26 minutes ago, Olmate said:

Recoveries have been reported since last year butgood to see its now constantly increasing.

Recoveries were always hidden in small print , now it’s large print and right next to positives of the day

Social stigma a major barrier to controlling COVID-19 in Thailand

 

Harrowing stories of Thai people experiencing great distress and turbulence have been widely reported across the country. A condo manager in Nonthaburi locked a family into their residence with wooden planks after they contracted COVID-19 in July. A husband was fired from his job at a construction site in Pathum Thani because his wife became infected with COVID-19 and were asked to leave, which left them destitute and with just 80 baht to their name.

 

Social stigma associated with COVID-19 is the major culprit in these cases, evidenced further by the husband of a 24-year-old woman who was physically attacked and kicked out of her house after she became infected with the virus. It has become one of the reasons why people are both hesitant to get tested for the virus, and it in many countries is part of the reason why the pandemic is stubbornly persistent.

 

https://theisaanrecord.co/2021/08/20/social-stigma-a-major-barrier-to-controlling-covid-19-in-thailand/

1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

The testing/cases correlation trend continues. Thailand now joins a group of only 34 countries to have >1,000,000 reported cases and next week will move into the top 30 on the covid charts.

140th in the world for deaths per 1m of the population.

2 minutes ago, sungod said:

140th in the world for deaths per 1m of the population.

Not this old chestnut again. Try the last two months. Almost 7,000 deaths. That's top 10 material.

Data from Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)

 

A key limitation in our understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic is that we do not know the true number of infections. Instead, we only know of infections that have been confirmed by a test – the confirmed cases. But because many infected people never get tested,2 we know that confirmed cases are only a fraction of true infections. How small a fraction though?

To answer this question, several research groups have developed epidemiological models of COVID-19. These models use the data we have – confirmed cases and deaths, testing rates, and more – plus a range of assumptions and epidemiological knowledge to estimate true infections and other important metrics.

 

Mean estimate showing just under 100,000 a day.

Just now, dinsdale said:

Not this old chestnut again. Try the last two months. Almost 7,000 deaths. That's top 10 material.

Just quoting from the same source as you.

8 minutes ago, BestB said:

Recoveries were always hidden in small print , now it’s large print and right next to positives of the day

You  mean you missed them.Always mentioned in daily press briefing  by CCSA televised.

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

Today, the ambulances are still rolling constantly this morning here in Bangkok.  If the downward trend is to be believed then why the reduced number in testing.  I will be taking a break from posting, as my family in the States has just had a covid death.  It was my Brother In-Laws brother, who unfortunately did not believe in being vaccinated just like his wife.  He had lung cancer, which was from working as a ceiling installer (Asbestosis), and developed a very serious case of pneumonia on Sunday as well as other complications, unfortunately the Hospital tried everything they could for him.  He passed away about 2 hours ago, and I just got off of the phone with my sister and family.  Sad day.  Please stay safe folks.

Sorry to hear that Ryan, many of us have families that we worry about in our home countries and when something tragic happens it is worse because we are so far away. Take care and stay safe.

Before taking time away I thought folks should see this.

https://thethaiger.com/coronavirus/village-under-covid-19-lockdown-after-old-woman-lies

 

The dishonesty of an old woman led to an entire village in Buriram being sealed off on lockdown due to a Covid-19 outbreak she created. The woman lied about her visiting daughter and son-in-law to avoid the 14-day quarantine set in place to allow enough time to avoid a Covid-19 outbreak.

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

I will be taking a break from posting, as my family in the States has just had a covid death. 

So sorry for your loss Ryan. God bless you and your family at this sad time.

 

2 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Sorry to hear that Ryan, many of us have families that we worry about in our home countries and when something tragic happens it is worse because we are so far away. Take care and stay safe.

Thanks Brian, at the end of the day there will be many that will always say they know no one infected or who has passed on because of Covid.  Unfortunately since the very beginning of this pandemic I have been pretty vocal with telling folks I have lost family here in Thailand, although at the time not tested because it was just after the Chinese New Years, and then a teacher my children had in Elementary school, as well as a few former co-workers and fellow LE folks.  My Mother has been hospitalized for Covid but thankfully she had been vaccinated, my sister and her family are also vaccinated as the children were just vaccinated yesterday.  Lets hope that others do not loose family like I have.  Taking time away for a much needed mental break.  Keeping the doors closed so I do not have to hear the constant blare of the sirens, and wish we could escape to Hua Hin for a month or so.  My second AZ vaccination is now in less than 4 weeks, but still fighting with the issue of getting my GF vaccinated.  The whole process is really silly actually.  As I say, Stay folks, and protect your families.

18 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

A condo manager in Nonthaburi locked a family into their residence with wooden planks

This happened a few months ago in our condo to a bunch of uni students living together on the top floor, the owner went nuts.

Juristic staff took it all down as soon as they found out and shipped the boys off to a hospital. 

 

Admittedly the dummies tried to keep hide the infected for a week or more, and kept using the gym, pool etc.

Servings of stupid all round.

 

55 minutes ago, sungod said:

140th in the world for deaths per 1m of the population.

Good to see a different perspective. 

Edited August 20, 20214 yr by Kadilo

The failure of vaccine policy pushed Thailand from the best recovering country to the worst

 

How did Thailand turn from the best country in terms of its response to COVID-19 to the worst one? Here are some lessons to be learnt.

First, “the fortunate situation in 2020 has turned into a trap for the Thai government,” is what has been concluded by the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI), the most prominent public policy think tank in Thailand. 

 

"the Thai vaccine policy reflected mismanagement of risks by relying on an optimistic assumption regarding the number of AstraZeneca vaccines that Thailand could produce domestically after the transfer of the technology. No doubt that ‘betting on a one-horse strategy’  proved to be wrong. In a similar vein, the decision not to participate in the COVAX project was also a terrible move."

 

https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/failure-of-vaccine-policy-pushed-thailand/

2 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

But what's next? Without a vaccination plan being executed, we will open up, and then what's to prevent another wave?

There is a vaccination plan. Are you living under a rock?

These numbers going down seem impossible if you look at what is happening everywhere else.

Lesson to learn for those thinking of group celebrations:

 

19 people get jail sentence for partying in defiance of emergency

 

The Bangkok North Municipal Court on Thursday sentenced 19 adult partygoers to three years imprisonment and THB15,000 fine per person for breaching the emergency-decree ban on gatherings of more than five people.

The court reduced the previous sentence of six years imprisonment and THB30,000 fine, as they had pleaded guilty.

The court also suspended the imprisonment for a year per person as the partygoers did not have a criminal record.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40004994

3 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Lesson to learn for those thinking of group celebrations:

 

19 people get jail sentence for partying in defiance of emergency

 

The Bangkok North Municipal Court on Thursday sentenced 19 adult partygoers to three years imprisonment and THB15,000 fine per person for breaching the emergency-decree ban on gatherings of more than five people.

The court reduced the previous sentence of six years imprisonment and THB30,000 fine, as they had pleaded guilty.

The court also suspended the imprisonment for a year per person as the partygoers did not have a criminal record.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40004994

Say what!!

That's harsh by any guage.

3 hours ago, anchadian said:

Chonburi Public Health Office is reporting 1,348 new cases today and 10 more deaths. Most new cases are in Chonburi City (334), Bang Lamung/Pattaya (221), and Si Racha (354). There are now 20,416 patients in care #COVID19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1428505673306832901

Further details:

https://thepattayanews.com/2021/08/20/chonburi-reports-1348-new-covid-19-cases-with-10-deaths-1246-people-recovered/

36 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

There is a vaccination plan. Are you living under a rock?

Some people just love to squeeze a negative out of any situation. 
 

 

Public Health Minister said the Disease Control Dept. signed a contract with Pfizer to buy 10 million more doses of Covid-19 vaccine. Thailand’s procurement of the Pfizer vaccine rose from 20 million to 30 million doses. They will be gradually delivered in Q4 this year.

@TNAMCOT

 

https://twitter.com/TNAMCOTEnglish/status/1428578735456854021

Edited August 20, 20214 yr by anchadian

Whether you think the numbers are improving or not, and whether you think that 70% of the population will have received double doses of vaccine by February, the unfortunate truth is it's probably not enough.  

 

Israel today is a cautionary tale.  I read today (NY Times) that even though 60% of the population is double vaccinated (and they only vaccinate with either Pfizer or Moderna), they are now seeing a 4th wave of Covid.  The claim is that it's a combination of the Delta variant, and the fact that the vaccinations people received months ago have lost their effectiveness over time. 

 

I think these facts should lead us to expect that even when we reach 70%, there will not be sufficient protection to end the spread of the disease.  I've read we need to reach 85% to control Delta, and I would assume that even then, it's going to take a lot longer to get this under control.  

 

For those who think I'm just trying to be negative, I'm in the same boat as everyone else.  I want the country to reopen so I can get my life back.  I want to see the economy get back on track, and those who are suffering with no money or food to get their jobs back too.  But the realist in me thinks the road ahead is still long.

 

And I really believe that the numbers showing a "peak" are manipulated, by minimizing testing, and by not including some of the testing in the total.  Adjust for those two factors, and I believe you would see that no peak has been reached.     

1 hour ago, sungod said:

Just quoting from the same source as you.

Good. Maybe next time you can use weekly trends Thailand number 8 or deaths numbers from yesterday Thailand number 11 or how about serious critical where Thailand is number 6. Focus on the delta outbreak and numbers do not look so good. This is what is happening now.

I think that should read, 'On Friday, Thailand surpassed......................

 

Opinion: A million cases reached through incompetence, arrogance, and malice

 

Thailand surpassed the one million infected mark since the pandemic began on Friday. It is a grim milestone.

 

For most of 2020, the country was one of the success stories of the pandemic with infection numbers low and life largely returned to normal. Although the economic consequences of the pandemic were disastrous, with the country seeing a recession in 2020, it was a price many said was worth paying to keep the pandemic in check.

 

https://www.thaienquirer.com/31529/opinion-a-million-cases-reached-through-incompetence-arrogance-and-malice/

Edited August 20, 20214 yr by anchadian

What are the double vaccinated numbers in Thailand? 

And do we know the combination of vaccines administered in these cases.

Siriraj Hospital opens reservations for the Pfizer vaccine for pregnant women from 12 weeks and pediatric patients aged 12 -18 yrs with 7 diseases through the Siriraj Connect application from August 20-28.

@TNAMCOT

 

https://twitter.com/TNAMCOTEnglish/status/1428584302858493957

 

Edited August 20, 20214 yr by anchadian

5 minutes ago, fondue zoo said:

What are the double vaccinated numbers in Thailand? 

And do we know the combination of vaccines administered in these cases.

Due later.

4 minutes ago, fondue zoo said:

What are the double vaccinated numbers in Thailand? 

And do we know the combination of vaccines administered in these cases.

As of Aug 18 7.89% fully vacced (a good % would be double sinovac) and 19.54% single jab according to ourworldindata.org.

1 hour ago, Neeranam said:

There is a vaccination plan. Are you living under a rock?

 

Yes there is a plan, but it sure ain't vaccination plan 

Vaccination update for #Bangkok for yesterday:

 

91,884 people vaccinated in one day

Medical workers: +1,365

Underlying conditions: +9,743

Elderly: +3,161

7,799,736 doses administered so far

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1428588266840748033