Firework festival and Covid

[Swiss1960]

Just a heads up: I was informed yesterday evening, that students of a public Pattaya school, that attended the firework festivals last week, have yesterday been diagnosed with Covid. I was informed, because my daughter attends the same school, actually even a parallel class to one of the affected students. And I have seen the pics of thousands of maskless people on the beach, so it does not take a genius to predict that this might be the second hot spot after the Loy Krathong festival in Si Racha...

There is yet to be an official announcement from the school or the health department, but I know that I will keep my daughter at home for now and have her do a Covid antigen test, even though she did receive her Pfizer shots through the school vaccination program.

[scubascuba3]

Interesting, I doubt mask wearing would have helped much, so many people packed together, being outside hopefully not many cases

[WEBBYB808]

Many student's at many schools have been showing up at schools testing positive.   They test the children.  Tell the parents, and inform them to keep students home unntil test results  are back, then only the students  testing positive  must be isolated at home and the rest return.   This has been happening  everywhere, but they aren't sharing this news.  They want to open, and now theres a new strain. They will still open this counyry now.

[WEBBYB808]

40 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Interesting, I doubt mask wearing would have helped much, so many people packed together, being outside hopefully not many cases

But that was money over safety 

[scubascuba3]

4 minutes ago, WEBBYB808 said:

But that was money over safety 

maybe worth it depending on how many cases

[Jeffr2]

This was also reported for the music fest.  Lots of covid cases there.  Mask up, social distance, and get vaccinated.  Not much else we can do...

[DrJack54]

Thank goodness they forced all the small open air bars to close.

Given it includes the word alcohol might have been risky.

Mind you on the beach it was all systems go, go, go. 

Pic Sat night. If you zoom in centre of pic you will see tall farang and Thai daughter both masked up. 

Oh those dirty farang.

[Jeffr2]

Yeah, crazy.  Can't go sit in an open air bar for a drink, but can crowd down on the beach.  Insane.  I hear the local 7/11's doors were super busy with everyone going in to buy their drinks.  While the bars next to them were closed.

 

What a super spreader event. 

[hotandsticky]

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

Interesting, I doubt mask wearing would have helped much, so many people packed together, being outside hopefully not many cases

 

 

Masks always help......

[sungod]

Given the time lines unlikely it was the fireworks, but I will bow to one of our resident virologists for their opinion. Fireworks Saturday, test positive on Monday?

 

Most likely got it somewhere else IMHO. Fire work infections will come later......

 

 

[Jeffr2]

https://thepattayanews.com/2021/11/25/pattaya-warns-people-who-visited-pattaya-music-festival-weekend-2-in-relation-to-chonburi-confirmed-covid-19-cases/

 

Pattaya warns people who visited Pattaya Music Festival weekend 2 in relation to Chonburi confirmed Covid -19 cases

 

The Chonburi Public Health Office today (November 25th) has released a warning to inform people who went to Pattaya Music Festival 2021, weekend 2 of the event, to take a Covid-19 Rapid Antigen test. (ATK).

 

EVERYONE who visited the Pattaya Music Festival 2021 from November 12th to November 13th, 2021 OUTSIDE the event area and did not follow Covid -19 measurements such as taking off face masks or gathering and drinking alcohol, please take a Covid-19 Rapid Antigen test(ATK).

[normanx1234]

DrJack - You managed to get me and my daughter in the picture waiting for my wife to negotiate some sold-out seats that suddenly became available at the right price. Crazy thing about the weekend is that no vaccine status at all for the Pattaya hotel, mall, restaurants or the (absolutely packed) beach. Sunday, we went to the zoo on the way back to Bangkok. Again no vaccine status required to get in. However, when we did the short boat trip to the lemur island in the zoo, that was for vaccinated people only, with masks and gloves the whole time. Guess the lemurs are more valuable!

[ronster]

Fireworks good , alcohol bad ! ????????

[mikeymike100]

7 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

Masks always help......

Yes you are correct, but by how much??

[hotandsticky]

1 hour ago, mikeymike100 said:

Yes you are correct, but by how much??

 

I think precision is less important.

 

Your comment is sufficient justification for wearing masks in public...... especially where the host country requires it.

[chilly07]

Absolute lunacy!

Loy kratom, Music festival, Arts festival, 2x firework festivals????

Guaranteed spike!!!!

Guaranteed spikes????

[JustAnotherHun]

All those people on the photo gonna be infected. Ha!

Not so the Bangkokian Ferrari-"HiSos" and JustAnotherHun. We kept social distance to the virus spreaders and watched the firework in safe distance from the Rooftop Terrasse in Central.

So I survived ????

 

Today I had to do my Antigen Test, mandatory 6 days after the test&go.

[Caldera]

10 hours ago, Jeffr2 said:

I hear the local 7/11's doors were super busy with everyone going in to buy their drinks. 

Certainly the craziest 7/11 scenes I've seen since pre-Covid Khaosan Road Songkran festivals. At the large 7/11 on Beach Road next to Central Festival, they had two extra staff for queue management, plus they sold packs of ice outside in front of the shop. They must have made an absolute killing.

 

Fun as it all was, it wouldn't surprise me if it turns out that it wasn't just a fireworks festival, but also a Covid spread fest. I staid in an area with beach chairs for rent that were nicely spaced out, but many photos from elsewhere on the beach look quite crazy. 

[Jumbo1968]

If there is no spike or a small one there is no reason they can continue the alcohol ban.

[ronjomtien]

On 11/30/2021 at 5:19 AM, scubascuba3 said:

Interesting, I doubt mask wearing would have helped much, so many people packed together, being outside hopefully not many cases

Wait till NYE, Bali Hai, worse than that coming up

 

[Leaver]

On 11/30/2021 at 8:57 PM, Jumbo1968 said:

If there is no spike or a small one there is no reason they can continue the alcohol ban.

 

People came from all around for the show.  

 

I have no doubt there will be a spike, it's just the spike will be spread across neighbouring provinces.  

[connda]

On 11/30/2021 at 3:22 AM, Swiss1960 said:

There is yet to be an official announcement from the school or the health department, but I know that I will keep my daughter at home for now and have her do a Covid antigen test, even though she did receive her Pfizer shots through the school vaccination program.

She had Pfizer shots so she is completely safe from contracting the virus.  I hear that daily so it must be true.