only became available in Dec of 2020. So it's more like 7 months, not 18. And they were in very scarce supply for the first few months.

That’s right. Then, let's wait 11 more months until 18, and we’ll become to see the results… if we are still alive.

Edited July 20, 2021 by Tarteso

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1 minute ago, Tarteso said:

That’s right. Then, let's wait 11 more months until 18, and we’ll become to see the results.

You castigated the Thai govt  by claiming that 18 months had gone by and vaccination levels had only reached 5.5%. Clearly that 18 month figure was misleading since vaccines only became available in Dec of 2020. I specifically said that the Thai govt. conduct in relation to vaccines was shameful. Stop trying to deflect from the fact that you made a misleading statement.

[AlexRich]

The India variant (Delta) appears to be the dominant strain around the world. Despite a large percentage vaccinated it’s been spreading fast in the UK. The Chinese vaccine does not appear to offer great protection from it, and that is bad news for Thailand. It may be that we will not see a return to something approaching normality for another 12-18 months. I’ve had two jabs of AstraZeneca with no after effects … and I think any danger from vaccination is remote in comparison with the dangers of contracting the virus.  

[Rimmer]

Posts denigrating and calling Chinese vaccines useless and referring to it with derogatory names have been removed.

Whilst it may be less effective in certain cases ie Delta strain it is by no means useless.

 

At the end of the day this is a government sponsored vaccine and the forum and or yourself can get in trouble for comments like this so stop it.

[Fromas]

13 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Wife says on Thai social media ,that they say the lambda variant 

is also in Thailand....

 

On the bright side, lambda is only a variant of interest. Among the variants delta is dominating the viral arms race.

 

 

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1 minute ago, Fromas said:

 

On the bright side, lambda is only a variant of interest. Among the variants delta is dominating the viral arms race.

 

 

I'm not sure about that. 

The unusual Lambda variant is rapidly spreading in South America. Here’s what we know.
Its mutations help it dodge the immune system. Researchers are scrambling to figure out if it is more dangerous or transmissible than Delta.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/the-unusual-lambda-variant-is-rapidly-spreading-in-south-america-heres-what-we-know#:~:text=A coronavirus variant known as,countries%2C many in Latin America.

[unblocktheplanet]

Point of curiosity. Is the only route of transmission for variants via infected patients from other places? Or can the same variants develop independently as the virus evolves?

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1 minute ago, unblocktheplanet said:

Point of curiosity. Is the only route of transmission for variants via infected patients from other places? Or can the same variants develop independently as the virus evolves?

It's possible but highly unlikely. There are mllions of combinations possible.

[Fromas]

39 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Its mutations help it dodge the immune system

Initial figures don't show it to be as bad as delta.

But you are right. It could change overnight.

 

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Just now, Fromas said:

Initial figures don't show it to be as bad as delta.

But you are right. It could change overnight.

 

Actually, I think they do. Maybe even worse as far as mortality goes. It's also extremely infectious.

 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/the-unusual-lambda-variant-is-rapidly-spreading-in-south-america-heres-what-we-know?loggedin=true

[Kwasaki]

14 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Wife says on Thai social media ,that they say the lambda variant 

is also in Thailand....

regards worgeordie

Don't forget the Beta variant,  covid is going through the alphabet in the wrong order. ????

[Fromas]

11 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Actually, I think they do.

New data would be very useful and you could be right.

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Just now, Fromas said:

New data would be very useful and you could be right.

Far higher rate of fatalities in Peru where it's prevalent. But Peru also has a very high rate of obesity. 52%.

[jvs]

8 hours ago, Bohemianfish said:

Former US Surgeon General says unvaccinated WILL get the Delta strain in the USA. A matter of time. Gottlieb is his name.

That is the way i am looking at this also,not longer a question of '"if,but when?"'

Not much we can do about it besides hoping for a vaccine (that works)and staying in

the yard as much as possible.

Vaccinations,around the clock,seven days a week is what we need.

Action is required!

 

[Peterphuket]

8 hours ago, Bohemianfish said:

Former US Surgeon General says unvaccinated WILL get the Delta strain in the USA. A matter of time. Gottlieb is his name.

Was that the man from the Pinballs?

And was his friends name Bally?

Edited July 20, 2021 by Peterphuket

[Dont confuse me]

Isn't the Lambda a South American dance?

[Stargeezr]

Is the lambda from Peru, or is it a combo Peru, Brazil virus?  I wonder if it is as

deadly as it is contagious?    In the Greek alphabet Lambda is the 11 letter.                                                                                                                                                           Alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota and kappa are ahead of it.   I wonder what countries have those

other Greek letters for their variant?

Geezer

[champers]

 

[hioctane]

12 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

Point of curiosity. Is the only route of transmission for variants via infected patients from other places? Or can the same variants develop independently as the virus evolves?

Any person that gets infected will spread a new variant. That is how viruses spread. When you get infected with the virus, it mutates ever so slightly and you pass it on. If there is no vaccine to slow the virus down, it will keep mutating to avoid being stopped. India is largely to blame. They are not vaccinating enough, and the virus just keeps mutating.

 

If the Delta variant is found, it means someone that caught it in India brought it in. From there, they can spread the variant to others.