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After launching about 4 years ago in late 2016, Eagle Gates Group collapsed in April, 2017.

In May Eagle Gates Group tried to relaunch as Sener Trader, only to collapse again a few months later in July 2017

Both scams were being run from Thailand, by two Thai nationals and eight foreigners from Singapore, USA and the Netherlands.

Of course anyone can get reinfected, it is obvious and normal. If the virus or virons are in the air you breathe, you can get reinfected. The point is that it takes time for the antibodies to discover the invasion and track down the individual viruses. This is why when you get reinfected with the common cold it takes a few hours of feeling a cold is coming until the immune system's antigens from a previous infection kick in and start fighting the infection. Until there is herd immunity, people will be reinfected. Fortunately the W.H.O clarified their statement, the day after, saying that they meant that there is no evidence of immunity if you have antibodies, because that is always what they say prior to tests and research having confirmed that there is immunity. They do expect people with immunity to be immune for a time. The period of immunity can only be established with time.

"After july 31, does that mean every one will go to immigration on the same day?"

No, you would be on overstay. Unless there is another extension, anyone with an extension to July 31st will be on overstay.

I also live in Prawet and the water tastes good. There was an occasion a few months ago that there was a sulphate taste, probably due to an accident at the treatment plant. Happens in the UK sometimes if the tanker driver with the Aluminium Suphate water conditioning chemical have a spill or the operator gets the dose wrong.

20 minutes ago, Canuck1966 said:

Is there one honest official in the whole kingdom? The government orders less than 10 cases before reopening and even the medical officers will lie for a few baht. Remember this next time you go and see a doctor! Money usurps health every time for the plebs

Those magic wand UV lights take 20 to 30 minutes to destroy the Corona Virons not seconds as the makers seem to indicate. Higher temperature and the right humidity also breaks the Corona Virons apart. The outside humidity in Thailand is an average of 80% and temperature 35C during the day. However, the lower temperatures and controlled humidity inside shopping malls, hotels and large offices with centralised air conditioning systems, can lead to high rates of transmission. One major reasons that they have shut down the shopping malls.

It is all going by ship or surface mail, so it will take 3 to 4 weeks

as long as your country allows you to change your name. In the UK you can change it as many times as you like. If you eventually go for a Thai passport, then you are supposed to take a Thai name, so you can use your wife's family name.

Yes the good ones work, the bad ones are only accurate to plus or minus 0.3C so those are no good. I check every time with my own thermometer. However, a high temperature is not 37.2C. The body temperature ranges between 36.5 to 37.5C with 37.8C being the alarm level because 38C indicates a fever. Most of the hand held infrared thermometers read perfectly it seems, even when coming out of the heat and sunshine.

My wife applied online and she also complained that some friends have received their meter deposits already. We checked on 14th April on line and there are two cash amounts shown totalling B2,000 "In process".

17 hours ago, Cuchulainn said:

Must it be hand drawn now? I always use a print out of my condo's website directions.

It depends on the Immigration officer. Sometimes they accept a google map or similar photocopy of a local map, sometimes they do not ask and sometimes they reject your excellent printed map and insist you scrawl it on a piece of paper.

None of these masks can protect you from a Corona Virus which is only 0.12Micron wide. Medical, Surgical and N95 masks are intended for bacteria and particles of 0.3Micron and above. A cloth mask cannot even protect you much from PM2.5 air pollution. The water in droplets evaporates and particles such as viruses under 0.3micron can pass through. Tests show that a sneeze can propel particles with bacteria and virions up to 8.2Metres without a wind and more with a following wind. However, people feel more protected if everyone wears a mask at the moment. Out doors the weather is generally 30C and above with 80% humidity so that the virus will only survive a few hours outside of a host, quite different to Europe and North America where in New York the temperature is 10C to 19C. Under those conditions the virus can survive for up to 28 days The main problem here is in shopping malls, offices, boxing stadiums and large entertainment buildings, with centralised airconditioning systems that drop the temperature and circulate the air. Under those conditions it can survive outside a host for up to a week. It was the right decision to shut down the shopping malls therefore. If you want to make a mask that works for COVID-19, search for 0.1Micron precision textiles like we use in filtration systems.

5 minutes ago, Pedrogaz said:

It would be prudent to carry your passport at all times even if you have a Thai driving licence.

It is prudent never to carry your passport at all times, especially during the Songkran water festival, the high humidity, near pick pockets and you may drop it by mistake. I have been here since 1982, never had a problem. I just carry a photo copy and I have a Thai Drivers licence. The police never ask to see my passport, when I talk with them. I carry the passport when I fly domestically as it is now a requrement and also you are supposed to show your passport if you withdraw or change money at a bank or currency exchange. BTS and BEM require to see your driving licence or passport to top up travel cards. My bank accepts a photocopy because they have known me for 30 years at my branch. The authorities do not require you to carry your passport at all times, just I.D. although you can be required to bring your passport to a police station within a day or two, as per their request, if necessary. That is about except to say that so many people have complained on this forum about lost passports, passports washed in the washing machine by mistake (because they carry their passports with them most of the time and forget to remove them) and also about passports stolen by pickpockets.

1 hour ago, silver sea said:

Isn’t the problem though that Songkran is nearly here?! People will want to mass together and get close to each other and get drunk and drive their motorbikes and cars. This year not only lots of RTAs with deaths and injuries and visits to hospital, but all the congregating in large numbers will be an opportunity for the virus to spread itself around.

 

The question is if there is lockdown over Songkran, how quickly will it be lifted afterwards, bearing in mind the low infection rates and death numbers. 3 deaths from coronavirus, whereas the daily rate for deaths on the road is about 47, yet the government does little to force people to drive more carefully and responsibly.

Songkran was postponed indefinitely,  to stop the mass exodus over Songkran, so that will not happen.

You left out a map showing the location of your residence, sometimes they insist on it, sometimes they don't. Sometimes they reject a printed Google map showing you residence and how to get to it, and insist on a hand drawn map! Sometimes they accept a Google map. Better be safe than sorry.

Just a denial of service due to overload caused by panic and the closure of overcounter transactions. All transactions now should be online including foreigners wanting Thai Baht

N95 0.3 Micron masks do not stop the corona virus which has a width of only 0.12 to 0.14 micron. In any case, an N95 mask stops 95% of particles above 0.3 Micron, but 5% of 0.3 micron particles, and a larger percentage of smaller particles, get through and obviously build up inside the mask. For these reasons the experts say do not wear masks unless you have a cough, cold and/or are sneezing. Sneezes travel at 180Km/hr or 3metres per second and with a following breeze or in malls and offices with ventllation systems can travel a lot further (up to 200 times in some experiments). This makes social distancing of only 2 metres quite suspect. I have taken to wearing a mask purely because the Government has requested it and because we still have a risk of high air pollution. Soe people say that the viruses are contained in larger droplets preventing them passing the mask. This is untrue since the water evaporates and the particles with in, including viruses can then pass through the pores of the mask.

6 hours ago, tonray said:

That's if you can find one....9 out of 10 pharmacies have none in stock

There are plenty in Bangkok, more than before COV-19 from B10 upwards and some at B20 to B40. In Tesco Pharmacy in Seacon Square a reusable mask is B99 in a posh packet.

On ‎3‎/‎21‎/‎2020 at 1:04 PM, ubonjoe said:

Yes they are.

Except these three migrant centers, as announced on the Immigration Bureau Web Site:

1. Migrant Service Center at Imperial World Ladprao

2. Migrant Service Center at Big C Donmuang (New Bridge)

3. Migrant Service Center at Big C Shopping Center Rat Burana Branch

From March 22-31, 2020, or until the situation is resolved.