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Tyson plodded around the ring. In his heyday, he would been all over Paul like a cheap suit.

Rabies and Ebola are both zoonotic. There were all kinds of wild meats in the Wuhan market. About 38 species, kept in ideal cross infection conditions. I said there were competing hypotheses re the origin of COVID. I'm keeping an open mind.

I did use the word "If" to start my post. There are two competing theories: Mutation of an existing virus in a Wuhan meat market via species transfer. Accidental result of experimentation with viruses in a Wuhan laboratory. The truth may never be known, due to CCP censorship. I very much doubt it was the result of deliberate design and release. While the true death toll in China is estimated to be millions, the total lockdown of Chinese cities resulted in enormous economic damage.

In about 6 months, more than Republicans will realize they have been conned.

I can remember a friend of mine who had long COVID. Prior to it, he could walk 20 km a day for exercise. For months afterwards, he could barely get to the front gate of his house. Apparently unvaccinated patients are nearly twice as likely to develop long COVID as vaccinated patients, 38% vs 20%. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10664948/

It was good enough to communicate with the ward nurses. I did not need to speak Thai with the doctors, they both spoke good English. I was referring to the fact I can't read and write Thai. Can you?

Fluoride is added to drinking water as sodium fluoride, NaF, 99.9% purity. . Its description as industrial waste is a lie promoted by the anti-fluoride school. Ho-hum. The usual COVID delusions. Better public health measures? The USA averages 48 million food-borne illnesses a year. Please get a spellchecker, or post when you are sober.

I'd say the Aro is milder than Mainland. Both brands are quite acceptable.

If true, this demonstration by Ukraine of how far it can reach operationally must be of concern to the Kremlin. Frigates cost hundreds of millions of dollars, getting sunk or damaged by something at a fraction of the cost, does not do the Russian economy much good.

Better than someone who doesn't seem to have a life outside these threads. An uneducated boor.

It depends on whether one has a mild complaint, or an emergency. It's better to go to a clinic for the mild ones. They are usually run by elderly doctors, or those supplementing their incomes from hospitals. Open from 5-6 pm onwards. Very little waiting. I was taken by my GF to the emergency department of the Chiang Rai government hospital. High fever, uncontrollable shaking and pulse rate 140 bpm. Diagnosis pneumonia after an ECG and chest X'ray. I was in a hospital bed with an antibiotic IV in my arm not more than 2 hours after admission. My son tells me the same process in Australia would be 4-6 hours. 4 bedside visits by doctors, very professional. You are right, although I speak quite decent Thai I could not have navigated the system without my GF.

I do hope you are avoiding tea, coffee, shellfish and raisins, all of which are rich in fluoride. I would have loved to have fluoride in my tap water when I was young. My teeth have paid for the Mercedes of at least one dentist. As for ivermectin, it is effective against intestinal parasites. There is no proof it is an effective prophylactic against COVID, apart from non-peer reviewed "studies" by social media quacks. Tell me, do you also refuse public health measures such as vaccinations for polio, TB, typhoid, tetanus and hepatitis?

Apparently it is the same with the lawyers that work for him on his multiple civil and criminal cases. No reputable legal firm in America will touch him with a barge pole, much like no US bank will loan him money. The lawyers that do work for him are either the desperate dregs of the profession, or chancers hoping for promotion into his administration.

An issue met with bland indifference by a succession of British governments, irrespective of political stripe. They say the British did not get to rule the world by being nice, apparently that applies to their own people too.

Would not live there if you paid me. Hot, polluted, expensive.

Do NOT drive. You are placing yourself and others at great risk. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV): This is the most common cause of vertigo, particularly when triggered by changes in head position, such as lying down or rolling over in bed. It occurs when tiny calcium carbonate crystals (otoconia) in the inner ear become dislodged and enter the semicircular canals, which are responsible for detecting head movement. This disrupts the sense of balance and causes vertigo. Are you on any blood pressure medications? What is your BP normally? Do you take Viagra? See a doctor before something worse happens, such as a fall with a broken hip.

I have private health insurance in Australia. At my age, and with the pre-existing conditions I have, no insurer in Thailand would even offer to insure me. I self-insure. Based on several experiences here, I would say the Thai public hospital system is superior to the corresponding Australian public system. Quite inexpensive, I'm sure a Thai national in an Australian public hospital would pay a lot more. No doubt the cost escalates as procedures needed become more complex.

I see you are true to your usual form, attacking the poster rather than the message. It just shows your lack of anything of substance in rebuttal, consistent with your low level of education. Yes, people who are swayed by a fake populist who really only cares about himself are stupid.

The average income of Thais in rural villages is 2000-3000 baht/month. A 7/11 employee, depending on seniority, earns between 10,000 and 30,000 baht/ month. Average Thai wage is 15,000 a month. An Australian age pensioner receives about 49,000 baht. Most other Western nations are similar. Someone still in the workforce makes much more. I am just going on balance of probabilities.

I don't know what a conspiracy theorist and all-round nutter will do. I think it is highly likely he will ban fluoridation of tap water, which will make the dentistry profession very rich. Or perhaps he will ban sugar as well, Prohibition all over again. Everyone knows how well that worked.

Polio is still endemic in Pakistan and Afghanistan. There are ten countries where tuberculosis is still endemic.

If the Chinese were designing a virus for the next pandemic, they could not wish for a better appointment. A recovering heroin addict who claims a worm ate part of his brain. What could possibly go wrong?

True. It's quite rare for Thai women to bring equal income to a relationship with a foreigner, and I am highly skeptical of those posters who claim they do. All I can say is I am getting excellent value for money, for those who want to view our relationship in those terms.

IIRC Trump said he was going to abolish the Department of Education. Which may actually be a good idea, if the bureaucracy is too much for the teachers at the coal face. Russian education collapsed in the mid-eighties. Russia now has a severe shortfall of scientists and engineers, as the ones they have are retiring.

That should be a concern for them.