News Forum - Belgian man suspected to be infected with monkeypox allegedly flees Thailand

[Thaiger]

On Thursday, Thailand recorded its second case of monkeypox. The second case, a Thai man in Bangkok, suspects he caught the virus from a Belgian man who he had close relations with. However, the Ministry of Health suspects the Belgian man has already fled Thailand. A total of 18 people in contact with the Thai man all tested negative for the monkeypox virus. However, the Thai man says he suspects that a Belgian man he had sex with is the source of his infection. Officials have tried to track down the Belgian man to test him for the virus, but […]

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[Giltee]

This article is xenophobic because the accusation that monkeypox is coming from mostly foreign men when theres no clear evidence that’s the case. The Thai man had contact with 18 men so how do we know he didn’t forget a few? Of course it first came here from foreigners as did covid but the repeated rant about it coming from foreigners does nothing to improve relations and trust with Thai for those who live here. The Nigerian man was an overstayer so he could’ve caught the pox from a Thai. His case wasn’t the first case in Thailand. How do we know the Belgian man didn’t catch it from a Thai. Look around the widespread male sex industry and you can see how the 2 foreigners could’ve caught it. Also how do they know the Belgian man fled the country?  Very tacky handling of this by the media. 

Edited August 2, 2022 by Giltee

[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

Dejavu from the beginning of the covid pandemic, always blame foreigners.

[Fanta]

2 hours ago, Thaiger said:

However, the Ministry of Health suspects the Belgian man has already fled Thailand

Fled? As in ran away to escape ? Such an odd choice of word for a man suspected but not tested… dirty farang… 555 

[Mazz11]

I would suspect that if this man has left the country there would be a record of this happening.

Unless he swam across a river like the other guy.