A brilliant down to earth video. I was looking for this to explain the 'Thai Miracle' to my idiot friends in our home countries. I can not stay so cool in light of their stupidity. This video, however, stays cool and factual which is much better than all of my insults.
The Thai miracle isn't the Thai miracle; it's the Southeast Asian miracle. It isn't the result of governmental or societal action, since many governments and societies are involved. Check out the numbers on Google. That entire corner of the world is low on COVID deaths. Something else is going on, perhaps previous exposure to similar microbes.
I remember when I traveled from Canada to other countries and Thailand in February. At that time Thailand was the only one country that had thermal reader at the the airport and hand sanitizers everywhere such malls, temples, gas station, restaurants. They took COVID precautions seriously which other countries weren't active much as Thailand.
If you count on temperature reader to detect COVID , then you are not testing for covid, This video js a fraud, Thailand isn t mass testing its population so of course they are not finding COvid plus they have different test kit.
@@fifouillemafille1115 well I didn't mention that temperature count COVID cases. Don't change the point. Yes Thailand hasn't mass testing because they handle the pandemic well so why they need to waste their money for that. By the way the death is still low compare to the west.
Very informative but I think he missed out on the 6th reason. If, as he says, Thailand only got the G16 mutation and it is not as liable to be transmitted as the other mutations then the fact that Thailand almost immediately stopped incoming tourists, I eel that was the main reason it is so much more in control here. Especially as New Zealand did the same.
There may be many other variables such as - Thai people have many other vaccinations since childhood, it is one of the top in the world. - Almost every Thai food has a mixture of herbs. Because Thai ancestors taught them to eat food as medicine But at that time the car didn't have. Today, Thai people love racing speed, there are many accidents. - Stay in the summer - Thais are people who respect the elderly, adore children, so anything related to this issue will receive special cooperation. - There are many things that Thai people have in their minds, and foreigners do not have or have few. For everyone to observe from the case of children trapped in the cave
You’re right that other factors likely contribute to the success, which may have fallen outside the top 5. I would agree that vaccinations and, probably even more substantially, prior exposure to other similar coronaviruses (I’m talking recent research on T cell response and cross immunity), are very important and may explain much of what we across the entire Mekong region. Many things you mention relate to the communal society of Thailand (as opposed to individualistic societies), which I tried to mention as a key factor. I hope all of these can help the kingdom maintain its success. Thanks for watching!
@@wowprint5758 Doesn't brag or boast of anything Our Thailand is only a third world country. That we can fight in the first place because of cooperation to fight together Myanmar Malaysia has significantly increased the number of infected people. It is highly likely that there will be a second outbreak in the country. Because Thailand has a border with Myanmar for 1000 kilometers, they are able to smuggle across the border. Thailand does not have good medical technology like in Europe. But in Thailand, we lose our personal freedom for the public to be safe.
@@nanazap8348 I am Thai, I know that Thai people can drive fast. And careless I don't like wearing seat belts The motorbike will come out without looking at the car and just crash it.
The 14 day quarantine is the biggest reason for their success. Unlike other countries thailand forces people into secure quarantine hotels at the travellers own cost. Other countries allow people to go home and self quaranteen, bad idea to trust people like that!
Please do another video about 5 things what thailand failed to contain covid 19 now As the new case today hited a new record high of ten thousand, and more than hundred death per day.
8 million people unemployed related to tourism businesses. Around 60% of guesthouses, hostels, small hotels closed down. Record high suicide rates in the country, more than 2500 this year. In the meantime a highly sanctioning Special Tourist Visa which requires you ridiculous logistics loopholes and requirements to just spend 14 days in an accredited quarantine hotel when you spend more money in a room locked down. While in the meantime 59 people died of COVID in Thailand in a country where traffic accidents kill around 50 each day. So bravo for Thailand for protecting the people but for what cost? The country offered a financial help with 5000 THB help for the people lost their jobs related to the virus. When instead of 2 million people 6 million requested the funds the government was not even able to finance the "support". I like these "educational" videos which only show the healthcare side of the situation but skip the financial harms. And I also forgot to mention that the TAT (Tourism Authority of Thailand) was not even able to communicate properly what are their intentions so no travel agencies were able to come up with a proper plan. They said that they will open up the country in August. Instead a yearly 40 million tourist they said in September that they expect 8 million. The last STV bullshit was saying it will be around 1,25 million. And do not get me started what happened at the import/export scene. I can take three showers a day. So to end this video: yes. Thailand dodged a bullet from a pistol to face a machine gun spreading bursts of bullets.
Thanks for watching! Yes, the focus of this video is strictly on the factors contributing to the mitigation of the infectious disease only. I wholeheartedly agree with you that there are significant collateral costs, which you mention. I'm working on a follow-up and I hope to address some of these issues. I hope when it's ready, you'll have a chance to watch.
@@AnthonyKuster Thank you for your quick response and I did not mean to come out rude on you. I just see so many of these videos and I live here so I see the grand picture. I would surely watch a more financial video of yours and I wish you all the best!
Different between Thais and the west is, life is hard already, and Thai people are well aware of it. Sure, things could have been better and people are struggling, but you need to understand what is the point worrying about all the financial impact when you are on the dead bed and can’t spend a dime when you are in the grave. A lot of foreigners said If Thai people are more ambitious, we could be like Japan and Singapore, but you know the main reason Thailand is at where we are is because our culture emphasize on being content of what you have and living within your mean. Most Thai people understood the daily struggling and sacrifice for the grater good of the society is taught in school unlike the West. We didn’t survive the colonialism by luck, but because we are united as a nation and we will get through once again. To one of the posters that s***ting on Thailand, I’m take offense by your comment, and it shows how little you know about my country and culture @psy zed. Rant off
Thanks for your worries. However, in Thailand things are going back to normal, people are traveling within the country, helping ours tourism sector and families are not losing their love ones. I think not having to see my countrymen die at a high rate is worth paying the price.
Don’t forget to mention most people in western countries have an obesity problem, that must play a part in a high death rate. You’d struggle to find extremely overweight people in the Far East.
All southeast Asia countries are doing rather well, including many southern provinces in China. Because there are many different governments, religions, customs, and health systems, there has to be another explanation. I suspect southeast Asia population have been living with various (7 strains in the wild) coronavirus strains for years and and developed herd immunity. Maybe some researcher should do a sample antibody test throughout southeast Asia.
You’re right that this neck of the woods has been remarkably unfazed. I still think the best explanation is the lack of the European genetic mutation, because this applies to New Zealand and many of the other countries (this has been documented through genetic sequencing). I’ve wondered the same thing, and other ideas like cross immunity from other viruses have been proposed but so far convincing evidence hasn’t really been found to support it. What particularly makes this theory challenging is the struggles that Philippines, Indonesia, and now Burma have.. I struggle to reconcile the cross immunity theory with this observation.. it’s possible it might play a role though
Yes, this video talks about what Thailand has done basically from April on. I made a small point that, at first, Thailand (and frankly the world) had a disastrous response, and I was a vocal critic, publishing articles highlighting these weaknesses. Once politicians stepped out of the way, things greatly improved. That incident you are talking about, where the celebrity who got infected at the boxing match announced his infection before official confirmation and was threatened with the law, was a big turning point.
Thanks Anthony for sharing your data! Nice work! But since i travelled often to Asia, i know that facemasks are common practice in cities (to avoid dust), when people are sick or when people are pronable for infection (after dental surgery for example); If you look at Sweden hardly any face masks have been used! We in Belgium had to use masks AFTER the 1st wave...and still people did get infected. Many countries show the same; wearing face masks only for professional health care or sick people should be recommended while most people do not know how the ware a face mask probable....and for viral control the common face masks do not work
In term of Covid19 safety, Thailand might be the best. But Covid19 effect in Thailand, it is not good at all. On your #5 about communication. The most useful information for ordinary people is the number of new cases outside quarantine. It is a threat level for the people. But we haven't directly seen it from the ministry of health website. We need to interpret from several number between the day. But after March 26 we cannot do that anymore due to more limited data. The gov may talk about that number on daily TV but who can watch that 30-60 minute for just that number. Why not put most useful data on website? I agree with you on #4 social norm. I expected, Thai people have large individual space. They may not feel comfortable when unknow people are within that area. It is a good measure for preventing COVID spread. Could you recheck your #1 again? Italian strain of Covid19 was spread in Thailand during Lumpinee boxing ring incident. Is it the same as your mention in #1?
Hi, thanks for you interest and thoughtful comments! About finding the daily reported data from Thailand, I find it fairly readily available online, unless I am misunderstanding what numbers you are looking for. As an example, you might consider the MoPH website: ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/situation.php (English) ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/situation.php (Thai) However, since there are not any new cases being detected outside quarantine, perhaps that is why you cannot find that number. About #1, yes, I'm sure. The seminal research on this topic, which is what I cite in the video was published in June/August. That paper is here: www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0092-8674%2820%2930820-5 If you go to page 822 of that paper, you will see a graph for Thailand a graph for New Zealand. The interpretation of those graphs is that the key mutation in question never was detected in Thailand. In fact, the spike in cases you see in the figure is the boxing cluster you mentioned. In fact, that cluster had its own genetic mutation signature which was unique to Thailand. It had a mutation on the spike, but it is not the critical one that seems to increase infectivity. As another point, the "old" version of the virus essentially does not exist anymore. The D614G spike mutation now dominates and is the virus is not being detected anymore without that mutation (but this complete takeover took place after Thailand already eliminated local transmission). You can see that in this graph here: cov.lanl.gov/content/index So, presumably, the virus detected in people in quarantine after arriving from overseas would all have this particular mutation (D614G), since it seems the virus only has this mutation. Nevertheless, the key is that that particular mutation never made it into community spread in Thailand (and, it seems, New Zealand, too). You might also enjoy playing around with this website, although I don't know how to use it fully myself: www.gisaid.org/epiflu-applications/hcov-19-genomic-epidemiology/ Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts and questions!
@@AnthonyKuster Thanks and appreciated your informative response. I used to check this website for Covid status in Thailand until May 21. ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/index.php. Now we can interpret new case outside quarantine area by using the number of total new case subtract by the new case inside quarantine area. So we need to do simple math stuff to know the current threat. Another considerable number is the number of patients under treatment. That number was missing from the website since Macrh 27. It told the load on public health system regarding to Covid. Thanks again for sharing info with you!!
I'm amazed at how thailand can keep their no of covid-19 cases low when they already allow people to be crowded in a concert/fan meeting and at the same time with the protest still going on the streets. I wonder if it is really well control or is it under-reporting?
Yes, well, we haven’t had local cases for many months and have virtually closed the borders, so these large gatherings are low risk (since no one infected to transmit). People who are unfamiliar with the health system are skeptical but for those of us who are familiar know Thailand is aggressive and has been pragmatic in its mitigation. This eradication strategy cannot last forever, though, as we will need to get back connected with the rest of the world eventually.
Right now, Thailand has not been infected in Thailand for almost 3 months. But there are people who are infected from foreign countries and are well screened.
@@freezinganimenz7835 Yea just tell that to the millions of Thais who closed their business, lost their jobs, cars, scooters and wont find a job for as long as your brains in charge continue their brilliant plan. Good for you. A job with money in the bank. Western ways aint so bad after all.
@@freezinganimenz7835 Well I'm sorry to hear that. Thailand has a heavier reliance on Tourism. You can see by the number of places shut down and the lack of customers from the places that are open. Maybe its only tourist areas as I see pockets of small towns that seem normally busy. Guess lots of people frustrated seeing all the results from the CCP virus. Best of luck to you and all the Thai people. Not all us Farangs are bad. I contribute a whole lotta Baht each month here. Being new here I can seem to shake my western habit of spending. But it all helps. Food, hotels, car rental, bars, massages. I hope the Phuket model works but. . .
Fuck yeah, that is why the royal family is screwing the country to this day. Them along with the elite are worth hundreds of billions while millions go hungry.
Honest-Thailand with it’s dictatorship and corrupt government is far from honest. Thailand has so many scams for tourists and they scam each other-It’s the Thai way.
@@hanapin8464 the testing anywhere in the world is just to fake the virus. They are just making sick people positive along with a few extra to convince people.
Yes, actually road deaths are public health enemy number 1 (or least top 5). When I have a chance, this topic will be a video in the future. Thanks for watching!
Hi thanks for watching the video. This video is from August, but there is a recent one from May 2021. Please check it out! ua-cam.com/video/BT53VxmrW1c/v-deo.html
To be fair, my main point here was that Thailand got lucky. Watch to the end about no variants with D614G mutation not coming to Thailand. I call this “luck.” As no highly transmissible variants arrived in Thailand until 2021 (alpha in very late 2020 and then delta in Apr-May 2021) that continued to be true.. so while Thailand has now failed, it actually proves my point. I don’t recall saying in the video from 1 year ago that this would continue indefinitely, did I?
I am doubtful with the number of the western. Thailand die for Covid only 59 . What the point of test positive in western if the sent people home with out cure at the hospital. In Thailand if test positive they sent that person to Quarantine in the hospital right the way. No jokes, right western.
@@kyogofurahashi what is the point of testing without cures people. Yes ,Thailand have test for people who need it and they cure in the hospital when test positive. See the number of death people in Thailand.
Not true actually. Thailand does not engage in mass testing because it is inefficient and not appropriate to the current situation. They conduct aggressive contact tracing and targeted testing, which can only be done where disease outbreak is limited (no widespread community transmission) and resources are sufficient (Thailand has big public health workforce). Not all countries can take this approach for one or both of the reasons above. If you’d like to see the number of tests conducted, you can review it in the daily reports from MOPH: ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/situation.php
@@AnthonyKuster I want to add another point. The cdc website is manipulating all the studies from their sources. Here is a good example: go to that page of the cdc: cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/masking-science-sars-cov2.html Look for this paragraph and sentence SOURCE CONTROL TO BLOCK EXHALED VIRUS: " Upwards of 80% blockage has been achieved in human experiments that have measured blocking of all respiratory droplets,4..." then go down and look for this paragraph and link: REFERENCES: #4. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32917603 click on it and look for the following text: --> ABSTRACT: "Mandates for mask... ...It is assumed that wearing such masks reduces the likelihood for an infected person to spread the disease, but many of these mask designs have not been tested in practice {= NO human experiments!} We have demonstrated a simple optical measurement method to evaluate the efficacy of masks {= Computer simulation ONLY!} I hope this helps, if not you may still ask me of course and please share that info if you are able to!
Mike Albanese You can check at this site www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ Open your eyes man. You're obviously highly educated. So... Educate yourself.
Enough tests or not, hospitals in Thailand are not overwhelmed with Covid cases. They also put everyone tested positive in the hospitals, whether they have symptoms or not. This way they can stop the spread way better.
Dear Mike, I test Sars-Cov2 or Covid-19 PCR about 1000-2000 case per day while Thailand locked down. Yes, that s not enough to proof that the number the goverment show is the right number. I recognised that s not enough even though I work 10 times harder. They just check sus-people, re-opening business officers, people related. But the key of winning this is not to check much higher. It s assumtion that everyone infected, then play the game together. The game we do not spread virus to others.
A brilliant down to earth video. I was looking for this to explain the 'Thai Miracle' to my idiot friends in our home countries. I can not stay so cool in light of their stupidity. This video, however, stays cool and factual which is much better than all of my insults.
Thank you! Wishing you the best
The Thai miracle isn't the Thai miracle; it's the Southeast Asian miracle. It isn't the result of governmental or societal action, since many governments and societies are involved. Check out the numbers on Google. That entire corner of the world is low on COVID deaths. Something else is going on, perhaps previous exposure to similar microbes.
@@Bagabonda It's the Thai miracle not Southeast asia. Thailand is number 1 of all was the first country infected outside China.
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I remember when I traveled from Canada to other countries and Thailand in February. At that time Thailand was the only one country that had thermal reader at the the airport and hand sanitizers everywhere such malls, temples, gas station, restaurants. They took COVID precautions seriously which other countries weren't active much as Thailand.
If you count on temperature reader to detect COVID , then you are not testing for covid,
This video js a fraud, Thailand isn t mass testing its population so of course they are not finding COvid plus they have different test kit.
@@fifouillemafille1115 well I didn't mention that temperature count COVID cases. Don't change the point. Yes Thailand hasn't mass testing because they handle the pandemic well so why they need to waste their money for that. By the way the death is still low compare to the west.
Very informative but I think he missed out on the 6th reason. If, as he says, Thailand only got the G16 mutation and it is not as liable to be transmitted as the other mutations then the fact that Thailand almost immediately stopped incoming tourists, I eel that was the main reason it is so much more in control here. Especially as New Zealand did the same.
Great! Thanks for this video. Calm and informative - not the regular stuff on YT.
How about an update????? Geeeez
coming soon!
There may be many other variables such as
- Thai people have many other vaccinations since childhood, it is one of the top in the world.
- Almost every Thai food has a mixture of herbs. Because Thai ancestors taught them to eat food as medicine But at that time the car didn't have. Today, Thai people love racing speed, there are many accidents.
- Stay in the summer
- Thais are people who respect the elderly, adore children, so anything related to this issue will receive special cooperation.
- There are many things that Thai people have in their minds, and foreigners do not have or have few. For everyone to observe from the case of children trapped in the cave
You’re right that other factors likely contribute to the success, which may have fallen outside the top 5. I would agree that vaccinations and, probably even more substantially, prior exposure to other similar coronaviruses (I’m talking recent research on T cell response and cross immunity), are very important and may explain much of what we across the entire Mekong region. Many things you mention relate to the communal society of Thailand (as opposed to individualistic societies), which I tried to mention as a key factor. I hope all of these can help the kingdom maintain its success. Thanks for watching!
blah blah blah Dont brag too much now. Remember 6 months ago, India brag so much about how they can escape Covid, but look at India now.
@@wowprint5758 Doesn't brag or boast of anything Our Thailand is only a third world country. That we can fight in the first place because of cooperation to fight together Myanmar Malaysia has significantly increased the number of infected people. It is highly likely that there will be a second outbreak in the country. Because Thailand has a border with Myanmar for 1000 kilometers, they are able to smuggle across the border. Thailand does not have good medical technology like in Europe. But in Thailand, we lose our personal freedom for the public to be safe.
I think road accidents came from motorcycle culture
@@nanazap8348
I am Thai, I know that Thai people can drive fast. And careless I don't like wearing seat belts The motorbike will come out without looking at the car and just crash it.
Excellent!Thank you so much for one of the best videos. God bless you.
This is very comprehensive vdo. 👍👍👍
Thank you!
Very infomative, keep up the good work.
This didnt age well, 14K active cases and 100+ deaths.
But now is different, I hope things will get better
The 14 day quarantine is the biggest reason for their success. Unlike other countries thailand forces people into secure quarantine hotels at the travellers own cost. Other countries allow people to go home and self quaranteen, bad idea to trust people like that!
Thanks! I hope to have a follow up video that highlights this important policy!
Thanks for the information, I will be sharing the video to everyone who asks me about this on my travel channel andy Wright travel on YT
You are back! Looking forward to watching more !
Nice calm informative video.
Glad you liked it!
Please do another video about 5 things what thailand failed to contain covid 19 now
As the new case today hited a new record high of ten thousand, and more than hundred death per day.
Your info is very good.
Glad you think so!
8 million people unemployed related to tourism businesses. Around 60% of guesthouses, hostels, small hotels closed down. Record high suicide rates in the country, more than 2500 this year.
In the meantime a highly sanctioning Special Tourist Visa which requires you ridiculous logistics loopholes and requirements to just spend 14 days in an accredited quarantine hotel when you spend more money in a room locked down.
While in the meantime 59 people died of COVID in Thailand in a country where traffic accidents kill around 50 each day.
So bravo for Thailand for protecting the people but for what cost? The country offered a financial help with 5000 THB help for the people lost their jobs related to the virus. When instead of 2 million people 6 million requested the funds the government was not even able to finance the "support".
I like these "educational" videos which only show the healthcare side of the situation but skip the financial harms.
And I also forgot to mention that the TAT (Tourism Authority of Thailand) was not even able to communicate properly what are their intentions so no travel agencies were able to come up with a proper plan. They said that they will open up the country in August. Instead a yearly 40 million tourist they said in September that they expect 8 million. The last STV bullshit was saying it will be around 1,25 million. And do not get me started what happened at the import/export scene. I can take three showers a day.
So to end this video: yes. Thailand dodged a bullet from a pistol to face a machine gun spreading bursts of bullets.
Thanks for watching! Yes, the focus of this video is strictly on the factors contributing to the mitigation of the infectious disease only. I wholeheartedly agree with you that there are significant collateral costs, which you mention. I'm working on a follow-up and I hope to address some of these issues. I hope when it's ready, you'll have a chance to watch.
@@AnthonyKuster Thank you for your quick response and I did not mean to come out rude on you. I just see so many of these videos and I live here so I see the grand picture. I would surely watch a more financial video of yours and I wish you all the best!
Different between Thais and the west is, life is hard already, and Thai people are well aware of it.
Sure, things could have been better and people are struggling, but you need to understand what is the point worrying about all the financial impact when you are on the dead bed and can’t spend a dime when you are in the grave. A lot of foreigners said If Thai people are more ambitious, we could be like Japan and Singapore, but you know the main reason Thailand is at where we are is because our culture emphasize on being content of what you have and living within your mean.
Most Thai people understood the daily struggling and sacrifice for the grater good of the society is taught in school unlike the West. We didn’t survive the colonialism by luck, but because we are united as a nation and we will get through once again.
To one of the posters that s***ting on Thailand, I’m take offense by your comment, and it shows how little you know about my country and culture
@psy zed.
Rant off
Thanks for your worries. However, in Thailand things are going back to normal, people are traveling within the country, helping ours tourism sector and families are not losing their love ones. I think not having to see my countrymen die at a high rate is worth paying the price.
How is it going in Thailand now?
update coming soon
Don’t forget to mention most people in western countries have an obesity problem, that must play a part in a high death rate. You’d struggle to find extremely overweight people in the Far East.
Yeah it really sinks on when you travel back to a country like the US. It’s like.. wow, everyone is so massive.
Watching Aug 18, 2021. What happened Thailand?
Very good video indeed
June 1 2021:
Thailand winning :)
All southeast Asia countries are doing rather well, including many southern provinces in China. Because there are many different governments, religions, customs, and health systems, there has to be another explanation. I suspect southeast Asia population have been living with various (7 strains in the wild) coronavirus strains for years and and developed herd immunity. Maybe some researcher should do a sample antibody test throughout southeast Asia.
You’re right that this neck of the woods has been remarkably unfazed. I still think the best explanation is the lack of the European genetic mutation, because this applies to New Zealand and many of the other countries (this has been documented through genetic sequencing). I’ve wondered the same thing, and other ideas like cross immunity from other viruses have been proposed but so far convincing evidence hasn’t really been found to support it. What particularly makes this theory challenging is the struggles that Philippines, Indonesia, and now Burma have.. I struggle to reconcile the cross immunity theory with this observation.. it’s possible it might play a role though
For #5, ppl got sued from talking about the spread of virus, until the number of infections had really increased.
Yes, this video talks about what Thailand has done basically from April on. I made a small point that, at first, Thailand (and frankly the world) had a disastrous response, and I was a vocal critic, publishing articles highlighting these weaknesses. Once politicians stepped out of the way, things greatly improved. That incident you are talking about, where the celebrity who got infected at the boxing match announced his infection before official confirmation and was threatened with the law, was a big turning point.
@@AnthonyKuster useful analysis, very informative thank you for making this video
Good video.
Thanks Anthony for sharing your data! Nice work! But since i travelled often to Asia, i know that facemasks are common practice in cities (to avoid dust), when people are sick or when people are pronable for infection (after dental surgery for example); If you look at Sweden hardly any face masks have been used! We in Belgium had to use masks AFTER the 1st wave...and still people did get infected. Many countries show the same; wearing face masks only for professional health care or sick people should be recommended while most people do not know how the ware a face mask probable....and for viral control the common face masks do not work
2 showers a day.. I haven't showered for 5 days...
@@KP-mq7qq quarantine got me like XD
Well the weather is so hot here that it will make you do so
Aged like cheese… hope u r ok and hope Thailand overcomes the surge.
True dat. Likewise
In term of Covid19 safety, Thailand might be the best. But Covid19 effect in Thailand, it is not good at all.
On your #5 about communication. The most useful information for ordinary people is the number of new cases outside quarantine.
It is a threat level for the people. But we haven't directly seen it from the ministry of health website.
We need to interpret from several number between the day. But after March 26 we cannot do that anymore due to more limited data.
The gov may talk about that number on daily TV but who can watch that 30-60 minute for just that number. Why not put most useful data on website?
I agree with you on #4 social norm. I expected, Thai people have large individual space. They may not feel comfortable when unknow people are within that area.
It is a good measure for preventing COVID spread.
Could you recheck your #1 again? Italian strain of Covid19 was spread in Thailand during Lumpinee boxing ring incident. Is it the same as your mention in #1?
Hi, thanks for you interest and thoughtful comments! About finding the daily reported data from Thailand, I find it fairly readily available online, unless I am misunderstanding what numbers you are looking for. As an example, you might consider the MoPH website:
ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/situation.php (English)
ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/situation.php (Thai)
However, since there are not any new cases being detected outside quarantine, perhaps that is why you cannot find that number.
About #1, yes, I'm sure. The seminal research on this topic, which is what I cite in the video was published in June/August. That paper is here: www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0092-8674%2820%2930820-5
If you go to page 822 of that paper, you will see a graph for Thailand a graph for New Zealand. The interpretation of those graphs is that the key mutation in question never was detected in Thailand. In fact, the spike in cases you see in the figure is the boxing cluster you mentioned. In fact, that cluster had its own genetic mutation signature which was unique to Thailand. It had a mutation on the spike, but it is not the critical one that seems to increase infectivity.
As another point, the "old" version of the virus essentially does not exist anymore. The D614G spike mutation now dominates and is the virus is not being detected anymore without that mutation (but this complete takeover took place after Thailand already eliminated local transmission). You can see that in this graph here: cov.lanl.gov/content/index
So, presumably, the virus detected in people in quarantine after arriving from overseas would all have this particular mutation (D614G), since it seems the virus only has this mutation. Nevertheless, the key is that that particular mutation never made it into community spread in Thailand (and, it seems, New Zealand, too).
You might also enjoy playing around with this website, although I don't know how to use it fully myself: www.gisaid.org/epiflu-applications/hcov-19-genomic-epidemiology/
Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts and questions!
@@AnthonyKuster Thanks and appreciated your informative response.
I used to check this website for Covid status in Thailand until May 21. ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/index.php.
Now we can interpret new case outside quarantine area by using the number of total new case subtract by the new case inside quarantine area. So we need to do simple math stuff to know the current threat.
Another considerable number is the number of patients under treatment. That number was missing from the website since Macrh 27. It told the load on public health system regarding to Covid.
Thanks again for sharing info with you!!
At this time America is so broken by hate and anxiety that we won't be able to beat the C-19 virus.
I'm amazed at how thailand can keep their no of covid-19 cases low when they already allow people to be crowded in a concert/fan meeting and at the same time with the protest still going on the streets. I wonder if it is really well control or is it under-reporting?
Yes, well, we haven’t had local cases for many months and have virtually closed the borders, so these large gatherings are low risk (since no one infected to transmit). People who are unfamiliar with the health system are skeptical but for those of us who are familiar know Thailand is aggressive and has been pragmatic in its mitigation. This eradication strategy cannot last forever, though, as we will need to get back connected with the rest of the world eventually.
Right now, Thailand has not been infected in Thailand for almost 3 months. But there are people who are infected from foreign countries and are well screened.
@Ali B still handle covid better than whatever country your from
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@Ali B what country you from?
Also although tourism does take up alot of income, no tourism doesn't mean death to Thailand. 🤷♂️
@@freezinganimenz7835 Yea just tell that to the millions of Thais who closed their business, lost their jobs, cars, scooters and wont find a job for as long as your brains in charge continue their brilliant plan. Good for you. A job with money in the bank. Western ways aint so bad after all.
@@Swizzenator im one of the thais who lost jobs just so you know.
@@freezinganimenz7835 Well I'm sorry to hear that. Thailand has a heavier reliance on Tourism. You can see by the number of places shut down and the lack of customers from the places that are open. Maybe its only tourist areas as I see pockets of small towns that seem normally busy. Guess lots of people frustrated seeing all the results from the CCP virus. Best of luck to you and all the Thai people.
Not all us Farangs are bad. I contribute a whole lotta Baht each month here. Being new here I can seem to shake my western habit of spending. But it all helps. Food, hotels, car rental, bars, massages. I hope the Phuket model works but. . .
He forgot to mention the famous thai treatment regime
Thailand is an honest country
Fuck yeah, that is why the royal family is screwing the country to this day. Them along with the elite are worth hundreds of billions while millions go hungry.
Honest-Thailand with it’s dictatorship and corrupt government is far from honest. Thailand has so many scams for tourists and they scam each other-It’s the Thai way.
In addition to my previous comment- Thailand does not actively test for the C-19 virus. No testing no cases of Covid.....
@@hanapin8464 the testing anywhere in the world is just to fake the virus. They are just making sick people positive along with a few extra to convince people.
But the deaths in road accident this year is more than 10K already... 😩
Yes, actually road deaths are public health enemy number 1 (or least top 5). When I have a chance, this topic will be a video in the future. Thanks for watching!
Thais ride everything with big engine and not wear PPE.
it just matter of time ... you cannot hide the fact forever
Well this didn’t age well.
The reason we had success is becuase we didn't test anyone
How are we doing now?
Hi thanks for watching the video. This video is from August, but there is a recent one from May 2021. Please check it out! ua-cam.com/video/BT53VxmrW1c/v-deo.html
Have you done an updated version showing how wrong you were?
To be fair, my main point here was that Thailand got lucky. Watch to the end about no variants with D614G mutation not coming to Thailand. I call this “luck.” As no highly transmissible variants arrived in Thailand until 2021 (alpha in very late 2020 and then delta in Apr-May 2021) that continued to be true.. so while Thailand has now failed, it actually proves my point. I don’t recall saying in the video from 1 year ago that this would continue indefinitely, did I?
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You spoke to soon lol
Iam very doubtful with the number one reason
I am doubtful with the number of the western. Thailand die for Covid only 59 . What the point of test positive in western if the sent people home with out cure at the hospital. In Thailand if test positive they sent that person to Quarantine in the hospital right the way. No jokes, right western.
they dont fo testing in thailand, thats why theres no covid theer, the more you test the more u will find the cases as simple as that!
@@kyogofurahashi what is the point of testing without cures people. Yes ,Thailand have test for people who need it and they cure in the hospital when test positive. See the number of death people in Thailand.
They also just stopped testing people.
Not true actually. Thailand does not engage in mass testing because it is inefficient and not appropriate to the current situation. They conduct aggressive contact tracing and targeted testing, which can only be done where disease outbreak is limited (no widespread community transmission) and resources are sufficient (Thailand has big public health workforce). Not all countries can take this approach for one or both of the reasons above. If you’d like to see the number of tests conducted, you can review it in the daily reports from MOPH: ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/situation.php
This didnt age well...
Are you paid by the WHO?
Lol. No
Hygiene yes, but face masks?! Sorry but you need to get better late studies about them...
Please share links to any studies you think are worth reviewing. Thanks!
@@AnthonyKuster I want to add another point. The cdc website is manipulating all the studies from their sources. Here is a good example:
go to that page of the cdc:
cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/masking-science-sars-cov2.html
Look for this paragraph and sentence
SOURCE CONTROL TO BLOCK EXHALED VIRUS:
" Upwards of 80% blockage has been achieved in human experiments that have measured blocking of all respiratory droplets,4..."
then go down and look for this paragraph and link: REFERENCES: #4.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32917603
click on it and look for the following text:
--> ABSTRACT:
"Mandates for mask... ...It is assumed that wearing such masks reduces the likelihood for an infected person to spread the disease, but many of these mask designs have not been tested in practice {= NO human experiments!} We have demonstrated a simple optical measurement method to evaluate the efficacy of masks {= Computer simulation ONLY!}
I hope this helps, if not you may still ask me of course and please share that info if you are able to!
3000 cases. 3200 tested. A worthy titled placed on the Kingdom by a worthy organism called WHO. Be proud Thailand.
Today 5 September 2020 , Thailand have 58 deaths and 7 new cases are returnees from abroad and in state quarantine. Stay safe😷😷😷
Mike Albanese You can check at this site www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Open your eyes man.
You're obviously highly educated.
So...
Educate yourself.
Meanwhile ua-cam.com/video/Mj8LqzwyOp0/v-deo.html
Enough tests or not, hospitals in Thailand are not overwhelmed with Covid cases. They also put everyone tested positive in the hospitals, whether they have symptoms or not. This way they can stop the spread way better.
Dear Mike, I test Sars-Cov2 or Covid-19 PCR about 1000-2000 case per day while Thailand locked down. Yes, that s not enough to proof that the number the goverment show is the right number. I recognised that s not enough even though I work 10 times harder. They just check sus-people, re-opening business officers, people related. But the key of winning this is not to check much higher. It s assumtion that everyone infected, then play the game together. The game we do not spread virus to others.
Wow this video aged poorly.