Health Thailand Battles Covid Surge with 12,000 Cases in a Single Day

[madone]

11 hours ago, CygnusX1 said:

I’m in Europe right now, doing the usual tourist stuff amid big summer crowds. No face masks anywhere whatsoever, no Covid hysteria. You have to wonder why It’s just Thailand that’s so vulnerable to this disease.

But there is no hysteria here, life goes on. 

Reporting on reported cases is not fear-mongering.  

[madone]

Only hysteria I see around Covid is here.

[frank83628]

5 hours ago, Pinot said:

I've found it difficult to find a covid vaccine update shot living in Rawai. None of the public hospitals are getting any. Bangkok Hospital is the only place to get one? With the ridiculous price?

 

I find it unbelievable how many here run their stupid, misinformed mouths at getting the vaccine, wearing masks, dismissing all this. Maybe it won't kill you, but these are all minor inconveniences for the payoff of not getting severely sick. This is a no-brainer. All this covid around will catch up to you. It can make you very sick and can kill you.

 

Good luck and by that I mean...

If youre old, ill health, scared or just a sheep than go for it, 

[frank83628]

3 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

there was also mass hysteria fuelled by the media and other scaremongers,     still is to this day. 

Coming from that very poster you replied to

[frank83628]

2 hours ago, technoronin said:

Given how anti-foreigner the Thai government has become, it wouldn't surprise me.  They are incrementally making it more difficult and more troublesome to visit Thailand.  How many people are deciding to visit elsewhere because of all the changes and requiring a vaccine certificate would be a significant disincentive.

They are not making it difficult at all. Tourists don't have any issues, neither do you unless you are tyring to scam long term visas

[CygnusX1]

2 hours ago, madone said:

But there is no hysteria here, life goes on. 

Reporting on reported cases is not fear-mongering.  

Around a third to half of people in Bangkok still wearing face masks (when I was there last month, doubt that anything’s changed since then), including in situations outdoors where they aren’t within cooee of anyone else, vs ZERO in Europe, is a pretty good indicator of hysteria.

[Stiddle Mump]

10 hours ago, Pinot said:

I've found it difficult to find a covid vaccine update shot living in Rawai. None of the public hospitals are getting any. Bangkok Hospital is the only place to get one? With the ridiculous price?

 

I find it unbelievable how many here run their stupid, misinformed mouths at getting the vaccine, wearing masks, dismissing all this. Maybe it won't kill you, but these are all minor inconveniences for the payoff of not getting severely sick. This is a no-brainer. All this covid around will catch up to you. It can make you very sick and can kill you.

 

Good luck and by that I mean...

You have swallowed the whole narrative Sir.

 

There is no such thing as COVID. There never was. Dr Vernon Coleman reckons it was/is the rebranded flu. I'll go with that. And what is flu? Simply put; it is a regular body detox, Meaning the body ridding itself of the captured undesirables that have build up, coated, packaged and tucked away in the previous months. Then, a change in humidity, temperature or membrane PH and it all begins.

 

The flu is the cure.

[Jim Blue]

16 hours ago, lorcis said:

sorry for your loss, but she didn 't die of covid, even the covid test is fake, more likely the vaccine killed her, or other related parties, don't believe what they tell you, the truth is blocked almost everywhere

Why should we believe you ?

You sound like a nut?

[Stiddle Mump]

11 hours ago, Purdey said:

Please someone post links to genuine medical websites stating that it isn't COVID. Please.

Have you not been reading my posts Sir?

 

COVID only exists in a computer. Not is nature or real life. The whole thing is perpetuated by the fraudulent PCR and anti-body tests. 

 

Note:: Not that the tests themselves are fraudulent, just the fixation by the white-coats that say they are effective. Kary will be turning in his grave.

[Stiddle Mump]

15 hours ago, transam said:

The vax does not stop you getting it, it prepares your body to fight it.......🤗

Fight it eh!! Fight something that only exits in a computer?

[kevozman1]

I got muh 6 boosters and I will be wearing two masks from here on out, three on a Sunday. I'm also a vegan, I support Queers for Palestine, I support feminists in their quest to become proud owners of multiple cats when they become 40, I believe Sub Saharans can create a civilization as good as any other group in Europe or Asia,  I have always lived in a city and never grown any food that I have eaten, but support fair trade all the way. I'm a good global citizen.

[Red Phoenix]

11 hours ago, Sigmund said:

The FFP mask should become mandatory in cramped spaces like public transport, malls etc. 

Masks don't work to protect you from catching Covid-19.  Period. 

[Red Phoenix]

6 hours ago, madone said:

But there is no hysteria here, life goes on. 
Reporting on reported cases is not fear-mongering.  

 

Did you even read the OP?  

The title and first sentence mentioned the number of cases (12.000). 

But the rest of the article is pure fear-mongering using words like alarming, significant health challenges, troubling figures, a surge, health crisis, etc.  

And the last sentence took the cake: 

> Citizens are being reminded of the importance of avoiding crowded spaces and wearing masks to protect themselves and others.

[technoronin]

6 hours ago, frank83628 said:

They are not making it difficult at all. Tourists don't have any issues, neither do you unless you are tyring to scam long term visas

Have you been asleep?  I can't use my bank account anymore which was the final straw.  Just this year things have gotten more restrictive and more of a hassle.

[alfredwilliams]

22 hours ago, NanLaew said:

 

Don't test...don't tell.

Agree, zeek and you will find, anyway bent test results, who is pushing this infatuation with testing, anyone would think one was dealing with a flock of sheep.. follow the money..ASEAN flu anyone?

[frank83628]

21 minutes ago, technoronin said:

Have you been asleep?  I can't use my bank account anymore which was the final straw.  Just this year things have gotten more restrictive and more of a hassle.

Not if you have a proper visa, So are you a tourist?

[spidermike007]

8 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

 

Would you mind expanding a little on that? Did you suffer adverse events, or do you have a reason to be wary? It is my understanding that these vaccines are safe and effective, and that smart, educated people follow the science and choose inoculation.

I'm just not a vaccine guy. I'm not antivax, if people want to get one, then power to them, but I don't feel like I need them to stay healthy, and I question their efficacy towards the latest variants. 

 

And I despise masks and will not be wearing one unless a very serious plague comes along. 

[transam]

1 hour ago, Stiddle Mump said:

Fight it eh!! Fight something that only exits in a computer?

How strange..............

[NanLaew]

1 hour ago, kevozman1 said:

I got muh 6 boosters and I will be wearing two masks from here on out, three on a Sunday. I'm also a vegan, I support Queers for Palestine, I support feminists in their quest to become proud owners of multiple cats when they become 40, I believe Sub Saharans can create a civilization as good as any other group in Europe or Asia,  I have always lived in a city and never grown any food that I have eaten, but support fair trade all the way. I'm a good global citizen.

 

EV or pushbike?

[transam]

14 hours ago, Red Phoenix said:

Neither do I, but I know several that died from the adverse effects of the Covid-shots they took.  

You know "Several" that have died from adverse effects of the covid vax they had, well, were they family, your chums, or just a made up fib like most of your stuff.........?    🤥

[Red Phoenix]

11 minutes ago, transam said:

You know "Several" that have died from adverse effects of the covid vax they had, well, were they family, your chums, or just a made up fib like most of your stuff.........?    🤥

Family and family of friends.  Luckily none of my close family or friends died from the shots, but several had severe adverse effects (which of course they did not link to the shots, because these were 100% safe and effective and only loony and selfish anti-vaxxers would question this).

 

[transam]

31 minutes ago, Red Phoenix said:

Family and family of friends.  Luckily none of my close family or friends died from the shots, but several had severe adverse effects (which of course they did not link to the shots, because these were 100% safe and effective and only loony and selfish anti-vaxxers would question this).

 

Yeh, riiiiiiiiiight, strange I haven't heard of one death from the vax here or back home.........🤥

[10baht]

On 6/16/2025 at 2:57 AM, webfact said:

Thailand is in the grip of a new Covid-19 wave as over 12,000 people tested positive on Friday, as confirmed by the Department of Disease Control.

They don't report anymore???

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/thailand/

[madone]

6 hours ago, Red Phoenix said:

 

Did you even read the OP?  

The title and first sentence mentioned the number of cases (12.000). 

But the rest of the article is pure fear-mongering using words like alarming, significant health challenges, troubling figures, a surge, health crisis, etc.  

And the last sentence took the cake: 

> Citizens are being reminded of the importance of avoiding crowded spaces and wearing masks to protect themselves and others.

 Blah fookin blah you agony aunt

[madone]

11 hours ago, CygnusX1 said:

Around a third to half of people in Bangkok still wearing face masks (when I was there last month, doubt that anything’s changed since then), including in situations outdoors where they aren’t within cooee of anyone else, vs ZERO in Europe, is a pretty good indicator of hysteria.

utter <deleted>.

 

Sure, some folks still wear masks -- but then some folks always have. It's an Asian thing.

half? you are taking the piss  

 

Either way, taking precautions is not hysteria.

[Stiddle Mump]

2 minutes ago, madone said:

utter <deleted>.

 

Sure, some folks still wear masks -- but then some folks always have. It's an Asian thing.

half? you are taking the piss  

 

Either way, taking precautions is not hysteria.

There are good reasons for wearing a mask. Stopping some of the bigger smoke particles. Stopping wood dust.

 

In my town less than 5% wear masks.

 

Don't stop a virus though. They are reckoned to be quite small. I reckon they don't exist as a living thing and can't cause harm. But that's another story.

 

[Hawaiian]

On 6/15/2025 at 8:11 PM, Peterphuket said:

Indeed, you begin to wonder if they are sure it is covid.

New strain identified as NB.1.8.1;  common ID symptom is painful sore throat, labeled as "razor blade" throat.

[MeRakThai]

On 6/16/2025 at 4:48 PM, lorcis said:

sorry for your loss, but she didn 't die of covid, even the covid test is fake, more likely the vaccine killed her, or other related parties, don't believe what they tell you, the truth is blocked almost everywhere

She is not dead and is now out of the critical stage, she did not take any vaccine she was tested positive both by pharmacy supplied testing then further testing in the hospital. Furthermore most of the other family members contracted covid from their school kids whom had very mild covid but those elderly were hit harder. If anyone here doesn't want a vaccination jab that is your right but also the right of susceptible people (elderly) to be protected by those with covid to at least wear a mask.

[CygnusX1]

1 hour ago, madone said:

utter <deleted>.

 

Sure, some folks still wear masks -- but then some folks always have. It's an Asian thing.

half? you are taking the piss  

 

Either way, taking precautions is not hysteria.

I’m happy to be corrected on the third to a half, good news if that’s true. Certainly a lot fewer than that were wearing masks in Jomtien, I was referring to Bangkok. What do you think is the % of mask wearing in central Bangkok?

The proportion of people who wore masks pre Covid was minuscule, people have posted videos of crowds in Bangkok to demonstrate this.

Whether taking precautions is hysteria or not depends entirely on the odds - I take the precaution to always look both ways before crossing a road, but my chances of becoming severely ill or dying from Covid are tiny, so it would be crazy for me to wear a face mask. I do take the precaution of a shot of vaccine annually, but that’s a trivial bother compared with the misery of wearing a face mask whenever I’m outside my home.