Grim forecast of coronavirus infections refuted by senior health official

[whaleboneman]

10 hours ago, dinsdale said:

We can all help control it. NPI everyone. The govt didn't close the borders early enough (listened to CCP and WHO) and people didn't employ NPI soon enough BUT everyone has a role to play. Head in the sand may not be the best way to go. If everyone thought this way then we will be forced into it a 24hr ongoing curfew. Protecting others from yourself and yourself from others is a must.

NPI = Narcissistic Personality Inventory?

[ParkerN]

Right. So the exponential increase in cases which has featured in every country graph that I've seen so far, won't happen in Thailand.

 

And the (approx) 2% death rate also won't apply to Thailand.

 

Why?

 

Methinks there is some 'opinion massaging' going on. Probably 'number massaging' as well by the government, as has been suggested by multiple posters.

 

 

[TheAppletons]

[ParkerN]

18 hours ago, RickBradford said:

Test everyone, isolate those with the virus (who may be asymptomatic) and tell the rest to keep dancing.

 

It worked in one Italian town in the middle of that country's danger zone.

 

The Tarantella?

 

 

 

[chainarong]

Because most Sth East Asian countries have very poor medical facility's, in Indonesia as of now they have no idea how many are running about with the virus, neither does Myanmar, Lao or Cambodia and it's a guessing game in some area's of Thailand , go figure. 

[JackGats]

If they tested everybody and one third of the population turned out positive, what good would that do? Would they herd millions of people into camps? Scare everybody, trigger bank runs and shortages?

 

Maybe there are hundreds of thousands of people scattered through the country and lying down in bed sick until they (for the most part) get better and emerge immune. How awful is that?

 

If you can't much treat people let alone cure them, at least let the epidemics run its course without adding societal collapse to boot. Thailand usually has 60 road deaths per day (not counting the wounded). With reduced traffic could this figure be down to 30?

[yourauntbob]

Finally some sense.  Thailand had this virus long before the EU and USA.  The government only pushed the panic button after every other country did.

 

Now the same people instilling panic and keeping the working poor from work are complaining what should now be done to rescue the poor.  

 

Talk about breaking your leg and offering a crutch

[Mike k]

On 3/30/2020 at 2:10 PM, dinsdale said:

Don't Test. Don't Tell. Assign cause of death to underlying health issues and he's probably right.

Ask me no questions I'll tell you no lies 

[Reigntax]

On 3/30/2020 at 6:10 PM, dinsdale said:

Don't Test. Don't Tell. Assign cause of death to underlying health issues and he's probably right.

And you forgot, keep your head buried in the sand

[EricTh]

On 3/30/2020 at 1:08 PM, Thailand said:

Assuming the current figures are correct.

 

Otherwise,who knows.

Why are people always skeptical of other countries figures if it is lower?

[spidermike007]

I suspect this will top out at around 5,000 cases and level off quite soon. With millions of Chinese running all over Thailand in Dec. and Jan., if this were going to blow up, it would have happened already.
 

Take a few deep breaths. This is not the zombie apocalypse. The nuclear bombs are not raining down.