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I blame hhe education system.

Thai kids spend all say in uniform learning next to nothing. The hours to progress ratio is pitiful.  

28 minutes ago, tribalfusion001 said:

It's 116,000 per one million according to worldometers up from 17,000 just over a month ago. 3rd larger wave due to increased testing.

I stand corrected. The figure I quoted came from a virologist at Chulalanonkorn. Obviously a different time scale. I'll go and edit my original post. Thanks.

7 minutes ago, Nismooo said:

 

So now you have narrowed it down to people...

 

*Already vaccinated

 

*From countries with lower covid rates than Thailand. (Your specific example “Myanmar”)

 

*Can afford to travel and can afford to pay for ASQ

 

To have a 14 day quarantine for people that fits this highly specific criteria, wont prevent mutations to spread. 

 

Well, you got me there.

This Covid 'rate' you set such store by, how is it determined? That's why I mentioned Myanmar. Yemen also has a very low 'rate'.

You should know that the UK has conducted 2 million tests per million of the population. Thailand, by contrast, has conducted 3,000 per million. If one country tests population x 2,  and another country tests population x 0.3, which country will find it has a higher 'rate' of Covid. I've no idea what Thailand's comparative rate of infection is, and neither do you.

What I do know is that, and I'm quoting 'Evidence shows the vaccines work against leading variants Recent research from Pfizer looked at 44,000 people around the world — including people in South Africa who were predominantly exposed to the B.1.351 variant — and found that the vaccine remained 100 percent effective against severe disease and death.'

So unless the research is wrong, I'll be wasting my time in quarantine. But at least I'm protected when I get to Thailand,  so it doesn't  matter.

In the meantime, don't forget to wash your hands.....

23 minutes ago, Nismooo said:

that because you just realized that your home country have a much higher covid rate? 

What about Myanmar? Very low rate there.....

30 minutes ago, Nismooo said:

Does vaccine prevent infection and spread of the virus? 

That's what vaccines usually do. You mean to say you didn't know?

35 minutes ago, Nismooo said:

Im pretty sure your home country have a higher covid rate than Thailand... but feel free to prove me wrong

You are 'sure your home country'...you seem to know a  lot about me. And what's my passport to do with anything?

And prove? All I said is that that my current residence country has a lower Covid rate than Thailand's. What's there to prove?

But other than it's a complete waste of B20,000, an extra 10 days doesn't bother me. As I said, at least I'm vaccinated (Pfizer).

I think you're just jealous...????

If you have to ask the question, perhaps it's better not to buy that particular watch. There are plenty of guaranteed Rolex watches for sale. https://www.chrono24.com/rolex/index.htm

3 minutes ago, Nismooo said:

Finally some good news... ????

Not for me it's not.

3 minutes ago, scorecard said:

 

I can't find any mention of folks coming in who are fully vaccinated all completed 14 days before arrival. 

Just seen the video of the press conference. Unless you already have your certificate of entry, vaccinated or not it's 14 days. That's a kicker. An extra 20,000+ baht to the cost of everything.

I didn't have a choice but was happy that I was give Pfizer. Not sure where I'll manage to get a booster in Thailand though, when the time comes for it.

This is encouraging. A few  years ago I was at a water park with my kids and I noticed that one of the attendants had a Nikon SLR under his desk that he would pick up periodically and take telephoto shots of girls in the pool. He was quite open about it, but nobody else -other parents, staff, etc -seemed to think anything about it. I found their indifference quite shocking. 

My kids are enrolled in Code.org.

They have complete schools packages for all levels.

https://code.org/

"Thai Prime Minister reassures public after most severe COVID-19 wave"

I think the word 'after' in the headline is a tad optimistic!

21 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Why would a field hospital have ICU beds? IMO they are just for containing infected people so they don't infect family members and neighbours. Actually ill people would presumably be moved to a proper hospital. There is no point in filling up hospitals with people infectious but not sick.

I was asking why field hospitals were not used in the UK at the very start last year.

Staffing shortages.

It's not possible to conjure ICU beds out of thin air. It's not like wheeling in a few extra cots. An ICU bed involves a lot of sophisticated equipment AND  highly-trained staff to work and monitor it.

What's most worrying about this is that the people supposedly in charge clearly have no clue at all about what they're in charge of. Or they're liars. 

Either way it doesn't inspire much confidence. 

17 hours ago, webfact said:

New owner Sueksa, 37, has experience having owned 4 pit bulls before

Methinks Giant is going to get to use his teeth professionally. Dog fighting is big business in Thailand.

If cases keep doubling every three days the government will have no choice but lockdown. But the temptation is to try and delay it until the last possible moment.

And that's the very worst thing to do. Basically the whole population is unvaccinated and this thing could get ugly very quickly.