nobodysfriend
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5 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:
It's just evolution ...
It's just evolution , but still a pity that we take ( and already took ) so many unique species with us on our way down ...
No respect for nature and it's self regulating systems , selfish and blind , without any ( animalic ? ) sense for what is right and necessary ...
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14 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:
I'm not sure there is enough intelligent life on the planet for us to survive. This pandemic has provided a perfect litmus test, and we haven't come out of it well. I've long thought we've only got another couple of hundred years at most, and nothing I've seen has persuaded me otherwise. Quite the opposite, in fact.
I think that mankind is just being taught a lesson ...
Everything is connected , every action provokes a reaction ...
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2 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:
I'm not sure there is enough intelligent life on the planet for us to survive. This pandemic has provided a perfect litmus test, and we haven't come out of it well. I've long thought we've only got another couple of hundred years at most, and nothing I've seen has persuaded me otherwise. Quite the opposite, in fact.
History proves that humanity's path is lead by the same basic instincts that are still present today , greed and fear .
That is what lead us all into the mess we are in now .
If , ever , some part of mankind survives a possibly dystopic future , the survivors might be able to rebuild some kind of society that is based on values that are different from today's ... I just try to think positive , 55
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3 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:
Not good, is it. A totally new way of life for the entire planet.
There may be something good with it ... in a dystopic future , it might enable some kind of " reboot " for humanity ...
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7 hours ago, webfact said:
The man is a repeat patient as he had tested positive for Covid-19 in Singapore in June.
Means that he has been infected for the second time ...?
7 hours ago, webfact said:She said she had a runny nose and had lost her sense of smell since September 29, but did not test positive for the virus.
All symptoms , but test negative ? Bad test .
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Exponential growth about everywhere in Europe , politicians who failed in imposing the right measures at the right time ( herd immunity BS in the UK ) .
This time the different strains of the virus seem to become even more contagious and aggressive , opposite to what asome erxperts predicted .
It is not 5 to 12 anymore , it is 12 o'clock already .
Only total lockdown could limit the spread now , but would ruin the economy , so won't happen ...
May be the ' 5 minute test ' from Oxford University could help to limit the spread , but so far nobody knows about it's accuracy and availability ...
Hard times are coming , better to prepare for this ...
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7 hours ago, webfact said:
Trump has said he expects the court to decide the election's outcome.
That is obviously part of Trumps ' Plan B ' in case he loses the election ....
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On 10/15/2020 at 3:24 AM, snoop1130 said:
COVID-19 test able to identify the coronavirus in less than five minutes,
On 10/15/2020 at 3:24 AM, snoop1130 said:it could be used in mass testing at airports and businesses.
That means that international air travel could resume , at least for the ones who test negative ?
It's accuracy has to be proven beyond any doubt then ...
An end to all the restrictions imposed by the governments ?
Wait and see ...
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8 hours ago, webfact said:
We believe financial markets are keen to know if the central bank will offer additional stimulus tools in 2021.
Just yesterday I listened in the news that someone said ' the financial markets have decoupled from reality '
The financial markets , ( stock exchange ) , play a game that is based on greed and fear , more than on real data . They try to anticipate future develpments , but many times only react to rumors that are spread by manipulators . It is a ' house of cards ' ready to collapse anytime ...
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1 hour ago, cmarshall said:
So far, I don't know anyone in Thailand who knows anyone who caught Covid.
Pedro83 , a TV member , died of Covid . RIP
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33 minutes ago, cmarshall said:Where do you get the idea that the virus mutation that invaded Thailand was less contagious than any other version? The abstract of the paper you quote says,
No clinical parameters were significantly associated with differences in genotype.
It goes on to say, "Similar to China, the incidence of COVID-19 in Thailand decreased dramatically when the Thai government prohibited social gatherings after the first wave of the rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2."
So, it looks like Thailand did not benefit from a less contagious version of the virus and that its effective control of the epidemic was due to effective public health measure.
May be you read before you write ...?
The mutated G strain which is prevalent in the United States and Europe, is more contagious than the S strain, said Dr. Yong Poovorawan, medical professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University. "Thailand identified the S strain when COVID-19 pandemic first started in the country, however the doctors have now discovered a more dangerous strain amongst Thai returnees. They are the mutated G strain which still is prevalent in the United States and Europe."
...that should Thailand experience a second wave of infections, the G strain virus, or G614, will be dominant, because it is about 10 times more contagious than the S strain originally identified in Asia."
Not the right time to open the borders .
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I think that a good part of Thailand's ' success ' in the fight against Covid is due to the fact that the strain of the virus that was , and probably still is , present here is much less contagious than the strain present in Europe and the Americas . The humid climate in Thailand might have helped a lot as well ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-73554-7
" Several SARS-CoV-2 gene mutations have been reported. In the current study associations between SARS-CoV-2 gene variation and exposure history during the first wave of the outbreak in Thailand between January and May 2020 were investigated. '
" The phylogenetics of the 40 samples were clustered into L, GH, GR, O and T types. T types were predominant in Bangkok during the first local outbreak centered at a boxing stadium and entertainment venues in March 2020. Imported cases were infected with various types, including L, GH, GR and O. In southern Thailand introductions of different genotypes were identified at different times."
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-07/13/c_139209806.htm
"BANGKOK, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's top virologist on Monday warned that the COVID-19 mutated G strain, found amongst Thai returnees from abroad, is highly contagious .
The mutated G strain which is prevalent in the United States and Europe, is more contagious than the S strain, said Dr. Yong Poovorawan, medical professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University. "Thailand identified the S strain when COVID-19 pandemic first started in the country, however the doctors have now discovered a more dangerous strain amongst Thai returnees. They are the mutated G strain which still is prevalent in the United States and Europe."
Yong, who is part of the COVID-19 leading team under the Ministry of Health, said that should Thailand experience a second wave of infections, the G strain virus, or G614, will be dominant, because it is about 10 times more contagious than the S strain originally identified in Asia."
The conclusion is , that Thailand was just lucky , but did some right steps to prevent the spread of the virus at the right time , too .
It would be stupid to risk this success now by opening the borders to welcome foreign tourists now .
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14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:
For the border areas along the Mekong River, the Mekong Riverine Unit of Chiang Rai has been instructed to patrol the river as well as inspect the banks day and night and to set up checkpoints.
With exponential growth of infections about everywhere else , that certainly is the right thing to do .
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Why did that guy react in that way ?
If she did of alcohol poisoning in her sleep , the normal reaction would have been to just call for help , an ambulance or the police ...
Why did he need to carry her lifeless body down to his condo's lobby and dispose it there ?
Stupid thing to do , or was he still drunk ...?
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16 hours ago, webfact said:"We have to wait until the second half of 2022 to see economic activity back to pre-COVID levels
There is simply too much uncertainty to be able to make such statements now . It is only speculation based on ' wishful thinking ' .
Too many factors about the future development of the situation cannot be known by now .
There are always at least two possibilities about the further development , it could end , or not . A vaccine that provides lasting immunity could be found , or not ...
Even if one would be found , could it ever be distributed to everybody ?
Some people will not take any vaccine , diluting it's potential effectiveness ...
The world is a mess , the people are confused and becoming more angry because of the effects of the precautions against the virus.
If one tries to be realistic and objective , it is not difficult to see that there will be many problems coming ...
16 hours ago, webfact said:The BOT expects the economy to contract by a record 7.8% this year before growing 3.6% next year.
Wow , what a precise vision on some future development ... how can they know this ?
If they knew the future , why did they not foresee what is happening now ?
This is all BS blabla without any foundation in reality .
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6 hours ago, webfact said:
Boris Johnson imposed a tiered system of further restrictions on parts of England on Monday, including shutting pubs
Need to drink at home ... domestic violence will rise ...
6 hours ago, webfact said:If we let the virus rip, then the bleak mathematics dictate that we would suffer not only an intolerable death toll from COVID, but we would put such a huge strain on our NHS (National Health Service) with an uncontrolled second spike that our doctors and nurses would simply be unable to devote themselves to other treatment
I hope that the newly imposed restrictions will really help to curb the ( now exponential ) spread of the virus .
6 hours ago, webfact said:Under the new restrictions, pubs that serve meals will be allowed to stay open, though they will only be able to serve alcohol as part of such a meal.
Ok , I'll have a burger and 12 beer then ...
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1 hour ago, RPCVguy said:
YES, You are right, for a far as you went. Financial spikes upwards or down are like the weather, always shifting. The fiat currencies of the world have expanded well beyond what the supply of minerals, and ability of soil or oceans to supply. Worse, the population has continued growing. When more cash chases similar or diminishing materials, the prices go up (inflation.)
That is prelude, it is fiscal hocus-pocus. The world's biosphere, the resiliency of life is at stake. Some of the impacts are hitting now in the form of droughts, floods and storms that are more frequent and or more intense due to the excess warming - due to the insulation imbalance shifting the long term climate.
An analysis done by MIT published a book in 1972, "Limits to Growth." It's authors used models to generate several possible situations for our global society, depending upon what policies and behaviors humans would take. A review of that book in 2014 shows a prescient resemblance between the "Business as Usual" scenario and what indeed unfolded.
Here is a graphic comparison from that review:
Economists and politicians certainly did not like that analysis in 1972; they attacked it then and media joined in discrediting the report. Still, looking at that track record, and especially the warnings of trajectories heading south THIS DECADE, the patterns in the streets was predictable. So too the behavior of those who are surrounded by wealth and resources to track commodities, politics.
ADD onto the above generalities as known in 1972, the complications of climate change on food supply as summarized below.
I'm glad I saw what I did in my lifetime. The generation born this century though, my step-children and grandchildren here in Thailand, they will live and die by the consequences of the world we are leaving to them. For their sake, I'm hoping they learn the farming skills my wife learned from her dad. Call it Permaculture, call it family garden resiliency as promoted by King Bhumibol Adulyadej, it is what I see as the best localized chance for surviving the next few decades.
Excellent post .
Some still do not realize that eternal growth is just not possible . The resources are limited as is the time granted to humans to resolve the urgent problems this planet faces now .
The ' values ' of the current capitalistic system lead straight to greed and that leads to the destruction of the environment that people need to survive . ( Clean air and drinkable water , intact and life producing ecosystems that will enable our species to live a life worth living it )
It is the powerful lobby of successful ' businesses ' around the world that does not want change that out of fear that they might lose their privileged position in life . That is what they care about , about the state the planet is in thanks to the never ending pollution and production of toxic non degradable waste , is not of their concern .
The fault is in the system and the values it teaches .
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53 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:in fact he is the essence of positivity.
53 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:Look at how strong President Trump is, look how he shook off the virus that wrecked the world economy
Let's face it : Trump is not only a stable genius , he is ' the chosen one ' , the new messiah ...
He never lies , he only teaches about the ' alternative truth ' to all these ' fake news ' provided by the godless leftish antifa media .
He is the not only one who sees this , many of his fans noticed it , too . He is just supernatural , he needs to be worshiped .
If he loses the upcoming election , he has all rights to ignore that and do everything to stay in power , because it is for the great goal of making his kingdom great again ... I think he sees it like this , if the voters will , is written on another page ...
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6 hours ago, webfact said:
Harbor Department allegedly dumped muddy sediment into the sea, resulting in the death of a large area of seagrass.
The one who ordered this to be done , need to be fired immediately . Irresponsible behavior , and proof of endless stupidity .
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Need to realize that Thailand is geographically . economically , socially , much closer to China than to any western country ...
Some people like to see Thailand as if it would be a country that is part of the ' western commonwealth ' , but it is not .
14% of the thai population have an ethnic chinese background .
It is part of south east asia , and Thais generally prefer to do business with people of similar cultural background .
https://www.thethailandlife.com/origin-thai-people
... we know that the majority of Thai-Chinese established themselves in Thailand over three waves of migration, dating back to the 13th Century ...
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MBK: Rebranding as a shopping center for Thais - not foreigners!
in Bangkok News
At 64 , your libido is still in great shape , ain't it ? ( not jealous , or , may be just a little bit ...)
Enjoy hunting ...