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They may be trying to get your a$$ though.

This is a very informative article. Thank you for linking to it. So many posters assume that the likes of Sinovac are ineffective, or possibly dangerous (as per the numbers in the OP) and so instead are looking to take an mRNA vaccine instead. I’d say that the article linked to above is a must read for anyone taking or contemplating taking mRNA vaccines. The author concludes: “Therefore, for the reasons I have outlined, I would not inject a healthy animal with an experimental genetic-vaccine, never mind a healthy human being.” Some posters in these forums like to point out that Pfizer vax has FDA approval, as if that magically makes it safe. The article in your link gives alot of background that is very relevant to this issue. Notwithstanding that the current available Pfizer vax has in fact not been given approval (it has extended emergency use only and therefore the manufacturers have no liability), or that two of the head honchos at the FDA have recently resigned, apparently because they could not accept the CDC and government interference in their work, the FDA itself is hardly the bastion of integrity and honesty that we might hope for in a regulating agency and they have a history of making serious blunders in the drugs that they approve. Here’s a quote from a recent New York Times article that explains this: “Since the 1980s, the F.D.A. has been approving more new drugs, at a faster pace, and with fewer and weaker studies to support their safety and effectiveness. The agency has also been faulted for poor oversight of the clinical trials used to decide whether or not a drug is safe. Both Donald Trump and President Biden have referred to F.D.A. approval as the “gold standard” of drug safety. It is a pretty tarnished gold.” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/02/opinion/fda-drug-approval-trust.html And this: “The Food and Drug Administration is under pressure from the Trump administration to approve drugs faster, but researchers at the Yale School of Medicine found that nearly a third of those approved from 2001 through 2010 had major safety issues years after the medications were made widely available to patients. Seventy-one of the 222 drugs approved in the first decade of the millennium were withdrawn, required a "black box" warning on side effects or warranted a safety announcement about new risks, Dr. Joseph Ross, an associate professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine, and colleagues reported in JAMA on Tuesday.” https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/05/09/527575055/one-third-of-new-drugs-had-safety-problems-after-fda-approval I have nothing against anyone who chooses any type of vaccine. I just hope that whatever they take, they are fully informed of the nature and the risks of doing so.

Thais were most concerned with x x x x and financial inequality. Interested to know how the questions were phrased to illicit this response. Thais were probably concerned about this before Covid came along. It would be downright amazing if it wasn't an issue today, But how concerned and how much motivation is there to change things? These are interesting times we live in.

Amazing. My story is almost identical to yours. I was a happy Grace customer for many, many years, but after two verbal run-ins with the loud and rude katoey on reception about a year ago I quit and am now a happy patient at Dental World. Just don't need the aggravation. I am NOT anti katoeys per se, just this individual character. Thinking about it now, maybe I should have had a word with Dr Korakot about it. To the OP, I still would recommend the Grace dentists. Unfortunately you may have to deal with the annoying gatekeeper on reception.

Right and what if men played that game too...

The accusation that people who are not vaccinated are a factory for new SARS-CoV-2 variants, is simply not true. There is more research emerging on this now that we have more data to study. According to leading scientists, your natural immune system generates immunity to multiple components of the virus. This will promote your protection against a vast range of viral variants and abrogates further spread to anyone else. Although still under peer review (so I won't link to it) there has also been a recent publication by Japanese researchers showing that mRNA vaccines may actually enhance the infectivity of the Delta variant, making it completely resistant to the vaccine. This is why it is so important to have sufficiently long trial periods and adequate testing of vaccines before releasing them on the public.

No, never. Come to that, never when sober either. If you have an aggressive character and/or if you can't handle alcohol, please lay off it.

“What we cannot have is people or large sections of the population that hold out from getting vaccinations because of misinformation,” he said. “Any vaccine will work to mitigate the disease right now, in a year we will have better ones that prevent most symptoms completely.” Plenty of good reasons other than disinformation for not wanting to be vaxxed right now. Wishful thinking that there will be "better ones that prevent most symptoms completely" next year. Instead there will be endless boosters for those who have been vaxxed this year. Either way, it should be your choice, not mandated.

I have transferred several Thai limited companies and in every case the company bank account stays with the company.

Really? The Thai folks around my way are definitely not 'desperate to get a vaccine'. There has been only one death in the vicinity and that was someone who died within 48 hours of getting their first shot. No Covid. That was after free shots were being offered around here and some took them. Nobody wants them now. My wife is on Thai social media and is linked to many government workers as well as people working in the private sector. It is true that government workers are almost 100% in favour of getting Covid vaxxed, but the opposite applies to the rest. Go figure.

Excellent post.

Who writes this guff? The closing comments are the sort a child writer might make.

It is a very expensive toy. Probably extremely fun to drive...but...this is Thailand. Where would it be safe to do so at the speeds that it is capable of?

Happiness is being able to do what we want in life. Similarly, I define success as being able to spend your life in your own way. I was happy enough in the UK; I’m happier still in LOS, because here I’ve found more freedom to do exactly what I want in life. I am happy, very content with my lot. How about you? Are you living a life of your own choosing? What motivates you? What do you want to achieve for yourself and those you love? What do you value most, spiritually, emotionally, and materially? If you’ve reached those goals you will be happy and if you haven’t, chances are that you won't be happy. Having a purpose is the key to a fulfilling and happy life, not forgetting that one person’s happiness is another’s nightmare. There are people on these forums who seem to live a life that I’d hate and vice-versa. So long as you are able to follow your purpose your life will have meaning…to you. And it does not matter, in the context of this question, what other people's opinions of you are. Contentment comes at a time that you understand what your purpose is and that you are pursuing it. Discontent arrives when you forget or can’t find or are blocked from pursuing your purpose. I also like what Mark Twain wrote when looking back on his life: "There isn't time, so brief is life, for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account. There is only time for loving, and but an instant, so to speak, for that."

The news just gets better and better.

A whale of a tale if ever there was one. I wouldn't offer 10 baht for it.

Jeez, not another thread about the Pink Card.

Perhaps one of your neighbours is annoyed by all the light and has put a pin through the wire ????

So that's where Voranai went. I always enjoyed his take on current affairs when he was at the BP. Thanks for the link.

The soliciting girls and ladyboys have gone. The birds are thriving and they are taking over.

I sometimes put alot of effort into writing posts on here, usually to get a message across that I believe to be important and helpful to members, not because I want to win literary prizes. But too often these posts got deleted by mods and that's put me off bothering any more.

Absolutely, definitely, without question...have her make a Will. A Will supersedes the family inheritance laws, which means that if she wants to state that you are the sole beneficiary of the house, etc., then the other family members cannot contest that. However much you trust other members of her family now, be aware that property and money can change everything. Making a Will is essential. Make sure that an Executor (a trusted and competent person) is named in the Will. She can name a second Executor in case the first one is not available at the time of her death. The Will must have two witnesses and these people cannot be named as beneficiaries in the Will (so you can't be a witness). It is a good idea to take a video of the Will signing by the two witnesses. Keep a copy of the video on a USB together with copies of the Will. The executor must keep a copy of the Will. It is NOT necessary or legally required that a lawyer keeps a copy or is an Executor. It is NOT necessary or legally required that the Will is kept at the OrBorTor.

So many studies with dubious sponsors showing conflicting data on Covid vax effectiveness. Meanwhile in the real world … Israel launched its national vaccination campaign in December last year and has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world, with 80 percent of citizens above the age of 12 fully inoculated. Israel vaccinated its population almost exclusively with Pfizer, supposedly the most effective vax available. Yet... “In early July, with citizens over the age of 60 almost completely vaccinated, Israeli scientists began observing a worrisome rise in infections—if not in severe illness and death—among the double-vaccinated.” “Israel reported 9,831 new diagnosed cases on Tuesday, a hairbreadth away from the worst daily figure ever recorded in the country—10,000—at the peak of the third wave. More than 350 people have died of the disease in the first three weeks of August. In a Sunday press conference, the directors of seven public hospitals announced that they could no longer admit any coronavirus patients. With 670 COVID-19 patients requiring critical care, their wards are overflowing and staff are at breaking point." “I don’t want to frighten you,” coronavirus czar Dr. Salman Zarka told the Israeli parliament this week. “But this is the data. Unfortunately, the numbers don’t lie.” “Fully vaccinated people with weakened immune systems appeared particularly vulnerable to the aggressive Delta variant.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/ultra-vaccinated-israels-debacle-is-a-dire-warning-to-america That last sentence is the key in my opinion. As I’ve said repeatedly in these forums, we should first and foremost concentrate attention on getting ourselves healthy and boosting our immune systems – whether we want to be vaccinated or not. How to do that? You can find useful information by searching for I-MASK+ Prevention Protocol for COVID-19 in Google.

Bejaysus, that's a terrible thing. What prompted them to keep digging? It reminds me of a Breaking Newsflash I heard in my youth on the radio: "Today a Cessna light aircraft crashed in a cemetery outside Dublin. Rescue workers have dug up 23 bodies so far and work continues".

This is a shocking change of policy. There has been no indication that the regulations will be grandfathered which means that many (probably most) of the retired expats who in good faith invested in the original scheme and made their new lives in Malaysia will have to move out within a year. This makes one realise how tenuous our stay can be in foreign countries and of course that includes all of us here in Thailand. New laws imposing draconian conditions can be introduced at any time with no grandfathering. I plan to stay in Thailand for the rest of my days but had always considered moving to Malaysia as my first option if things went awry here. Back to the drawing board. If Thailand doesn't follow with similar requirements (I certainly hope that it won't) I imagine many of those caught out in Malaysia by this will be seriously considering moving here instead. That might be good for Thailand and help to revive the property market.