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Thailand's health minister and DPM has praised Thailand in remarks comparing the kingdom with the Covid-19 situation in the USA.

 

In comments reported by INN he said that the number of infections was coming down but the focus should be on the seriously ill. He noted that the USA has had a very high death toll. Despite Omicron being mild. 

 

He also noted that many people in the USA were still unvaccinated.

 

He praised Thais for their spirit of cooperation particularly for their mask wearing compliance and hand washing.

 

This was true even when they went on their travels up country.  

 

He conceded that the lifestyle in the US was different.

 

He called for continuing vigilance and observance of protocols along with ATK testing at the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations in Thailand that start on Tuesday.

 

He said there were no new travel restrictions in place for the festival and no new limits on gatherings. 

 

He said that many things had to be considered before it could be said that the disease was endemic in Thailand - that was not something that could be announced tomorrow.

 

Other reports have been suggesting that the country will declare Covid endemic rather than a pandemic before the year is out irrespective of what the WHO might say, notes ASEAN NOW. 

 

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9 minutes ago, webfact said:

He conceded that the lifestyle in the US was different.

Yeah, it's called Freedom of speech and pursuit of happiness both of which general Thai civilians have never enjoyed. Btw, all vaccines and therapies are developed in the west for this pandemic as well so not sure if you want to be so proud of Fah Talai jone.

You wouldn't want to compare yourself to America, with the incompetent fools running the country. Makes Thailand look extremely promising 

Please don’t compare yourself to ANY western nation. Just don’t! He wears a mask here to hide an obvious grin that knows he’s testing a fartful of people in an oppressed state compared to millions upon millions per day in a FREE one. No one will ever know Thailand’s figures because there is no appetite or incentive and results are sino-style suppressed based on face. Just say thanks to the west for developing your vaccines and then shut up. Bwaaah, no more, a waste of space urchin. I’m done!

This is a real clown show ????????????

Zero testing = Zero covid is working well as a national policy. 

I'm surprised he didn't start preaching about "dirty farangs". 

What he's doing is copying Boris Johnson's rise to P.M. Both unfit to be P.M. But the populace and loves and admires them because they are born leaders, being entertaining, and relating to what lockdown impoverished people need to see in a leader - even if it's a whole bag of lies. Omicron, now an endemic, is a great platform to sell his wares. Just putting himself at the same level or better than the USA government, is a voting gimme for Thais. 

 

Note: entertain people and they will consistently like you, whatever you do. Human nature.

America is seriously deleted up now.  Santa Monica where i grew up looks like New Delhi now with all the homelessness.  America is doing a great job.  unrecognizable now to how i remember it.  self entitled twits looking to infect others.

1 hour ago, RandiRona said:

Yeah, it's called Freedom of speech and pursuit of happiness both of which general Thai civilians have never enjoyed. Btw, all vaccines and therapies are developed in the west for this pandemic as well so not sure if you want to be so proud of Fah Talai jone.

Never a truer word spoken.

Lieland No 1 global beggar.

19 minutes ago, stephenterry said:

What he's doing is copying Boris Johnson's rise to P.M. Both unfit to be P.M. But the populace and loves and admires them because they are born leaders, being entertaining, and relating to what lockdown impoverished people need to see in a leader - even if it's a whole bag of lies. Omicron, now an endemic, is a great platform to sell his wares. Just putting himself at the same level or better than the USA government, is a voting gimme for Thais. 

 

Note: entertain people and they will consistently like you, whatever you do. Human nature.

If the Thai people love him so much , why does he have to rig elections ?

Are Those incompetent fools the ones who donated the pfizer vaccine to thailand?

 

now let’s discuss road fatality and pedestrian life or should we say pedestrian death in thailand… 

 

Silly to compare a third world country to a first world country…

7 hours ago, malibukid said:

America is seriously deleted up now.  Santa Monica where i grew up looks like New Delhi now with all the homelessness.  America is doing a great job.  unrecognizable now to how i remember it.  self entitled twits looking to infect others.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60158934

 

Yeah i suppose best US growth in decades is really <deleted> up.

Where's Thailand's growth coming from?

1 hour ago, webfact said:

This was true even when they went on their travels up country.  

Yeah, but mate they are killing each other more on their travels than by covid - apparently ! Maybe you could address that failure

1 hour ago, RandiRona said:

Yeah, it's called Freedom of speech and pursuit of happiness both of which general Thai civilians have never enjoyed.

Not entirely true. FYI the Thais have tasted "pursuit of happiness" under Thaksin's administration.

12 minutes ago, NanaSomchai said:

Not entirely true. FYI the Thais have tasted "pursuit of happiness" under Thaksin's administration.

Yes, he should be known as the FDR of Thailand. 

???? There's a huge difference in population USA to Thailand! ????

2 hours ago, webfact said:

he said that the number of infections was coming down

Yet provinces around Thailand are saying it's increasing...  so who is telling the truth and who is not

[I cleaned that up]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

He also noted that many people in the USA were still unvaccinated.

 

Ya, strangely enough, just about the same share as in Thailand -- about one-third of the population in each country has NOT been fully vaccinated, meaning two doses.

 

But at least, the U.S. has plenty of more effective mRNA vaccine doses for its population that wants them.

 

And isn't,  like Thailand, having to beg for donated mRNA doses and use them to re-vaccinate people who it gave less effective vaccine doses to in the first place.

 

Hello ,

 

Maybe Aunutin should go back to basic math school  ???? Very easy to make a boobish statement like this when your total population is over 71 Million and you’ve only tested just over 246,000 citizens !!

CONSIDER THE SOURCE PEOPLE !! ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS !! 

He is right. The lifestyle is very different. A highly successful vaccination program, with the best vaccines from the beginning, all free to anyone, anytime, anywhere, regardless of race or immigration status, and citizenship. And an infinitely higher level of PCR tests, also free to anyone who asks. What a concept. 

 

Yes, the numbers are far higher in the US. Many factors have to be taken into account, including the 40% of the Darwinists there, who refuse to get vaccinated, and Trump's insistence on ignoring the problem for so long. And the far higher level of testing. 

 

Also, freedom of the press is different. And freedom to criticize. And freedom to vote in real elections. And people elected sometimes, based on merit. So different. And of course, the practice of traffic safety, and real law enforcement. 

 

Other than that, Thailand is better. The women are better. The food is better. The climate is better, for most of the year. The police are easy to bribe. And Thailand is infinitely more reasonable and pleasant. So, for a change you are at least partly right, Anutin. First time, perhaps. 

Anutin and Fauci with exactly the same dance card. Both of them wrong at every turn, Fauci just has a bigger audience to screw things up. Go Florida!

Jesus , Mr Ape Tricks , you dare to compare Fauci with Anutin . They should send you to the booby hatch ,mate .

1 hour ago, daveAustin said:

 compared to millions upon millions per day in a FREE one.

555

Its just more verbal candy for the public to take in - he may run for PM.  Should not be doing any nation comparisons when you borrowed 350k AZ from countries like Bhutan..... was that returned ? 

He knows he can say anything he likes because there is nobody to question him .

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Other reports have been suggesting that the country will declare Covid endemic rather than a pandemic before the year is out irrespective of what the WHO might say

You've got to remember that the Chinese still have some serious outbreaks to get through, their zero Covid policy only defers the day of reckoning, it doesn't avoid it, unless they intend becoming another hermit kingdom. Still, if their first "real" experience of Covid after Wuhan is Omicron, or something similarly mild, then it should mean far fewer deaths than have been suffered in the West and their policy will probably have been worthwhile.

51 minutes ago, apetryxx said:

Anutin and Fauci with exactly the same dance card. Both of them wrong at every turn, Fauci just has a bigger audience to screw things up. Go Florida!

 

Ya, and Omicron is "mild" just like a cold and doesn't really kill anyone....

 

NEW HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS:

 

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#new-hospital-admissions

 

AND

 

DEATHS:

The current 7-day moving average of new deaths (2,288) has increased 25.1% compared with the previous 7-day moving average (1,829). As of January 26, 2022, a total of 873,957 COVID-19 deaths have been reported in the United States.

 

 

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailydeaths

 

2 hours ago, nakhon thai said:

You wouldn't want to compare yourself to America, with the incompetent fools running the country. Makes Thailand look extremely promising 

And which  perfect universe do you hail from?

43 minutes ago, apetryxx said:

Anutin and Fauci with exactly the same dance card. Both of them wrong at every turn, Fauci just has a bigger audience to screw things up. Go Florida!

 

Ya,, Go Florida.... top 10 among U.S. states in per capita COVID cases since the beginning. And near the top third of states in per capita COVID deaths since the beginning. Great job!

 

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases_casesper100k

 

 

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases_deathsper100k