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Johnnyngai

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  1. Ordinary Thais earning 12usd a day have no financial cushion even for a mild case of covid. You can see cleaning ladies and many vendors in wet markets warning double masks. Anti-masking and anti-vacciners are only for wealthy westerners with thick bankbooks. In Thailand, having long covid means having to beg outside a temple. Social safety nets are for wealthy westerner countries. God blessed me, but " God didn't bless everyone. "
  2. Ordinary Thais earning 12usd a day have no financial cushion even for a mild case of covid. You can see many vendors in wet markets warning double masks. Anti-masking and anti-vacciners are only for wealthy westerners with thick bankbooks. In Thailand, having long covid means having to beg outside a temple.
  3. It is common in the countryside to use preserved infant bodies as voodoo dolls. In the west we use lucky rabbit's foot.
  4. " But surprisingly no company has said it would cut its commission rate. " That is the biggest reason.
  5. I wore a loose fitting surgical type mask outdoor, just so I would not look like an arrogant anti-mask tourist. I switch to a well fitted kn94 while inside the metro cars.
  6. Many hotels went out of business. The ones still operating gets more business due to less competition.
  7. I talked to them and pretended that I was falling for the scams. After 10 or more times, they now know not to call me and waste their time.
  8. Ordinary Thais have no access to world class medical care, have little in terms of social safety nets. Need to keep double masking until catch up with wealthy western countries.
  9. Life is harsh for them, the last thing they want is to get covid. That is why you see many ordinary Thais wearing double masks in Bangkok.
  10. Be aware that Thailand is a developing country and their medicine is about 20 years behind that of other wealthy country.
  11. I wear no masks at all times because I have free access to world class medical care, and I am also protected by the social safety net of a wealthy country. Ordinary Thais will continue to wear theirs until the end of this pandemic.
  12. There is nothing wrong about learning different culture and standard of livings. For me, That is what traveling is all about. Seeing how the Thai cleaning ladies wearing double masks and working under 90F temperature is scary. But I know that if she can't work due to covid, she might become homeless in less than a month. Tenant protection laws are for citizens of wealthy democratic countries.
  13. The hospitals for ordinary Thais are as well equipped as our animal clinics. The more I experience third world life, the more I appreciate the life I am living now.
  14. Short skinny men afraid of fist fights; Thais afraid of covid. Same Same. Citizens of wealthy technologically advanced countries pay no attention to covid because they can afford it. We get long covid, we are covered by our country's strong social safety net. Ordinary Thais get long covid, they are covered by the generous merit makers outside the buddhist temples. The USA has one million covid deaths because the USA is a wealthy technologically advanced country that pay no mind to covid.
  15. Short skinny men afraid of fist fights; Thais afraid of covid. Same Same. Citizens of wealthy technologically advanced countries pay no attention to covid because they can afford it. We get long covid, we are covered by our country's strong social safety net. Ordinary Thais get long covid, they are covered by the generous merit makers outside the buddhist temples.
  16. Ordinary Thais have no access to world class medical care like us; therefore, they have no choice but to play it double safe. Double masking and extra boosters etc...... We get long covid, we are covered by our country's strong social safety net. Ordinary Thais get long covid, they are covered by the generous merit makers outside the buddhist temples. Short skinny men afraid of fist fights; Thais afraid of covid. Same Same.
  17. Ordinary Thais have no access to world class medical care like us; therefore, they have no choice but to play it double safe. Double masking and extra boosters etc...... We get long covid, we are covered by our country's strong social safety net. Ordinary Thais get long covid, they are covered by the generous merit makers outside the buddhist temples.
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