A senior doctor at the Faculty of Medicine of Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University has advised that it is better to protect oneself from COVID-19 infection due to the possible long-term side effects of the disease, even if they are not hospitalised.

 

In his Facebook post yesterday (Sunday), Dr. Thira Woratanarat backed up his public advice with latest research work on long-term side effects in people infected and recovered from coronavirus infection.

 

Analysis of over 80 research works on how people, who used to be infected with the virus, have a greater chance of developing long-term effects, such as fatigue and cognitive impairment.

 

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Source: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/senior-thai-doctor-says-covid-19-could-lead-to-long-term-side-effects/

 

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Cutting-edge research, the good doctor should inform the global medical community of this development.

 

I am not a medical professional but I would propose ‘long COVID’ as a catchy name that gets the message across to the general public.

The guy is completely right! The crushed economy is going to have long term side-effects as well as a decade to recover.

22 minutes ago, realfunster said:

Cutting-edge research, the good doctor should inform the global medical community of this development.

 

I am not a medical professional but I would propose ‘long COVID’ as a catchy name that gets the message across to the general public.

Yeah, it always seems lame when advisories from Thai doctors are re-printed in the English press. But we know (don't we?) that he is actually trying to communicate international research to the Thai public in Thai. But let's not miss an opportunity for Thai-bashing. It makes us feel good.

 

Paul Laew

And long-term effects of vaccines that have only been in use a little over a year?

1 hour ago, realfunster said:

Cutting-edge research, the good doctor should inform the global medical community of this development.

 

I am not a medical professional but I would propose ‘long COVID’ as a catchy name that gets the message across to the general public.

In other words, DUH!

42 minutes ago, Paulaew said:

Yeah, it always seems lame when advisories from Thai doctors are re-printed in the English press. But we know (don't we?) that he is actually trying to communicate international research to the Thai public in Thai. But let's not miss an opportunity for Thai-bashing. It makes us feel good.

 

Paul Laew

And then there was the internationally announced Thai cure for Ebola. 

2 hours ago, realfunster said:

Cutting-edge research, the good doctor should inform the global medical community of this development.

 

I am not a medical professional but I would propose ‘long COVID’ as a catchy name that gets the message across to the general public.

Research doesn’t have to discover “cutting edge” new things. It also adds value to confirm previous research, especially during a worldwide pandemic.

Imagine we had stopped collecting data after the first round of vaccine trials confirmed the vaccines are safe and effective. Oh you would have protested. 

 

And I won’t ask you what “cutting edge” research you have contributed either. 
 

 

 

Long term effects of covid also include unemployment, delayed travel, inability to visit family and friends, inability to visit bars and pubs and depression.  

It has already lead to long term side effects on the part of this administration.

 

Fear mongering.

Panic.

Cowardice and extreme timidity, when it comes to tourism, and exposure to "highly dangerous" foreigners.

Economic sabotage.

An extreme lack of compassion for the average Thai. 

Unwillingness to even pretend Thailand is a democracy.

An insatiable appetite for power.

3 hours ago, Paulaew said:

Yeah, it always seems lame when advisories from Thai doctors are re-printed in the English press. But we know (don't we?) that he is actually trying to communicate international research to the Thai public in Thai. But let's not miss an opportunity for Thai-bashing. It makes us feel good.

 

Paul Laew

It would be nice to think that.

 

It would be easier to believe if it said "long term research from other countries has shown, for over a year now, that.....etc.."

 

That is the truth..........but that is a truth never to be spoken about any foreign initiative/research/ invention.

 

Irritating and, ultimately, a bit.........sad.

 

 

 

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

It has already lead to long term side effects on the part of this administration.

 

Fear mongering.

Panic.

Cowardice and extreme timidity, when it comes to tourism, and exposure to "highly dangerous" foreigners.

Economic sabotage.

An extreme lack of compassion for the average Thai. 

Unwillingness to even pretend Thailand is a democracy.

An insatiable appetite for power.

To be fair, It has not caused these symptoms, it has provided the excuse for the regime to introduce lifestyle changing, wealth transferring and society modifying policies, which are changing society for the benefit of those to whom it is beholden.

 

To that effect for them the pandemic must have been a joy, almost a rapture!

 

Those that have lost jobs, livelihoods and homes, well, you know where the farm is, off you go...

 

..

6 hours ago, webfact said:

such as fatigue and cognitive impairment.

So, with >1.9M new daily covid cases worldwide there could be a lot of stupid, sleepie people running amok.

Why are there two insurance adverts attached to this article?

 

Now the crisis is over, it seems that the medical profession, the insurance industries, and AseanNow are all looking for other ways to keep up the scare-mongering.

8 hours ago, inactiveposter said:

And long-term effects of vaccines that have only been in use a little over a year?

You couldn’t miss a chance  to troll with anti-vaxx mindlessness. Remind me how many millions would have died without  the vaccine…..

40 minutes ago, Mr Derek said:

Why are there two insurance adverts attached to this article?

 

Now the crisis is over, it seems that the medical profession, the insurance industries, and AseanNow are all looking for other ways to keep up the scare-mongering.

Because the crisis  isn’t over.

13 hours ago, realfunster said:

Cutting-edge research, the good doctor should inform the global medical community of this development.

 

I am not a medical professional but I would propose ‘long COVID’ as a catchy name that gets the message across to the general public.

I think all these good Doctors went to the same school.... Parrot School... 

He got this ground breaking information from Facebook, same as we did !

That may or may not be true for earlier strains of the virus but that does not seem to be the case with omicron unless of course the good doctor has had years of experience with omicron which only appeared less than 2 months ago. If he is referring to the earlier strains I think it is bit early to be predicting anything. It’s really going to change nothing for those who have long covid and there is no current evidence the omicron gives anyone long covid. If it has then the definition of “long” needs to be redefined.

13 hours ago, Jimbo2014 said:

Long term effects of covid also include unemployment, delayed travel, inability to visit family and friends, inability to visit bars and pubs and depression.  

Death strikes me as long term too. 

16 hours ago, inactiveposter said:

And long-term effects of vaccines that have only been in use a little over a year?

What is the long term effects of stupidity?

The good doctor is of course correct. I don't understand the spiteful uninformed Thai bashing that goers on here when any article is posted which quotes Thai science. People must have a chip on their shoulder because they are politically motivated and on the wrong side of history and science. Here is some Australian research which supports what this doctor is saying.

 

Unvaccinated people with long COVID – even those whose initial infection was mild or moderate – have a sustained inflammatory response for at least eight months following their infection, suggesting that long COVID is very different to other infections.

 

https://scitechdaily.com/what-causes-long-covid-symptoms-new-clues-from-under-the-microscope/

17 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Death strikes me as long term too. 

You will be happy to know that death from omicron is rare.  https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1531607/How-deadly-is-Omicron-variant-WHO-report-evg

1 minute ago, Jimbo2014 said:

You will be happy to know that death from omicron is rare.  https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1531607/How-deadly-is-Omicron-variant-WHO-report-evg

Yes, I just posted similar comment elsewhere........it is a pity Omicron didn't come first, before the predecessors killed 5 million plus!!

17 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

The guy is completely right! The crushed economy is going to have long term side-effects as well as a decade to recover.

Odd analysis, since people "affected" by covid is basically everyone. Vaccines have not protected anyone from being exposed or being infected[that data is everywhere] So, this doctor must be implying that every person, regardless of vaccines, "could" experience long-term effects. After reading up on viruses, this is one of the more common results of viral infections....some kind of long-term effect. Some have been well-documented, because of severity and some have been insignificant.

36 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

The good doctor is of course correct. I don't understand the spiteful uninformed Thai bashing that goers on here when any article is posted which quotes Thai science. People must have a chip on their shoulder because they are politically motivated and on the wrong side of history and science. Here is some Australian research which supports what this doctor is saying.

 

Unvaccinated people with long COVID – even those whose initial infection was mild or moderate – have a sustained inflammatory response for at least eight months following their infection, suggesting that long COVID is very different to other infections.

 

https://scitechdaily.com/what-causes-long-covid-symptoms-new-clues-from-under-the-microscope/

I support your comments ... Thai bashing is always a la mode here and every now and again it is justified. then again, so is Brit bashing, Yank bashing blah blah blah. In this case, I suggest two things for the weak of mind:

 

1 go and read or listen to what the Doctor actually said and don't forget to take into account the context

2 take a look at the doctor's publications and research history: it seems to me that the Thai bashers have no idea of any of it. I took a look at his record and his credentials seem sound to me. He is an internationally peer reviewed researcher and author of many years' standing.

 

Read his papers, attend his lectures, discuss these matters with him and then come back and make your snarky comments

4 minutes ago, todlad said:

I support your comments ... Thai bashing is always a la mode here and every now and again it is justified. then again, so is Brit bashing, Yank bashing blah blah blah. In this case, I suggest two things for the weak of mind:

 

1 go and read or listen to what the Doctor actually said and don't forget to take into account the context

2 take a look at the doctor's publications and research history: it seems to me that the Thai bashers have no idea of any of it. I took a look at his record and his credentials seem sound to me. He is an internationally peer reviewed researcher and author of many years' standing.

 

Read his papers, attend his lectures, discuss these matters with him and then come back and make your snarky comments

Any snarky comments I made were not directed at the doctor but at the bashers. I make no apology for that. Stop projecting.

Shrinkage?

 

https://www.foxnews.com/health/man-claims-covid-19-made-his-penis-shrink

 

17 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

The guy is completely right! The crushed economy is going to have long term side-effects as well as a decade to recover.

If there really is a global recession in 2023, as many predict, this will be a nasty two punch for Thailand

17 hours ago, Paulaew said:

Yeah, it always seems lame when advisories from Thai doctors are re-printed in the English press. But we know (don't we?) that he is actually trying to communicate international research to the Thai public in Thai. But let's not miss an opportunity for Thai-bashing. It makes us feel good.

 

Paul Laew

I think the 'senior doctors' in Thailand need a good 'bashing'.

These guys probably know as much as a hospital janitor in the west.

And the hospital janitor got his job through ability, not because of his mom and dad.