The COVID-2019 Thread

[katie23]

@switch - similar with the Philippines. In PH, after vaccination, you get a white paper card with your vax details. It's not standard and varies from town ro town, which is $€¥! but that's the way it is. It's good for local travel & establishments, but many countries won't recognize it.

If one wants his/ her PH vaccination to be valid for international travel, one must go to the Bureau of Quarantine website to apply for the yellow WHO-accepted vax card (similar to the one by PAG in the other vaccine thread). There's a long queue for the appointment (needs personal appearance) because there are lots of OFWs who also need the card.

[Switch]

@switch - similar with the Philippines. In PH, after vaccination, you get a white paper card with your vax details. It's not standard and varies from town ro town, which is $€¥! but that's the way it is. It's good for local travel & establishments, but many countries won't recognize it.

If one wants his/ her PH vaccination to be valid for international travel, one must go to the Bureau of Quarantine website to apply for the yellow WHO-accepted vax card (similar to the one by PAG in the other vaccine thread). There's a long queue for the appointment (needs personal appearance) because there are lots of OFWs who also need the card.

Hi Katie. We get similar paper carts here too.
Your government relies heavily on OFWs because it means the govt don’t have pay for welfare. In both countries, the family is the only welfare solution for those in poverty.
If it’s any comfort, Germany was in a similar position post WWII. The family unit bridged the gap for people in need.
Not so long ago, it was still common for 3 generations of the same family to share one house.

[harrybarracuda]

A new nasal spray showing promise as a Covid prophylactic:

pHOXBIO Announces Breakthrough Clinical Trial Results Concluding Prophylactic Nasal Spray Prevents Infection from SARS-CoV-2

pHOXBIO Announces Breakthrough Clinical Trial Results Concluding Prophylactic Nasal Spray Prevents Infection from SARS-CoV-2

[PAG]

[Joe 90]

Thailand statistics are still lower than the UK and we've all been double jabbed....??

[aging one]

Thailand statistics are still lower than the UK and we've all been double jabbed....??

Most Thai's wear masks indoors and out. They agree to socially distance. Our bars are closed, and our restaurants open to half capacity. Interprovincial travel is not easy and there are quarantines. Perhaps this is why?

[harrybarracuda]

Thailand statistics are still lower than the UK and we've all been double jabbed....??

You can only count it if you test for it.

[OhOh]

In Trat province.

Most Thai's wear masks indoors and out. They agree to socially distance.

Very true.

Our bars are closed, and our restaurants open to half capacity.

All shops sell alcohol, house drinking unabated, and "restaurants" and takeaways open 6am to 8pm.

Interprovincial travel is not easy.

Not an issue. See below

there are quarantines.

Locally none. Not that a large % travel interprovincial or internationally. Those who do work away seem to have stopped coming home so often. Possibly due to lack of minibuses/buses.

[russellsimpson]

Thailand statistics are still lower than the UK and we've all been double jabbed....??

This has confounded me from the start. We have very high vaccination rates in Canada but still have a worst situation than Thailand, in one of our provinces Alberta they appear to be getting ready to implement triage protocols . It's a serious mess. I think perhaps in many years time we will get an answer about things like the question you pose. In the meantime,

You can only count it if you test for it.

I think Harry is onto something.

[cyrille]

A ao says, people take wearing masks seriously, and an awful lot of people simply stay home.

But yet again, when Thais behave more sensibly than people in our home countries, no credit is given by some on this forum.

[Joe 90]

They are honest with their road fatality statistics so why should covid be any different

[harrybarracuda]

It's a bit of both.

I've seen first hand in the north that villages have literally shut themselves off from the outside world to stop infected people bringing it in.

But then there is the government tendency to paint things as being better than they are.

I suspect the figures are worse than published, but maybe not catastrophically so.

I haven't read about people dying in the streets recently.

Ministry mulls closing field hospitals

[PAG]

[Buckaroo Banzai]

below 10,000!!! WoooHooo!!!!

[OhOh]

Monday Update

Cases

Deaths

[David48atTD]

Can't seem to find China?

First doses ...

UK in @ # 21

NZ in @ # 36

USA in @ # 41

Taiwan in @ # 59 ... but their second dose is only 8.7%

Thailand in @ # 71

Australia is lagging, but catching up fast.

[harrybarracuda]

Can't seem to find China?

Supposedly 890m fully vaccinated, but since their vaccines are shit I'm not sure it counts.

They might have to redo them all once they've finished testing their mRNA knock-off. Depends how much they stole in their Moderna hack.

[harrybarracuda]

Majority of Kiwis support making vaccine compulsory

Majority of Kiwis support making vaccine compulsory | 1 NEWS | TVNZ

[harrybarracuda]

Pills that kill Covid may be in the offing...

A pill to treat Covid-19: 'We're talking about a return to, maybe, normal life' - CNN

[harrybarracuda]

They should find this particular band of antivax wankers and lock them up.

An NHS boss has alerted parents over hoax coronavirus vaccine consent letters spreading misinformation.

Some head teachers have reportedly been sent letters with a fake NHS logo that include a "consent checklist" for vaccination - which they are asked to share with students.

It comes as three million 12 to 15 year-olds in the UK are now eligible for their first jab after the vaccine roll-out was extended on 20 September.
The programme is expected to be delivered mainly in schools.

COVID-19: NHS director alerts parents to fake vaccine consent letters | UK News | Sky News

[harrybarracuda]

Unvaccinated 38 year old father of four with no underlying health conditions.

Covid killed him.

When will they learn?


Dad-of-four who refused Covid vaccine 'because he didn't go out' dies at 38 - Stoke-on-Trent Live

[misskit]

Japan to lift all coronavirus emergency steps nationwide

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government announced Tuesday that the coronavirus state of emergency will end this week so the economy can be reactivated as infections slow.


Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said the emergency will end Thursday and virus restrictions will be eased gradually “in order to resume daily lives despite the presence of the virus." He said the government will create more temporary COVID-19 treatment facilities and continue vaccinations to prepare for any future resurgence.


Government officials are also instituting other plans such as vaccine passports and virus tests, Suga said.


With the lifting, Japan will be free of emergency requirements for the first time in more than six months.


Japan’s current state of emergency, declared in April, was repeatedly extended and expanded. Despite public weariness and frustration over the measures, Japan has managed to avoid the more restrictive lockdowns imposed elsewhere while recording about 1.69 million cases and 17,500 deaths from COVID-19.


The emergency has mainly involved requests for restaurants and bars to reduce their hours and not serve alcohol. Governors in Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo and Kyoto have said they plan to keep those requests in place while closely monitoring the virus situation.


Japan is eager to expand social and economic activities while balancing the need to prevent another wave of infections. The government, which is in transition as the governing party chooses a replacement for Suga later this week, is under pressure to maintain an effective virus strategy ahead of parliamentary elections in two months.


Eateries and other commercial establishments currently requested to close early should gradually return to their normal hours while the authorities reinforce health care systems, officials said.


“Lifting of the emergency doesn't mean we are 100% free,” Dr. Shigeru Omi, top medical adviser for the government, told reporters. "The government should send a clear message to the people that we can only relax gradually.”


He urged the authorities to quickly tighten controls if there are early signs of a resurgence ahead of holiday periods.


Infections started to worsen in July and peaked in mid-August after the Tokyo Olympics, surging above 5,000 daily cases in Tokyo alone and topping 25,000 nationwide. Thousands of patients unable to find hospital beds had to recover from the illness at home.


Olympics and government officials deny the Games directly caused the upsurge, but experts said the festive atmosphere made people more socially active and was indirectly responsible.


Suga decided to step down from party leadership and the premiership after facing criticism over his government's virus measures and his insistence on holding the Olympics during the pandemic despite public opposition.


Daily reported cases have fallen to around 2,000 nationwide — less than one-tenth of the mid-August peak. Experts attributed the declining numbers to the progress of vaccinations — 58% of the population is fully vaccinated — and to people increasing their social distancing efforts after being alarmed by the collapse of medical systems.


Vaccinations minister Taro Kono recently said Japan is preparing to start administering boosters — a third shot for those who have already received two — to medical personnel by the end of this year and to elderly people early next year.

Japan to lift all coronavirus emergency steps nationwide | Taiwan News | 2021-09-28 17:25:30

[harrybarracuda]

I was reading an article this morning about how unvaccinated Japanese are avoiding high risk places like bars and nightclubs.

Compare that with the fucking idiots in the West.

[panama hat]

I was reading an article this morning about how unvaccinated Japanese are avoiding high risk places like bars and nightclubs.

How . . . reasonable and logical.

Compare that with the fucking idiots in the West.

It's called Freedumb

[PAG]