Health Ministry debunks new year cancellation over XBC Covid variant scare as fake news

[webfact]

 

The Ministry of Public Health dismissed the cancellation of new year celebrations in Thailand due to the purported spread of a new Covid-19 variant, XBC, as fake news. No unusual outbreaks or dangerous variants have been reported.

 

A Thai Facebook user recently reported that the government was planning to cancel all new year holiday events due to the spread of the new Deltacron XBC variant. The user stated that Deltacron XBC spreads more easily and quickly than the previous variants and is three times more dangerous than others.

 

The fake news sharer also added that many Thai people had been infected with deltacron XBC. The post included statistical and random studies that were supposedly published by Chulalongkorn University to make the information reliable.

Many netizens shared the messages, causing many people to panic about another outbreak and some to worry about their businesses during the high season at the end of the year.

 

by Petch Petpailin

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Full story: The Thaiger 2023-12-09

 

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[ikke1959]

Yesterday they urged the public to wear masks again... Now it is fake news??

[daveAustin]

That was a hospital doctor being silly. You’ll always get them with their agenda, along with numpties spreading fake news and people in general being scared rabbits. It should be monitored, but the best way to deal with this nonsense is to simply get on with your life. 

[dinsdale]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The user stated that Deltacron XBC spreads more easily and quickly than the previous variants and is three times more dangerous than others.

The 1st part might be the case but as for being 3 times more dangerous is rubbish. A quick google search shows it's just another mild variant.

[Jack1988]

I said it was a fake news

[webfact]

Public Warned To Not Believe Covid Fake News

by TNR Staff 

 

A graphic image of Covid-19. Photo: Ecdc.europa.eu

 

THE Thai government warned people not to believe nor share fake news that New Year’s festivities have been cancelled because of an outbreak of a new Covid-19 variant Deltacron (XBC), Naewna newspaper said this morning (Dec. 9).

 

Mr. Karom Phonphonklang, deputy spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office, said a fake post has been shared on social media with the government not having made such an announcement.

 

He emphasised that this is fake news with there being no abnormal Covid outbreak nor has it mutated again triggering a dangerous strain.

 

The government has not cancelled New Year festivities and people are urged to neither believe this fake message nor forward it in order to not spark a panic.

 

Full story: THAI NEWSROOM 2023-12-09

 

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[Taboo2]

Humans are so arrogant and must be bored with their lives today to worry about this stupid virus (flu), which will be here every year until the end of the world.

 

 

[Bday Prang]

IT won't belong before Asean now's resident Covid doom merchant posts a few of his charts and statistics to dispel this good news

[Bangkok Barry]

6 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Yesterday they urged the public to wear masks again... Now it is fake news??

 

No. A Thai Facebook user recently reported that the government was planning to cancel all new year holiday events

[terryofcrete]

We're all gonna die ! 

[spidermike007]

Although subsequent variants have shown themselves to be more virulent than previous variants, so far every subsequent variant has been weaker than the original Delta. Covid is obviously a very clever virus, and continues to figure out ways to spread, however the fatalities are dropping consistently and there's no reason for any of us to be fearful at this point.

 

It's endemic, it's part of life and personally I'm will remain dependent on my immune system at this point, no more boosters, and no more masks for me. 

[DjSilver]

Like the fake news this website use to publish 😂

[Bobthegimp]

8 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

IT won't belong before Asean now's resident Covid doom merchant posts a few of his charts and statistics to dispel this good news

 

Yes, the Branch Covidians will always be with us, attributing their survival to masks and needles whilst ignoring the fact that the "winter of death" never arrived for the uninjected.  

 

The best way to deal with those clowns is to ask two simple questions that put the covid debacle into perspective:

 

What was the case mortality rate of Sars CoV2?  

What was the average number of comorbities for those who died *with* Sars CoV2?

 

The results can be found with a simple search and the numbers are not in dispute.  The problem with the "case mortality rate" is that many people caught covid but it was never confirmed by a test, which makes the case mortality rate (around 2.3 percent) artificially high. 

[Bobthegimp]

8 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

there's no reason for any of us to be fearful at this point

 

There never was a reason to be fearful in the first place. The frightened sheep gave away many of our civil rights in their panic and the sober people paid the price. 

 

Never forget, never forgive. 

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Many netizens shared the messages, causing many people to panic about another outbreak and some to worry about their businesses during the high season at the end of the year.

Really?

[Jing Joe]

26 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

No. A Thai Facebook user recently reported that the government was planning to cancel all new year holiday events

 

No plans to cancel, AND even if variants are getting milder there are still lots of deaths around the world.     Still simple:- "avoid it like the plague".

[johng]

13 minutes ago, Bobthegimp said:

What was the case mortality rate of Sars CoV2?  

 

from

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36341800/

 

The IFRs had a median of 0.034% (interquartile range (IQR) 0.013-0.056%) for the 0-59 years old population,

and 0.095% (IQR 0.036-0.119%) for the 0-69 years old.

The median IFR was 0.0003% at 0-19 years, 0.002% at 20-29 years,

0.011% at 30-39 years,

0.035% at 40-49 years,

0.123% at 50-59 years,

and 0.506% at 60-69 years.

IFR increases approximately 4 times every 10 years. Including data from another 9 countries with imputed age distribution of COVID-19 deaths yielded median IFR of 0.025-0.032% for 0-59 years and 0.063-0.082% for 0-69 years. Meta-regression analyses also suggested global IFR of 0.03% and 0.07%

[Bangkok Barry]

4 minutes ago, Jing Joe said:

35 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

No. A Thai Facebook user recently reported that the government was planning to cancel all new year holiday events

 

No plans to cancel, AND even if variants are getting milder there are still lots of deaths around the world.     Still simple:- "avoid it like the plague".

 

Has the Facebooker been charged with spreading fear and unrest in society, as the Thais like to put it?

[Bday Prang]

7 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Yesterday they urged the public to wear masks again... Now it is fake news??

Fake news coupled with bad advice,  a recipe for disaster

[yardrunner]

34 minutes ago, terryofcrete said:

We're all gonna die ! 

Yes but not right away 

[Bday Prang]

Everybody that I know who has had the "vaccine" including myself has contracted covid.   I also know many who have not had the vaccine, and not one of them has had covid. 

[Bday Prang]

40 minutes ago, terryofcrete said:

We're all gonna die ! 

But as long as its not from covid we will all be fine

[CygnusX1]

10 minutes ago, johng said:

The median IFR was 0.0003% at 0-19 years

Wow. Puts those pathetically masked small children into perspective, doesn’t it.

[Bday Prang]

1 minute ago, CygnusX1 said:

Wow. Puts those pathetically masked small children into perspective, doesn’t it.

Not to mention those who advocated vaccines for babies.

[spidermike007]

To this day the most bizarre aspect of masking is wearing a mask outside, near the beach when there are no people around, or wearing a mask on a motorbike. I have rarely ever seen anything so silly and unscientific in my life, that is pure fear, unless they're in Bangkok and they're wearing the mask to ward off pollution, which 99% aren't. 

[Bday Prang]

1 minute ago, spidermike007 said:

To this day the most bizarre aspect of masking is wearing a mask outside, near the beach when there are no people around, or wearing a mask on a motorbike. I have rarely ever seen anything so silly and unscientific in my life, that is pure fear, unless they're in Bangkok and they're wearing the mask to ward off pollution, which 99% aren't. 

my personal favorite being those who wore masks whilst alone in their cars. although to be fair I think it was an enforced legal requirement to do so in Thailand.   

Another was the requirement to wear one when standing in a restaurant but being allowed to remove it when sitting down. and who could forget the night time curfews.   Did some really believe covid was more prevalent after 9pm     

[spidermike007]

2 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

my personal favorite being those who wore masks whilst alone in their cars. although to be fair I think it was an enforced legal requirement to do so in Thailand.   

Another was the requirement to wear one when standing in a restaurant but being allowed to remove it when sitting down. and who could forget the night time curfews.   Did some really believe covid was more prevalent after 9pm     

 

To this day I see entire groups of people walking into a restaurant with their  masks on, in an outdoor restaurant where there's plenty of ventilation. They sit at the table with masks on and as soon as the food arrives they remove their masks, and start passing the food around using their own spoons to get the food from the dishes. Hello! If you are afraid of catching covid, is this using good sense and reason? 

[Bobthegimp]

17 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

Everybody that I know who has had the "vaccine" including myself has contracted covid.   I also know many who have not had the vaccine, and not one of them has had covid. 

 

It was comedy gold during what should have been "the winter of death" for those of my ilk, as my injected family members succumbed to 4 covid infections during the winter and spring after their "vaccinations " while I didn't have any after my initial illness in November of 2019. 

 

My family members messaged me every few hours after I'd spent an evening with them in close quarters.  They got sick and I remained healthy.  To be fair, they were coerced into taking the injections by their employers.  Once injected, they joined the Branch Covidians and preached the gospel until their second bout with the "deadly" disease. I remained healthy throughout and tended them whilst they coughed up the contents of their lungs into the air I breathed. 

 

My understanding is that the uptake of booster shots is less than 3 percent, with most of those being forced injections on people living in care homes.  All of you so called "vaccinated" people are only as good as your last injection.  Not boosted?  You're filth in the eyes of Fauci et al.  

 

Well, we tried to tell you 555

[johng]

26 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

masks whilst alone in their cars. although to be fair I think it was an enforced legal requirement to do so in Thailand.

not quite but close

 

And don't forget folks (y.all)   this classic. 

 

 

[Bday Prang]

15 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

 

To this day I see entire groups of people walking into a restaurant with their  masks on, in an outdoor restaurant where there's plenty of ventilation. They sit at the table with masks on and as soon as the food arrives they remove their masks, and start passing the food around using their own spoons to get the food from the dishes. Hello! If you are afraid of catching covid, is this using good sense and reason? 

Ah yes common sense and reason,  I remember those rather important qualities that most people used to posses.  But unfortunately as we both know they were the  first victims of covid.  Closely followed by free speech and the economies of most nations  It has been ,probably, one of the most bizarre things we will ever experience,

My faith / trust in the media was always fragile but it has been completely destroyed now (probably not a bad thing)  Also a little more worryingly I have a lot less respect for the medical profession,  and a total disdain for anybody described as an "expert" they should be shot on sight.