Langsuan Man

13 minutes ago, Logosone said:

Would you be so kind to back that statement up with the links to the studies you mention?

 

That would be very helpful.

 

Because in the absence of hard data as to the number of infected it seems that social distancing is more of a religion, a belief, rather than a policy based on solid data.

Here since Google seems impossible for you to use:

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https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/health/2020/03/24/coronavirus-social-distancing-fever-charting-kinsa/2897136001/

In case you can't get it:

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"When you shut down schools and businesses, you are breaking the chain of infections," said Kinsa CEO Inder Singh. "The data are showing it is working and the clusters of fever we were seeing are leveling off and diminishing within days." 

Flu-related illness in California's Santa Clara County, for example, have dropped by more than 60% since a March 17 shelter-in-place order. At the same time, Miami-Dade County's level of flulike illness has been going up. State and local governments in Northern California took earlier and more aggressive action than in South Florida.

Do you want the rest of the results ? : About 86,200,000 results (0.64 seconds) 

2 minutes ago, Tmoney said:

To be honest I am totally confused as well, I don't rent, I (or more accurately my company, I am 49% shareholder) owns the house I live in so I am uncertain as to what SIO will demand to see when I go there.

How about a utility receipt, that is what I provide to obtain a residency permit and barring that I could take my updated company paperwork to prove I had a residence 

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

It has blocked you because it see's your IP address as being from a foreign country and possibly being malicious....my credit union and CalPers accounts do the same thing unless I use a VPN

I have been accessing the social security site without a VPN since I applied for it on line from Thailand, from the same Thai ISP and the same computer, for 3 years now, despite you pronouncement this is a new occurrence

And if you don't believe ubonjoe, who are you going to believe 

20 hours ago, Dsquared said:

Had a Google Pixel sent to me in Bangkok from Florida - two months ago.

Used US post office and had no fees.

Took about three weeks.

I had a Google Pixel 2 sent to me last year and Thai Customs seized it and wanted me to go to NCC in Bangkok to obtain a license to operate a "radio" device. Which I refused to do, so the phone ended back in the US 4 months later by the time Pixel 3 was out.  Had already filed a lost package claim to the USPS and received most of my money

 So consider yourself lucky, you cannot predict Royal Thai Customs just like you can't predict Royal Thai Immigration, life in Thailand is just the luck of the draw   

17 hours ago, mudcat said:

Our April 23rd flight back to San Francisco was cancelled on March 19th.  We filed for our refund on the 20th and the full credit for the flight (including taxes and fees) hit my wife's credit card on the 24th.  EVA is a great airline - wonderful to have a choice over UAL where they would have given one airline credit needing to be used within a year rather than cash (plus EVA still credits miles by mileage and not dollars spent). 

 

 

Glad you got you money back but how are you going to get to SF now ?

I am facing the same possibility with Eva to Seattle on the 4th of May

11 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

For some Thai IP addresses they will not work. Had the problem myself until True changed my IP address. Started using a VPN to get on them until it was changed.

They worked for me just now using a Thia IP.

TOT fiber must be one of them, since once again today 3-27 I can only get in via my VPN (Express VPN)

If they are not flying to or from Bangkok, my guess is that they are closed but if you don't want to wait for someone to go there and answer you, there is always the airlines web sites or failing that,  you can make a telephone call

Personally,  I am more concerned about getting on an plane, not getting into a lounge  

No mail goes by ship, everything goes by air, the only difference is that air mail postage goes before regular postage. The post offices of the world are no longer set up to do letter mail by ship.  They don't have contracts in place with shipping companies and airlines have signed long term contracts with governments to handle mail bags

Until the Royal Thai Post makes an official announcement this report is suspect  

I suspect you had better get approval from your condo before doing anything else 

Fine now, Thursday March 26th, 8:29 AM

Are you paying attention to the operating hours in the US:

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Hours of Service:   Monday - Friday 5 AM - 1 AM ET   |  Saturday 5 AM - 11 PM ET   |  Sunday 8 AM - 11:30 PM ET

Just tried it, TOT fiber, Na Jomtien, Win 7, Chrome and got in, BUT this is the first time that I have ever had to use a VPN for access

You know that Craps is a game and not a prohibited word, and complaining about a English word in an English forum is in no way commenting on moderation, since the process appears to be automatic

It's a <deleted> shoot.  Some pay a lot, some pay little or nothing, it is all up to the Royal Thai Customs Agent that is assigned to your shipment

You can go through pages and pages of posts here and you will see that there is no consistency in the process.  And the information at the Thai Customs web site is just a swag, (sophisticated wild ass guess) and is treated as a "guide" by the agent

I think the Thais are just trying to kill us

4 minutes ago, Logosone said:

The problem is that self-isolation will mean herd immunity comes slower, so this is all dragged out.

We are far past the point where any herd immunity will help us out 

5 hours ago, gamb00ler said:

I think everyone assumed OP just needed to receive ordinary SMS for two-factor authentication

Probably because he said this !

On 3/19/2020 at 9:11 AM, AAArdvark said:

I need to be able to get occasional short code sms (verification codes) from a US phone number.

The best advice I was given once when I suffered a loss due to a contractors negligence was that unless the case was worth more than 200,000 THB forget about it, since you will pay that much just for a Thai lawyers promise of relief

Thanks to that advice I only get screwed once per incident

3 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

60% approval rating for Trump handling the virus

same polling that told us candidate Trump would never win

I have given up on polls since then, useless as tits on a bull 

Give her your ATM card and PIN and worry about other things, trust me Thais know how to get money out of a Thai Bank account 

Personally, I think that the US priorities are all wrong and are just corporate welfare in disguise. For instance: 

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Military Spending in the United States. In fiscal year 2015, military spending is projected to account for 54 percent of all federal discretionary spending, a total of $598.5 billion.

source: www.nationalpriorities.org 

23 hours ago, cmarshall said:

Must have been the Bush administration's stimulus program in 2009.

Sounds about right, since it was a long time ago.  I only remembered about it because of the ability to expedite issuing Personal Identification Numbers to foreign dependents 

19 hours ago, law ling said:

Thanks for these replies to my OP -  confirming that an O-A visa of my vintage is caught by the insurance requirement.

You were correct in asking this question since,  to my knowledge, this is the first time that Royal Thai Immigration has made a major policy change that did not grandfather in Visa holders, to the rules at the time of their Visa issuance