Serious COVID-19 infection cases on the rise in Bangkok and tourist provinces

[Carriesatousa]

53 minutes ago, MrJ2U said:

Get boosted.

No wonder you keep getting COVID.

 

 

Everyone I know that is getting Covid again has been vaxed, and boosted over and over..... those of us who have not been vaxed are fine. We had it once ... in April, and we're doing just fine. 

[George Aylesham]

1 hour ago, Rockhound said:

I forgot to mention China.  Their cases are rising again.  Looking at the logarithmic  plot (lower graph) their background cases have been rising throughout the panicdemic they have supposedly had under control.

Possibly because, as I understand it, the Chinese only use Sinovac which is not very effective and not the newer MRNA vaccines produced outside china.

[Matrosen]

Yes and that's where you find the vaccinated people! 

[RayOday]

2 hours ago, JustinCredible said:

I have tried ALL hospitals in Khon Kaen for a Moderna Booster.  They have all responded that they have no vaccine at all.  One even said they were awaiting a Government directive????

 

Having two of the symptoms that qualify in the "Vulnerable" category this is not the news I want to read.

 

I was able to get a Moderna vaccine at the private Buriram Ram Hospital 2 weeks ago. You might want to call. It's a pleasant trip if you pass through Maha Sarakham or Yasothon. 

[LukKrueng]

1 hour ago, Photoguy21 said:

How about getting vaccines that have been thoroughly tested first?

There are no such vaccines for COVID...

[ThailandRyan]

10 minutes ago, LukKrueng said:

There are no such vaccines for COVID...

You truly believe that the vaccines were never tested?  So I take it your an Anti-vaxxer and a conspiracy theorist.

 

Vaccines were never made to prevent transmission. That is not how a vaccine works.

 

https://fullfact.org/health/coronavirus-vaccine-pfizer-transmission-test/

A spokesperson from Pfizer told Full Fact by email: “The primary endpoints of our Covid-19 vaccine study were to evaluate the efficacy of the vaccine candidate in preventing Covid-19 disease in participants who had not been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus before they received the vaccine […]The trials were not designed to evaluate the vaccine’s effectiveness against transmission of SARS-CoV-2.”

 

 

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/faq.html

Safety

Are COVID-19 vaccines safe even though the vaccines were developed rapidly?

Although COVID-19 vaccines were developed quickly, research and development on vaccines like these have been underway for decades. All vaccine development steps were taken to ensure COVID-19 vaccine safety and effectiveness, including:

• Clinical Trials – All vaccines in the United States must go through three phases of clinical trials to ensure they are safe and effective. The phases overlapped to speed up the process, but all phases were completed.
• Authorization or Approval – Before vaccines are available to people, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reviews data from clinical trials. FDA has determined COVID-19 vaccines meet FDA’s standards and has granted those vaccines Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) or full FDA approval.
• Tracking Safety Using Vaccine Monitoring Systems – Like every other vaccine approved for use in the United States, COVID-19 vaccines continue to be monitored for safety and effectiveness. Hundreds of millions of people in the United States have safely received COVID-19 vaccines. CDC and FDA continue to provide updated information on the safety of U.S. authorized or approved COVID-19 vaccines using data from several monitoring systems.

[Rimmer]

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[PETERTHEEATER]

What do they expect? The MoH has been too busy promoting his ganja program to worry about Covid. It doesn't help that the PM goes maskless at the APEC conference in the midst of all those dirty foreigners.......????

[rattlesnake]

6 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

 

Although COVID-19 vaccines were developed quickly, research and development on vaccines like these have been underway for decades.

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla disagrees:

“mRNA was a technology, but we had less experience, only two years working on this, and actually, mRNA was a technology that never delivered a single product until that day, not vaccine, not any other medicine.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2022/03/10/transcript-wp-subscriber-exclusive-albert-bourla-author-moonshot-inside-pfizers-nine-month-race-make-impossible-possible/

 

[Al BB]

3 hours ago, sungod said:

Just had it again, much more mild the 2nd time around,main thing was sore throat and cough for 2 days.  Double vaccinated with AZ over a year ago and no booster.

 

Stop the hysteria!

Me too, Double Vax with AZ and 1 Moderna Booster. My sore throat and Cough lasted 3 Days.. but then I am knocking on 80!!

[ThailandRyan]

3 minutes ago, rattlesnake said:

 

disagrees:

“mRNA was a technology, but we had less experience, only two years working on this, and actually, mRNA was a technology that never delivered a single product until that day, not vaccine, not any other medicine.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2022/03/10/transcript-wp-subscriber-exclusive-albert-bourla-author-moonshot-inside-pfizers-nine-month-race-make-impossible-possible/

 

Again taken out of context, you guys keep on stating incorrect information.

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/09/covid-vaccines-pfizer-ceo-says-people-who-spread-misinformation-on-shots-are-criminals.html

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/albert-bourla-face-the-nation-full-transcript-03-13-2022/

[CANSIAM]

Better close all Thai airports to protect the local population.........

[CANSIAM]

????

[Sametboy2019]

Must have some excess vaccines that need to be used

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[Fairynuff]

2 hours ago, Mansell said:

When I got probably a variant what the hospital gave me didn’t help at all. I went to a pharmacy and told the lady to give me the strongest antibiotic you have. It was to be taken over three days, and by the second day I started feeling fine, and by the third day it was gone.

If antibiotics cured it then it wasn’t Covid 

[Rimmer]

A troll meme has been removed

[Aussieroaming]

We all know the answer to the recent flare up......Lemon Nasal Spray.

[rattlesnake]

49 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Again taken out of context, you guys keep on stating incorrect information.

 

I am not sure what "you guys" encompasses.

 

There is nothing incorrect in what I said. You claim research and development on vaccines like these have been underway for decades, Alfred Bourla stated otherwise.

[MrJ2U]

3 hours ago, Carriesatousa said:

we're doing just fine. 

Thats nice. 

[Photoguy21]

1 hour ago, LukKrueng said:

There are no such vaccines for COVID...

There never will be either unless the work is put in to get one. Even then it is highly unlikely there will be one.

[metisdead]

Some conspiratorial troll posts have been removed.

[flyingfox1]

apparently antibiotics don’t have any effect on covid,  you may feel better becaususe of the teddy bear effect 

[Rimbuman]

Yes, and they are all foaming from their mouths and ears and die within a week.

[Bim Smith]

Unvaxxed and never had it. Trip to the UK for seven weeks when infections were at the highest in April still never had even a sniffle. I have friends in Thailand all vaxxed and all bar one got it after vaccination. A little strange for a vaccine with such a high efficacy.

[Selatan]

4 hours ago, George Aylesham said:

Possibly because, as I understand it, the Chinese only use Sinovac which is not very effective and not the newer MRNA vaccines produced outside china.

Traditional vaccines like Sinovac may prevent severe disease in Covid-19 patients: Study

 

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PUBLISHED 14 NOV 2022, 5:00 AM SGT

 

SINGAPORE - Though often considered inferior due to their induction of a lower antibody response compared with their mRNA counterparts, inactivated virus vaccines can play a role in preventing the development of severe Covid-19, a recent study has found.

 

[BKKBike09]

5 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Vaccines were never made to prevent transmission. That is not how a vaccine works.

Seriously? Vaccines, historically, were "never made to prevent transmission"??

 

"Since vaccines were introduced in the UK, diseases like smallpox, polio and tetanus that used to kill or disable millions of people are either gone or seen very rarely. Other diseases like measles and diphtheria have been reduced by up to 99.9% since their vaccines were introduced."

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/why-vaccination-is-safe-and-important/ 

 

So why have vaccines been so successful against smallpox, polio, tetanus etc etc? Er - because they both prevent infection AND transmission.

 

Covid 'vaccines' are singularly ineffectual at preventing infection and transmission. Hence the efforts now in some official quarters to try and make out that vaccines are developed not to prevent infection, but to reduce severity of infection. 

 

That Covid 'vaccines' do seem to be doing a good job in reducing severity of infection in certain cohorts should not be understated. But to claim that 'vaccines were never made to prevent transmission' and 'that is not how a vaccine works' is plain wrong.

[Lizzy Duang]

8 hours ago, JustinCredible said:

 

Having two of the symptoms that qualify in the "Vulnerable" category this is not the news I want to read.

 

I have two but they are controlled, so I don't worry, as I am not obese.. If you are not carrying an oxygen tank around already, relax. Get the flu shot instead as the flu must have a comeback for sure ... if they allow it in their stats again.

[spidermike007]

9 hours ago, Rockhound said:

Soaring?  Hardly.   It's al relative.  Thailand is at background level.   Have a look at this graph before they delete it.

Thank you. The numbers may be rising slightly, but hospitalizations and deaths are down dramatically, and the latest variants seem to be weaker and weaker. 

[Stargeezr]

Not everyone is a sungod with good health and apparent strong immunities. Many people have

health issues, and getting vaccinated may have saved their lives. If you need to get another booster,

there are many red necks where I live in Alberta Canada who say they will not get a vaccine or wear

a mask for any reason. Hence there should be lots of extra vaccines, Pfizer or Moderna available.

  I hope that COVID does not make any country lock down again. China is the exception. Has China ever not been

on some sort of lock down. Good Luck everyone.

[hotchilli]

Had two shots and two boosters, waiting to see what my local hospital/health service has arranged for the next round of local treatment.

5th is due now.