COVID-19 infections rising, public advised to wear face masks

[DjSilver]

If smart people didn't wear a face mask during the plandemic, why would anyone wear it now? 😂

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

15 minutes ago, chilli42 said:

How many studies have to be published to confirm that face masks don’t stop the spread of any virus.

 

Because the studies published overwhelmingly show wearing good quality face masks (N95, KN94, etc) helps keep the wearer protected and protects others around them -- notwithstanding your unsourced and unsubstantiated claim.

 

Masks During Pandemics Caused by Respiratory Pathogens—Evidence and Implications for Action

October 31, 2023

 

"Findings  Literature review revealed many high-quality observational studies demonstrating the association of face mask use in the community and of mask mandates with reduced spread of SARS-CoV-2....

 

Robust available data support the use of face masks in community settings to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and should inform future responses to epidemics and pandemics caused by respiratory viruses."

 

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/article-abstract/2811136

 

Face mask effectiveness: What science knows now

October 29, 2023

 

Linsey Marr, a Virginia Tech university professor specializing in aerosol science:

 

"They are very helpful in reducing the chances that the person will get COVID because it's reducing the amount of virus that you would inhale from the air around you," Marr said about masks.

 

No mask is 100% effective. An N95, for example, is named as such because it is at least 95% efficient at blocking airborne particles when used properly. But even if a mask has an 80% efficiency, Marr said, it still offers meaningful protection."

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/face-mask-effectiveness-what-science-knows-now-60-minutes/

 

 

 

[Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai]

45 minutes ago, XB12X said:

No mask for me.

Only on my motorcycle incase I fall off. My error that should be a helmet. I got stop trying to ride like a local.😁

[Peterphuket]

The particles of the covid virus are to small for the masks, it don't help against the virus.

Anyway I get more and more the idee they change the name of influenza to covid-19.

[superal]

13 minutes ago, ezzra said:

I got 3 jabs and in Australia, so no chance they were just rubbish and still got it, what i'm saying is that for some people in some places are still needed...

 

As you know covid comes in varying rates of potency . It has killed over 6 million world wide and many folks are suffering from long covid that can give life changing bodily damage. I had it once and luckily only a heavy cold ( had 3 injections ) . I prefer to take medical advice from educated medics and not conspiracy dramatists who are ill informed . However I do think that the wearing of masks as self protection is feeble and those who think they are getting protection using a basic medical mask are wrongly- informed . Avoiding crowded poorly ventilated rooms ( especially Thai government hospital waiting rooms ) , public transport , touching door handles / lift buttons etc plus good hygiene by washing your hands for 30 seconds with soap & water and /or using alcohol hand cleaner will all help to mitigate the virus .

Finally , I have seen Thai folk pull down their mask to sneeze , cough up phlegm and then replace the mask . Says it all really . 

[paulikens]

Give it a rest. Four years now FFS

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[TallGuyJohninBKK]

18 minutes ago, paulikens said:

Give it a rest. Four years now FFS

 

I'll "give it a rest" when COVID gives Thailand and the world a rest...

 

Weekly counts of new COVID hospitalizations in Thailand over the past eight weeks (shown in the red boxes below) have quadrupled from 100+ to more than 500 for the most recent week, and have steadily risen for six of the past seven weeks:

 

 

 

https://ddc.moph.go.th/covid19-dashboard/?dashboard=main

 

Edited December 8, 2023 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[PremiumLane]

59 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Nope, done with the masking forever unless the Bubonic plague returns. I'm depending on my body's immune system, I'm not going to be cowering like little man scared of zombies, for the rest of my life. 

 

Fancy being so fragile that you think wearing a mask is cowering like a little man... get a grip. 

[PremiumLane]

35 minutes ago, SpanishExpat said:

Even during workout or in the swimming pool, hardly being able to breath🙄🙄

 

I cycle 100 KM with a N95 mask sometimes, I guess I am just not a pussy like some of the dudes on this forum :) 

[Big Bert]

1 hour ago, sungod said:

Far more than the number reported.....

 

Lots of my friends are running around with little more than a cough and a runny nose.

 

Move on please.

I had covid 3 weeks ago and was more of a cough and runny nose. 3 days of raging temperature, coughing my lungs out inflamed sinus. next to no sleep as full body was aches and pain.

But yeah, just move pal.

[PremiumLane]

22 minutes ago, rtco said:

Jabs, masks, and social distancing have all been proven to have little impact on the likelihood of catching Covid even during the height of the pandemic so me, gonna rely on my natural immunity and lots of vitamin D. 

 

Albert Einstein ... Insanity Is Doing the Same Thing Over and Over Again and Expecting Different Results

 

Got any data to back that up, and don't say the Great Barrington study, that was a crock of <deleted>e 

[superal]

3 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

I'll "give it a rest" when COVID gives Thailand and the world a rest...

 

Weekly counts of new COVID hospitalizations in Thailand over the past eight weeks (shown in the red boxes below) have quadrupled to more than 500 for the most recent week, and have steadily risen for six of the past seven weeks:

 

 

 

https://ddc.moph.go.th/covid19-dashboard/?dashboard=main

 

Thanks for the charts . Nothing more true than facts that you have shown . Anyway , why do non covid believers go to hospital if they catch covid ?

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

17 minutes ago, Peterphuket said:

The particles of the covid virus are to small for the masks, it don't help against the virus.

Anyway I get more and more the idee they change the name of influenza to covid-19.

 

Another false (and unsourced and unsubstantiated) myth perpetuated by anti-maskers:

 

Myths and facts when it comes to wearing masks

"Myth: Masks don’t actually work to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and are incapable of stopping viral transmission.

 

Fact: The use of masks to reduce the emission of respiratory particles – source control – has been part of medical science for years.

 

With COVID-19, masks are effective at blocking most large droplets, but can also block the exhalation of fine droplets and particles. They can also help prevent the inhalation of these respiratory particles."

 

https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/Blogs/BTH/Posting335.aspx

 

Edited December 8, 2023 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[Sydebolle]

Covid-19, upgraded to Covid-23 Version December 4.08

For how long does the Pharma industry intend to take the world for a financial rip-off ride on the influenza merry-go-round? Asking for a friend! 

[prakhonchai nick]

So the public are advised to wear masks.  In my neck of the woods, the majority of Thais NEVER stopped wearing them. Most kids on motorbikes wear them, but sadly not helmets!

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

15 minutes ago, Sydebolle said:

For how long does the Pharma industry intend to take the world for a financial rip-off ride on the influenza merry-go-round? Asking for a friend! 

 

It's COVID, and not the "pharma industry", that continuing to kill more than 1,000 people each week in the U.S. (COVID is either the underlying cause or a contributing cause of death).  Kind of makes you wonder if Thailand is really capturing/counting all of its COVID deaths:

 

 

source link

Edited December 8, 2023 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[Cabradelmar]

I'm more concerned about the dirty air (> 2.5 ppm). That's a respiratory illness just waiting to happen. 

[superal]

11 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Another false (and unsourced and unsubstantiated) myth perpetuated by anti-maskers:

 

Myths and facts when it comes to wearing masks

"Myth: Masks don’t actually work to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and are incapable of stopping viral transmission.

 

Fact: The use of masks to reduce the emission of respiratory particles – source control – has been part of medical science for years.

 

With COVID-19, masks are effective at blocking most large droplets, but can also block the exhalation of fine droplets and particles. They can also help prevent the inhalation of these respiratory particles."

 

https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/Blogs/BTH/Posting335.aspx

 

I read your link which defended the wearing of medical masks . There is the assumption that most are single use masks but that is not followed  by most wearers that I know . They simply pull out a mask from their pocket that has been used many times . As for daily washing of some masks ,  do you honestly believe that that is carried out ?  I have used all types of masks in my working life within the petro/ chem industry and I know all to well that these medical type masks are at best a dust barrier . Inhalation via the gap on the facial cheek is like a vacuum cleaner sucking in minute particles .

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

24 minutes ago, Cabradelmar said:

I'm more concerned about the dirty air (> 2.5 ppm). That's a respiratory illness just waiting to happen. 

 

For which, one of the best available protections (when away from air purified spaces) is wearing an N95 or  similar face mask -- at least until Thailand gets serious about reducing its air pollution problem.

 

So really, face masking is a two-fer, or three-fer or more... N95s and similar, when worn properly and consistently, protect against COVID, protect against PM2.5, protect against flu and RSV, etc etc.

 

Edited December 8, 2023 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

3 minutes ago, superal said:

I read your link which defended the wearing of medical masks . There is the assumption that most are single use masks but that is not followed  by most wearers that I know .

 

Disposable face masks don't have to be worn only once, and then after that they cease to be effective... They can be reworn, as long as they're kept clean and stored properly.

 

Also... per the U.S. CDC:

 

Wear a Mask to Protect Yourself and Others

• Masking is a critical public health tool and it is important to remember that any mask is better than no mask.
• Wear the most protective mask you can that fits well and that you will wear consistently.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/masks.html

 

Information about our most popular models of 3M N95 Respirators (sometimes referred to as “masks”)

 

"There is no time limit to wearing an N95. Respirators can be worn until they are dirty, damaged, or difficult to breathe through. To be effective, a respirator needs to be worn correctly and worn throughout the duration of the hazardous exposure."

 

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/worker-health-safety-us/covid19/my-n95/

 

[vivananahuahin]

And what about the diabetic pandemic, more concerning I think, in 2022 300.000 more it is around 1.5 thousand per 100.000 population, more concerning Doctor but no words, 2030 2x more.

[StayinThailand2much]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The data for November also shows 304 cases of influenza, 33 cases of human metapneumovirus (hMPV), 17 cases of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), 46 cases of dengue fever, 4 cases of chikungunya and 13 cases of norovirus.

 

He said that COVID-19 infections are steadily rising and have already outpaced influenza.

 

Looks like early stage of developments akin to what's going on in China. (With the exception, that the CCP would never allow Covid-19 to be named as #1 on the list of infections.)

Edited December 8, 2023 by StayinThailand2much

[StayinThailand2much]

22 minutes ago, prakhonchai nick said:

So the public are advised to wear masks.  In my neck of the woods, the majority of Thais NEVER stopped wearing them. Most kids on motorbikes wear them, but sadly not helmets!

 

Yes, can confirm that. In this part of Bangkok, about 90% still wearing masks, but hardly anyone on a bike a motorbike helmet.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

6 minutes ago, vivananahuahin said:

And what about the diabetic pandemic, more concerning I think, in 2022 300.000 more it is around 1.5 thousand per 100.000 population, more concerning Doctor but no words, 2030 2x more.

 

The numbers may be different for Thailand, which has a serious diabetes problem, and doesn't readily make public this kind of info... But the U.S. does (2022 year is the latest available data, 2023 not available yet):

 

 

 

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7218a3.htm

 

 

Edited December 8, 2023 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[koolkarl]

Bring in more Chinese.

[Jing Joe]

58 minutes ago, superal said:

Thanks for the charts . Nothing more true than facts that you have shown . Anyway , why do non covid believers go to hospital if they catch covid ?

Yes and the mongrels take up beds that urgent operations are needed for.

Chuck em out into the street.

[madmitch]

Back in the UK life is normal. Covid is still around and infections rise at this time of the year but it's not considered any worse than flu any more, certainly for those fully vaccinated. NB I have had bad flu in Thailand and was hospitalised so it isn't nice; a lot worse than a bad cold.

 

Mask wearers are rare and with the covid enquiry currently ongoing, nobody would listen if the government advised mask wearing social distancing or any other measure. 

 

Thailand needs to learn to live with it.

Edited December 8, 2023 by madmitch

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

6 minutes ago, madmitch said:

Back in the UK life is normal. Covid is still around and infections rise at this time of the year but it's not considered any worse than flu any more, certainly for those fully vaccinated.

 

Hey, it's just 300+ UK COVID deaths per week right now:

 

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths?areaType=overview&areaName=United Kingdom

 

[tubby johnson]

545 cases in November. That's not a "crisis"   Fake News clickbait, as always.

 

I'm done with wearing masks, forever going out mask free and spreading the natural immunity in this overcrowded world.