Covid cases drop another 30% with only 4% of Chinese arrivals testing positive

[Neeranam]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

“Only 10 cases being Chinese nationals, accounting for 4% of all Chinese arrivals.”

'only', that's very high! 

[Elkski]

I immediately saw that 10 + is 4% meaning 240 Chinese have arrived.  Hmm.  

Basically they are not doing any testing 8n Thailand.   Still 6 a day dying so at one time that was higher than the number that was going to close Thailand down.    I'm not celebrating 

[spidermike007]

17 hours ago, zzaa09 said:

It's still quite apparent in more crowded public venues - 

At least 80% maskers.

 

Though....it is dwindling at tad from a few months ago and certainly from several months ago.

 

Amused and baffled when I observe face coverings outdoors when no one is around.....in one's vehicle alone....

And the most bizarre of all is wearing a mask on a motorbike. Or on the beach. Utter and complete denial of science and facts. 

[Xanthe]

19 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Even if they end it, masks will be around probably forever.  Still see many alone in their cars with one on or on the beach.

In the USA masks are required in hospitals (at least in the one I go). I asked the technician when are they going to stop mask requirements? She told me probably never. She told me the hospital always wanted masks for visitors but this Covid-19 gave them an excuse and they would probably never get rid of it. 

[Kinnock]

11 minutes ago, Xanthe said:

In the USA masks are required in hospitals (at least in the one I go). I asked the technician when are they going to stop mask requirements? She told me probably never. She told me the hospital always wanted masks for visitors but this Covid-19 gave them an excuse and they would probably never get rid of it. 

I think it's wise to make masks compulsory for the long term in certain situations.

 

Hospitals

Public Transport

For food handlers

 

But pointless in open air situations such as the beach, on the street and on motorcycles.

 

[Sunderland]

Does it really matter anymore how many people have Covid infections? It's mutated to a point where the death rate is as meaningless as for any other viral infection.

 

Old people sometimes die. People with health complications sometimes die. We are going to die one day.

Since there are more than 200 different viruses that can cause a cold or an upper respiratory infection, shouldn't we be testing for each one and publishing all the data?

[Jumbo1968]

57 minutes ago, Sunderland said:

Does it really matter anymore how many people have Covid infections? It's mutated to a point where the death rate is as meaningless as for any other viral infection.

 

Old people sometimes die. People with health complications sometimes die. We are going to die one day.

Since there are more than 200 different viruses that can cause a cold or an upper respiratory infection, shouldn't we be testing for each one and publishing all the data?

I wish some at my sons school would read that, they were having races in the play area the other day in the sun of course with masks on !

[anrcaccount]

Any bets on which party will take a position of “it’s time to take off the masks” into the election?

 

Surely it’s time now,  and it will actually be popular. 

[Jumbo1968]

22 minutes ago, anrcaccount said:

Any bets on which party will take a position of “it’s time to take off the masks” into the election?

 

Surely it’s time now,  and it will actually be popular. 

It was announced months ago masks were not required even in schools.

[Stargeezr]

With the air pollution being so bad recently, my cousin, a non Thai and his wife are wearing their KN95 masks 

to keep the pollution from affecting them. Of course some posters who hate masks will say humbug to wearing a mask

for any reason. It is not the Thais who show ignorance for mask wearing, however there are plenty of non Thais living

in Thailand who just have to complain. Just saying.

[anrcaccount]

8 hours ago, Jumbo1968 said:

It was announced months ago masks were not required even in schools.

I’m aware of that.
 

The reason they’re still being worn in Thailand is social conformance pressure, nothing to do with Covid anymore.

 

It will be interesting to see if any party decides to appeal to people,  by encouraging them to show faces again. 

[Mac Mickmanus]

3 minutes ago, anrcaccount said:

I’m aware of that.
 

The reason they’re still being worn in Thailand is social conformance pressure, nothing to do with Covid anymore.

 

It will be interesting to see if any party decides to appeal to people,  by encouraging them to show faces again. 

There were quite a few people who wore the masks before covid , protection from pollution 

[anrcaccount]

2 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

There were quite a few people who wore the masks before covid , protection from pollution 

Yes, sure. But a tiny fraction of those who wear now. Almost never inside. Could go for days without seeing anyone in one. 

[jacko45k]

On 2/9/2023 at 5:58 AM, HappyExpat57 said:

But, how can this be? Mask wearing has essentially been dismissed. What NEW evil monster will they invent to keep the boot on the necks of the populace?

Stop being a drama queen.......

[marcusb]

12 hours ago, anrcaccount said:

Any bets on which party will take a position of “it’s time to take off the masks” into the election?

 

I'll bet none.  Most people don't care what other people do if it doesn't affect them directly. 

[Mr Meeseeks]

On 2/9/2023 at 6:06 AM, ikke1959 said:

So it seems time to end the mask wearing.. announce it....and who has thought that Chinese tourists would be more infected?? same as during the pandameic.. Numbers are unreliable...The only thing that I believe is that Covid cases are less 

It will be many years before Thais stop wearing masks, if ever. 

[Mr Meeseeks]

On 2/9/2023 at 3:05 PM, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Apparently only the healthy Chinese tourists come to Thailand... But the unhealthy ones obviously are heading for places like Italy and South Korea where they actually require testing, unlike Thailand.

 

Milan reports 50% of passengers on China flights have Covid

 

Posted on December 29, 2022

 

https://thainewsroom.com/2022/12/29/milan-reports-50-of-passengers-on-china-flights-have-covid/

 

AND

 

'South Korea, which began testing travellers from China on Monday, said more than a fifth of the test results were positive."

 

https://thainewsroom.com/2023/01/05/official-stats-not-reflecting-true-impact-of-covid-19-wave-in-china-who/

 

 

Thais don't like the truth, it interferes with their culture of money worship.

[nigelforbes]

I'll give you my mask when you pry it from my cold dead hands.

[Sunderland]

16 hours ago, Jumbo1968 said:

I wish some at my sons school would read that, they were having races in the play area the other day in the sun of course with masks on !

It's madness.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

9 hours ago, Stargeezr said:

With the air pollution being so bad recently, my cousin, a non Thai and his wife are wearing their KN95 masks 

to keep the pollution from affecting them. Of course some posters who hate masks will say humbug to wearing a mask

for any reason. It is not the Thais who show ignorance for mask wearing, however there are plenty of non Thais living

in Thailand who just have to complain. Just saying.

 

Some of us were wearing N95 masks here in Thailand, seasonally, long before COVID came along because of PM2.5 air pollution.

 

And will have reason to continue wearing them no matter what happens with COVID, at least until/unless the unlikely event of the Thai government getting serious about PM2.5 air pollution occurs.

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

35 minutes ago, Sunderland said:

It's madness.

In  all likelihood, the school kids were being told/asked to wear face masks because of the recent/current spate of very bad air pollution,  which is a standard thing for schools when the air gets bad.

 

It would be madness not to try to protect kids from air here lately that in many areas has ranged from unhealthy to hazardous.

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

4 hours ago, anrcaccount said:

Yes, sure. But a tiny fraction of those who wear now. Almost never inside. Could go for days without seeing anyone in one. 

Around my neighborhood in BKK, most Thais still are wearing face masks when close around other people, especially in indoors venues... And a lot of expats as well....

 

From what I'm seeing, it's the western tourists who are the most conspicuous in not wearing face masks these days, even in places like the BTS, where they're specifically being asked to wear them.

 

[Jumbo1968]

1 hour ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

In  all likelihood, the school kids were being told/asked to wear face masks because of the recent/current spate of very bad air pollution,  which is a standard thing for schools when the air gets bad.

 

It would be madness not to try to protect kids from air here lately that in many areas has ranged from unhealthy to hazardous.

 

My son has like all the rest of school been wearing masks since they returned during Covid, the kids are indoors with AC, nothing to do with the air quality.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

20 minutes ago, Jumbo1968 said:

My son has like all the rest of school been wearing masks since they returned during Covid, the kids are indoors with AC, nothing to do with the air quality.

 

1. Being indoors with AC doesn't do anything to help with/reduce the issues of air pollution when it's bad.

 

2. if your child's school is a private one, then they're free to set their own health policies including regarding mask wearing, regardless of those set for government schools.

 

Have you asked the school why they're requiring the kids to wear masks while at school?

 

 

Edited February 11, 2023 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[Jumbo1968]

2 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

1. Being indoors with AC doesn't do anything to help with/reduce the issues of air pollution when it's bad.

 

2. if your child's school is a private one, then they're free to set their own health policies including regarding mask wearing, regardless of those set for government schools.

 

Have you asked the school why they're requiring the kids to wear masks while at school?

 

 

TBH I wouldn’t question the school’s policies more so I keep telling my son not it’s now not necessary to wear a mask but he insists on it, brain washed at 8 years old already.

[connda]

On 2/9/2023 at 5:16 AM, spidermike007 said:

This is excellent news. Feels like this covid ordeal is fading into the oblivion it richly deserved. Let's dismiss the rat. 

Until the next scheduled epidemic.  How many hundreds of billions USD where made on the back of this one.
It's a money maker.  We'll be back to "Epidemic Fear-Porn" in less than 5 years.  Bet on it!

[zzaa09]

On 2/9/2023 at 9:23 AM, spidermike007 said:

And the most bizarre of all is wearing a mask on a motorbike. Or on the beach. Utter and complete denial of science and facts. 

Such things don't really apply in these instances. 

The face covering practice, from the get go, is a greater reflection of a sense of abiding by an authoritarian following. 

[rabang]

On 2/9/2023 at 2:33 AM, Captain Monday said:

Arrival of China tourists non-issue. Despite the rassist fear-mongering  exactly as predicted. They tested positive but were they contagious? The most important strategy at the national level at this time  re: covid-19 is just stop talking about it. Instead continue common sense public health measures like any other endemic disease that is never going away. 

Just go and read the typical fearmongering ramble from about a month ago. People should be ashamed. As any sane person would expect the arrival of Chinese didn't make the world to collapse. Not that I like the Chinese tourists but that is not the point. This (hopefully) last covid craze once again was off the charts.

[Longwood50]

Isn't it amazing.  For two years this forum was filled with posts about the need to quarantine, have double, triple vaccinations, wear face masks, avoid travel, keep social distancing.  And if we didn't do all that the world was going to end and there would be a plague killing millions. 

Now two years later as soon as the media stopped the drum beat heralding each and every death and we went back to our everday lives then suddenly Covid is not a problem or at least nothing more than an inconvenience. 

I said right from the beginning the world had never stopped a virus and we live today with virus infections of all kind.  We were always going to have to learn to carry on and co-exist with Covid.  

The lesson:  People will eventually analyze all the facts, develope appropriate measures, and pick the best solution.  But only after they have exhausted trying every other lame brain idea first. 

[Bkk Brian]

13 minutes ago, Longwood50 said:

Isn't it amazing.  For two years this forum was filled with posts about the need to quarantine, have double, triple vaccinations, wear face masks, avoid travel, keep social distancing.  And if we didn't do all that the world was going to end and there would be a plague killing millions. 

Now two years later as soon as the media stopped the drum beat heralding each and every death and we went back to our everday lives then suddenly Covid is not a problem or at least nothing more than an inconvenience. 

I said right from the beginning the world had never stopped a virus and we live today with virus infections of all kind.  We were always going to have to learn to carry on and co-exist with Covid.  

The lesson:  People will eventually analyze all the facts, develope appropriate measures, and pick the best solution.  But only after they have exhausted trying every other lame brain idea first. 

Millions did die and it would have been millions more had restrictions and vaccines not been available. The variant Omicron changed the whole dynamics of the pandemic into one that has now receded in the main. Fixed it for you.