DavisH

In Thailand, connections are everything. This is why everyoen is tring to scrable up the tree - to network. Its one reason why some parents choose the most expensive schools, but not necessarily the best schools. To rub shoulder with other priviledged families. It's the name of the game in LoS.

It will depend on the school - my school, last year, was very strict, even though we had no cases for months. That involved temperature checks at the gate, then sanitiser. All students must wear a mask at all times and wear it properly (except for lunch). Tables at lunch had barriers put up to separate students. All students desks were separated by at least a meter and students were not to go to other desks or borrow equipment. Regular sanitisation of hands during the day also. Students were also meant to keep a distance from each other (partially successful). There was basically no close mixing of students during the day. No group work/projects, no sports day, no xmas activities. I guess we will be using the same protocols upon return, whenever that is.

So, you aren't in Thailand.

Your school is open now? Where?

Junk pill? Your ignorance is astounding. Go to read up on it a little.

They have your vaxx record at the MoPH. They may or may not allow it, depending on their current policy.

Like Myanmar, their high death rate relative to cases suggests that many cases are going undetected, to a higher degree that is happening in LoS. There is virually no testing in Myanmar (15K tests a day if you are lucky).

Thailand should reciprocate, given the number of cases in the UK at the moment.

Your vaccine record (in Thailand) has a lot number for each does you were given. They cna easily check where the dose came from. Whether they will accept donated UK astrazeneca, I don't know. But I suspect the situation will change over time. Otherwise, that will significantly hamper tourism to the UK (if they only accept certain vaccines). The Thai make astrazeneca was already quality checked overseas, so I see it being accepted in the future at some time. The Thai giverment should pull out their finger and do studies on vaccination here - more real data on efficacy is neededl in particular the occurrence of deaths in the vaccinated, and break-through cases.

Latest numbers from LoS - those over 70 have over a 12% chance of death following infection. Yet I got some relatives closing in on that age who are worried about "side effects", even though other elderly relatives who got the shot had barely any side effects. Not even a headache...

What is her English level? If she is British, could she stay with family there and attend a regular school? It would be a lot cheaper than going as an "international student" on some exchange program. Some of my students do that, but generally they go for a year (in grade 10) and usually to the US. Cost could be up to 1M baht. I had a couple of students finish G10 and then go to the UK to finish high school. One of them did A-levels in maths and physics. She attended Exeter college.

You are assuming there will be a hospital bed for you. Evn then, you't need to be quite sick for admission. Most are going to hospitels (when you have money), field hospitals (when you have less money) or home isolation (if you can actually isolate from others for 2 weeks - wife's niece is doing that atm). I would not wait for a second positive on a RTK. Get the PCR (if possible), afyer the first positive RTK.

The positivity rate is meaningless as the entire population is not being sampled. We thus cannot determine just how widespread infection is. There is no surprise that a 50% positivity rate is occuring here - that just indicates that the people beign sampled are most likely infected as they are presenting with symptoms. And proactive sampling is of people in high risk areas or industries. If you want to lower the positivity rate, just go and sample in rural areas, especially up north - areas where people are less likely to have been exposed to the virus. Case rates don't realyl matter now - what matters is the vaccination rate, hospitalisation rate, and death rate. Eventually everyone is going to be exposed to the virus.

The did that for like 6 weeks in Wuhan. Saw an interview with a foreigner who got caught up in that. Sounded brutal.

The problem is that the students go home, mix with family who may be infected, and bring the infection to school. There was a scare at my school at the start of the year - one parent was will, but still had the child go to school, and mixed on the school van with kids in my class. Luckily the student was negative. I doubt any school in a dark red zone will be opening anytime soon.

It can rain fora few days in parts of Australia and take many days for the dampness to dry out (or perhaps these guys in Oz would take their vehicles to the beach. If there in any weakness in the paint structure, it will be found out - especially those who park outside all the time. Modern cars really shouldn't have this problem at all.

...and I feel fine....

What?

99% over what time frame? Antibodies decrease over time, regardless of which vaccine is used. What is important is B and T cell activity, long after the original antibodies are gone. I doubt 99% also applies to the elderly, also. They are still more vulnerable to sickness to a higher degree even after vaccination. I've had both doses of az, and will wait until 2nd generation vaccines come around.

Was thinking a fish pond would work well! Thinking of doing similar on the wife's 2 rai when we retire. She said she won't eat fish we raise though...atm, so guy is renting the land and has cows on it. I think 2-3m will get a nice house built by a reputable company. There are some listed in facebook. Local laborers will be cheaper, but you get what you pay for.

Your worthless opinions...IGNORED.

Lambda will only be of significance if it can outcompete delta. Delta seems to dominate in most places where it occurs.

...and all ICU admissions in Australia at the moment are primarily the unvaccinated and a few having had one dose (az or Pfizer). Thailand just gave stats today that mirror those results, but in terms of deaths. The writing is on the wall. I don't think we need peer reviewed papers to point out those results. Of course, the vaccinated can become infected (juat head thr neighbour's brother got infected, even though he is fully vaccinated). We know this already, but they generally have fewer and less severe symptoms.

There's every reason...no Chinese tourists allo voer the place!!...as long as parks and other facilities are sufficiently open, that is.

Ask to see the vial and the box it came from. Your dose will also have a lot number on it when you get the vaccine certificate. The hospital will give this. It will have a QR code on it and you scan that. You info will come up as recorded at the MoPH with your vaccines you have received and their lot numbers.