60-70% Of Thais Have Been Infected With Covid: Expert

[onthedarkside]

Two misinformation posts and a pair of trolling posts have been removed.

 

[LukKrueng]

2 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

COVID-19 vaccines saved an estimated 20 million lives in 1 year

Jun 24, 2022

 

"COVID vaccines reduced the potential global death toll during the pandemic by almost two-thirds in their first year, saving an estimated 19.8 million lives, according to a mathematical modeling study yesterday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases."

 

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/06/covid-19-vaccines-saved-estimated-20-million-lives-1-year

 

AND

 

Half a million in Thailand saved by Covid vaccine

 

Thai researcher believes that the government’s Covid-19 vaccination campaign has saved over 490,000 lives over the last two years.

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1266704-half-a-million-in-thailand-saved-by-covid-vaccine/

 

 

I know many people who got the earlier variants before vaccines were rolled out, all of them survived to tell the story and none of them hospitalised.

Just the other day there was a story of a 105 years old Thai guy, although treated in hospital, but unvaccinated and was released from hospital in less than a fortnight.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

10 minutes ago, LukKrueng said:

 

I know many people who got the earlier variants before vaccines were rolled out, all of them survived to tell the story and none of them hospitalised.

 

 

There have been more than 6.5 million official COVID deaths worldwide since the beginning of the pandemic. And multiple studies estimate the true number at anywhere from 18-20 million.

 

The largest share of those deaths occurred early in the pandemic prior to vaccines becoming available and then during the Delta variant wave.

 

So there's many millions of people who would prove you wrong -- if they weren't dead already.

 

[onthedarkside]

An off topic post and reply have been removed, along with a conspiracy theory post.

 

[ChrisKC]

This could easily be the case all over the world!

[PETERTHEEATER]

7 hours ago, overherebc said:

What have you herd about that?

Nothing, I'm deff but my sites gud.

[overherebc]

8 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Nothing, I'm deff but my sites gud.

You meen nuffink.

I shouldn't really have started it as I have made some big  spelling mistakes myself on here..

[onthedarkside]

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[edwinchester]

An infection of between 60 and 70% of the population would suggest an average of around 50000 people being infected every single day since covid hit Thailand. Makes rather a mockery of the absurdly low figures being churned out month after month.

[wwest5829]

6 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Nope, last recent update from the government here was projecting sometime into 2023.

 

I was wondering. The new vaccines are available in the US but I was hoping for the newest vaccine before getting the next “booster”.

[Sametboy2019]

So that many people have had it but the new campaign is let's inject 6 month Olds to 5 yr olds

[mommysboy]

5 hours ago, LukKrueng said:

 

I know many people who got the earlier variants before vaccines were rolled out, all of them survived to tell the story and none of them hospitalised.

Just the other day there was a story of a 105 years old Thai guy, although treated in hospital, but unvaccinated and was released from hospital in less than a fortnight.

He received a passive vaccine, called Evusheld, and it likely saved his life.

[daveAustin]

9 hours ago, rwill said:

While I know people that have had Covid here it is nowhere near 70% of them.

 

'may have' seems to be the key words here.

 

More like ‘likely’. Neither you nor they would know (if they were asymptomatic), which many have been. As someone else pointed out, many of us knew the actual figures were grossly higher than what was put out. 

[NickyLouie]

Bkk Hospital substantially lowered their prices on Moderna, wonder how much stock they are sitting on.

[hotchilli]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

A THAI medical expert said in a Facebook post today (Sept. 21) that blood tests previously carried out indicate that around 60-70% of the population have been infected with Covid-19, particularly the dominant Omicron subvariant, Matichon newspaper said.

Not me... 

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

Is it getting to the point of heard immunity

So if you hear about it you're immunity increases?

[zzaa09]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

So if you hear about it you're immunity increases?

....and the conspiracies continue on.

????

[SoilSpoil]

66 million Thais divided by 3 years Covid multiplied by 0.6 (60% of population) equals an average of 36,000 new cases a day. Is this correct?

[actonion]

Maybe if the Thai's do something  about their  hygiene condtions it may help  the situation...

[mommysboy]

60% is totally believable, in fact it would be surprising if it were less than that, and it is probably at least 70% by now.

 

The majority don't even know they are infected, and many others suffer from a cold, which is largely indistinguishable from any other or indeed a bad allergy day.

[0815]

Most (or everone? ) around me treated this deadly disease with a few paracetamol and the green pills purchased from even 7/11.
4-5 days with light symptoms.
My brother , living in Germany, had Covid 2 times. First infected in Bergamo/Italy when the whole thing started, 2nd time he did chose omicron.
His 1st infection he thought was a flu after skiing, just stayed home for a few days. It was detected months later.
With Omicron he did go to a clinic and was sent back home, just given a few pills.
My old parents, both 86, never got infected living in the same house with him.
Guess we all need 5-6 boosters and should wear masks to the end of our lives ...

[BangkokReady]

On 9/21/2022 at 2:28 PM, khunPer said:

Probably not, as the virus mutates, just like we still haven't reached herd immunity for cold and flu...

Also as people can easily be re-infected.

[Caldera]

Finally, some realistic numbers. 

[ukrules]

17 hours ago, SoilSpoil said:

66 million Thais divided by 3 years Covid multiplied by 0.6 (60% of population) equals an average of 36,000 new cases a day. Is this correct?

No, far from it. They say most of the infections are going to have been Omicron and that arrived just a few short months ago, apparently.

 

I reckon it's more like half a million a day in recent months and not just here, everywhere.

 

[jacko45k]

22 hours ago, mommysboy said:

60% is totally believable, in fact it would be surprising if it were less than that, and it is probably at least 70% by now.

 

The majority don't even know they are infected, and many others suffer from a cold, which is largely indistinguishable from any other or indeed a bad allergy day.

I wonder how many are still taking tests regularly, or whether employers still obligate it. I was in the bank the other day, people here still wear masks there, and the lady at the desk asked me to pull mine down to confirm my passport pic (good she does that I believe).... then she got up to make copies and gave a couple of coughs and I suggested maybe she had Covid. She quickly whipped a negative test strip from her pocket!