I think it is coming: Bangkok Post: Covid cases surge to 33k in Thailand, with 6k in Bangkok.

[LiberalArkie]

19 May 2025 at 17:56



Covid-19 cases reported in Thailand spiked to 33,030 last week, with at least 6,000 cases in Bangkok, according to the Department of Disease Control.

The department reported 33,030 Covid-19 cases from May 11-17, double the number of more than 16,000 in the previous week.

Of those, 1,918 were hospitalised, while two were reported dead from the disease in Sukhothai and Kanchanaburi.

Bangkok had the highest number of patients at 6,290, followed by Chon Buri (2,573), Rayong (1,680), Nonthaburi (1,482), and Samut Prakan (1,442). Most of the infections were in those aged between 30 and 39.

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https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3029317/covid-cases-surge-to-33k-in-thailand-with-6k-in-bangkok

[Ocelot II]

1. BOHICA. Get your boosters while you still can.

[johnnyfins]

2. We, in the US, will never know.

There will be NO reporting.

[LiberalArkie]

9. Well when you drive by your local hospital and see the refrigerated trucks lined up

[BoRaGard]

3. Klawback Krasnov (R-Felon) and Brainworm Bobby (R) have a plan in motion

Do next to nothing but bullshit, and let COVID sort out the winners and the SUCKERS AND LOSERS.

[Melon]

4. These are very tight controls

I’ve been to Bangkok. Very densely populated. The city has 10 million + so those published numbers seem very low. Less than seven thousand cases in a city of 10,000,000. Obviously things can scale quickly in cities of dense populations. But you would never have this level of reaction in the states.

[LiberalArkie]

11. on the Thailand group on Reddit, they were saying that most of the people do not go to the doctors for it.

Lke here I guess, just ride it out.

[Melon]

14. Most cases are very mild.

We’ve had people with it in the office. Most just work from home two days or one day off. They say the strain is very much weakened versus the original. We had flu go through our office over winter and that resulted in two people out for at least 4 days.

[LiberalArkie]

15. And in Thailand and most of Asia, unlike here, they do mask up quickly. I heard one guy say he heard someone

Sniff, like a runny nose and the whole crowd reached in their pockets and pulled out their masks.

[Melon]

16. I worked throughout Asia including Japan

They will mask quickly if they are sick. But even in Asia, just wearing a mask around is not by any means the norm.

Even the Thailand announcement. Less than 7,000 cases out of 10 million people. It’s really not a blip. You will see all kinds of diseases in Asia plus people spitting and such. This would be the least of my concerns there.

[Blues Heron]

22. its not so much the absolute numbers as the fact that it doubled in a week

exponential growth and all that. Covid may be mostly mild but when it gets mean its a killer.

[True Blue American]

17. My family was sick as dogs for a couple of weeks

And still have little energy. I would not call that mild..
Do not make light of this. It is still serious.. and they had all the shots.

[TnDem]

19. Exactly

Take some Vitamin D, get plenty of sleep and some zinc lozenges.

[artemisia1]

23. And don't forget the bleach enemas! (SARCASM -- don't ever take Trump's advice on ANYTHING). /nt

[Wiz Imp]

29. The article said there were over 1900 hospitalizations out of 33,000 cases last week.

That is an extremely high rate of hospitalization. The Hospitalization rate in the US from May 2020 thru April 2021 was just of 1.0%. This current rate in Thailand is 5.8%. That implies that there are currently an elevated rate of more severe cases, at least in Thailand. That may or may not be cause for concern.

[JI7]

5. Is it different from previous years ?

[True Blue American]

6. 3 in my family came home

From 10 days in Puerto Rico. My Son became sick,then my Grandson, then DIL took the test. All 3 have Covid. All had all the shots. They are still recuperating..

[JI7]

7. I was thinking maybe it's a common thing that happens now

becsuse of things like the travel season. And especially with travel numbers going back up again .

[LiberalArkie]

10. yes, up from previous weeks

[Prairie Gates]

27. Yes, there's a new Omicron variant circulating in Europe and the US LP.8.1

Or rather, that's been the variant that's been dominant since late last summer but has seen rapid rises in Asia and Europe in the last few weeks.

There's also better immune response. I'm pretty sure I had this in April - experienced it as a head (nose) cold with lingering lung effects, like the first time I had Omicron. I'm a runner and two weeks out I had trouble doing 1.5 miles! (My usual runs are 4 to 8 miles). I did not test, though, so it could have been anything.

[Walleye]

8. It's hard to fight a virus when half of your population doesn't believe it exists

When Bobby Junior is swimming in polluted water and thinks it’s just fine. How on earth are we supposed to protect ourselves against viruses?

[artemisia1]

24. Polluted water is just fake news from those Global Warming folks. (SARCASM)

[milestogo]

12. Because of this post I just scheduled a booster shot tomorrow.

Thank you.

[fujiyamasan]

13. Is this a new strain?

It shouldn’t be a concern for most people unless it’s a novel strain.

I wouldn’t be surprised if most of us have caught COVID at some point, without even knowing it.

[elocs]

18. I have a retired woman who lives across the street from me. Christian, pro-Trump,

who volunteers at a local food pantry. I didn't see her there a few months ago and asked if she still volunteered there and she said "no" because she caught Covid from a homeless person and was very sick. Since you are contagious for a few days before symptoms, she could have had it and spread it.
I have my yearly Medicare physical next month so I can get my shot then.

[TnDem]

20. OK, and at this point, what would have changed?

If she was contagious before she was sick and we know that the shot doesn't stop transmission, then what would have been the solution there?

[elocs]

21. Being regularly vaccinated for Covid would have been a good choice.

But then she is an anti-vaxxer Trumper.

[Renew Deal]

25. Was it already in the US?

I know a bunch of people that caught it around February.

[róisín_dubh]

26. I've had several friends sick as dogs...

Lately here in the UK. Absolutely floored with illness for a couple weeks. Negative Covid tests, but I did not get it despite close contact.
I’m the only one up to date on boosters so who knows what it was really.

[k_buddy762]

28. Covid 1.0

caused me to change nothing about how I lived my life, and this won't either.

[LisaL]

30. US won't have a covid spike.

Because nobody will report the numbers. And everybody knows if you don't report the number, then it doesn't exist.