stephenterry

15 hours ago, CG1 Blue said:

The highly unstable Putin is guaranteed to launch a freaking nuclear war if NATO countries get directly involved. 

 

Supplying weapons and finance to Ukraine to help them repel the invasion (not sitting on their butts), and strangling the Russian economy is the best we can do at this stage. War is an expensive business and Putin's piggy bank will be pretty empty soon.

 

Plus the sanctions make it more likely one of his cronies will try to take him out. Why do you think this Russian businessman is offering a bounty - out of the goodness of his heart? 

 

 Any psychopath with access to nuclear weapons is guaranteed to launch them, sanctions or no sanctions.

Or he could be assassinated before he hits the nuclear button.  The probability is that Putin won't stop invading (liberating) other countries after Ukraine - Moldova has been reported as being next on his list. 

12 hours ago, Golden Triangle said:

It's probably already been said, but I'm just catching up after a 14 hour drive, where are you from and what's your country doing ?? Just asking.

England. Sanctions. Providing arms to Ukraine. 

8 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Where did you come up with your statement that the 90 million vaccines that are useless?  Vaccines help to keep those who do get infected from becoming seriously ill and may have assisted the Queen of England to just have come down with a minor case instead of a deadly one....stop with your misinformation as the vaccines have proven useful.

Once you've had Covid and recovered, and you're otherwise healthy, maybe with minor medical issues, you're protected from becoming seriously ill same as those having being vaxxed. So the 90 million vaxxes should be redundant for any people in these two groups.  

Read up on the latest scientific peer reviews on natural immunity - about time too - which no doubt is the main reason why in the UK all restrictions are about to become history.  

4 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

Your math is wrong. 

 

One percent of 70 million people is 700,000 people. So 70,000 hospitalized is 0.1%.

 

The rest of your post is likewise worthless. 

Yes, 0.1% is correct, missed the %. Statistically, 0.1%  is not serious enough for governments to lockdown everything. That's the fear factor again.    

Just now, Troy Tempest said:

Have you had it yet????.....I promise you...You will get it!

 

I had it a long time ago - either the Alpha or Beta variant - and recovered well. Since then I could have picked up Delta and/or Omicron, neither of which caused any more than minor effects with no serious medical issues. As natural immunity is as good as vaxx boosters, I don't expect a recurring infection bout to trouble me. 

The fear factor again and again. 

24 minutes ago, BusyB said:

In no way is it 'better immunity than vaccines' Utter rubbish. Stop spouting it.

You really need to get up to date.  Try Googling it. But it's not your fault because no peer reviewed scientific studies were made until recently - try the Lancet first - and as far as Big Pharma were concerned they did not disclose any of theirs because they were making money out of vaxxes instead.  

Common sense should have told you that a person exposed to all components of the infectious disease and recovered from it should be far better protected that those who had only the protein spike protection. As a rule of thumb it's a very close statistical choice, but both routes way ahead of those non-vaxxed.  

21 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

It's all good, I can see where your coming from.

 

As for those choosing not to get vaccinated, well that is a different topic, however, so far with two doses I'm still here at 62, as for the booster, I am 5 months since my last vax and will hold off for another month to see what the score is. I mean I am pro-vax, but I have had the Influenza vax, Pneumonia booster and two Pfizers last year, with an antibody test stating my level has dropped to 994AU/mL which means it has waned.

 

The above said, I don't want to exhaust my immune system with a booster for as long as I can hold off, i.e. if I can have it as an annual shot, that would be my preference, and as Omicron is not as lethal as Delta and I am relatively fit and have B & T cells that can fight it, well, hopefully I will not be another statistic ending up in hospital, as I technically might be considered unvaccinated now ?

Three points: Delta infection and recovery does not protect you from Omicron infection. Anyone, including heavily vvaxxed people, could get it, including non-vaxxed people and those with natural immunity following recovery from a previous variant, because vaccines were produced to cater for pre-Omicron infection.   

What vaccines protect is the worst effects of the infection as does natural immunity, but not non-vaxxed people. Subject to just how strong your immune system is, which depends on ones lifestyle and health. 

Secondly, in a year's time if the medical industry gets approval, we'll all probably be taking a pill as an endemic protection, instead of jabs. 

Live with it because we are opening the doors to every tourist under the sun, and blaming them if it all goes pear shaped, and forcing us to lock down every restaurant, bars and entertainment areas.

Piffle to the lot of you. 

3 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

Pattaya Bangkok Hospital has been giving free Phizers for many months now. You really don't have a legitimate excuse for no vaxx.

I do.  Albeit I have no issues yet. 

After recovering from Covid my natural immunity is just as effective as a vaxx - read up on the very latest USA studies 2022 which would need to be expanded to be accepted by the scientific and medical research hospitals/organisations - and Big Pharma. 

I think most people now understand that neither VAXX nor NI would necessarily prevent infection by Omicron, but would be able to lessen the bad effects. From the latest studies, adding a booster jab as well as natural immunity has no statistical benefit from Omicron. Both are just as effective to keep people from being hospitalised.

However, for a belt and braces approach, As you have stated, it seems advisable to stick to the current position, and if free vaxxes are available, that could be a bonus.   

4 minutes ago, Bundooman said:

Let me just separate the two  names in your 1st sentence. Johnson's role is PM. He was voted into Downing street, whether or not you agree with that. Let me emphasise. 'Democratically elected'. OK?

The other is a clown, gifted his position as a wealthy "person" with delusions of grandeur far beyond his intelligence. 'gifted' by other such parasites. 

 

Lastly, it is easy to sneer at UK's PM. Yet here you are, presumably British, (or you would be sneering at another leader from a different country), but totally removed from doing anything positive yourself in trying to make UK better. If you are so bothered about Johnson, why not get off your butt, wash out and stow your half-empty beer glass, return to UK and show everyone how it should be done.

 

Much better than distant armchair vindictiveness, don't you think?

By the way, the post is about Anutin. Not Boris Johnson, in case you didn't know

I think you need to lighten up somewhat.

IMO, the pick up driver was at fault by excess speed and failure to be alert at the crossroads, as the crash site off road would indicate. There is little doubt in my mind that two boys killed and one older motorbike driver near death's door in hospital is not representative of a low-speed crash caused by the motorbike driver exiting the crossroads.  Yes, it's debatable - I wasn't there - and whatever, my sympathy goes out to the deceased's family. 

On 1/15/2022 at 2:31 PM, MrJ2U said:

Smarter to get vaccinated.

 

If you come down with COVID your less likely to crowd the already packed and overwhelmed hospitals.

 

Bangkok Hospital in had no more room's available Thursday.

 

You may still get COVID-19,have milder symptoms and actually have super immunity.

I have recovered from Covid, possibly twice, although the second infection was minor in comparison to the first. I have natural and strong immunity, I am not suffering from underlying illness, my dietary regime is healthy, and extra jabs would be ineffective, IMO.  So no, it's not smarter.

I could be infected by Omicron which is not a big deal for me, as could those who have been  vaxxed to the hilt, and I'm sure that I'll also recover from that with mild symptoms if the science is correct. 

17 minutes ago, Pinot said:

You're giving out questionable and incorrect information. Stay in quarantine for 10 days and have two negative tests in a row. Not a few days, Dr. 

A belt and braces reply, when many countries are reducing the number of quarantined days to allow people to get on with their lives. UK has now reduced to five days. 

1 hour ago, ozimoron said:

I'm 67 and triple vaccinated but there's no guarantee that I won't get sick and even if I survive that I won't get long covid. The world can go on in a normal way for vaccinated people but for the unvaccinated their access to places where they might infect others should be severely curtailed. There is still plenty of delta around and unvaccinated people pose the greatest risk to everyone else.

There are plenty of 'recovered from Covid' people who are healthy and consider their natural immunity to be on a par with those vaxxed.  I'm one. And people who catch Omicron and recover, are protected from Delta. That's why the UK government are not in lock-down mode as although the daily cases caused by Omicron are high, hospitalisation and deaths are not at pandemic level but at endemic level.  

There is also the consideration that people are hospitalised with Omicron for other health reasons, not as a direct result.