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1 minute ago, Natai Beach said:


 

They will get there. 
Those top four countries have small populations. 
 

The whole world has a long way to go with the vaccines. And those figures are for only one dose only, the reality is still 99% of people still need to get more vaccinations.
 

And let’s not forget the 2 million dead that died before getting it. 
 

And the thousands that are dying everyday currently, it is too late for them also.

 

If Thailand can score under 100 deaths before vaccinations are rolled out then they have done an excellent job. Some countries are recording more deaths than that every couple of hours currently. 

Those figures are from at least one dose each.

 

Nobody is forgetting the 2 million dead already and rising, hence why the vaccines are being deployed after countries wisely ordered them in plenty of time.

 

India has also been doing a great job supplying some of the east asian countries, even offered 2 million to Thailand but hey, Thailand refused. Thanks to those who developed the vaccines, particularly the US and UK, with more Countries who have developed to gain approval in weeks. Apologies if I've missed other countries involved with the UK and US in the development such as Sweden.

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1 hour ago, rabas said:

 

OK, however,  you missed a primary factor that differentiated Asia from the Western world.  The D614G spike mutation, which arose about February 2020. Most of Asia including Thailand was seeded early with the slow poke D strain. The much faster spreading G strain seeded places in Europe, then the US, and went on to dominate the West's pandemic.

 

Research on G strain suggests it was a bigger increase in infectivity than the recent UK mutation. Of course the UK mutation adds on top of the G strain's  infectivity.

 

Thailand's first wave was an easier task. Myanmar now has a derivative of the G strain, which is now in Samut Shakon.

 

 

thailand had an italian strain, which was brought at the beginning of march to lumpini boxing stadium.

virus from myanma somehow doesn't affect much thai population. There might be an explanation beyond cramped conditions they live and work in, and lack of hygiene  

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No one really knows why some Asian Countries have fared better in controlling the viras but of course additional deaths have not been taken into account nor has testing been carried out except where flare up have occured. Let's hope wet markets will not be reopened as these were the cause of the Wuhan outbreak

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18 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand 4th among 98 countries studied for best response in handling pandemic

By The Nation

 

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Australian analysis centre, Lowy Institute, has come up with a ranking for countries in terms of managing the Covid-19 pandemic in 36 weeks after the 100th case was confirmed.

 

It evaluated 98 countries based on the availability of data across six indicators that were used to construct this index.

 

The country topping the list as the best in controlling the outbreak is New Zealand (94.4 points), followed by Vietnam (90.8), Taiwan (86.4), Thailand (84.2) and Cyprus (83.3). Meanwhile, Brazil (4.3), followed by Mexico (6.5), Colombia (7.7), Iran (15.9) and the United States (17.3) are said to have the worst management among 98 countries.

 

China, where the first Covid-19 case was found in Wuhan, was excluded from the index due to the unavailability of data.

 

The scores were calculated from six indicators, namely confirmed cases, confirmed deaths, confirmed cases per million people, confirmed deaths per million people, confirmed cases as a proportion of tests, and tests per 1,000 people.

 

Lowy Institute said that despite having more resources, high-income countries’ average scores in handling the outbreak is not much higher than developing countries.

 

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Source: https://interactives.lowyinstitute.org/features/covid-performance/

 

Better healthcare systems and financial ability to sustain lockdowns were beneficial to managing the pandemic, research shows. These assets were particularly important at the height of the pandemic, when the ability of governments to support or supplement citizens’ incomes during extensive lockdowns became crucial.

 

Yet, these factors are not a guarantee of success against Covid-19, as demonstrated by the poor performance of several advanced economies, including the US and UK. Countervailing forces were also at play — advanced economies tend to have older populations, with a greater proportion of the population vulnerable to Covid-19, and many elderly citizens living in old-age care facilities, which were particularly prone to virus outbreaks.

 

The lead established by high-income countries narrowed significantly towards the end of 2020 prior to the unrolling of mass Covid-19 vaccination programmes.

 

Developing countries that had dealt with the crisis well in early stages, have now hit a wall due to their financial and resource limits. However, compared to advanced countries, the rate of fatality has been quite low even in countries like India, where the pandemic accelerated dramatically.

 

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Despite the data being less reliable, there are possibly other variables affecting these outcomes. One factor may be that many developing countries have younger populations, who may be less prone to the worst effects of the virus.

 

The Covid-19 disease continues to spread worldwide with more than 100 million confirmed cases across 190 countries and 2 million deaths since January last year, after China announced the first case of “viral pneumonia” in Wuhan.

 

Read more at at https://interactives.lowyinstitute.org/.../covid.../

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30401933

 

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-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2021-01-28
 

 

 

Interesting..

 

Tanzania not even listed !

 

????

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I agree with an earlier comment about testing cranks. The issues are many but 2 stand out:

 

(a) the reliability of the test; and

 

(b) the information derived from the test.

 

Leaving aside the dubious reliability of the 2 main Covid tests, the information derived from a test is merely a snap shot. A negative test proves very little since there are numerous cases where a second test indicates the subject is Covid positive. Testing is not a reliable indicator of infection, it is a feedback loop between reliability and a snap shot of infection.

 

The only reliable indicator is mortality. Thai Covid death rates are minimal. The extent of the epidemic is low. QED.

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19 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand 4th among 98 countries studied for best response in handling pandemic

By The Nation

 

800_324151055ec5e88.jpg?v=1611817215

 

Australian analysis centre, Lowy Institute, has come up with a ranking for countries in terms of managing the Covid-19 pandemic in 36 weeks after the 100th case was confirmed.

 

It evaluated 98 countries based on the availability of data across six indicators that were used to construct this index.

 

The country topping the list as the best in controlling the outbreak is New Zealand (94.4 points), followed by Vietnam (90.8), Taiwan (86.4), Thailand (84.2) and Cyprus (83.3). Meanwhile, Brazil (4.3), followed by Mexico (6.5), Colombia (7.7), Iran (15.9) and the United States (17.3) are said to have the worst management among 98 countries.

 

China, where the first Covid-19 case was found in Wuhan, was excluded from the index due to the unavailability of data.

 

The scores were calculated from six indicators, namely confirmed cases, confirmed deaths, confirmed cases per million people, confirmed deaths per million people, confirmed cases as a proportion of tests, and tests per 1,000 people.

 

Lowy Institute said that despite having more resources, high-income countries’ average scores in handling the outbreak is not much higher than developing countries.

 

sc.jpg

Source: https://interactives.lowyinstitute.org/features/covid-performance/

 

Better healthcare systems and financial ability to sustain lockdowns were beneficial to managing the pandemic, research shows. These assets were particularly important at the height of the pandemic, when the ability of governments to support or supplement citizens’ incomes during extensive lockdowns became crucial.

 

Yet, these factors are not a guarantee of success against Covid-19, as demonstrated by the poor performance of several advanced economies, including the US and UK. Countervailing forces were also at play — advanced economies tend to have older populations, with a greater proportion of the population vulnerable to Covid-19, and many elderly citizens living in old-age care facilities, which were particularly prone to virus outbreaks.

 

The lead established by high-income countries narrowed significantly towards the end of 2020 prior to the unrolling of mass Covid-19 vaccination programmes.

 

Developing countries that had dealt with the crisis well in early stages, have now hit a wall due to their financial and resource limits. However, compared to advanced countries, the rate of fatality has been quite low even in countries like India, where the pandemic accelerated dramatically.

 

9EC70229-894E-45BD-8CC0-F2EA31A4EBC2.thumb.png.68dce5d00a938e03645b038e014889ae.png

 

Despite the data being less reliable, there are possibly other variables affecting these outcomes. One factor may be that many developing countries have younger populations, who may be less prone to the worst effects of the virus.

 

The Covid-19 disease continues to spread worldwide with more than 100 million confirmed cases across 190 countries and 2 million deaths since January last year, after China announced the first case of “viral pneumonia” in Wuhan.

 

Read more at at https://interactives.lowyinstitute.org/.../covid.../

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30401933

 

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-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2021-01-28
 

 

How would TVers rank the four as a desirable place to live?

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4 minutes ago, Mywayboy said:

when you have minimal testing like Thailand it will be ranked very high 

If there was lots of covid and minimal testing, the virus would spread like wildfire...

 

Having few cases, seems to mean it is not needed... and they do seem quite vigilant here about keeping it under control... 

 

credit where credit is due

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14 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Name me a vaccine that is ideal please? Any at all for whatever disease or virus.........

 

But yes lets hope the one from Chulalongkorn University ranked 600 - 800 in the World University rankings is perfect in every way.

 

Bio Net Asia however appear a good and experienced Thai-French company with plenty of experience of manufacturing vaccines. 

 

When are the actual clinical trials to be carried out, particularly the all important phase 3?

 

Oh wait, Dr. Kiat of Chulalongkorn University said the centre will decide whether the third stage of the trial can be skipped, depending on technical data available at the time.

You threw your comment out nearly sounding like a challenge.. i took that challenge and now your not happy..

 

You surely asked for ideal vaccines... and I named a couple for you that were widely accepted as pretty darn important and surely close to ideal...

 

But, no problem - here is your comment in context... it doesn't appear to change anything... sorry.

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