Jimbo2014

Highest transmissibility by 2.5x delta.... of course it will become the most domination strain - thanks Dr. Obvious.

Im envious. Never worked for me and they keep telling me at Nonthaburi Immigration that it isnt working for them. Seems very selective.

Been 3 years and the online 90 day reporting still doesn't work reliably. My wife has to take reams of printouts and spend hours in government offices whenever she needs a simple government service. Would be nice to achieve a 00s level of e-government first.

Any more "speed" and the accused will die of old age!

And including the oil wars and petro dollar deal ????

I think you are being a little presumptuous. Would you fire a top sales person at work? A genius IT guy who fixes all your problems? A guy who just makes money for you and your business day in day out while others sleep and nap at work? No way. You promote them, lift them to the top where they will have the greatest impact. Someone like that knows too much about your business, they know the inns and out, the clients and your personal taxes and ways your executives make money. Thus it will be with Joe. He may not come back as Joe Ferrari but he will come back as Joe BMW or Joe Private Jet.

What you say is correct to some extent but we have to place history and your comment in context. Global warming (and associated risks) were poorly understood during most of the industrial revolution and good research and information suppressed by a very powerful fossil fuel industry combined with national favorable outcomes such as America's petro dollar deal. However the situation is very different today. Many of the risks and impact are well understood and time is no longer on our side. I fully agree with you that the west should aid less developed countries to convert and should do far more themselves to reduce carbon emissions. However Asian governments continue to build coal power plants, allow cheap diesel to run, encourage crop burning, unregulated factories. It will take strong partnerships to help reduce emissions globally. Lets hope they can flourish in the coming decade.

April fools day is moved to November 1? Still laughing at this article.

So 2.2% of the tourists pre-pandemic. A start I suppose.

Demographically Thailand has changed massively since I first came here. In the 90s and 00s Thailand was at its peak youth. The bulge in the demographic pyramid, now in the 45-55 category, was then in the 20-30 category and you felt it. Back then Thailand was a hopeful democracy encapsulated in the protests of the early 90s, then the fast paced hope mixed with heady corruption of the Thaksin era. Now its an older and somewhat tired country with a more autocratic government whose interest lies in conservatism and control rather than innovation. The rise of China has also changed the landscape and driven tourism towards a cheap mass produced variety. I think a lot of the Hope has left Thailand replaced with a tired resignation exacerbated by the Covid epidemic. Having said that I still love Thailand, the warm weather, food and people, but yes, its undoubtable changed.

Wonder if he will tackle the big burn this year? or perhaps the cheap diesel epidemic? or the factor pollution issue?..... just wondering ????

If I could have my time again I wouldnt participate in the Thai vaccination programme at all. Gave me a dose of Hepatitis B. Wonderful! Guess a rushed and poorly planned vaccination programme does cut corners.

Just in time for the big burn choke.

Nothing healthy about this country. Pollution way up from the burn season at 160 aqi this morning. Complete joke and kills far more people than covid.

I sincerely hope you are right ????

Gives them one year to brew up another plague to spread. Also time to invade Taiwan. ????

Sounds like the Burn will return with force this winter then ????

If you dont need to breath for 6 months then most of Thailand is fine, except rising costs and a lack of democracy seem to undermine the happiness of the Thai people. If you care to breath then I suggest way way south.

How about a few nice words for Joe Ferrari?

Looking at the list of countries (Britain, UK, China) that should ensure just enough time for everyone to catch covid before flying ????

The industry pollution, burning from cremations and emission from poorly tuned diesel vehicles are undoubtable massive contributing factors. When the air movement stagnates or come south in winter then Bkk gets hit hard. However this is massively increased through Crop burning from November through to April. What use to be 1-2 crop burn cycles on a small scale is now 3 cycles on a large grand industrial scale. The problem is that it takes place right across Asia to India (Myanmar/Cambodia/China does it massively from Nov). Added to it is huge coal burning from China during the cold months - this year prepare for worse since they cut Australian coal and use the dirtier home grown coal and manufacturing is up (power consumption). End result - the air north of southern phuket turns into a massive choke from about mid November onwards - although you can see signs of it starting to build mid Oct. Very sad situation. Paradise lost.

Sadly seems to be kicking in right on time

The horrific winter pollution and crop burn season is a much much bigger health crisis than Covid19. Why cannot the government apply 1/10th the same effort to cleaning up the air. Kiss those million dollar tourists goodbye - they prefer to breath regularly.

No it doesn obviate the crop burn. The crop burn has started despite the rainfall. You can see the high pollution in rural areas around Bkk to north.

Looks like the notorious and legendary five hour Suvarnabhumi queues will also be returning ????