The steady fall in daily COVID-19 infections during the Songkran holidays can be deceptive and may not reflect the real situation, as fewer RT-PCR and rapid antigen tests were conducted during the period, according to Dr. Chakkarat Pittayawonganon, director of the Division of Epidemiology, Disease Control Department, today (Tuesday).

 

He said that, during the pre-Songkran period, about 100,000 RT-PCR and rapid antigen tests were conducted per day, but only about 80,000 tests a day were taken during the Songkran holidays, resulting in fewer than 20,000 confirmed infections per day, compared to about 25,000 cases a day the week before Songkran.

 

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If more tests had been conducted, he said that the infection rate during the holidays could have increased, adding that, in at least a week from now, when more people are tested, a clearer picture can be drawn about the trend in infections.

 

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Who would have guessed that reduced testing, results in fewer positive numbers.

Thanks for pointing that out.

 

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fewer tests because people are on holiday......Let's see what is happening if gings are back to  normal coming weeks or that there are more tests performed instead of the few test they are doing now to control te numbers

5 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The steady fall in daily COVID-19 infections during the Songkran holidays can be deceptive and may not reflect the real situation, as fewer RT-PCR and rapid antigen tests were conducted during the period, according to Dr. Chakkarat Pittayawonganon, director of the Division of Epidemiology, Disease Control Department, today (Tuesday).

Say it ain't so!

 

Cancel it all and let's get back to normal. 

 

We have lives to live - please

That´s the statement of the year! Wonder how many they were in the brain storming circle to make up such a fantastic result?

Zero Test...Zero Covid and you can apply for China Zero Covid Pass!!

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The steady fall in daily COVID-19 infections during the Songkran holidays can be deceptive and may not reflect the real situation, as fewer RT-PCR and rapid antigen tests were conducted during the period, according to Dr. Chakkarat Pittayawonganon, director of the Division of Epidemiology, Disease Control Department, today (Tuesday).

????

8 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

fewer tests because people are on holiday......Let's see what is happening if gings are back to  normal coming weeks or that there are more tests performed instead of the few test they are doing now to control te numbers

Agree. 3 or 4 days holiday, forget the tests, we'll do them when we're home.

Also true when it isn't Songkran....

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Fewer COVID-19 tests may result in fewer infections reported during Songkran – DDC

That's a logical, succinct and rational deduction. There still is competency out there somewhere...

Good way to cook the books. No one should be surprised. They were doing 50k a day and lauding the results against similarly sized western nations that were doing a million a day. I mean, Who cares, we’re all gonna get it/got it. 

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

 

If more tests had been conducted, he said that the infection rate during the holidays could have increased

And that's the problem. Positive result does NOT mean sick. Sick is a person with symptoms. Most sick people can get over it without any treatment which is only needed for very bad and serious symptoms.

If you keep testing healthy and asymptomatic people you'll keep having high "infection" rates. Just stop mandatory testing at schools and work places and magically this pandemic will disappear

I would think that fewer test fewer infections is just common sense.

it would sure make things look a lot better.  Out of sight out of mind. 

I believe that the statement was  made in the context of countering any premature claims of lowered detections being used as a pretext to abandon current procedures. Personally I think any residual  purposefulness in widespread testing etc will be eliminated by the  songkran  holiday dissemination that few will voluntarily acknowledge infection unless seriously unwell.

 

Thailand should offer its testing services strategy to China, they're getting desperate for fewer case numbers but still insist on testing millions every single day. So much for the wisdom of Xi Jinping, the answer is so simple...lol.

Same on weekends.

 

It's like a no testing we're closed thing on the weekends.

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The steady fall in daily COVID-19 infections during the Songkran holidays can be deceptive and may not reflect the real situation, as fewer RT-PCR and rapid antigen tests were conducted during the period, according to Dr. Chakkarat Pittayawonganon, director of the Division of Epidemiology, Disease Control Department, today (Tuesday).

As many on this Forum have been saying for 2 Years now

" Test and you will find "

But now, a Thai Expert has said the very same thing, breaking the code of silence on the subject.

1 minute ago, bbko said:

And this is the tactic that will be used to decrease the numbers of Infections, in order that the disease becomes Endemic by July 1st

And it WILL be endemic by July 1st, because the powers that be have spoketh.