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WHO-International flights can continue. Have you forgotten how covid was allowed to spread globally. The US and Australia had shut their borders whilst the WHO was saying international flights should continue.

Just before the coup? Certainly gee on the troops so to speak. I would think as I type weapons are being brought in to Thailand.

Tis true. But were these high numbers of deaths from Delta or Omicron. Let's not conflate the past with the present. One might think this would skew the facts. Not sure why anyone would want to do this. The worst of Covid is over. This is a supportable fact. Damn even the useless WHO has said so.

Especially when the masses take to the streets because the coup leader will not relinquish his ill gained power.

Sorry mate but I wasn't talking at all about the efficacy of masks. I was talking about the dictates that come down from above and are these dictates based on science? My last statement about kids taking their masks down will hold true. Maybe a day or two but they'll come down. Fairly sure there's no "verifiable link" to this but I reckon my eyes will be good enough. Ask your kid after the 1st day at school.

They're doing it because they've been told to do it? It's a dictate from above. This is what get's me how much of this is based on science? Will they still be doing temp checks with those useless scanners? Fever is one of the lesser symptoms of Omicron. These kids will be taking their masks down for sure.

So this is globally and also confirmed or probable. As unfortunate and sad as it is I will guarantee you starvation, dysentery and malaria just to mention a few have taken 1000's probably 10's of thousands of more childrens lives in this period. Again the stats you keep posting are only raw numbers with no breakdown of comorbidities nevertheless these charts show that it is a very rare occurance and it's for under 5's. Thanks for the info.

Yep. Everyone or should I say almost everyone knows the situation apart from all the Thais still wearing their masks every now and again.

Schools if you didn't know are part of society, so a wider conversation on the implication regarding schools can be extended to society in as a whole. If it can't then why is the govt. even saying this? Why do schools need to implement preventative measures when children on the whole are the least affected by Omicron? I have no "anti-Covid agenda" as you say. I have a rationalal thought process.

Indeed no one knows the vaccination status as no one knows ages or comorbidities and no one knows if they've gone to hospital because of or with Covid. The bigger picture is still the numbers are very, very, very low per capita.

The oldies in Issan will vote PT as will the uneducated, however, I think MFP will have a good showing.

Maybe you need to modify what you say. I have always said those at risk should consult with a doctor. For the majority of people Omicron is a non-fatal, non-serious virus.

Once again and I keep having to say once again are these people who have been hospitalised from Covid as the primary condition or with Covid found during the screening process?

Forgot. Here it is again. Comment was "It doesn't take a genius to see the trend." https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/weekly-covid-deaths?tab=chart&country=~THA

Vaccination from what? For those at risk maybe but for the great majority no need.

Not much open air mate when thousands of people are shoulder to shoulder breathing and spitting in each others faces and parties going on all over Thailand with pretty much everyone not wearing masks. Reality is there was a small bump after Songkran. That was it and this is at the time of a new sub-variant. Seems like some people just can't move on. The risk level is very, very, very low for the majority.

Boosters for who? Children?

10's of thousand packed into small areas with no masks during Songkran didn't do much.....Get the picture

It would seem the usual person/s do not understand there is a difference. Go to hospital because of Covid or go to hospital for something else and test positive in the screening process with Covid. It's a very simple concept to understand. Without a proper breakdown we don't know but my guess is a high % would be incidental i.e. not there for Covid but have covid. Why is there no data on this? Why is there no data on comorbidities and age? The figures are just raw figures and without a breakdown of these influences on the numbers it pretty much makes them just an overview. What can't be argued is the numbers are absolutely very, very low compared to the Delta era. We are no longer there. That was the past. Omicron is the present and would seem to be the future. A non-fatal, non-serious virul infection for the majority of the global population.

Kids are at risk from what?

Once again are they Covid patients or patients with Covid?

Do you not think one could lead to the other?

So what nonsense do they have on MFP? The sleeping giant is stiring. If they cancel the election/dissolve parties the sleeping giant will awaken.

By new, sorry "better" method of teaching you obviously mean 21st Century teaching. Try doing that in a mid 20th Century classroom with 40 odd kids, a blackboard and some chalk. Sadly there are always people who blame the teachers but have no idea what the teachers have to do and have to put up with. As for money being spent education has the highest budget. Sadly a great deal of it ends up in pockets filtering down from the top. Education is a business here. School Directors buy their positions.

Off topic some what I know but I looked at Salmon Arms today stupidly thinking there would be plenty of places you could order a meal of salmon or even rainbow trout (rainbow trout one of my all time favourite fish) but so many restaurants there are asian. Funny how countries are pushing tradition with one hand and profit from 'diversity' with the other. I said when I was at uni 30 odd years ago that China (CCP) are the most dangerous lot of people on Earth. This was when I was doing Chinese politics. Needless to say I had a lot of oppostion but I think I was right then and I think I'm right now. Prayut has nothing on Xi but it's a matter of negative degrees.