Report Thailand Sees a Surge in COVID-19 Cases: Concerns for Public Health

[Presnock]

16 hours ago, MaskLover2025 said:

What a miserable country Thailand has become - everywhere you go, you see frightened and miserable-looking people in muzzles. It is pathetic and makes a mockery of their whole Land of Smiles schtick. So glad I don't live there anymore. Majority of Thais are brainwashed cowards.

Funny but not really as the non-maskers make such a mockery of those folks wearing them in hopes of prevention.  None of us mask wearers that I know of make any negative comments about you folks who dislike wearing masks.  I don't see fright on any of the faces,.  I too am glad you don't live here anymore.

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

Yeah, just to annoy you 😂

They know my weak point

[frank83628]

[jaywalker2]

39 minutes ago, plahgat said:

On my last three trips to Thailand I caught Covid every time! 🤒

Although I have been vaccinated 7 times, it didn´t help me much this year as I was bedridden for 4 weeks in Pattaya

with constant fever, extreme fatigue and with dry mouth and throat I lost my taste as well!

It developed into a dry cough that I still have today 2 months later! 

Last year I was only sick for 4-5 weeks, but this year much more severe!?

My guess is it´s a new strain more potent and resistent against vaccinations!?

Or maybe there's something wrong with you?

 

[Burma Bill]

18 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Went to a Thai market this morning. 

Seems like many more people sneezing and coughing.  I really noticed it watching people sneezing with no protection on the foods and meats.

Lots of people sick it seems.

 

So the cured ham is becoming infected ham?😀

[BKKBike09]

4 hours ago, thesetat said:

As i understand it, it is spreading everywhere. Started heavily in Bkk. spreading out now. School in Prachuap has closed some classes because Covid was found in some students. I expect it to get worse. This began in China again and spread here. When will China start testing their travellers or when will Thailand begin demanding travellers to test before entering the country. This would not be a problem in Thailand if only Thailand worried more about its people than tourists entering. 

 

Schools closing classes? Madness. 

 

If Thailand cared more about its people it would focus on actually educating its children, rather than pushing a narrative of fear and the importance of simply doing what your 'elders and betters' tell you to do, because 'they know better'.

 

[BKKBike09]

On a more general point - what's happened to the member (the bloke with the masked dog avatar) who used to bombard AN and these Covid threads with reams of stats and doom and gloom projections? 

[thespecialist6]

4 hours ago, ignis said:

Some of my friends [mostly Thai] have Covid  NON of them have visited a Hospital just used a home tester + all have been vaccinated and boosters  ... does not appear the vaccine work as some have had Covid 2 or 3 times before + after the Vaccine

 

As for Masks I always put on then going out, never stopped wearing just automatic after so many years..  I cannot have Vaccines, so try to protect myself  best I can.

 

Last visit to Makro appeared all the Staff + me had masks,  last night visited Makro again there were a good many shoppers with masks on.

 

 

Masks don't stop you getting covid or even  limit the chance of getting covid as the virus just passes through the mask , so can you tell me why you wear it ? Because everytime you wear the mask it cuts down on the freedom of someone who does not want to wear one because as I said it does NOT stop you getting covid  but the more you wear the mask the more the authorities will insist on it STOP WEARING YOUR BLO.DY MASK !!!

[MaskLover2025]

Oh and it is no surprise that tourist figures are down. People go to Thailand because they have been told it is the land of smiles. Understandably, they expect to be greeted with smiley, happy faces - but instead they get something that feels like a dystopian B Corp movie. Either consciously or unconsciously, they reject this and decide to go elsewhere. The rest of the world rejected masks a long time ago, and it is high-time Thailand did the same.

[couchpotato]

4 hours ago, jayboy said:

 

Covid symptoms are not akin to the common cold - I know having experienced both.

 

I agree not usually necessary to go to hospital with Covid unless in vulnerable group or experiencing very unusual/severe symptoms.

So enlighten us on the different symptoms.  List the symptoms for both Covid and Commom cold....no embellishments please.

[MaskLover2025]

1 minute ago, thespecialist6 said:

Masks don't stop you getting covid or even  limit the chance of getting covid as the virus just passes through the mask , so can you tell me why you wear it ? Because everytime you wear the mask it cuts down on the freedom of someone who does not want to wear one because as I said it does NOT stop you getting covid  but the more you wear the mask the more the authorities will insist on it STOP WEARING YOUR BLO.DY MASK !!!

Even if they did work - so what? Wearing a filthy mask all your life, restricting your breathing and oxygen intake, making you look like a mutinous dog - all to avoid a virus that will just leave you with a slight fever for a couple of days. It is literally the worst trade-off in human history, yet so many morons willingly partake in it - mostly because they are either thick or total cowards.

[thespecialist6]

1 hour ago, harryviking said:

Careful!! Some bright brains in government might think thats a good idea!!😂😂😆

Including the idiot that suggested it  !!!

[MaskLover2025]

3 minutes ago, thespecialist6 said:

Masks don't stop you getting covid or even  limit the chance of getting covid as the virus just passes through the mask , so can you tell me why you wear it ? Because everytime you wear the mask it cuts down on the freedom of someone who does not want to wear one because as I said it does NOT stop you getting covid  but the more you wear the mask the more the authorities will insist on it STOP WEARING YOUR BLO.DY MASK !!!

And yes, you make a good point about restricting the freedom of others - they unnecessarily perpetuate a climate of anxiety. All wholly unnecessary now that the virus is no more harmful than a normal flu. It is like continuing to see soldiers walking around with rifles even though the war has ended, it creates a negative atmosphere all because some cowards can't move on and/or want to feel as though they have some sense of moral superiority. Awful people on so many levels.

[MaskLover2025]

5 hours ago, ignis said:

Some of my friends [mostly Thai] have Covid  NON of them have visited a Hospital just used a home tester + all have been vaccinated and boosters  ... does not appear the vaccine work as some have had Covid 2 or 3 times before + after the Vaccine

 

As for Masks I always put on then going out, never stopped wearing just automatic after so many years..  I cannot have Vaccines, so try to protect myself  best I can.

 

Last visit to Makro appeared all the Staff + me had masks,  last night visited Makro again there were a good many shoppers with masks on.

 

 

Convention of cowards - bet hardly anyone in there does anything meaningful to maintain good health. Forget going for a run or eating greens, oh no let's just put a tatty surgical mask on that barely covers my face. Absurd, dystopian and completely worthy of ridicule. 

[jayboy]

5 minutes ago, couchpotato said:

So enlighten us on the different symptoms.  List the symptoms for both Covid and Commom cold....no embellishments please.

 

Dial down the passive aggression please.I can only describe my own experience and I am certainly not going to list out for you the symptoms of COVID and the common cold.There's plenty of easily accessibly evidence on that.

 

To expand on my earlier post my experience of COVID was that on one of the two rough days, I had the most painful throat condition I've ever known - not remotely comparable to the common cold.

 

There are crazies out there who claim COVID is no different to the common cold in its symptoms, the type of people who gobble down horse medicine and place a childlike trust in "natural immunity." I presume you are not one of those.

[DjSilver08]

lol, I thought by this time that Thailand learned that the whole plandemic was overreacted? More people ate being killed and seriously injured by traffic in Thailand than by covid-19. 

[sandrew33]

2 hours ago, jayboy said:

 

It really isn't, at least in many cases.I'm not in a vulnerable group and only felt ill for a couple of days though a cough persisted for a week.But it was very obvious during the crap couple of days that this was something very different from the flu.

It is compared to actual flu. People calling common colds flu is part of the problem. 
 

I’ve had Covid twice, the second time was barely a cold. The first time is was 4 days that felt exactly like last time I had a proper flu. 
 

Both flu and Covid primarily kill the elderly and infirm for most others it’s a few days of relative misery with “flu like symptoms” 

[sandrew33]

1 hour ago, plahgat said:

On my last three trips to Thailand I caught Covid every time! 🤒

Although I have been vaccinated 7 times, it didn´t help me much this year as I was bedridden for 4 weeks in Pattaya

with constant fever, extreme fatigue and with dry mouth and throat I lost my taste as well!

It developed into a dry cough that I still have today 2 months later! 

Last year I was only sick for 4-5 weeks, but this year much more severe!?

My guess is it´s a new strain more potent and resistent against vaccinations!?

I’d respectfully suggest that either (a) you have some serious health issues or (b you need to learn to use a condom and stop confusing some industrial level STD with Covid 🤷🏻‍♂️😁

[johng]

1 hour ago, Presnock said:

None of us mask wearers that I know of make any negative comments about you folks who dislike wearing masks. 

 

You might want to have a read of this thread for a refresher of just how negative

mask wearers became.

 

 

[johng]

51 minutes ago, BKKBike09 said:

On a more general point - what's happened to the member (the bloke with the masked dog avatar) who used to bombard AN and these Covid threads with reams of stats and doom and gloom projections? 

 

I think the new forum rule on posting swathes of AI generated "crud"  put the dampers on it.

[johng]

1 hour ago, frank83628 said:

 

 

Exactly  if we forget what they did  they will do it to us again.

[1FinickyOne]

3 hours ago, impulse said:

 

You mean like my Pfizer injury?

 

sure, why not? But I have no idea about your injury... maybe I dozed off during the news one day.

[plahgat]

1 hour ago, jaywalker2 said:

Or maybe there's something wrong with you?

 

You mean it wasn´t  Covid?

I tested positive every time!

This year I even did 3 tests to be sure, 2 nasal and one saliva, all showed positive for Covid-19.

I also tested for Flu A & B, but was negative.

Symptoms all consistent with Covid, only I didn´t get a stuffy and congested nose this time!

Most symptomatic except constant fever and fatigue is the dryness of your mouth and throat and lack of taste and smell!

You got that strange metallic taste in your mouth all the time making you loose your appetite, and kind of feel nauseous.

Even today 2 months later my tongue and mouth still feels a bit dry, but my sense of taste is slowly coming back.

I have become very sensitive to smells though, and can smell a person with deodorant from miles away!😆

 

 

[MaskLover2025]

57 minutes ago, DjSilver08 said:

lol, I thought by this time that Thailand learned that the whole plandemic was overreacted? More people ate being killed and seriously injured by traffic in Thailand than by covid-19. 

Not in Thailand, covid is like a religion, and wearing your mask like a complete coward is the perfect way to show you are committed to this deranged religion for life  

[dinsdale]

5 hours ago, jayboy said:

Covid symptoms are not akin to the common cold

Let's see. Cough, runny nose/blocked nose, muscle aches and pains, sneezing, sore throat, respiratory problems, headache, fatigue, loss of smell and or taste, secondary bacterial infections and generally feeling unwell. Are these symptoms of the common cold, Omicron or both? 

[Presnock]

1 hour ago, johng said:

 

You might want to have a read of this thread for a refresher of just how negative

mask wearers became.

 

 

 

1 hour ago, johng said:

 

You might want to have a read of this thread for a refresher of just how negative

mask wearers became.

 

 

Yeah during the period of the pandemic.  But anyway, I was an avid runner in many capital cities over the years and regular medical checkups advised me to wear a high quality N96 surgical mask when I jogged in the streets or to do my jogging inside as the cities were almost always polluted.  I have no problems wearing a mask anytime I go out where there will be tourists or crowds and fail to understand why anyone else should be concerned anyway so why the negative comments.  I am not advising you or anyone else to wear a mask, that is my choice just like the underwear that I choose to wear - it is none of your business whatsoever.  I still fail to understand why non-maskers are so concerned with what other people do and why they have such negative comments - I could understand if I or someone else made such comments to them about not wearing a mask but I haven't.  

[VBF]

1 hour ago, sandrew33 said:

It is compared to actual flu. People calling common colds flu is part of the problem. 
 

I’ve had Covid twice, the second time was barely a cold. The first time is was 4 days that felt exactly like last time I had a proper flu. 
 

Both flu and Covid primarily kill the elderly and infirm for most others it’s a few days of relative misery with “flu like symptoms” 

Exactly. The common cold is not the same as influenza, but covid is similar to influenza.

I've had covid twice that I know of (tested) and once where I think it was covid but not sure at age 68. Not sure because I wasn't planning on going out and mixing with others so didn't bother to test and it's just annoying, no more. Been vaxxed / boosted 5 times now - age 70.

What must be said is my experiences hold true for the majority of people who get covid - for a minority it's more serious as we know.

 

But we should never have shut the world down for a minority. Those who have pre-existing issues or who are very old should have been offered the opportunity (and supported) to isolate.

Furthermore, Charles Darwin had something to say about survival, as we all know.

As for the morons who deny science and won't be vaxxed - you're free to go your own way, but just shut up about it!

[jayboy]

24 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Let's see. Cough, runny nose/blocked nose, muscle aches and pains, sneezing, sore throat, respiratory problems, headache, fatigue, loss of smell and or taste, secondary bacterial infections and generally feeling unwell. Are these symptoms of the common cold, Omicron or both? 

 

Some, perhaps the majority, are common to both. Don't really get your point.

[johng]

5 minutes ago, VBF said:

As for the morons who deny science and won't be vaxxed - you're free to go your own way, but just shut up about it!

Why should they shut up about it when "people" like you keep going on about getting vaxed...like the previous poster said  "it is none of your business"

never was and never should be..unfortunately far too many fell for the military grade syop claiming that you would die if not vaxed   the IFR of Covid is less than 1 %   Yes they shut the world down for a minority and then said to get your

free-dumbs  back you must take this concoction !!

 

 

[VBF]

2 minutes ago, johng said:

Why should they shut up about it when "people" like you keep going on about getting vaxed...like the previous poster said  "it is none of your business"

never was and never should be..unfortunately far too many fell for the military grade syop claiming that you would die if not vaxed   the IFR of Covid is less than 1 %   Yes they shut the world down for a minority and then said to get your

free-dumbs  back you must take this concoction !!

 

Nobody said you MUST get vaccinated - it's just that intelligent science followers saw how effective the vaccines would be and have been proven correct.

You're right  - it's not my business so just carry on enjoying your conspiracy theories and I'll carry on enjoying my (usually) healthy life.