smoky

Just now, smoky said:

Explain to them why perfectly good treatments were withheld.

BTW not perfect.

13 hours ago, Antonymous said:

Covid vax hesitancy is mainly the result of lack of openness on the part of the Govt and the pharma companies in explaining clearly, backed by statistical sources that are credible, what side effects and fatalities have been recorded for each of the vaxes that are available (or may be made available in Thailand in the near future). Alongside that an explanation is needed of the risks involved for people with certain medical conditions, by age and gender.

 

Instead the risks are being systematically downplayed and worse, anybody who asks for the data or points out the known risks is labeled an ‘anti-vaxxer’, an ‘idiot’, or a lot worse. Huge sums of money are being poured into propaganda messages that aim to marginalize what has clearly become the MAJORITY opinion, also known as ‘vaccine hesitancy’.

 

In the USA the White House announced earlier this month that 100 million people were fully vaccinated. The highest estimate I have read so far is that 37% of the US population has been vaccinated. As vaxes are readily available in the US, that means that as many as 63% are hesitant there too.

 

Despite attempts to try to turn these numbers into a political issue, it is clear that Covid vax hesitancy is driven by other factors altogether. For example in the US 40% of the population identifies as Republican and according to a recent poll reported in The Hill, only 30% of Republicans said they would not get the vax. So at a stretch that equates to only 12% of American vax hesitants that might be accused of political motives in that decision.

 

In any case, vax hesitancy is found in other countries with no interest in US politics and that includes Thailand and Thai people.

 

All over the world it is those who are independent thinkers and who value freedom of thought and information, who are most likely to ask questions and to hold back if they are not getting the answers that reassure them. It is the conformist thinkers, those who favour authoritarianism, who are most likely to accept the Govt wishes unquestioningly. I see this often in the views expressed by certain posters on TV.

I would say this is well thought out and stated,

   I for one will not be getting the "Jab" At least not until the guinea pigs have lived for a few years. I would like to see what it does to people,  and since the people that are getting it now are the test subjects. We will just see how that goes.

    I was planning to move to Thailand with the wife in about a years time, but it looks as of now that I won't be returning to my second home.

    Rather sad that a perfectly treatable condition was used to totally screw the entire planet.    And we let them.

   Let the flaming begin... but before you go off too big do some deep research, Not on Google.  I understand that that people have been taken by the fear porn that they have been pumping out for the last 15 months. (I was one of them for a few months.) And would be reluctant to accept that there may be another reality. 

   By the way, about 50% of the people that I know will not get the vax.

We would like to have our 14 year old nephew from Issan come to vist us for a year in the US. Would the tourist visa be the route to go.

Just now starting to look into what we would need to do to get him a visa. It would not be a problem to get the consent forms from the Mother, as my Wife is going to visit the family in Jan. He would likely come after the end of his school year.

I have been a member for years but never needed to ask a question. Thank you in advance for any replies

The only time people have died is when the PM has used force. So maybe that's why?

The PM has used force this evening with one dead from the Sala Daeng blasts?

Naturally, the perfect angelic reds have claimed again none of their people were responsible for this as they shoot at helicopters.

Before today, my friend. Nobody died before Abhisit launched his crackdown on April 10th. And nobody knows who launched the attacks tonight, so let's keep it peaceful, shall we.

Your Avitar represents Violence. He was a Murdering Thug.