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If you're going to quote me at least have the manners to quote more than one word. As for XBB it's been around since the beginning of the year and is for the majority a non-severe variant and all it's sub-variants are also non-severe.

It's a fair point. When China lifted it's zero covid lockdown everyone was wearing masks and covid spread thoughout the country in a matter of weeks.

How many lives globally since Omicron took over? Well let's have a look at how things have changed shall we. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Are you saying that getting vaccinated against Covid means you can avoid contracting it?

Are you sure?

I don't think in my entire life have I ever heard a business group say a pay rise is a good thing not a decent pay rise anyway. Give you a bit more put up prices more than that and increase our profits. That would be acceptable.

The reality of how many people are getting vaccinated. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-covid-vaccination-doses-per-capita?country=OWID_WRL~European+Union~GBR~USA~CHN~IND~AUS~THA

Better to have yaba in circulation. More money for the bosses as people get addicted to this nasty drug.

Yep. People die. People die with Covid. People die from Covid. Guarantee you more people die daily from other things. Covid would not top the list. Not even close.

It would seem that this is not the case. It's Omicron. If another variant other than Omicron comes in and could be fatal as you say then the current vaccines would be useless. Omicron is rolling along quite nicely. For something else to come in and out dominate Omicron is pure speculation and who is to know if it will be more severe or less severe than Omicron.

Now equate that to the population of Thailand 70,303,685 and again there is no mention of comorbidities or died with or died from Covid. Maybe some perspective is needed.

I can't even PM you on this but if you look at my initial response to you, you will see what I'm saying. I asked you have you been vaccinated?

Not somewhat. A lot. They are two different beasts. The emergence of Omicron, it's rapid evolution and it's dominance over Delta is a good thing. Delta has been taken out of the evolutionary process.

I would like to say something but any conversation around this is still taboo. Glad to hear your improving.

Have you been vaccinated? Not sure covid can give you COPD. Certainly a comorbidity so can make it worse. https://sprylyfe.com/blogs/oxygen-blog/does-covid-19-cause-copd

There might be this number on ventilators but are they on ventilators because of covid. There's something else going around. Friend thought he might have covid. Got tested twice at hospital. Nurse told him he didn't have Covid but there is a cold going around.

Without going into comorbities and with covid or from covid I find the interesting bit is an average of "376 cases a day" being admitted yet estimating "actual daily infections could be between 18,800 and 26,112.... ." We can average that to around 21 or 22,000. Out of this number 376 average are admitted to hospital. Chances of getting it is very slim. Chances of needing to be hospitalized is very slim and chances of dying almost nil.

As I stated Khao Phansa (Buddhist Lent) is seen as the traditional start to the wet season. This happens throughout Thailand on the same day.

Sticky rice? Let's face it the entire region of Issan eats this on a daily basis.

The millers and the exporters.

There is of course another factor in this whole chirade and it is what cannot be said. I do hope down the line 112 will be reformed. A 15 year old girl got locked up. Makes you wonder.

TIT. A coup is always a possibility. This time will not be like the previous. The people have spoken and will raise up against the military en masse. Do the elite want Thailand to become like Cambodia and Myanmar or do they want Thailand to prosper and grow? I said some time ago Thailand is on the brink. The near future will show which way this country goes. Down the road of the three pillars and into decay or finally move into the 21st Century.

Let's see how it goes. The people have spoken. They have spoken for change. Interestingly on this forum the overwhelming vote if you like is for change. Here is my evidence for this claim. As of today (22/05/2023) this post of mine has 97 emojis. Nearly 100. I'm not sure if anyone has ever got 100 emojis before. I consider the laughing emojis (2) and the sad emoji (1) as a vote against change in Thailand. I consider the other 94 of you guys (cheers) who responed with positive emojis as a vote for change. This is has been reflected by the people of Thailand who voted for change.

Do the farmers benefit or just the millers and the exporters?

If this happens people will take to the street because they know that the EC is just another arm of the military. How to win when you lose. Dissolve the winner.