COVID makes comeback in Thailand as booster fatigue leaves door open

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

10 hours ago, DavisH said:

My colleague and I cvaught covid in the last few weeks, after 3 years of no infection. Both vaccinated ages ago. Everyone will be exposed to this virus, eventually. 

 

The purpose of the vaccines, against the currently circulating Omicron strains of COVID, is to reduce people's chances of either getting seriously ill or dying from a COVID infection.

 

Studies show the vaccines still reduce the risks of serious COVID illness and death, particularly if the person has had three or more vaccine shots, quite well even months after the last prior vaccination.

 

The protection against mere infection, from the currently circulating Omicron strains, is much less and shorter in the duration of that protection, usually lasting only up to a couple months from the last prior shot.

 

As time has passed and the virus has mutated, the more recent versions have become both more contagious and more able to evade the vaccines' protections against mere infection, which were much stronger against the original version of the virus at the beginning of the pandemic.

 

That's one reason, the next generation of COVID vaccines due out probably later this year will be formulated against the currently circulating XBB strains of the virus, which hopefully will boost the vaccines' levels of effectiveness.

 

[TravelerEastWest]

23 hours ago, DavisH said:

My colleague and I cvaught covid in the last few weeks, after 3 years of no infection. Both vaccinated ages ago. Everyone will be exposed to this virus, eventually. 

I hope that you are all ok now - will you keep your vaccine boosters up to date going forward now?

 

I agree that in general everyone will be exposed bit a simple regular booster shot will probably keep you safe or at least much safer than without a shot...

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Today's COVID update from the Thai Ministry of Public Health shows a second consecutive week of declines in all the key COVID indicators -- the first back-to-back week of declines since the spring surge began at the beginning of April.

 

From June 11-17:
COVID Hospitalized patients
2,158 cases, daily average of 308 cases/day (down from 2,709)
 

COVID Fatalities
60 cases, daily average of 8 cases/day, (down from 69)

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296 COVID patients hospitalized in serious condition (down from 382)

 

186 COVID patients hospitalized requiring intubation to breath (down from 231)

 

 

Key indicators for the past two weekly periods:

 

June 4-10:

 

June 11-17 (the latest update issued today):

https://ddc.moph.go.th/covid19-dashboard/

 

 

Edited June 19, 2023 by TallGuyJohninBKK

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