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At which point in human history were hospitals filled with the young and healthy?

Agree. Combined with PayPal Thailand stopping inbound transfers and holding of funds for all personal accounts. Also Thailand specific.

Mainstream media went ballistic with "mild' and "cold-like", which the original paper never mentioned, the words don't even appear in the text. original paper The 'snippet of genetic material' is only 3 letters long, EPE, which is found 750+ times in the human genome itself, so it could also have come from human mRNA, which the authors mention. So the paper was not about 'cold like', it was about possible mutational mechanisms. The authors do mention two concerns. "resistance to existing vaccines, and whether Omicron-like variants that evolve in the future may have heightened virulence".

April to December is considered two waves, one for UK Alpha starting in April, which was wiped out by the huge Delta wave in June. So Omicron will be the fifth, and possibly tsunamic wave.

A real life example. Two months ago my nephew and his wife both got Delta. They called the health office number (not a hospital). Health officials came to the home to evaluate the severity of their infections, the home, and occupants. They have a 9 year old daughter. The father, with no insurance, was sent to an isolation hotel where he was cared for, free. His wife who had milder symptoms, was told to isolate at home because the daughter could care for her. The wife self-isolated in the bedroom for the duration. Further testing, care, and medications were free.

I just discussed the issue with my condo (20 stories off Chaengwattana), where I get the truth because I am the acting committee president. You can self isolate in a condo unit and the condo is bound to assist with food etc. if the health authorities decide home isolation is reasonable in said case. IOW, the condo cannot deny you but you are expected to notify the condo and the public health authorities. So the next question is, how are public health authorities handling Omicron. Our condo manager suggested they are allowing home isolation but we have had no recent cases. You might ask a Thai friend to call around to local hospitals to ask about policy.

Yes. I got a full Moderna booster (100ug) 90 days after 2 AZ shots. Take a look at Vichaiyut. They currently suggest 3 months after AZ. Their support and reservation system is excellent and flexible. You can order Lot-2 shots on Shopee. If you want a shot now I have a spare Lot 1 coupon good till April 1.

Covid in Thailand in May 2021 most likely would have been Alpha, B.1.1.7. Delta didn't reach 10% in Bangkok until June 16, and became dominant about July 19. Though Alpha was nothing to sneeze at.

No, but it counts for knowing a very strong vaccine proponent. Buzz Aldrin "I urge everyone to sign up for a vaccination as soon as possible ..." He also said: "I want to thank all the scientists ... " Lol, guess he would know.

Excellent. Can you see that your upper rocket's circle is slightly larger than the lower one? So rocket images will always be slightly larger that posters' avatars, very visually distracting. The score also has no meaning other than the number of posts: 1 0 - 10 2 10 - 30 3 30 - 100 4 100 - 1000 5 1000 - 2000 6 2000 - 5000 7 5000 - 10000 8 10000 -

You erroneously copied a single quote from a paper that was unrelated to the paper's data and results. The quote was one of many introductory summaries of old, out of date studies. What you quoted is 30 years old. See para 4. So effectively, you cherry picked a sour grape from a trash can. The full paper: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7357397/ If you read it, you'll see there are many grades of surgical masks, not one. Now they even have N99. See: USA: ASTM F2100 Level 2 (0.1 microns >98%). The real data from the paper also does not support you claims.

A SARS-2 particle, by any other name, would fail to penetrate N95 masks.

Myth Buster Myth: "Very small virus size particles easily penetrate an N95 mask because an N95 mask has a 0.3 µm hole size." Truth: An N95 mask can filter 0.1 µm particles better than 0.3 µm particles, and tiny 0.01 µm particles have little to no chance of penetrating. N95 masks do not have a hole size but are rated for 0.3 µm because 0.3 µm particles have the highest penetrating power of all sizes. Summary: N95 will filter >= 95% of any particle size. A picture says 1000 words.

More fake news. If you open the CDC page and follow the links you get to the page below with countless authorized PCR tests for analysing COVID, even home kits. It remains the golden standard of testing as it evolves in response to newer variants. https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-emergency-use-authorizations-medical-devices/in-vitro-diagnostics-euas-molecular-diagnostic-tests-sars-cov-2

Warning: This link is not part of the official VAERS adverse events reporting system, the CDC, or any other official organization. It is a private vaccine septic website that arranges partial information in a way to spread vaccine fear. They leave out critical information, particularly relative reporting rates which increased under COVID. WIKI: "During the COVID-19 pandemic, raw VAERS data has often been disseminated by anti-vaccine groups in order to justify misinformation and safety claims related to COVID-19 vaccines, including adverse reactions and fatalities claimed to have been caused by vaccines. Websites such as Medalerts (published by the anti-vaccine group National Vaccine Information Center) and OpenVAERS (which published a tally of vaccine adverse events and fatalities allegedly linked to COVID-19 vaccines based on VAERS data), have been linked to this misinformation. Comparative studies of VAERS, which look at relative reporting rates, have found that the data does not support these claims."

Actual scientists already have. It's easy to do. You almost got it right. However, it's not necessary to wait over the vaccine's life cycle. Just sample people vaccinated at given times in the past using given vaccine combinations. Then see how well their serum neutralizes Omicron. Bingo.

Real science. Omicron grows up to 70 times faster in the bronchi than Delta. Masks stop a percentage of particles in the air. https://www.timesofisrael.com/omicron-variant-found-to-grow-70-times-faster-than-delta-in-respiratory-tissue/

Lol. I was criticizing someone else for saying it was mild as a cold. So you read the link. Good!

Here, read the views of the world's best virologists. Can you spot who is misinformed? Nature Journal: Beyond Omicron: what’s next for COVID’s viral evolution

By others who are also fearful of covid.

Wrong, see above.

From your link: Antibody level increase against Omicron after different size mRNA boosters. Pfizer 30 µg booster = 27 fold Moderna 50 µg booster = 37 fold Moderna 100 µg booster = 83 fold Surprisingly clear evidence that booster size equates to stronger antibody protection. Most paid for Moderna shots in Thailand are 100µg AFAIK.

Try a shot of vodka and then try 3. Tell me the difference. But vaccines don't just add immunity, its more like 1 shot, 3 shots, then 9 shots. Now try to walk. You are right that current vaccines are less efficient against Omicron, but that argues for more, not less vaccine. And yes, after all the talk about rapid vaccine adaptation, its clear SARS-2 can move faster. Scientists say they're very surprised about the pace of mutation. Another argument for, not against vaccines.

Pfizer and Moderna are almost identical except for dosage. Moderna normal dose: 100 µg mRNA Pfizer normal dose: 30 µg mRNA Moderna half dose: 50 µg mRNA Some recommend a 50µg Moderna booster but it can also be 100 µg. Thus Moderna may provide somewhat stronger protection but it's probably not a big difference.

" check again Jan 4th." -- Anutin IHME projects 3 billion new COVID-19 cases by February Says it all.