SCOTT FITZGERSLD

7 hours ago, Paradise Pete said:

You're saying there won't be 100k per day? I hope you're right. I'm 100% rooting for you. It doesn't have to, but looking at the numbers it is likely to happen.

 

Curious though. What is your reason for thinking it won't happen?

 

historic global measures from past 15 months

2 hours ago, Paradise Pete said:

Possibly. It's difficult to sustain a rate of doubling, though a 100k per day seems likely.

At some point people will become much more cautious and careful, slowing the rate. Also a growing vaccinated population will help slow it. It would be better if vaccination rates increase, of course.

non sense

6 minutes ago, Mansell said:

15,000. a day, every day. And will keep increasing because of no vaccines. Mayb by the end of next year they will start getting a handle on it…..maybe.

or maybe never, and they will do what mexico do and open everything !!

1 hour ago, Paradise Pete said:

The current rate is that new cases are doubling every two weeks or so. If that continues it means 100,000 new cases per day by early September. 

AND 400,000 by october !!

did they pay for it with fake USD money?

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cambodia-crime-counterfeit-idUSKCN0I10WC20141012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15nsYZ1rXEg

12 minutes ago, Caldera said:

I can't even count how many times the sky was supposedly falling here in Thailand. And then it didn't.

 

My prediction is that they'll muddle through again, despite the outrageous ineptitude we've all been witnessing, and most of us will still be alive to see better times post lockdown. 

i think the numbers are cooked hard. 15000 infections and only 80-90 deaths? that

is an excellent rate of 0.67%...even the u,s, did not acheive it

16 minutes ago, Heng said:

that line of around 8-9 meals

i guess youmeant 8-9 meals a week

8 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

help more people to be able to continue their businesses and earn a living.

so you eat more to help more people?

4 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I doubt anyone became a billionaire by giving their money to other people.

GOERGE SOROS DID !!

5 hours ago, Peabody said:

Are you in Phuket? Patong is nothing as you describe

I Am in phuket now and i did not see any sex tourist. acctually i saw few families and farang couples, so why to talk dirty?

pitty is that most shops are closed, propably for ever. what a shame. will take years

for this place to recover even if covid is gone tomorrow and all business back to normal.

is today  a public holiday in thailand? and tomorrow too? and after tomorrow?

that is great news.

thailand should go for high quality vaccines only

5 hours ago, djayz said:

C19 will pass and life will, slowly albeit, return to almost normal one day down the road. Almost 50 and can't see myself getting a job back in the West - at least not one that pays enough to raise a family and even less of a chance my missus could get anything decent as her English is mediocre and her qualifications aren't worth the paper they're printed on outside of Thailand. 

 

Overall, am happy here. There are a few annoyances, but the good days far outweigh the drawbacks. 

 

The main concerns/complaints I have are: 

1) my son's education here. He'll have to go to a private international school to have any chance of a bright future. We don't need to discuss the educational system here as we all know (us and them) just how abysmal it is. 

2) the environmental problems. Everything from filthy canals to air pollution. There doesn't seem to be a will to solve this issue and to finally clean up their act. 

3) the lack of cultural activities. When I lived in Europe, I went to the library regularly; attended evening classes for adults (further education?) where I studied languages, how to cook, basic computer skills, etc.; went to the theatre, art museums and exhibitions. Most of that is lacking here or I've been looking for it in all the wrong places. 

 

Overall, when the sun shines, it sure is nice here. 

so basically what you say is that lives here are lousy but you can't afford to leave

6 hours ago, simon43 said:

I was a Thai Tourist Police volunteer in Bamgkok (1 year), Pattaya (1 year) and Phuket (8 years)

 

I always used to joke (sadly, it was probably true), that my role as a TPV was to protect foreign tourists from the Thai police!!

really ??? me too !!! i was tourist police  volunteer for 13 years in krabi, 12 years in bangkok and

17 years in chiang mai.

no....just kiddin 

6 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Yes.  As long as I have the means, health and availability of meeting girls 30 to 40 years younger then me I will remain here.

so you visit 7/11 quite often? the girls are nice there indeed but too busy clicking numbers

4 hours ago, MikeyIdea said:

And Denmark locked down. Hotels closed. I had a holiday in Copenhagen planned for May, the hotel cancelled my booking citing covid restrictions, I went to Copenhagen (from Malmoe) in July, everyone on the train was stopped and had to show proof that they had valid reason to be let in. The Swedes (except me) didn't use masks in Sweden, all put on their masks before they entered Denmark. 

 

Yes, Denmark has a higher population density, yet much lower mortality. Because they took covid much more seriously. Norway and Finland's numbers speaks for themselves.

i tried to book an air ticket  to spain and emailed qatar air,just to make sure,

they gave me confusing answers as to the requrements, and when i asked more, they

asked: WHAT IS THE REASON FOR YOUR TRAVEL?

i answered :"OH SO NOW YOU ARE ASKING FOR THE REASON OF MY TRAVEL?

WELL LET'S SAY IT  IS FOR HOLIDAY".

They did not came back to me since.

38 minutes ago, LazySlipper said:

Honestly, why do you care about the economy of Thailand? Have you a vested interest here?

 

I lose money from my retirement when their economy is doing well... what about you?

you think like the ultimate cheap charlie. maybe you should move to laos, and than, when laos economy picks up, move to zimbabawe, and  so on, until you get to antartica.

3 minutes ago, anchadian said:

The pandemic is increasing in the Bangkok Metropolitan region, and in the southern, central and the northeastern regions. In the graph, blue is Bangkok and five neighbouring provinces, green is 71 other provinces and red is the entire country #โควิด19 #โควิดวันนี้ #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1419145655423963136

i think you got it all wrong.

1 hour ago, The Cipher said:

I shudder to ask this, but what stricter measures have they even got left in the bag at this point? 

 

Measures taken have already turned what was a nice place into a dystopian hellhole of boredom. What is there even left to close?

one army general stated clearly that next stage is wuhan style lockdown. in this case,

he explained clearly, all supermarkets will be closed and food will be delivered to

the arrested people. makes me think of wanting to leave thailand all together.