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You think that would work? The Chinese would just love that kind of bilateral agreement - they know full well the majority of Thais won't move to China, but you can bet millions of Chinese would move here - and price the average Thai out of the market. I don't see any plan being discussed coming to fruition. These ideas have ben raised before..and just get shelved.

Is the Thai yaris sold elsewhere in this spec? If not, it may not be possible to get a manual in english. The Philippines has a yaris but it is 1.3L 98HP, which I believe, is not the Thai spec car. When I got an english manual for a civic many years ago, it was for the 1.7L engine, not the 2.0L (which mine is).

I accept the relative change in numbers (there isa decrease in cases), but ofcourse noone knows that absolute number of cases in Thailand (or anywhere else for that matter). If you don't believe the cases, look at the nuber of hsopitalisations and deaths. It's very simple, really.

MY car had idlestop but I rately use it as it's generally too hot. I assume your car has an efb battery to cope with the engine continually switching on and off. Despite that, in my crv this process can shorten the life of the battery. I generally turn off the idlestop with i start the engine. Not sure why they bother with it in a hot country.

There are benefits to natural immunity - but it's better to get a vaccine to prime ones immune system before getting infected, to reduce the risk of death, serious illness, and potentially very high medical bills (in Thailand).

Whether you could delay it or not would also depend on supply vs demand. You should call the hospital directly to see if you can delay your jab. There seems to be many posters here who pland to do that, but it wuld depend on the hospital's policy. One my school got me a place for a jab, which I declined as I had other plans. Was told it could not be transferred to another teacher. So its something worth checking out.

I imagine it's a European car. If it's out out warranty its always a risk due to expensive repairs that may be required. May be ok if one knows the previous owner and its history.

At my school, as porbably most others, vaccination is voluntary. They have been collecting names of students who will be vaccinated. Everyone in my son's class has signed up, except for him, as he had a shot 2 weeks ago. That is 17-18 y.o. I would say the vasy majority will be vaccinated, but standard protocols will still apply when students return. There is no plan to exclude unvaccinated kids, as far as can tell. They will need to accept the risk they take.

The often go "oh it's got a 99% survival rate. Well that 1% (+all the others that need hospitalisation), can easily over run hospitals. Modelling from Sydney, NSW, showed cases there would have easly hit 600K cases with no lockdown. They have a handful of deaths per day, yet their hospitals are fully stretched. Beyond that point, is when people who need an ICU because of disease or accident cannot get it because they are full of covid patients.

So kids should go back to school unvaccinated then? Because that looks to be the plan for November. Kids are way more active than most 60 year olds and potentially meet with 100's of other children per day. Expect cases. Schools simpy cannot stay shut much longer - and I'm one of the teachers who will see them every day. 85% of the teachers and kids will need to be vaccinated though, and normal hygiene protocols will apply.

..what's more surprising is how the local authorities had no idea...really? LOL Was her husband Thai...or foreigner on overstay as well? How does one run a business and be able to fly under the radar...I get it...TiT ????

Surely you must have some evidence for possible long term effects. What do scientists say? The contents of vaccines are destroyed by the boys within 2 weeks? It's not like one is taking medication over a long period, were contents may accumulate in tissues. There must be some reasoning to believe that there may be long term effects, but noone has ever postulated what may happen. Cancer...? How? Too late for me, I'm jabbed n chillin' lol No need to make vax mandatory. The vaccinated are at far less risk than the unvaccinated. So your choice.

They should stick with what worked before. Loads of backpackers and general tourists with their who like the "wild west" feel of Thailand. They will more than make up any income from these "wealthy toursits", which will not come in any significan numbers anyway. This pland is just borne out of desperation - but they won't hotels and businesses shutting - only large numbers of tourists will do that.

It counts to your village, and that's what matters. Who gives the proverbial what this government thinks. I doubt many well heeled rich foreigners will come here. They will go to more developed countries with better infrastructure. I can just picture a guy in a safari suit falling down an open manhole or hobbling across a broken pavement, spilling his perrier everywhere ????

So you just quoted everything that is wrong with the US. lol Yet there are murders everyday related to racial profiling in the US. Most western countries are a bloody mess. Perhaps fix up your own back yard first.

Same as me. It seems normal for az - not much effect on the second shot. Just a sore arm and nothing else to speak of.

Who do you think should review the raw data? You? Another TV member? The general public? Do you think it has not been reviewed by anyone?

What long term effects do you think happen? The contents of the vaccine are destroyed by the body within 2 weeks of vaccination. There is NOTHING left in the tissues to cause problems. Only antibodies remain, and they decrease over time. So if you have information that states otherwise, please post it.

Get a dose of vaccine (to reduce the chance of death/hospitalisation) then wait to get infected. Natural infection is broader and better. I would only consider a booster if a year had lapsed since the first shot and I hadn't been infected in the interim.

Who cares? Is this a problem for you personally? Let them work it out.

On my old civic I decided to change the transmission fluid. It may have booen 40K kms or so, but a number of years had passed as the car wasn't driven often. Had it done at Bquik. The next day I noticed leaking trans fluid below the car at home. I ended up taking it to another independent dealer who had to change the trans to engine seal as it had leaked from there. I suspect the seal had hardened over time and the new fluid had loosened the seal and caused it to leak. I did read that this can be a problem sometimes, when the trans fluid is not changed at a regular interval.

You may know your answer in November, if onsite schooling starts in Semester 2. One thing is guaranteed - everyone, unless you live in a cave, will get covid. Maybe not next week or next month, but it will happen. No vaccine is approved anywhere for under-12's but it is being tested in the US, I believe. A few of my 14y.o students have had pfizer. It will be a big issue for schools and parents, and plenty of questions will be asked of who has/hasn't been vaccinated.

Ever heard of low dead space syringes? Look it up.

The problem with testing here: 1) It isn't random at a large scale - so no estimate can be made of infection rates across the community at large. This was the intention of "Positivity rate". But it can't be done in Thailand as it is mostly the sick that are being tested, so hence the positivity rate is high. When the number of sick coming to hospital drops, so will the number of tests. 2) The use of ATK at now increases the number of tests. Mainly those with a positive result may seek treatment. Who would report their negative result to the government? 2) The number of tests also includes retests on the same person. Personally I don't think too much about the number of cases (a general downward trend is all O look for), or the number of tests or positivity rate. We can easly reduce the positivity rate by testing folks up country and getting millions of negative results. Most people have not been exposed to the virus. I prefer to look at the rate of hospitalisation / serious cases and deaths.

Deaths lag for at least 2 weeks or more. I suspect that death rates will still be quite high for the next month or so. I read recently that those in ICU can be there for 304 weeks or more. Look at Indonesia - 7201 cases but 683 deaths. This is because they had very high case numbers for a long time.