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Better figures today - 77 cases reported in prisons and 2,153 in the general population. I suspect the daily rate is being distorted by clusters such as factories or construction sites where hundreds are tested at a time. The average for all of May was 2,208
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Today's new cases include 1,087 cases in prisons and 2,353 in the general population
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"What I find surprising is that Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam were all held up as virtual role models last year of how to contain the virus."
Only when it's pretty much at the end will it be possible to know which govt got most of it rightish. This is totally uncharted territory for every one of them.
In the UK half the country are angry at Johnson cos he didn't lock down sooner, half the country are angry cos he locked down at all, half the country are angry cos he locked down too long or not long enough and half the country are just angry at whatever they're told to be angry about by that days media.
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Yes Arsenal. If the U.K. had this lot, then they'd have something to be angry about.
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arsenal
"What I find surprising is that Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam were all held up as virtual role models last year of how to contain the virus."
Only when it's pretty much at the end will it be possible to know which govt got most of it rightish. This is totally uncharted territory for every one of them..
My post #197 above outlines my views. I do not agree that the situation in these countries was uncharted, at least for Thailand and Taiwan. Both governments were totally complacent. Both took their eyes of the obvious. They knew that testing, tracing and quarantine were vital. Thailand rejected the advice of its medical experts by going ahead with Songkran. Immigration officials presumably accepted large bribes to let the son of the Central Department Store empire return in early April after his gambling jaunt to Cambodia. Now we have the results. And we read that Prayut would not accept medical advise re Songkran because the government would not be popular!!
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3,886 cases (1,230 from prisons) on Thursday
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There are 2,631 new cases including 189 from prisons reported today
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There have been 2,817 cases (315 from prisons) reported in the past 24 hours
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There were 2,671 cases recorded yesterday including 604 from prisons
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There were 2,419 cases recorded yesterday, 91 from prisons
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Today's general population figure is 2,112 - 2,662 cases in total with 534 from prisons
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2,400 today with a further 200+ in prisons
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Today's total is 2,310 cases (102 from prisons). And here's Little Richard's Guide to the Trend:
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Numbers seem pretty low. Countries with higher numbers are opening up.
Big decision ahead whether to reopen or wait for the vaccine rollout to reach herd immunity levels, which could take a long time.
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Below 2,000 local cases today: 2,290 cases in all, 294 from prisons (local cases include travellers)
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Total numbers are up again today - 3,277 cases, with 892 of those from prisons
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Today's figures are 2,804 cases in total, of which 409 are from prisons; 2,391 in the general population and travellers
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An uptick today - 3,355 cases, 784 from prisons and 2,571 in the general population
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A round number today - 3,000 cases with 640 from prisons
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As this story sets out, a lot of the notified cases are clustered in factories and markets. The official statistics are unreliable since testing is not exactly encouraged because people have to pay for it (so why would you?):
https://thethaiger.com/news/national...usiness-afloat
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Only 26 in prisons today from an overall 2,331. May’s average was a tad over 2,200; June’s is roughly 100 higher. A graphic of the past 7 weeks (from 1 May) shows fluctuations but no real trend:
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There were 3,129 cases recorded in yesterday, 457 from prisons.
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StevieWonders
There were 3,129 cases recorded in yesterday, 457 from prisons.
Trending upwards I see. Perfect time to open up tourism again.
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Trending upwards I see. Perfect time to open up tourism again.
Could you expand on how you are calculating “trend”, Matt?
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Could you expand on how you are calculating “trend”, Matt?
From the monthly averages you give, and watching the daily count.
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From the monthly averages you give, and watching the daily count.
Daily counts go down as well as up. While today is a recent high, there was a recent low last week. The fortnightly average (ie. the best surrogate for trend) is virtually flat. The weekly average shows a slight uptick (something like 3%), hardly “trending upwards”.
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Today's total is 3,058 cases of which 459 are from prisons. That's 2,599 in the general population including travellers in quarantine. Before Matt gets all prissy about "trending upwards", the fortnightly average over the past 5 days, including these figures, has been 2340, 2340, 2313, 2331, 2338 - steady as she goes.
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So about 600 per day in prisons? Since mid April that’s about 18,000
Where are they? Out? Hospital? Quarantine?
Thats 10% of the prison population.
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So about 600 per day in prisons? Since mid April that’s about 18,000. Where are they? Out? Hospital? Quarantine? Thats 10% of the prison population.
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So about 600 per day in prisons? Since mid April that’s about 18,000
Where are they? Out? Hospital? Quarantine?
Thats 10% of the prison population.
Good question. I would like to know too. Although I imagine that those that are democracy activists have been kept locked up in the hope that nature may take its course.
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Now something to gladden Matt's heart - a trend uptick. It's not quite the all-time high - that was on 31 May and was 150 more than today's total, but today's figure of 3,232 (3,667 including 435 in prison) has dragged the fortnightly average up by 90 to 2,428 and close to its all-time high of 2,445 on June 9.
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This is the second consecutive day where the general population figure starts with a 3. Today it's 3,104 - yesterday it was 3,232. Given Thailand's low rate of testing, the figures at best indicate trend rather than actual numbers. In total there were 3,682 cases of which 578 were from prisons. The fortnightly average has risen from 2,338 to 2,488 over the past 3 days.
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See, what I say? Trending upwards.
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Another 3,000+ day - 3,175 in total but only 140 in prison.
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To some extent (if anyone is relying on the figures supplied rather than the trend they approximate) the “local” figures I quote also include travellers already in quarantine. Today’s “true” local figure is 2,990.
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Another jump in numbers - 4,059 cases, only 75 from prisons. Excluding travellers that's 3,984 locals. Yes, Matt, it's now trending up.
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To some extent (if anyone is relying on the figures supplied rather than the trend they approximate) the “local” figures I quote also include travellers already in quarantine. Today’s “true” local figure is 2,990.
If today’s figure of over 4000 includes travellers in quarantine the it just proves that quarantine is unnecessary. Just how many in quarantine were contaminated? Bet it’s not more than single figures out of those 4000 you reported today.
It has never been significant so the latest wave cannot be blamed on quarantined travellers either.
Thailand had it coming, it was only a matter of when.
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If today’s figure of over 4000 includes travellers in quarantine the it just proves that quarantine is unnecessary. Just how many in quarantine were contaminated? Bet it’s not more than single figures out of those 4000 you reported today.
It has never been significant so the latest wave cannot be blamed on quarantined travellers either.
Thailand had it coming, it was only a matter of when.
What a great rant.
No one has ever blamed the latest outbreak on returning travellers but on infected illegal migrant workers somehow passing it on to the “entertainment” workers centred on Soi Thonglor and thus into the general population. An “ex” of mine, now a hairdresser, became infected because one of his customers was a prostitute in that area. Your use of the pejorative “contaminated” betrays your innate Puritanism.
Is your argument that “Thailand had it coming” based on its porous land borders or its sex industry (bearing in mind you’re a sex tourist yourself)?
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Is your argument that “Thailand had it coming” based on its porous land borders or its sex industry (bearing in mind you’re a sex tourist yourself)?
Neither.
Many expats (permanent sex tourists, like yourself) congratulated Thailand on their handling of the pandemic. Do we hear them now?
Covid has affected every Nation. It was only a matter of time.
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permanent sex tourists
A “permanent tourist”? Perhaps you should let the TAT know about this exciting concept.