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  • OPINION

    Mass testing best

    News, Postbag, Published on 21/03/2020

    » The most effective and cheapest way of controlling the Covid-19 pandemic will be to conduct mass testing of the population, as urged by eminent French infectious diseases expert Dr Didier Raoult. He has pointed out that cheaply mass produced testing equipment is already available and is being used effectively in South Korea. Countries, including Thailand, should build up this mass testing capability as fast as it can and test as many people as possible. That way it will be possible to isolate only those who test positive and it also makes it possible to treat those who start showing symptoms early which boosts the chance of a favourable outcome for them. This will be far more effective than locking down entire populations of people who are not infected and causing a massive economic dislocation in the process. In Thailand's case, it may cost US$325 million (10.5 billion baht) to test the entire population, but that would be a drop in the bucket compared to the $8 billion cost of a 5% decline in GDP.

  • OPINION

    For me, mass killer will never have a name

    News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 13/02/2020

    » Looking at him, you would think he was harmless. The guy next door who always had a smile on his face and was always ready to help.

  • THAILAND

    Conditions 'ripe' for mass protests

    News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/12/2019

    » A support group for relatives of victims of the 1992 political unrest on Sunday expressed its concern about Thailand's deteriorating political and economic situation, which it said could erupt into violent street protests at any moment.

  • EASY NEWS

    Mass brawl on Sukhumvit 11

    Gary Boyle, Published on 05/03/2024

    » Police broke up a brawl between Thai and Filipino transgender women on Soi Sukhumvit 11 late on Monday night.

  • OPINION

    Mass jab hopes a crucial test for Prayut

    News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 31/05/2021

    » Despite reassurances from Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul that the mass Covid-19 vaccinations for people over 60 and those suffering from seven non-communicable underlying diseases across the country will proceed as scheduled on June 7, scepticism remains strong among many about whether this administration can still be trusted after repeated blunders in the handling of the pandemic.

  • OPINION

    The future is not mass tourism

    Oped, Published on 23/09/2020

    » A huge challenge awaits Thailand as plans are afoot to open up the country to rescue the tourism industry: How to prevent a new round of environmental onslaught from mass tourism.

  • THAILAND

    A grab-bag of mass appeal promises

    News, Published on 26/03/2023

    » Ahead of the May 14 election, parties are outlining populist policies, with few bothering to spell out how they will fund them.

  • OPINION

    Don't be a bystander to mass famine

    Oped, Peter Singer, Published on 16/08/2022

    » In March 1964, The New York Times reported that 38 witnesses saw or heard a brutal, drawn-out, and ultimately fatal attack on a woman called Kitty Genovese, but none did anything to help her or even summoned the police. The report was later shown to be erroneous, but the "bystander effect" is real. As many psychology experiments have shown, an individual is less likely to come to the aid of another if they can see that other people who could help are not doing so.

  • THAILAND

    Rural doctors to the rescue with mass tests

    News, Published on 15/08/2021

    » The fast-spreading Covid-19 pandemic must be matched with an equally quick response to curb it, tagged with the all-important "what next" question, according to the Rural Doctors Society (RDS).

  • THAILAND

    Central World joins hands with King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital of the Thai Red Cross Society to open a vaccination centre to help authorities fight the pandemic, reinforcing Central Pattana’s position as the private sector’s leader in mass vaccinations

    Published on 25/05/2021

    » Central World, in cooperation with King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital of the Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), and the Thai Chamber of Commerce, is preparing to open a vaccination centre in the Central World LIVE zone on level 8 of the shopping centre with an area of over 4,500 square metres.

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