News Forum - Omicron variant: 9 cases confirmed, 5 more suspected in Thailand

[Thaiger]

Omicron is slowly creeping into Thailand. Officials have announced that there have now been 9 confirmed cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 diagnosed within the borders of Thailand. Those nine cases have been fully genome sequenced and confirmed that they are definitely the new and highly infections variant. Omicron is believed to be more contagious but less severe than other strains, but the first Omicron death was just recorded in the UK. Aside from the confirmed cases, medical officials are currently researching 5 more potential cases. Dr Supakit Sirilak, the Director-General of the Medical Sciences Department, says those 5 […]

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[Barrie]

If it is causing nothing severe. It may be better to let spread. People getting mild symptoms will build their own immunity. Better than vaccinations.

[HolyCowCm]

9? My son said 11 reported social media and CM has a confirmed case as well.

[Nivram]

Barrie, are you a viralogist?

Keep letting it spread, not smart.  The data is not in.  Keep letting it spread will lead to another mutation.

[Rangers]

Here we go, the usual suspects will be on to tell us to lockdown and hide from this terrifying sniffle. 

[Guevara]

Thaiger says Omicron is slowly creeping into Thailand. Once it's in it will run bloody riot just like the UK.

[huhuarf]

3 minutes ago, Guevara said:

Thaiger says Omicron is slowly creeping into Thailand. Once it's in it will run bloody riot just like the UK.

Yeah with that one death.  Be still, my heart.

[satpete]

all restrictions and quarantines could not stop Delta and now Omicron
will be soon all over the world, even in China

Thailand is no island, and even Australian or New Zealand lockdown failed,
so people have to live with it without panic and should take vaccine
and a booster soon

[Pompies]

The South African experience of relatively mild symptoms has occurred in a population that has a very different vaccination & infection profile to Thailand. RSA has a much lower vaccination level but with the highly effective mRNA vaccine, and a 76% pre Omicron infection level in the hotspot province of Gauteng. This is radically different from here where the majority have received the well nigh useless Chinese vax or the second rate AZ one.  So it could easily be that the rampant situation in the UK is a better model, which is a worrying situation.

[ozvenision]

my left one hurts

[satpete]

much fun if you stay in icu bed in hospital

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Edited December 15, 2021 by satpete

[Nivram]

This is the 3rd mutation.  How many more will there be?  How many booster shots will we need?

There is no end in sight. 

The rich countries get vaccinated and the poor countries don't.

That is why this virus and the so called variants will never go away.

[Manu]

1 hour ago, whitesnake said:

Sorry, but I find this all really funny & amusing! 

I am thinking I need to go along with your common sense. Yeah I go for it 

[Freeduhdumb]

We are beyond the point of ending the "Pandemic" and embracing the fact that we have yet another endemic virus, among the myriad of others. Once we stop the testing nonsense, we can end all of this current "casedemic" nonsense. Continuing to name and treat each new variant as some new killer is an unsustainable and unnecessary path forward. 

Edited December 15, 2021 by Freeduhdumb

[Robosibbo]

Please Thailand don't get drawn into the UK Boris Johnson paranoia and lies...3 weeks Omicron was discovered, we have 3 cases, next day 9 case's, next day 20 case's, 3 weeks later apparently 200K infections according to modelling...wow by the UKs dramatic coverage that's some increase... plus now we have had apparently the first worldwide Omicron death, but death with??? Omicron or from??? Omicron... this time last year exactly the same paranoia with the Kent variant... FFS