Health Six Dead as Covid Cases Surge in Thailand

[nauseus]

8 hours ago, impulse said:

 

 

 

 

 

Double post.

[nauseus]

8 hours ago, impulse said:

One death in 10 million population.  Still liking those odds.

 

No data on ages and comorbidities?

 

 

That comes later. Maybe,

 

Interesting that this spike started 3 weeks after Songkran.

[Wake Up1]

8 hours ago, Airalee said:

Who takes advice from a fat doctor?

 

6 deaths out of more than 16,000 cases?

 

Sounds like a 99.97% survival rate to me.

 

Of course, the fat doctor doesn’t tell us about the fat and vaxxed patients because you damn well know that if they were unvaccinated, we wouldn’t have heard the end of it.

 

 

In the age of internet  we have many people who have accomplished nothing in their lives,  boldly state they know more about diseases than doctors who spend a lifetime studying diseases. 🥹 

[Cameroni]

8 minutes ago, Pinot said:

 

Because a preventable infection is still killing people. I keep my covid shots up to date and you'd be foolish not to. 

 

Of course, otherwise 57 million people will die in the next 8 weeks.

 

World will end soon.

[Fat is a type of crazy]

But don't be too cutesie about it - 2 good friends have it - it's very unpleasant and has lasted coming up for a week and still not gone - healthy people in their 40's. 

[GroveHillWanderer]

There's an absolute plethora of straw man arguments on this thread. 

 

The article says that these new strains cause only mild symptoms, and that "patients are being managed like those with common respiratory conditions, negating the need for special quarantine measures."

 

A lot of the responses posted so far make it sound as if the Doctors mentioned in the article were pitching this as a critical health emergency and calling for an immediate nationwide lockdown, whereas they are doing nothing of the sort.

[Joe32]

4 minutes ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

There's an absolute plethora of straw man arguments on this thread. 

 

The article says that these new strains cause only mild symptoms, and that "patients are being managed like those with common respiratory conditions, negating the need for special quarantine measures."

 

A lot of the responses posted so far make it sound as if the Doctors mentioned in the article were pitching this as a critical health emergency and calling for an immediate nationwide lockdown, whereas they are doing nothing of the sort.

If it's just like the normal flu and nothing special about it, it's not news. But it has the word Covid, and I think that this article is actually just rage bait lol. If they put the word Covid in it, they know that there will be people who are either completely done with it, I mean like really DONE, or people who still hide under their bed, double masked in a room where everything is covered in alcohol gel. These people only come out from under their bed to do their daily prayer in front of their Dr. Fauci shrine after pouring some alcohol gel over his statue and offer it some syringes on a golden plate.

[10baht]

9 hours ago, baansgr said:

no queue at check out

And get ride if QR code payment delays.

[sandyf]

8 hours ago, johng said:

Pattaya was decimated at the height of Covid...most who could went home...there were long lines for food handouts and a large increase of poeple sleeping on the streets

every bar , disco and beach were closed,there was even periods of no booze for sale anywhere !

Only large shops could open and they were restricted to only selling  food.

We had booked to go to Pattaya for New Year in 2020 under the WTT scheme. A coupe of days before they put Pattaya into lockdown, my wife phoned up the WTT people if we could get a refund but nobody had a clue so we decided to go anyway. On NY eve they increased the restrictions and as you say very little open and takeaway only. We dined in the room with the liquid refreshment I had brought along.

In the evening we went out for a walk along the beach, couldn't get a drink anywhere, residents only. We went back to our hotel and went up to the rooftop  bar. I was a bit surprised how few were there, then she brought the drinks list, limited choice with beer at 400 baht and whisky 500 baht. Just went back to the room,  sat on the balcony with our own refreshment watching the fireworks at Laem Chabang.

Following day we drove along the coast a bit outside the lockdown area and had very pleasant lunch by the sea.

This was Pattaya beach about 10pm on New Year's Eve.

[JackGats]

Best time ever in Thailand during Covid.

[Red Phoenix]

1 hour ago, pete43 said:

"a strategic decrease in vaccine procurement for hospitals" What procurement? You can't get a COVID vaccine in Korat ANYWHERE.

Great News that - even if you want it - you cannot get a Covid poison-jab anywhere in Korat!

[wensiensheng]

9 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

 

And also to ask how many died from/with the regular flu in that time.  Funny that they don't mention that...

Or in road accidents….no high alert for that particular avenue of death

[Purdey]

Let's see if anyone can forecast what will happen. I remember one clown got it wrong in spades. 

 

[Purdey]

Let's see if anyone can forecast what will happen. I remember one clown got it wrong in spades. 

 

[BangkokReady]

1 minute ago, Purdey said:

Let's see if anyone can forecast what will happen. I remember one clown got it wrong in spades. 

 

 

Wasn't most of this true?  And even the "under control" part, how many countries actually had it under control?

[Purdey]

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[rattlesnake]

1 hour ago, Wake Up1 said:

In the age of internet  we have many people who have accomplished nothing in their lives,  boldly state they know more about diseases than doctors who spend a lifetime studying diseases. 🥹 

 

You qualify for the Impossible Question. Nobody has answered it yet, have a shot (pun intended):

 

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What is your take on top virologist Dr. Robert Redfield, who served as the director of the CDC during the Covid crisis, who claims that reports of so-called "Long Covid" are actually a cover-up for mRNA vaccine injury?

 

Since leaving his federal government position at the end of President Donald Trump’s first term in January 2021, Redfield has focused on treating patients in his medical practice.

He explains in the interview that his surgery is flooded with patients who have been led to believe they have “Lond Covid.”

However, he notes that the vast majority of those patients are actually suffering from an injury caused by the Covid mRNA “vaccine” they received.

 

https://slaynews.com/news/ex-cdc-director-long-covid-mrna-vaccine-injury/

[rattlesnake]

5 minutes ago, Purdey said:

Some people never understand. 

 

 

He was right. Without Warp Speed, we were in for years of nightmare, incessant cycles of variants, lockdowns, forced quarantines and boosters.

[rattlesnake]

9 hours ago, johng said:

Pattaya was decimated at the height of Covid...most who could went home...there were long lines for food handouts and a large increase of poeple sleeping on the streets

every bar , disco and beach were closed,there was even periods of no booze for sale anywhere !

Only large shops could open and they were restricted to only selling  food.

 

Yes, it was horrible. Those who claim otherwise are severely removed from reality.

[Freddy42OZ]

I tested positive for Covid on Friday and had a very miserable few days with a constant headache, fever, muscle aches and all the other typical symptoms. 

I'm now starting to feel better but I can only talk for about an hour before my throat starts hurting.

I was on a 3 hour call earlier and by the end I could barely speak.  My throat is very sore right now.

I know a few people who've either got it or know someone who has.

I've quarantined myself since I started feeling sick on Thursday evening.  Any virus that's in me isn't getting a chance to spread to anyone else, which is what we should all do. 

If everyone who got sick just stayed away from other people until they were recovered, then the virus wouldn't be able to spread.  But I expect a lot of you are too selfish to think about other people.

And for the record I had 3 shots and have had Covid once before.

 

[RocketDog]

7 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

a pathetic attempt at scaremongering by a quack who wants his 15 minutes of fame.  Note how no co-morbidities were mentioned or the ages of those who died

Perspective I guess.

I took it as a simple warning that covid is still active here and that it can cause death.

 

Why is your and others in this thread reactions to statement of simple facts so violent?

 

Just another opportunity for you to state the same arguments you beat to death the last few years.

 

Get a better hobby, or better yet, stop raving about things that you claim don't affect you.

Me thinketh thou protestith too much.

 

 

[RocketDog]

25 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

Or in road accidents….no high alert for that particular avenue of death

Don't you have to be on the road for those to happen?

 

Infectious diseases can strike anybody.

 

False equivalence. 

 

[KhunLA]

4 minutes ago, rattlesnake said:

 

Yes, it was horrible. Those who claim otherwise are severely removed from reality.

I thought it was excellent, and the 3 ish best years, out of 25, that I've lived in TH, while traveling around.  Even on Kata Beach, my favorite, one of only a few even open was busy.  As they always catered to the local customer base.  Same with other favorites in other provinces.  While most other vendors, easily 90% were shuttered.  

 

Even 7-11s in tourist areas were shuttered, since dependent on tourist traffic.  We went to places we would never visit during high season, as simply too crowded & overpriced, when not shut down.  I welcome the next shut down, for any reason ... PLEASE.

[rattlesnake]

Just now, KhunLA said:

I thought it was excellent, and the 3 ish best years, out of 25, that I've lived in TH, while traveling around.  Even on Kata Beach, my favorite, one of only a few even open was busy.  As they always catered to the local customer base.  Same with other favorites in other provinces.  While most other vendors, easily 90% were shuttered.  

 

Even 7-11s in tourist areas were shuttered, since dependent on tourist traffic.  We went to places we would never visit during high season, as simply too crowded & overpriced, when not shut down.  I welcome the next shut down, for any reason ... PLEASE.

 

It ravaged the Thai economy, which still hasn't fully recovered. I know a lot of Thais who lost everything and are now still caught in a downwards spiral of debt and stress.

[Showtime]

What is up with Thailand.  I haven't heard any talk in the USA about COVID in months, much less a count.

[rattlesnake]

12 minutes ago, Freddy42OZ said:

And for the record I had 3 shots

 

Phew!

[KhunLA]

Just now, rattlesnake said:

 

It ravaged the Thai economy, which still hasn't fully recovered. I know a lot of Thais who lost everything and are now still caught in a downwards spiral of debt and stress.

I guess they were in the tourist industry ?   If so, I think they've had enough warnings, not the best to put all you eggs in.  Past slow downs, reasons for tourist slumps; tsunami, protest, SARS, bird flu, a couple or 3 coups, more protest, global recession.   Add those to 3 years of Covid, and about a third the high seasons I've been here, have been hit hard.

[KhunLA]

6 minutes ago, Showtime said:

What is up with Thailand.  I haven't heard any talk in the USA about COVID in months, much less a count.

Probably because most in USA, don't buy into the BS any more.   Eyes wide open.  TH, not so much.  People will probably be wearing more masks now, even though smog season is over 

[Cameroni]

1 hour ago, sandyf said:

We had booked to go to Pattaya for New Year in 2020 under the WTT scheme. A coupe of days before they put Pattaya into lockdown, my wife phoned up the WTT people if we could get a refund but nobody had a clue so we decided to go anyway. On NY eve they increased the restrictions and as you say very little open and takeaway only. We dined in the room with the liquid refreshment I had brought along.

In the evening we went out for a walk along the beach, couldn't get a drink anywhere, residents only. We went back to our hotel and went up to the rooftop  bar. I was a bit surprised how few were there, then she brought the drinks list, limited choice with beer at 400 baht and whisky 500 baht. Just went back to the room,  sat on the balcony with our own refreshment watching the fireworks at Laem Chabang.

Following day we drove along the coast a bit outside the lockdown area and had very pleasant lunch by the sea.

This was Pattaya beach about 10pm on New Year's Eve.

 

The beach looks so nice in pics, but when you go to swim there dark murky water and coarse sand.

 

Still looking for a good beach in Thailand.

[rattlesnake]

9 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

I guess they were in the tourist industry ?

 

Not necessarily, most were in all sectors from construction to factory working to civil service. These were formerly pillars of the domestic economy which were not significantly impacted by climatic or political events such as the 2011 floods or the 2014 coup.

But the Covid crisis left them unable to pay installments, following which they borrowed from banks and then loan sharks, and they still have their head underwater. Not to mention the failing health of many of them since they took the shots.

 

The current government's focus on tourism is boosting numbers on a macro level, but not helping mainland Thailand.