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According to Great Leader's own figures, the government had available by the end of March roughly 1.2 million doses.

So how many have been jabbed so far?

1 hour ago, Disparate Dan said:

Apparently the virus ruins your sense of smell. As long as you can still smell your own f@rts, you're safe.......... cheapest test available.

I've never been able to smell mine (though my b/f claims to). Does that mean I've had the C19 for the last 71.5 years?

In sum, don't expect to get vaccinated in Thailand before 2022 at the earliest.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

The bank would instead operate its consumer-banking franchise in both regions from four wealth centers in Singapore, Hong Kong, ...

Maybe we can become clients of the Singapore branch when the change actually happens? ...

My MIL here (only 5 or 6 years older than me) produced 9 or 10 children (depending which day of the week it is) through 2 marriages. My FIL here (3 years older than me) produced 9 through 2 marriages.

Unaccountably, my b/f and I haven't managed to produce a single one!

Which can only be a good thing. If you accept that the world is vastly overpopulated by H. sapiens, busily destroying the ground beneath his collective feet, then aging populations (currently just about everywhere in the world outside black Africa) mean shrinking populations a few years down the track. Mother Nature can't wait.

It is increasingly likely that 90% of Thais will either (a) not receive any vaccination at all before 2022 or (b) receive the Chinese Sinovac whose efficacy is in doubt and then only very slowly over 2 or more months.

Does what passes for a 'government' give a damn? The evidence would suggest not.

I'm going to just hide under the bed.

Meanwhile, little Bhutan - with some 800,000 population way up in the Himalayas - has just completed first-vac of 60% of its population in 1 week.

Had a good downpour last night (about 20-25 minutes worth) here outside Prasat. The first in a month. Garden smiling brightly today.

More planned for tonight. Am cleaning the balconies & the downpipes ...

Apart from diet, changes in your daily exercise can be a cause of problems. Seems to work that way for me, If I'm lazy ...

If you're used to plenty of exercise in northern Europe, then a reduced regime here might be a an issue (because of heat, poor possibilities for distance walking, access to gym ... ).

14 minutes ago, youreavinalaff said:

"lol" would be in response to a comment. Are the comments not being read? One does not have to acquire knowledge whilst reading to be deemed literate. Plenty of fiction out there.

 

The original comment that I replied to said "Most" when referring to Thai people who cannot read. Are you agreeing with that? I was a teacher in Thailand for 21 years. I probably came across a dozen students who could not read and they had learning difficulties. So, out of 50000+ students that I met only a miniscule number of them could not read. Hardly most, is it?

So where were you teaching? Amongst the Khmer peasants of south Surin?

My original message to which you responded did say "in the villages ... ".

2 hours ago, youreavinalaff said:

So wide of the mark. 

 

I'm not sure where you get your information but, if I were you, I would change my sources.

You obviously haven't visited my home village (ie my b/f's) in Phanom Dong Rak. Even the few teenagers still going to school are close to illiterate. The notion of reading a book is unknown, including - as far as I can tell when visiting their houses - to the school teachers.

13 hours ago, Blumpie said:

One thing is for sure, tourism is not going to be as important in the short term for Thailand's growth.  What the long term consequences are of this remain to be seen.

I wonder what Thailand tourism will look like in 2+ years when they can finally start to re-open meaningfully.  

The problem seems to be that noone in this government (perhaps in the whole country) can think STRATEGICALLY - ie big picture, long-term, and what are the steps (education, training, corruption ...) they need to fix so the country can move forward confidently to A DIFFERENT FUTURE, more robust and less destructive than tourism can ever be.

12 minutes ago, Sujo said:

Not sure. But the jab does come with a free meat pie.

Yes, and for Aussies a jar of Vegemite.

19 hours ago, Jimbo2014 said:

They should really start the year stating a growth of 0% - then each month we could rejoice as expectations were actually exceeded!  ????

Yes, you would think if they can't quite run the country properly, they could at least get the politics right. But no.

So we now have a range of predictions, from 2.6% to 4%, with the government stuck at the high end. It will be interesting to see how the 'statistics' evolve over the next 9 months.

Yes, clarity is not part of the deal in Thai culture. Complexity is always preferred. That way noone can ever be pinned down to anything.

One of the hallmarks of incompetence is optimism.

8 minutes ago, KarenBravo said:

 

Just buy it online. Lazada has it.

2nd hand?

No, just joking. As long as they don't confuse it with marmite (which is horrible).