More deadly than Covid?

[Negita43]

 

Interesting juxtaposion of headlines from The Nation

"Third consecutive day of over 1,500 new Covid-19 cases, two fatalities."

"A total of 2,365 road accidents during the seven days from April 10-16 claimed 277 lives and injured 2,357, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said on Saturday."

According to statistics on the internet so far there have been 97 deaths from Covid (https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=total+Covid+fatalities+in+Thailand)

Not sure if this is the right place but it is worth musing on.

[rabas]

  No.

 

WHO: World yearly traffic deaths:      1,350,000

World confirmed COVID-19 deaths:  3,015,664  (winner)

 

Global traffic deaths/day     3,700

Global Covid deaths/day  13,000 (current) (rising)

 

Total infectious Covid-19 cases  140,776,504

Total infectious traffic incidents 0

 

[internationalism]

during spanish flu 100 years ago mortality at some places was 50%, in India some 30%, average 5%. Probably they did not wear masks that much, not isolating, no lockdowns, poor medical care - lack of medicines, ventilators, oxygen.

Yet everything is in front of thailand, pandemic might last very many years

[Negita43]

25 minutes ago, rabas said:

  No.

 

WHO: World yearly traffic deaths:      1,350,000

World confirmed COVID-19 deaths:  3,015,664  (winner)

 

Global traffic deaths/day     3,700

Global Covid deaths/day  13,000 (current) (rising)

 

Total infectious Covid-19 cases  140,776,504

Total infectious traffic incidents 0

 

I'm talking about Thailand not the world

[rabas]

27 minutes ago, Negita43 said:

I'm talking about Thailand not the world

You don't think a pandemic can spread in Thailand? The world is Thailand's role model.

 

Look at Brazil and its new strain. When will that get here? Thailand has had 2 new strains in 4 months.