Joinaman

2 hours ago, Ohyesuare said:

Outside + wearing masks, you're usually safe but the Delta variant is so contagious, who knows. For foreigners, there are better options in hospitals where you don't have to crowd like this. I am one of those that had to cancel another backup booking I made because I was lucky the first one was a success. MedPark bookings in August had open slots available for weeks. thailandintervac has new links now where you can register at various hospitals. Really no need to be crowding and waiting forever at Bang Sue for us "lucky" foreigners who are old enough or have an underlying condition.

better options in hospitals ?

you mean like our main hospital, where they wheel the covid patients past the outpatients, then into the lifts, that have patients/visitors already inside, and then wheel the covid through the general ward past the bedridden and helping families, into the isolation ward adjacent ?

On 7/21/2021 at 6:12 PM, Aforek said:

I don't know for Pattaya, but I got one ( for me and my wife, free ) in the small hospital of my tambon ( subdistrict ) 

but I live upcountry, not a big city ; look at very small hospitals outside Pattaya , and ask them or town council and ask them 

are these free forex pats or if not, how much please 

6 hours ago, BritManToo said:

The solution was always houses on stilts.

But modern builders don't do that any more so the house floods.

or maybe proper drainage systems ?

59 minutes ago, bbabythai said:

Tell the ignorant idiots to take ANY vaccine that they can. They can always get a Pfizer jab as a booster in 4 months time. Jesus wept.... 

1 hour ago, IraqRon said:

well, if the old folks don't want vaccine then so be it,  tired of all the vaccine naysayers, etc. being catered to.  Let them stew in their own juices I say.  Most countries have an over abundance ot the aged anyway.

1 hour ago, robblok said:

Thank god your not in charge of the country. We already got overflowing hospitals and you want to open the country up. ????

 

To compare Sweden and Thailand ????

 

Would be more likely to compare Thailand to India especially if you look at hospitals and population density. 

 

 

Im guessing your in somewhere like Bangkok, the centre of the universe ?

But up here in darkest Isaan , can you show me overflowig hospitals ?

spent most of yesterday trailing round different hospitals with Uncle, who had a possible snake bite and badly swollen hand and arm

Each hospitol and clinic was almost empty, with a maximum of 4 people inside to see

Even the large main hospital in town, at 6pm, was alamost closed, most lights out, and only 3 people in A and E

Same this morning maybe 5 people in manin part, the wards not even half full, with staff sat playing on their phones 

So certainly NOT overflowing 

3 hours ago, soalbundy said:

In my village nobody has received an appointment at the hospital.

same here. Nobody knows anyone who has been offered it, never mind accepted it 

Spent the day at the main hospital with uncle

Very very quiet inside and out

Morer staff than patients , most of whom seem to be on their phones

BUT, one surpirse was  waiting for the lift to go back to the ward

as i entered, was joined by 2 staff, both dressed in full hazmat gear and a patient on a trolley

They leave the lift at the same floor, and then to my surprise, they wheel the covid patient through the normal ward, then through some doors into what has become the isolation ward for covid patients

Why on earth would anyone transport infected people through the lifts and wards that the public, and sick people use  ???

3 hours ago, gk10012001 said:

and the other day a guy allegedly mining bit coins got electrocuted.  All these things make me feel less and less safe when I step in to a Thai shower that uses on demand electric water heating units.  Proper GFCI?  Doubtful

and you worry about covid ???

Free isolated seats ???

How do you isolate people in these silver coffin busses ?

How do you isolate these at the toilet stops ?/

How do you isolate these at the food/7-11 stops ???

just been in Nakhon Phanom hospital this morning .

Stood to one side while men in Hazmat suits wheel a covid patient into the  lift up to the 2 nd floor

Then watched as they wheeled the same patient through the normal ward into the isolation section !!

And they want to prevent the spread of covid  ??????

14 hours ago, gargamon said:

That's looking at it all wrong. In the US, with around 50% fully vaccinated,  about 99% of those in the ICU are not fully vaccinated. The pandemic there is now a pandemic only for the unvaccinated. 

 

So go for the Darwin award, covid edition, and don't get vaccinated. If you're too stupid to get vaccinated, you likely shouldn't procreate anyway.

 You in the good ole USA ?

or in Thailand, where you have mor enhance of dying crossing the road

1 hour ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Not air. The bags are filled with nitrogen gas which is inert and odourless.

But expensive !!,

Just now, Phoenix Rising said:

Here's a novel idea; if a thread bores you then DON'T PARTICIPATE!!

Amazing concept, right??

truly amazing !!

its so amazing maybe i should keep posting, just to give me something to do

5 minutes ago, 2long said:

In summary

- The Covid 19 coronavirus is almost certainly real, even if it originated from a lab. or not

- Wearing masks is inconvenient, but helps everyone if they're not exercising 

- The 'person of colour' and his Russian hooker know the rules and they should have at least put the mask on to be served (which is what I do)

- The fat whitey should mind his own business. There are staff to enforce rules

- This forum is the hub of expertise

- Can we close this thread now?

can we close all threads about covid now, getting boring and pointless 

1 minute ago, JensenZ said:

Let's put it this way so I don't get a suspension. Would you walk into a room full of infected people with a mask and expect not to catch it?

how would you know if they are infected ?

Would you walk in that room with the cheap masks that people wear ?

Just now, Joinaman said:

Masks that are in general use by people

note the w

Missed it

note the words on the boxes of masks

Not for Medical Purposes!

Worn to prevent one of the worst viruses in history ?

6 minutes ago, MadMuhammad said:

No. Just no ????

6 minutes ago, JensenZ said:

No, I am not having a laugh. In Central Pattaya, where I live, everyone is wearing a mask, including people walking on the street and riding motorcycles. You have to look VERY hard to find anyone without one.... and it has been this way for a very long time.

 

 

time to move to Isaan then

19 minutes ago, Phoenix Rising said:

If you prevent someone catching it you prevent the spread. There, now you learnt two things today!

So masks prevent the spread, and also prevent the catching of it 

amazing 

13 minutes ago, JensenZ said:

Where is this "around here" where a very small percentage of people are wearing masks. In Pattaya everyone is wearing masks. You can't get into a store without one and even on motorcycles everyone is wearing one.

 

 Try Isaan 

worn to enter large stores, then often lowered 

smaller local stores, not many , 

outside, in cars, on bikes, your having a laugh !!

although often see the idiots on their Waves, wearing a mask while bombing around without helmets, lights, etc,