Thais urged to get flu shot

[snoop1130]

Thais urged to get flu shot

By The Nation

 

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Thais are being urged to get an influenza vaccination as almost 100,000 people have been infected so far this year and at least six have died. 

 

Dr Tawee Chotepittayasunont, president of the Paediatric Infectious Diseases Society of Thailand, said on Friday that the number of child patients is nine times higher than adults. 

 

“As a precaution, it is best to take a vaccine shot,” Tawee said. 

 

The Disease Control Department found that as many as 99,087 people came down with influenza between January 1 and March 18, he said. 

 

“This is equivalent to 151.45 patients per 100,000 population,” he said. 

 

The vaccine was effective in preventing influenza, he said, and where the disease is not entirely effective, it will still significantly reduce the period of symptoms from seven days to just one or two days. 

 

This year, the National Health Security Office has prepared four mission vaccine doses for people. These vaccines will be given to members of vulnerable groups such as women who are at least four months into their pregnancy, babies aged between six months and two years old, the obese, and people living with HIV. 

 

Symptoms associated with influenza are a fever, pains and aches, headache, sore throat, stuffy noses, and fatigue. 

 

“If children catch the influenza, they should take leave from their schools to avoid spreading the disease,” Tawee said.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30366302

 

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[CGW]

Free advertising for "Big Pharma" 

[YetAnother]

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“If children catch the influenza, they should take leave from their schools to avoid spreading the disease,” Tawee said.

civilized thinking

[rabas]

I always thought flu shots were taken at the beginning of flu season, not the end.

 

Is there something not being said? The H1N1 going around just turned deadly? No, that's not it. Ah, they have millions of unsold flu shots that can't be used for next year! That's it.

[NightSky]

I thought there was a specific time of year that is the best time to have a flu vaccine, hasn’t that already passed  in Thailand? 

 

Is it still worth having?

[owenm]

I recently returned from Australia and wanted to have latest flu injection before returning to Thailand.. No stock available anywhere until early April.. And i believe their 2019 batches are a 4 strain quad injection.. 

 

Is Thailand using last year's flu strain, how effective is it and how much do doctor's clinics and hospitals charging for it? 

[MadMuhammad]

14 hours ago, CGW said:

Free advertising for "Big Pharma" 

I just had influenza type b complicated with pneumonia and a throat infection. 10 days of brutal symptoms, 7 days in hospital and 5 days home recovering so far. 

I’ll be getting the vaccine when my body is ready for it 

[StevieAus]

According to our local Dr this is the time of the year to have the flu vaccination in this part of the world as the vaccination which contains the four strains that the “experts” have chosen is not normally available until April

We got our shots a couple of weeks ago cost 700 baht each.

[justin case]

6 have died, oh no ... everybody quick get the flu shot

 

please

 

30 people die on the road each day, but people need to get a poison shot, this one actually contains mercury and other adjuvants.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321207.php

 

They even ask pregnant women to take, and guess what... higher risk of autism.

 

You old people 65+ and older, rich on TV here, it does not work as good for older people as your immune is already weaker.

 

Immune senescence : immunosenescence  refers to the gradual deterioration of the immune system brought on by natural age advancement. It involves both the host's capacity to respond to infections and the development of long-term immune memory, especially by vaccination.

 

But ignore these facts. Run for your life.

 

This probably sounds Chinese for most people here.

 

Sorry dudes, you get sick when you tell your immune system to go sleep for a few hours and this happens when you have that nice bulk of sugar 3 to 6 times a day.

 

Every time you eat a large amount (bigger than a teaspoon) of sugar, your immune goes bye bye for 6 hours... eat it around the clock and you are ready to get what whomever has to spread

 

the flu shot is a GUESS based on what strain was active LAST YEAR.

 

This is like going to the casino and bet everything or red, black or a number.

 

But please, all go get a flu shot ... less people around is good !

 

And big pharma will be happy for your contribution to their profits.

 

I would like to find out if Dr Tawee Chotepittayasunont,

had conflicts of interest with big pharma...  don't be shocked, it happens all the time.

 

If you get a flu shot a few years in a row, you have more chances to get cancer (studies, who reads them or believe them, right)

 

My mother worked all her carrier with children, coughing, sneezing, hackling, ... she never got a flu shot, she never got the flu.

 

Her colleagues all got the flu shot and got the flu on some years

 

My mom does not have a sweet tooth...

 

I rest my case.

 

When people around me are sick, or when a lot of children in the school are sick, my kids also know to NOT LOWER their immune and avoid sugar.

 

You see many times with their big cup of cha thai or coffee...  So not much hope, but hey, at least they got their flu shot. Everybody happy.

 

[justin case]

3 hours ago, MadMuhammad said:

I just had influenza type b complicated with pneumonia and a throat infection. 10 days of brutal symptoms, 7 days in hospital and 5 days home recovering so far. 

I’ll be getting the vaccine when my body is ready for it 

what did they serve you as food in the hospital ? 

[wolf81]

6 hours ago, owenm said:

I recently returned from Australia and wanted to have latest flu injection before returning to Thailand.. No stock available anywhere until early April.. And i believe their 2019 batches are a 4 strain quad injection.. 

 

Is Thailand using last year's flu strain, how effective is it and how much do doctor's clinics and hospitals charging for it? 

Our local private clinic received new flu shots last week. We had to wait a few days for the shipment to arrive for our 2 year old daughter. But we live upcountry, not close to any big city, I am not sure if cities / hospitals somehow have more difficulty in receiving shipments.

[lopburi3]

The beginning of flu season is coming up for Thailand (rainy season) - so yes it is the time to get shots.

[CGW]

18 hours ago, rabas said:

Ah, they have millions of unsold flu shots that can't be used for next year! That's it.

Remember in the good old days when we used to go the "Au Naturale" way, we let our bodies do what they are designed to do & fight infection, are we all supposed to be too weak for that now and have to rely on crap being pumped into our bodies to "maybe" do what our bodies should do naturally ????

We used to have excellent immune systems - what happened, easier to rely on Big Pharma promises? rather than maintain our bodies 

Shares in these huge pharmaceutical companies are only going to go up as peoples health fails and they look for easy alternatives that the seller states "may" work.

The brain washed "sheeple" will be clamouring to tell me how wrong I am & that "they" are doing it for our own good, that their lives have been saved countless times & money is the last thing the seller is chasing ????

[lopburi3]

Yes I well remember when people were dying every year from influenza before we had any flu shots.  Some of us made it but many others did not and at best you could count on several weeks of living death almost every year.  Yes things were so much better then.  Not.  ????

[rabas]

1 hour ago, CGW said:

Remember in the good old days when we used to go the "Au Naturale" way, we let our bodies do what they are designed to do & fight infection, are we all supposed to be too weak for that now and have to rely on crap being pumped into our bodies to "maybe" do what our bodies should do naturally ????

We used to have excellent immune systems - what happened, easier to rely on Big Pharma promises? rather than maintain our bodies 

Shares in these huge pharmaceutical companies are only going to go up as peoples health fails and they look for easy alternatives that the seller states "may" work.

The brain washed "sheeple" will be clamouring to tell me how wrong I am & that "they" are doing it for our own good, that their lives have been saved countless times & money is the last thing the seller is chasing ????

Mostly I agree.  But in 1918, 100 million people would have regretted not having a vaccine for the H1N1 Spanish Flu, had they lived.

 

 

 

[Tony125]

19 hours ago, justin case said:

6 have died, oh no ... everybody quick get the flu shot

 

please

 

30 people die on the road each day, but people need to get a poison shot, this one actually contains mercury and other adjuvants.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321207.php

 

They even ask pregnant women to take, and guess what... higher risk of autism.

 

You old people 65+ and older, rich on TV here, it does not work as good for older people as your immune is already weaker.

 

Immune senescence : immunosenescence  refers to the gradual deterioration of the immune system brought on by natural age advancement. It involves both the host's capacity to respond to infections and the development of long-term immune memory, especially by vaccination.

 

But ignore these facts. Run for your life.

 

This probably sounds Chinese for most people here.

 

Sorry dudes, you get sick when you tell your immune system to go sleep for a few hours and this happens when you have that nice bulk of sugar 3 to 6 times a day.

 

Every time you eat a large amount (bigger than a teaspoon) of sugar, your immune goes bye bye for 6 hours... eat it around the clock and you are ready to get what whomever has to spread

 

the flu shot is a GUESS based on what strain was active LAST YEAR.

 

This is like going to the casino and bet everything or red, black or a number.

 

But please, all go get a flu shot ... less people around is good !

 

And big pharma will be happy for your contribution to their profits.

 

I would like to find out if Dr Tawee Chotepittayasunont,

had conflicts of interest with big pharma...  don't be shocked, it happens all the time.

 

If you get a flu shot a few years in a row, you have more chances to get cancer (studies, who reads them or believe them, right)

 

My mother worked all her carrier with children, coughing, sneezing, hackling, ... she never got a flu shot, she never got the flu.

 

Her colleagues all got the flu shot and got the flu on some years

 

My mom does not have a sweet tooth...

 

I rest my case.

 

When people around me are sick, or when a lot of children in the school are sick, my kids also know to NOT LOWER their immune and avoid sugar.

 

You see many times with their big cup of cha thai or coffee...  So not much hope, but hey, at least they got their flu shot. Everybody happy.

 

There have been large, well-designed epidemiological studies that have failed to find even a hint of a whiff of a correlation between the MMR vaccine and autism. 

https://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2013/04/18/andrew-wakefield-wants-a-live-public-televised-debate-oh-goody  

[bobbin]

Anti-vaxxers are here, banging the drum.

 

How's that working out?

 

 

[Tony125]

On 3/23/2019 at 3:02 PM, justin case said:

6 have died, oh no ... everybody quick get the flu shot

 

please

 

30 people die on the road each day, but people need to get a poison shot, this one actually contains mercury and other adjuvants.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321207.php

 

They even ask pregnant women to take, and guess what... higher risk of autism.

 

You old people 65+ and older, rich on TV here, it does not work as good for older people as your immune is already weaker.

 

Immune senescence : immunosenescence  refers to the gradual deterioration of the immune system brought on by natural age advancement. It involves both the host's capacity to respond to infections and the development of long-term immune memory, especially by vaccination.

 

But ignore these facts. Run for your life.

 

This probably sounds Chinese for most people here.

 

Sorry dudes, you get sick when you tell your immune system to go sleep for a few hours and this happens when you have that nice bulk of sugar 3 to 6 times a day.

 

Every time you eat a large amount (bigger than a teaspoon) of sugar, your immune goes bye bye for 6 hours... eat it around the clock and you are ready to get what whomever has to spread

 

the flu shot is a GUESS based on what strain was active LAST YEAR.

 

This is like going to the casino and bet everything or red, black or a number.

 

But please, all go get a flu shot ... less people around is good !

 

And big pharma will be happy for your contribution to their profits.

 

I would like to find out if Dr Tawee Chotepittayasunont,

had conflicts of interest with big pharma...  don't be shocked, it happens all the time.

 

If you get a flu shot a few years in a row, you have more chances to get cancer (studies, who reads them or believe them, right)

 

My mother worked all her carrier with children, coughing, sneezing, hackling, ... she never got a flu shot, she never got the flu.

 

Her colleagues all got the flu shot and got the flu on some years

 

My mom does not have a sweet tooth...

 

I rest my case.

 

When people around me are sick, or when a lot of children in the school are sick, my kids also know to NOT LOWER their immune and avoid sugar.

 

You see many times with their big cup of cha thai or coffee...  So not much hope, but hey, at least they got their flu shot. Everybody happy.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/video/italian-anti-vaxxer-politician-is-hospitalized-with-chickenpox/vi-BBV23l9   

 

https://www.publichealth.org/public-awareness/understanding-vaccines/vaccine-myths-debunked/  

 

https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/do-vaccines-cause-autism