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It's clear who doesn't understand. If you understand so well compare the possible spread by an individual who is sick for 5 days versus someone who is sick for 10 days. It's extremely obvious that vaccinated people have less severe symptoms than the unvaccinated. A higher percentage of unvaccinated will exhibit lung problems and sore throat problems that lead to coughing and the attendant greater dispersal of virus that results. Duh!

The vaccines will lower the amount of virus circulating because it lowers the severity of infection in the vaccinated. The vaccinated individuals recover faster and therefor are spreading the virus for a shorter amount of time.

People with legitimate health reasons to decline vaccination are not considered Antivaxxer's by an overwhelming majority. I guess you're in the minority on that.

No access to ATM is required. While opening my first KBank account I downloaded their app while in the branch and KBank staff set it up using just my phone. I believe an OTP was required.

Sorry to continue an off-topic conversation, but it is important to give correct information in cases like this. @cnx1204 statement is not universally true. Check this document to find important relevant details: https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10137.pdf

Perhaps you can create a second LINE login on your PC just for commercial transactions and only switch to it from your regular LINE account when conducting business. I just noticed there is a Chrome extension that seems to allow use of a LINE account through the browser.

Similarily, statistics could easily show that a vegetarian diet is responsible for the current low case numbers from India compared to US. After all India has WAY more vegetarians than USA. Does that make it the determining factor? I seriously doubt that it does, just like I seriously doubt your that favorite dead horse drug is relevant.

I'm in LOS on retirement extension (based on 800K in bank) for 6 months now. I read in the long running thread about Bank Savings Interest Rates about SCB's EZ Savings Account that currently pays 1.5%. The SCB branch closest to me is at Big C Supercenter Donchan. https://aseannow.com/topic/1152546-bank-savings-interest-rates-2021 I took passport, expired Residence Cert from Imm., other bank books and Thai driver license there to try to open said account. At first they said I must have work permit. I pointed to my RETIREMENT extension and explained I cannot work and would they please call head office to see if I could open an account. They made a bajillion copies and got my phone # and said they would call after weekend. They did call, but I was in a meeting with our home builder so asked for a callback in an hour. That didn't happen. The following Tuesday I went in person to try again. They quickly got a normal Savings Account set up for me, but their banking software wouldn't allow them to open the EZ account for me just using my PP #. I asked if a Thai Tax ID # would work and they said it would. I didn't have Tax ID so I left with just a normal account. I found the location of the nearest Revenue Dept. office was only 5 minutes from my home so I went there on Wed. afternoon. To get a Tax ID you need Passport and a Tabien Baan, or if renting then a copy of rental lease. They also said I needed a copy of a bank book front page but I think that was incorrect. I didn't have a lease copy so the next day I returned with it. The office was again very quiet and after 10 minutes I had my Tax ID # on official pre-printed (dot matrix printer!) cardstock. The clerk was not going to use the bank book copy until I said I was told to provide it. A Residence Cert was not on the list given to me the previous day, but the clerk stapled it into the collected paperwork as well. Back at the SCB branch the teller seemed confused about opening the EZ account. I pointed out to her the clerk that had gone through the process on the previous visit. He came over and we were soon off to the races making another stack of copies and many, many signatures. The EZ Savings account has NO passbook but otherwise the access and functioning seems identical to any other Savings account. Good luck!

That looks delicious and doesn't seem beyond my capabilities. I'll give it a shot when I'm living in a more convenient and comfortable home. But... I'll have to call it "Canadian bacon" so my American friends can understand. What... you don't have a solar stove?

Today, I did manage to get a normal Savings account opened at SCB. My expired Residence certificate from local Thai Imm. seemed to resolve any questions. I had requested they also open the SCB Easy Account with 1.5%. Apparently their system wouldn't allow it even after conferring with their head office. When I asked if I had a Thai Tax ID they could open it, they said yes. If I get a Thai Tax ID will that number be the same as would appear on a pink Thai ID? What gov't office issues the Tax ID?

What documentation did they request when you opened your SCB account? I went to an SCB branch in a local CM BigC anchored mall. It was an illuminating experience. The machine to issue a queue ticket would only say "Please see SCB staff" except for the deposit/withdraw option. OK...got one of those. Before my number was up one of the non-teller staff asked in me in weak English how she could help. I said I would like to open an account and asked what documentation was required. She answered passport and work permit. I showed my RETIREMENT extension stamp and explained I'm not allowed to work. She insisted work permit MUST be shown. I responded that I know of several retired farang without work permit that have successfully opened an SCB account. I then asked her to call her head office to see if it would be possible. She came back in about 5 minutes and handed me the phone so I could speak to a more senior SCB staffer. The lady on the phone explained that they would copy my information, send it to their International customer section and call me back. The branch worker also gave me her business card. Unfortunately when they did call me back I was in a meeting with our home builder and couldn't talk. My Thai wife asked that they call back in an hour, but that didn't happen. Today I'm off for another in-person attempt at the same branch. I'll be more prepared with an (expired) Residence certification from local Thai Imm., bank books and statement for other banks.

I don't worry about hitting the vaccine side-effect jackpot because I've already hit so many jackpots I'm not due for another this decade.

In the best light, it should be considered an Alford (only available in USA) plea.

Considering the transmissibility of COVID, this statement is very unlikely to be true without a large percentage of the population being vaccinated. Well... maybe true among the zealous hermit population. https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-tricky-math-of-covid-19-herd-immunity-20200630/

I am using an iPhone 8Plus with a post paid True plan. Too often I get SMS's from several true entities that are useless and not wanted. Since there is no number displayed there is no direct method to block them in the Messages app. Following some advice I found online I have managed to find out how to block them. In Messages, I tapped on one of the undesirables. Then I tapped on the info button that is displayed on the right in the group of 3 options near the top. That brings up a page that has a telephone icon on the left with the word call underneath it. Tap on that call button. You can listen to the announcement if you like, but I just hung up as soon as I was sure that a connections was made. Now, go to the Recents in the Phone app. The top of the list of recent calls should be the one you just made to the true entity. Tap on the i in a circle. That should bring up a page that looks like a normal contact entry. Scroll down the page and click on Block this Caller. I just did this for 2 true entities that send me spam SMS. I'm not yet sure it has worked. However, there are now 2 entries in my blocked list versus none before.

I don't remember how I happened upon this YouTube channel, but I'm very glad I did. This YouTuber has a 14 year history of producing videos that mostly cover how to use Mac OS features to their fullest. He does include a few other Apple related topics as well. I've watched only about 30 of them but so far every one has been well produced and easy to follow. Check it out at: https://www.youtube.com/user/macmostvideo/videos I do hope he continues but I have no other motive than to share his knowledge with other Mac users.