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

[Thingamabob]

1 hour ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

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

Fake news. Wake up ! 

[Spock]

44 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. 

I got covid 3 weeks after my 5th vaccine shot, and it was horrible. Am not bothering with any more shots given the lack of protection from the injections.

[BenStark]

1 minute ago, Spock said:

I got covid 3 weeks after my 5th vaccine shot, and it was horrible. Am not bothering with any more shots given the lack of protection from the injections.

 

In a minute one of the doom prophets will be here to claim it would have been much worse, possibly even death, if you hadn't had that 5th shot

[Bday Prang]

2 minutes ago, johng said:

not quite but close

 

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

 

 

hahahaha  how on earth did I miss that one, I just nearly choked on my coffee,  that is absolutely priceless, best laugh I have had all week 

  

And when I thought I couldn't laugh anymore there was this....

 

 "the department rep for sanitation and sex"    Comedy gold worthy of an award

[Sig]

54 minutes 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. 

Yes, absolutely bizarre. And it was bizarre nearly from day 1. There were already good studies done by March 2020 (When America had less than 20 cases in the entire country!) showing likely morbidity of 0.025% to 0.625% (now we know it was even less than that). Those who were elderly and had compromised immune systems (e.g. comorbidities) were figured to be on that high end. But even in this forum, people were acting like it was the end of the world and calling for heinous penalties and spouting all sorts of utter nonsense. It was shocking how incredibly easy it was for so many to be so fantastically brainwashed so quickly by whatever their choice of mass media fake news was (they likely still follow the same outlets) - over something that had massive amounts of evidence to the contrary from the beginning. I remember one story in here about a foreigner who was harassed for not wearing a mask outdoors to the point of having his photo in this forum (I think even his name was given, if I'm remembering right) and people calling for his deportation! It was insane! People were pretty much as nutso about the "vaccine" too.

[wensiensheng]

So will this guy get fined and warned like the Chinese influencer did for her Nana story?

[Sig]

1 hour 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     

I remember seeing a masked solo driver in the mountains between Maehongson and Pai!! Nice fresh air outside, but noooooooo! It must be full of COVID! lol
Your restaurant example reminded me of a 24 hour cafe that had 3 floors. The top 2 floors were closed from the early evening! So, instead of spreading the few nighttime customers out through the place, the law forced everyone to sit in tighter confines in the smaller first floor! Similarly with 7-11 being forced to close at night... so they were allowed to be open when they were busy with loads of customers shopping and waiting in lines through the day, but when there were a smaller number of customers that wouldn't crowd their little store and when they'd have no lines, they had to close!
It was truly an amazing time to live through and see firsthand how hysterical people can become over virtually nothing more than their imaginations! But scary when it happens with totalitarian wannabees in charge.

[Surasak]

2 hours ago, yardrunner said:

Yes but not right away 

So get in line!

[fdimike]

9 hours ago, daveAustin said:

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. 

I choose to be cautious and wear a mask in public places.

[johng]

1 hour ago, Sig said:

I remember one story in here about a foreigner who was harassed for not wearing a mask outdoors to the point of having his photo in this forum (I think even his name was given, if I'm remembering right) and people calling for his deportation! It was insane!

 

I think you refer to this story

 

[maddermax]

This idiot should be castrated so that he cannot produce offspring!

[spidermike007]

1 hour ago, Bday Prang said:

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.

 

 

I don't know that I agree with shooting experts on sight, but I do agree with just about everything else you said. Questioning the narrative is something that I've been doing since I was a teenager, and I just don't know why so many billions of people fell into step like obedient sheep when it came to covid. There have been times I've brought up the possibility that the narrative is not correct with family members and they just started laughing at me and calling me a conspiracy theorist. It was almost as if it couldn't even be questioned, it was that sacred.

 

It was definitely one of the most bizarre things I've witnessed too, and I continue to question nearly every aspect of it. 

[Bangkok Barry]

1 hour ago, Thingamabob said:

Fake news. Wake up ! 

 

You didn't take into account that I was referring to a post, as below:
 

9 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

 

The government DID urge people to wear masks again, and ikke1959 asked if the former was now fake news. I pointed out that it was ONLY the NY celebrations being cancelled that was the fake news, not the previous day's warning that Covid cases were rising and masks should be worn. I was pointing out the difference.

 

I guess I shouldn't have bothered.

[Bday Prang]

30 minutes ago, Sig said:

I remember seeing a masked solo driver in the mountains between Maehongson and Pai!! Nice fresh air outside, but noooooooo! It must be full of COVID! lol
Your restaurant example reminded me of a 24 hour cafe that had 3 floors. The top 2 floors were closed from the early evening! So, instead of spreading the few nighttime customers out through the place, the law forced everyone to sit in tighter confines in the smaller first floor! Similarly with 7-11 being forced to close at night... so they were allowed to be open when they were busy with loads of customers shopping and waiting in lines through the day, but when there were a smaller number of customers that wouldn't crowd their little store and when they'd have no lines, they had to close!
It was truly an amazing time to live through and see firsthand how hysterical people can become over virtually nothing more than their imaginations! But scary when it happens with totalitarian wannabees in charge.

Hysterical is a good way of describing the behaviour of many, but in fairness, it wasn't just their imagination that was to blame, in my opinion the mainstream media have an awful lot to answer for, ok they were subject to "emergency government regs" which basically forced them to stick to the official narrative, but they milked it for all it was worth, and still do. Fake news was ok as long as it followed the guidelines.

Do you remember the stupid nurse who claimed there were hospital wards in the Uk overflowing with dying babies?  total b/s but it went around the world, When she was called out over it she said she was "just trying to raise awareness"

The government at the time was running around like a headless chicken, but I suppose they were only trying to do their best , at least in the early days, but later on i'm pretty sure they were using the opportunity to see just how far people could be pushed and manipulated. Nasty people like Tony Blair and those at the WHO are already talking about the next pandemic, which is a bit strange for what is considered to be a 1 in 200 year event.

Apparently there were plans in place to force pet owners to euthanise their cats and dogs, thankfully they were never put into action, but if they can force people to do that then they could pretty much force them to do anything.

A lot of what they implemented was nothing short of laughable we have heard a few examples here already and no doubt we will here more as those with better memories than me make further comments

 

[spidermike007]

1 hour ago, Sig said:

Yes, absolutely bizarre. And it was bizarre nearly from day 1. There were already good studies done by March 2020 (When America had less than 20 cases in the entire country!) showing likely morbidity of 0.025% to 0.625% (now we know it was even less than that). Those who were elderly and had compromised immune systems (e.g. comorbidities) were figured to be on that high end. But even in this forum, people were acting like it was the end of the world and calling for heinous penalties and spouting all sorts of utter nonsense. It was shocking how incredibly easy it was for so many to be so fantastically brainwashed so quickly by whatever their choice of mass media fake news was (they likely still follow the same outlets) - over something that had massive amounts of evidence to the contrary from the beginning. I remember one story in here about a foreigner who was harassed for not wearing a mask outdoors to the point of having his photo in this forum (I think even his name was given, if I'm remembering right) and people calling for his deportation! It was insane! People were pretty much as nutso about the "vaccine" too.

 

Absolutely spot on, and wearing a mask outdoors in areas that are not crowded was one of the most insane aspects of this narrative, along with wearing a mask on a motorcycle, wearing one in the car, and wearing one while at home with your family. What can one even say? Nonsense is NONSENSE, it doesn't matter who is spouting it or who is DIRECTING, it is still nonsense. 

[Bobthegimp]

2 hours ago, johng said:

 

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%

 

This should be pinned at the top of every covid thread so that the mask and needle brigade can be kept in check and brought back to reality. 

 

All too often they outsource any critical thinking to "fact checkers" with a political agenda.  My agenda is very simple: autonomy. 

[Bday Prang]

2 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

 

I don't know that I agree with shooting experts on sight, but I do agree with just about everything else you said. Questioning the narrative is something that I've been doing since I was a teenager, and I just don't know why so many billions of people fell into step like obedient sheep when it came to covid. There have been times I've brought up the possibility that the narrative is not correct with family members and they just started laughing at me and calling me a conspiracy theorist. It was almost as if it couldn't even be questioned, it was that sacred.

 

It was definitely one of the most bizarre things I've witnessed too, and I continue to question nearly every aspect of it. 

I questioned the narrative on here a few times and was rewarded with a suspension, I doubt I was the only one.

But the thing that really got on my nerves was the  tall doom monger from bangkok who insisted on reposting every graph and statistic ever released, he is still at it too.  Why for gods sake?   No different to those walking round with "the end is nigh" placards on their backs

Calling somebody a conspiracy theorist or denier is just a way for those unwilling or unable  to discuss things to halt any further dialogue,   

 

I rarely believe what governments tell us, it may be because we've been lied to so many times in the past,  but I generally assume the opposite of what they are saying to be the truth, however as you say billions of people obediently fell into line without question, and aggressively berated those that didn't.  I find that more than mildly concerning

They have, in the UK.  started some sort of sham inquiry in to the governments covid response, I'm sure the results of which were decided and probably written long before it actually began.  Several prominent people are already denying they called for lockdowns and are being shown to be barefaced liars.      Sadly Its a foregone conclusion that we will never know the full truth. 

 

[johng]

9 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

billions of people obediently fell into line without question, and aggressively berated those that didn't.  I find that more than mildly concerning

 

lookup  Dr. Mattias Desmet on Mass Formation Psychosis  his theory made it to limited "mainstream" media but I believe that was enough to start the tide turning against the narrative...shortly after was the Ukraine thing and then "suddenly"  Covid was almost forgotten overnight.

[smew]

tik tokers earn money for generating fake publicity and hits, so whatever sells and earns money  

[Bday Prang]

I endured the covid era from within  in the UK. I was luckily able to work all the way through it and didn't visit this website much.  I have just scanned through the thread about the guy who wouldn't wear his mask,  AS I expected the few members on here that I respect come out of it looking just fine.  However many of the usual suspects do not.    if they were to revisit their posts they would surely suffer from buttock clenching embarrassment.

 

[Al BB]

3 hours 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. 

Nothing more stupid than seeing people getting masked up and riding off! ....NO HELMETS of course but got to have the mask on!

[Bday Prang]

13 minutes ago, johng said:

 

lookup  Dr. Mattias Desmet on Mass Formation Psychosis  his theory made it to limited "mainstream" media but I believe that was enough to start the tide turning against the narrative...shortly after was the Ukraine thing and then "suddenly"  Covid was almost forgotten overnight.

Indeed it disappeared faster than I could ever have imagined.  For years and years it has been one sort of bad news after the other, when was the last time we ever had good news?    Somebody should consider looking into Mass depression psychosis as I don't think the human brain is wired up to continually receive only bad news day in day out ad infinitum 

[Frankie baby]

Got covid at the present (must be the latest strain). No different than the last time, off the beer for a while & lost appetite. Just hope I can lose a few pounds this time round. 

[Bday Prang]

5 hours ago, Jing Joe said:

 

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".

Why?  it is absolutely nothing like the plague   and it never was.     

[Bday Prang]

4 minutes ago, Frankie baby said:

Got covid at the present (must be the latest strain). No different than the last time, off the beer for a while & lost appetite. Just hope I can lose a few pounds this time round. 

That's the spirit,  I've had it at least twice, possibly more, I don't bother testing these days,   One just has to knuckle down and soldier on, Loss of appetite and a consequential  weight loss is a positive side effect,  even if only temporary. I  soon put the pounds back on, its pity I can't get the long covid version, if there ever was such a thing.

Strangely , well not really, but I believe "long covid" is only found in countries with a welfare benefits system in place

[ignore it]

Hmm.

These days ain't most news fake?

 

Stay Free

Edited December 9, 2023 by ignore it

[Letseng]

12 hours ago, dinsdale said:

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.

Mild for some, severe for others. Longcovid if you are unlucky. I rather wear a mask. Easier to handle.

[Letseng]

9 hours ago, Taboo2 said:

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.

 

 

Doesn't mean I want to get a stupid virus or a clever one.

[Jaggg88]

8 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

Not to mention those who advocated vaccines for babies.

USA CDC advocating vaccinations for babies from 6 months old - jeez christ

[Bepah umayun]

11 hours ago, johng said:

not quite but close

 

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

 

 

that "classic" is truly "baroque"