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Like just about every other government in the world then. Why single him out? Do you really think another bozo in power would have done anything different?

Doesn't he know that vaccines don't stop you becoming infected? This is an expert?

How would the BOT know if inflation is going to be transitory or longer term? (it's never permanent) Is their crystal ball better than Jay Powell's? It depends on so many factors beyond their control - the price of oil, supply chain issues, labour shortages due to Covid isolation to mention just three. These economists sit in their ivory towers and think they are the masters of the universe. An economy is the result of millions of individual decisions made by millions of individual people and businesses every second. They control nothing.

The correct woke term is "fat shaming". Careful you're not banned from all social media for such a heinous crime. I for one can forgive you since you've "come out" as Tottenham supporter. We're a long-suffering bunch and need all the emotional help we can get. Come to think of it, we should probably start a support group ,,,,,, call it Spurs Anonymous for want of something more original!

Preparations indicate Thailand will focus on APEC process and protocol rather than substance, Just about sums up they way things are done here. From schools to government, it's all about appearance. Scratch the surface and there's nothing there.

More like Mystic Meg. He has an uncanny ability to predict what every other "expert" was predicting two weeks ago.

So who decides what is fake news and what is not..............the Ministry of Truth?

It's just virtue-signalling from governments that have to be seen to "do something", however ineffective.

"Wishful thinking. The common cold is a corona virus why is there no herd immunity? " The fact that the common cold no longer causes people to die or even get seriously ill suggests that there is some form of herd immunity. The research you've quoted states that immunity from Covid lasts from 3 months to 5 years. So as the majority of the population get infected and build both natural and vaccine-induced immunity, we are moving towards a scenario like the flu where an annual booster jab for the most vulnerable will likely provide sufficient protection. I'm certainly not suggesting that the Covid virus will disappear, but that its effects will become manageable, and infection with a milder variant like Omicron brings us closer to that point.

Level 3 Alert!! Always brings to mind the big white balloon chasing Patrick McGoohan across the beach in The Prisoner. Hmm, now you come to mention it............

Do you have any scientific basis for this comment? Research studies etc Or is it just pure conjecture?

So getting closer to herd immunity every day.

Otherwise known as survival, for anyone with a job or running a business in the retail or tourist industries. But maybe that's not your problem?

What magic happens at 80%? Israel has a vaccination rate higher than that and it hasn't stopped them experiencing a new wave of infections.

Ah, but he's got grey hair and a white coat. He must be an expert.

It's causing incalculable damage to future generations. All in the name of a monomaniacal obsession with a virus with a 99.5% survival rate.

That worked out well, didn't it.

Would be helpful to have sub-titles on the video for an English-language community.

Central banks are scared to death of cryptocurrencies. They can't control their use because the whole point is that they're decentralised. No doubt Thailand, like other countries have done already, will come out with their own "digital baht". This will be just a digital version of fiat currency, under the complete control of the central bank so they can print as much of it as they like. Unlike bitcoin, which has a limited supply and can't be created out of thin air.

The trouble with this one is that you can't. Not if you want to keep your job, travel, go to normal places and do normal things. In other words, live normally. They've got you by the short and curlies.

Using your argument governments should ban cash because criminals use it................oh, hang on, they already have.

I'd avoid all government backed cryptos. They're just digital fiat currencies. They can be created at will by spendthrift governments, with the added beneft (for them) that they can track every transaction you make. At least Bitcoin is theoretically inflation proof. There will only ever be 21 million bitcoins.

Fantastic value from Dusit Thani Laguna in Phuket. 15 nights sandbox (with buffet breakfast) for less than 2,500 baht/night.

There's more to the UK than congested city centres, same as there's more to Thailand than Bangkok. Why do people have to talk in generalisations?

Why let the facts get in the way of a good story? Many posters on here will jump to conclusions just from reading the headline, never mind the full post.