2 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

And of those not Vaccinated, what proportion are the Older Folk in the Boonies ?

These are the Folk that should have been Vaxxed over 18 Months ago, and I cannot believe that they are not due to " scare mongering " and bad press over the Vaccines used.

There has to be a more to this really high percentage not being Vaxxed.

Society seems to have ignored them.

 

Only about 30% of Thailand's 60 and over population has been boosted -- two original vaccine shots plus a booster.

 

But today's deaths report tells the story -- out of deaths, the largest share were entirely unvaccinated, and only 1% had been boosted.

 

4 hours ago, anchadian said:

???????? THAI NEWS REPORTS: The CCSA has released information about the vaccination status for the 74 reported deaths for yesterday:
???? Not vaccinated: 48%
???? Vaccinated with 1 jab: 6%
???? 2nd jab more than 3 months ago: 35%
???? 2nd jab less than 3 months ago: 9%
???? Booster jab: 1%

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1501821790209081344

 

 

The government should publicly report this kind of breakdown every day!

 

Maybe that's what it will take to help get the message across.

 

Especially for older people and those otherwise at risk, you need that third shot booster dose to protect against Omicron.

 

Ministry reviews Covid fatalities reporting as all deaths not caused by infection

 

Kiattiphum Wongrajit, permanent secretary at the Public Health Ministry, said there must be a new way of reporting daily Covid-19 fatalities after the ministry found that the infection was not the main cause of deaths in about 10 to 30 per cent of cases.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40013255

No report regarding cases again today but this makes for interesting reading instead.

 

Health officials are aiming to vaccinate more than 30,000 people in Prachuap Khiri Khan who are yet to receive a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Officials from Prachuap Province Public Health Office have told all relevant agencies to expedite the rollout of the vaccine in the run up to the Songkran holidays.

 

https://www.huahintoday.com/local-news/30000-people-in-prachuap-khiri-khan-yet-to-receive-first-covid-19-vaccine-dose/

"...the Public Health Ministry has ordered Covid-19 drugs from abroad.

 

He said the first lot of Molnupiravir had arrived and officials are putting labels on the drug packages to be used for elderly or people with eight comorbidities in various hospitals.

 

He said the ministry has yet to draft and sign a contract to buy Paxlovid drug, which is expected to be done next month."

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40013255

 

Well, at least they're finally getting around to ordering something from abroad that's been proven to work as a treatment in at least a share of COVID cases -- as opposed to their current medicines that, AFAIK, haven't been proven by credible research to do anything for COVID.

 

And you have to wonder, why are they getting the least effective imported treatment FIRST (Molnupiravir-Merck), and lagging behind on the more effective imported treatment (Paxlovid-Pfizer)?

 

See the widely different COVID efficacy rates for Paxlovid vs Molnupiravir in the next post below...

 

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"Molnupiravir... In December 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an emergency use authorization (EUA) to molnupiravir for use in certain populations where other treatments are not feasible.[7]

 

The emergency use authorization was only narrowly approved (13-10) because of questions regarding efficacy and concerns that molnupiravir's mutagenic effects could create new variants that evade immunity and prolong the COVID-19 pandemic."

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molnupiravir

 

 

"Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir and ritonavir) and molnupiravir are two oral antiviral treatments that are authorized to treat mild to moderate COVID-19.

 

These COVID-19 pills are only recommended for people with a high risk of developing severe illness. ... They should both be started within five days of first feeling symptoms.

 

Studies suggest that Paxlovid can lower the risk of severe COVID-19 for high-risk people by almost 90%. Studies suggest molnupiravir can lower this risk by about 30%."

 

https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/covid-19/covid-19-pill-paxlovid-molnupiravir

 

As for Paxlovid:

 

"The co-packaged medication is indicated for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in people aged twelve years of age and older weighing at least 40 kilograms (88 lb) with positive results of direct SARS-CoV-2 testing, and who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death.^[5][6]

 

If administered within five days of symptom onset, the efficacy of the co-packaged medication against hospitalization or death in adults is about 88% (95% CI, 75–94%).^[7]

^...

The co-packaged medication is not authorized for the pre-exposure or post-exposure prevention of COVID-19 or for initiation of treatment in those requiring hospitalization due to severe or critical COVID-19.^"

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir

 

 

 

11 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Ministry reviews Covid fatalities reporting as all deaths not caused by infection

 

Kiattiphum Wongrajit, permanent secretary at the Public Health Ministry, said there must be a new way of reporting daily Covid-19 fatalities after the ministry found that the infection was not the main cause of deaths in about 10 to 30 per cent of cases.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40013255

So now instead of a reported death from Covid which has been the past practice they will join the west with "...and died with Covid" or not list Covid at all.....

4 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

So now instead of a reported death from Covid which has been the past practice they will join the west with "...and died with Covid" or not list Covid at all.....

 

That's not the way I'm reading the report above. Rather, they seem to be saying they're now going to require evidence of pneumonia type lung inflammation or breathing problems as a requirement for classifying a death as COVID.

 

I'd have to look and check as to whether that alone is a medically appropriate criteria for classifying a COVID death.

 

"Anutin said the meeting discussed that when patients died while they were on a ventilator and died of lung inflammation caused by Covid-19 virus, they could be classified as Covid-19 deaths.

.... There should be a clear-cut figure as to how many had died because of respiratory system failure or lung inflammations."

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40013255

 

40 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

I'd have to look and check as to whether that alone is a medically appropriate criteria for classifying a COVID death.

 

 

From what I'm reading on a quick look, while respiratory distress is a common, perhaps the most common symptom of serious COVID, it's not the only COVID symptom that ends up killing people.

 

Add in heart failure, kidney failure, liver damage, strokes, etc...

 

So it would seem that a Thailand policy decision to only count a COVID death as a COVID death when it involves respiratory distress is not in keeping with the medical realities of COVID.

 

But, it would be one way to attempt to lower the country's COVID death statistics, now at their highest levels of the year, at a time when they're trying to head toward declaring COVID as "endemic" in status.

 

Non-respiratory presentations of COVID-19, a clinical review

 

"While the most fatal complications of COVID-19 include ARDS, heart failure, renal failure, liver injury, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), GI symptoms can contribute significantly to morbidity in infected patients [48]."

...

"SARS-CoV-2 can have a profound impact on the renal system. Early research has determined that COVID-19 can directly infect kidney tubules and cause acute tubular damage and subsequent renal failure."

...

"A large retrospective study of 221 patients with COVID-19 at the Union hospital in Wuhan found that 5% of patients presented with acute ischemic stroke, one patient developed cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), and one had cerebral hemorrhage [127,128]."

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7513760/

 

3 hours ago, anchadian said:

Ministry reviews Covid fatalities reporting as all deaths not caused by infection

 

Kiattiphum Wongrajit, permanent secretary at the Public Health Ministry, said there must be a new way of reporting daily Covid-19 fatalities after the ministry found that the infection was not the main cause of deaths in about 10 to 30 per cent of cases.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40013255

Its not going to plan as its already shot past their worst case scenario, so we now have another plan be concocted. Anything to avoid the admission of failure to vaccinate the elderly more.

 

If you look at Hong Kong, deaths they are massive with Omicron, all due to poor vaccine coverage but also because of very little past infection with their zero covid policy they had. 

6 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

But today's deaths report tells the story -- out of deaths, the largest share were entirely unvaccinated, and only 1% had been boosted.

 

You may want to read that again ...

48% unvaccinated

8 hours ago, anchadian said:

Ministry reviews Covid fatalities reporting as all deaths not caused by infection

 

Kiattiphum Wongrajit, permanent secretary at the Public Health Ministry, said there must be a new way of reporting daily Covid-19 fatalities after the ministry found that the infection was not the main cause of deaths in about 10 to 30 per cent of cases.

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40013255

 

8 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

That's not the way I'm reading the report above. Rather, they seem to be saying they're now going to require evidence of pneumonia type lung inflammation or breathing problems as a requirement for classifying a death as COVID.

 

I'd have to look and check as to whether that alone is a medically appropriate criteria for classifying a COVID death.

 

"Anutin said the meeting discussed that when patients died while they were on a ventilator and died of lung inflammation caused by Covid-19 virus, they could be classified as Covid-19 deaths.

.... There should be a clear-cut figure as to how many had died because of respiratory system failure or lung inflammations."

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40013255

 

How can this splitting hairs' statement by Anutin be considered seriously with such a large number of unexplained excess deaths?

 

The number of excess deaths for the month of February (compared to February 2021) is 3967. It's not the usual margin of error of 5%, 10% or even 20%! It's 5 times higher than the official Covid deaths count (763) for February!

 

What can explain these excess deaths?

 

https://ourworldindata.org/excess-mortality-covid

COVID-19: Thailand reports 24,792 new coronavirus cases, 63 deaths, 22,065 recoveries

 

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Thailand on Friday (March 11) reported 24,792 new COVID-19 cases, 22,065 recoveries and 63 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1253090-covid-19-thailand-reports-24792-new-coronavirus-cases-63-deaths-22065-recoveries/

 

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