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3 hours ago, Brickbat said:You have got it all wrong . The rich here are doubling their wealth every few years ( the Billionaires in 2 years) . They know exactly what they are doing. Sure, it’s to the detriment of the vast majority of locals. But.... Cheap Charlie farangs are of absolutely no concern to the Ruling Class. And btw, if you ever go to 4-5 star hotels, the majority are Asian customers. Farangs are in guest houses.
its Time for us to wake up to the hard n fast truth.
Very true. But when will the Thai people (non-wealthy) wake up.
Take a look at the Forbes top 10 richest people in Australia - once of the world's better economies and 14th in top GDP.
Then take a look at the Forbes top 10 richest people in Thailand - which economy is 1/3 of Australia.
Unbelievable - the Thai top 10 dwarf the Aussies - it is very very wrong in Thailand.
One day ........... hopefully soon ............... something is going to give.
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4 hours ago, samran said:
Aw bless - more American style name calling. Who are you trying to impress here?
Helping out every day on the front lines in intensive care are we?
Anyway, more than happy for you to walk around ignoring how contagious this thing is and how it affects a certain population. Knock yourself out - you and your mates. Chug some chloroquine while you are at it for good measure!Liberals - always virtue signalling, and making personal insults to those that dont agree with them.
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The reason Thais and many others in SEAsia buy and keep gold, is for times like this - so they have something to help them out in the bad times. Most will get a lot more back than they paid for it. Smart thing to do - I dont trust Thai banks either - and they give far lower returns.
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9 hours ago, samran said:Oh, so you think showing these actually strengthens their argument? 555
Liberals - always so willing to accept draconian Govt rules, and ridicule others who disagree. Heil Govt !!
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9 hours ago, chessman said:Your statistics are misleading. It started in November/December but very few official deaths. On March 1st the total offical death toll was 3050. So it has killed 130,000 in 6 weeks. At least social distancing has been able to reduce the speed of increase.
Total killed is the figure used when it is all over - there is always a bell curve.
The numbers you quote are not valid - but they are an indicator - but the numbers are dropping - clearly.
However, lets use your worst case basis numbers.
130K in 6 weeks = 26,666K per week = 1.3 million.
Shut the world down for something that is killing less people than road accidents, or TB, or HIV, or lung cancer, or diabetes - etc etc etc. The numbers do not add up - and they will not add up.
In answer to your earlier question - I dont have the link saved - but try Google.
In Feb the WHO stated that the virus could infect about 4 billion people becasue it was so infectious.
1% death rate = 40 million
2% death rate = 80 million
3% death rate = 120 million
4% death rate = 160 million
But if the virus was as lethal as SARS or MERS (10-30%)
5% = 200 million
10% = 400 million
Those were the numbers being pushed around in the media - worst case of course - and those numbers (worst case) looked real based on the basis of the numbers in China, and then Iran, Korea, and then later is Italy and later in Spain. The numbers came down in March - but even then Trump was told 2.2 million would die in USA alone - and 40-50 million in total.
Lets get back to work. Protect the old through isolation. Practice moderate social isolation. Quarantine yourself immediately if get the symptoms and wear a mask if you feel a little unwell (hard in the west). Keep the travel bans in place. Monitor closely all new cases. See how that goes for 1-2 months. Extend easing up when things stabilise/decrease. Keep travel bans in place 6-12 months? Ban China for 5 years? Demand all arrivals from 'designated' countries have medical tests/checks - include HIV and TB in that check. Make the world safer - infected travellers spread the disease before they could control it like they did SARS anmd MERS. Too late now - it is Wine Flu now - helkp as much as possible - but let it runb its course - with changes in people's social and world travel habits.
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Get a decent wine buddy - try one of these:
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Dont tell me - both those viruses came from China - right??
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2 minutes ago, Puchaiyank said:This is going to be a rough ride downhill for the baht...be interesting to see if the hard-asses free up the visa requirements for tourist and retirees...
Maybe those "dirty-farang's" money is not so bad after all...
Two countries in the world have by far the largest number of people with communicable diseases - not just in volume but also in percentages - China and India. Not just corona/fly viral diseases - TB as well. And who has Thailand encouraged to come and 'spread' - the exact wrong ones - who dont spend money anything like the westerners - no matter what TAT says. Paying money to Chinese and/or Thai-Chinese companies, is not spending money that the vast majority of Thai people get. You are right - they are missing out big time by pushing the 'farangs' away - both the tourists and the long-stays - but will they realise it and then admit that? Of course not - not this mob is control.
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Anyone doubting how bad the Thai economy alrerady is and has been for several years, only needs to read this for the article:
The centre predicts the Thai economy in 2020 will shrink by about minus-4 percent (or a range of minus-3.4-4.9 percent) given the government’s Bt1.9-trillion stimulus measures. Without that help, the number would by minus-8.8 per cent, it said.
Thailand is following the China model to artificially inflate GDP/Economy figures through Govt spending on large infrastructure projects. But the real economy is the one without the Govt spending, which creates very little economic benefits to the majority of the people and businesses - only to a select few.
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18 minutes ago, gargamon said:I wonder if they will give Biden a Nobel Peace Prize like the one they gave to Obama? Obama got his because he wasn't Bush. Biden will get his because he isn't Trump. He should probably get two...
I read something a while ago from a member of the Nobel board whop said they made a mistake and were caught up in the politics. He admitted they were all liberals and left their hearts rule their minds - like we know they always do - emotions first for them - logic irrelevent.
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19 minutes ago, Crazy Alex said:The people who pick the stories for TVF are obviously leftists. Note this is NOT commenting on moderation, which is an entirely different issue and would be breaking the rules to comment on.
Gotta agree - I cannot remember the last positive GOP or Trump story - not one.
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15 minutes ago, smutcakes said:
Yeah sure its early days. But 10,000 + dead in New York, 20,000 Italy etc within 2 months with lockdowns. It sure seems pretty serious compared to flu.
123K dead since December/January. 200 million is 16 million a month. Ok lets go 100 million that is 8 million a month. OK lets go 10 million that is 800K a month. Lets go 1 million that is 80K per month. Covid has been slowed by social isolation but surely you realise that social isolation has not reduced deaths from 16 million a month to 40K a month. No one can be that silly - surely??
Shut the world down and cause economic and social ruin and create another depression for 1 million?? NO, 10 million OK. 100 million YES !! Wake up - they got it wrong - for the right reasons - but they got it wrong.
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41 minutes ago, J Town said:
I resisted as well, but have assimilated. I am now the Borg.
Sorry to hear that - good luck
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Take a look at social posts of ultra-wealthy celebrities or politicians from their mansions, piously lecturing everyday American to “stay home!” and telling them globalism is a good thing, and you can understand why in other parts of USA the ordinary 'peasants' have gathered with pitchforks and torches in the town square, demanding to be allowed to work and earn money so they can feed their families and pay their bills.
Come November there is going to be a red tide the likes of which has not been seen before. The landslide term one victories of both Trump and Reagan will pale into comparison, and even the anti-Trump lefties will finally have to realise they were wrong. Unless of course they piously think they are right and the people are wrong - we will see.
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Is TV forum a media show for the Dems?? When are any of the positive news stories about GOP and Trump ever going to be posted? Is this really an 'echo chamber' as has been claimed by many other GOP/Trump supporters. Hey - if TV need to know where to find many of them I can point the direction - there are heaps.
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17 minutes ago, smutcakes said:
Fail. "In contrast, very little is known about the new coronavirus and the disease it causes, dubbed COVID-19, because it's so new. This means COVID-19 is something of a wild card in terms of how far it will spread and how many deaths it will cause."
My point exactly - just like Swine Flu before it, early they over stated both the infection rates and mortality rates. But that is understandable - they will not know the true numbers until at least a year later - same as it took that long to know that Swine Flu was the same as most flu viruses - and it is now classified as a normal seasonal flu. Swine Flu killed about 500K people after it had run its course - the world should not be shut down for something that will kill about the same - maybe up to a million. The early predictions were 200+ million. It was a coronavirus (like SARS/MERS) but was as contagious as the seasonal flu and it had already been spread around the world. Social isolation is not meant to stop that completely - it is to slow down the infection rate to 'flatten the curve' so medical services are not over whelmed. Read this - all of it - I have - you and others need to as well. https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus
They do not know the numbers - they estimated - they will not know for at least a year (like previous pandemics).
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Funny how leftwing media only shows certain shots of the protests:
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Macs are great for limited usage and for specialist programs that work best on a Mac - video/audio especially.
But for general all round use - nothing can beat Windows - some many programs/apps work with it - universal OS.
But until next version of Windows OS I am sticking with Win7 and maybe for a while.
Will it be Win11 or Win12.
Will MSoft like Apple have an OS for Computers and an OS for Phones/Devices.
Or will MSoft stick with the same OS for all - like Android.
I know they failed before - but I just cannot see MSoft letting that phone/device market go.
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4 hours ago, smutcakes said:
There are loads of articles comparing the death rates of seasonal flu and Crovid. Nearly all that i have read say that Crovid has a higher death rate. In New York alone there are over 10,000 deaths associated with it in just 2 months or so even with a mass lock down of people for a large period of that. Just imagine what would of happened without the lock down?
You are claiming that is no different to seasonal flu?
Show me.
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2 hours ago, smutcakes said:
I have seen a number of reports that suggest the bold bit is a simply a lie?
Show me.
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2 hours ago, UbonThani said:
couldnt see it before
saw the 'unedited' version - it was gross - just another ugly hairy western p*****
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12 hours ago, DaRoadrunner said:
It looks like it can reinfect even those who have been exposed and ought to have immunity. We also have no vaccine. Open the country too soon and we have no way to stop a 2nd or 3rd wave of virus from circulating, overwhelming hospitals, and shutting things down all over again. Result, we would end up shut down even longer. Total economic collapse and anarchy could result. We must wait. But does our Govt have the sense to see this?
Puting aside the stupidity and ignorance associated with the lock downs, I agree we should wait - but not too long.
If things are OK - like in Aust - reopen gradually starting 1 May and keep over 60/70s isolated - monitor closely.
If not OK, like in New York, wait until things improve enough and then do the same.
Maintain travel bans - all destinations - last lockdown method to be released - but never China - banned for years.
Anyone goes to China - isolate and quarantine 14 days open re-entry - no incoming - 5 years.
Maintain all the lockdowns for too long will result in no economic and social improvement possible - another great depression. Each country and each area are showing different rates of infections and mortality - isolate countries and areas - not the people within.
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Now? Projects for the wealthy when people are starving - unbelievable.
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Blame game Thai style - play the game and follow orders or get sacked/transferred - good luck moving family too.
If only the same attention and focus was made about 'PM orders' to reduce smoke/burning/pollution in Thailand.
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Thai economy suffering worst damage since 1950s, experts say
in Thailand News
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You should have stayed asleep.
I dont live in Thailand at the moment - used to - but now in Aust waiting for the pension (must be here to get it).
TV and all Forums are the opportunity for people to exchange their ideas and thoughts - that is what they are for.
You have every right to complain about Farangs just as I do to complain about the Thai Govt and their decisions.
And we all realise that we have nil chance of changing things - just as you have no chance changing me/us.
So - do you agree with the Thai Govt's focus on Chinese/Indian/Russian tourists and their ever growing impositions against western tourists (Farangs) - especially the 'long stay' ones?