Aussie999

Due to lies, and inaction, I believe this is only the tip of the iceberg.

13 minutes ago, Destiny1990 said:

I wonder exactly when will the heat of the sun clear this up or ?

Move on son, there is no proof the heat, or the sun, will clear it up, just look how it is spreading in warmer, sunny, locations, it takes a lot more heat, than humans can handle, to kill a virus, it "may" slow down the infection rate, but as of today, there is no evidence that it will affect Covid-19.

https://www.live5news.com/2020/03/20/fact-or-fiction-will-hot-weather-kill-covid-

A clean won't do it any harm, but as for Coid-19...well, I don't know many people that kiss, or touch, the road.

8 minutes ago, bkkcanuck8 said:

I prefer Vietnamese ones anyway.

simple, the "gravy" train goes to China.

12 hours ago, steven100 said:

am i missing something here .... there is currently NO vaccine for COVID-19. 

Favipiravir will be useless  .... ?   

 

 

That drug does not cure any virus, it relieves the symptoms.

"Eleven of the new cases are connected to a crowded boxing match that saw a large number of coronavirus cases," today's news states 37, does that mean  it's 203 cases... there seems to be a pattern starting to form, record day jumps, I suspect they can no longer "hide" the truth. The public knows what is happening, and around my way, Mukdahan, Thais are very angry, with the government, for trying to hide the truth, and doing little to stop the virus spreading.

Remember people, not long ago Thailand bostered they had a "cure" for Covid-19, I suspect they will use this cure (no one else knows about) and turn Covid-19 into a common cold, or if the guy dies, pneumonia. 

14 hours ago, CharlieH said:

A european could move anywhere within the EC through many countries and not have one stamp in his passport. 

Damn, for a moment there, I thought this was about Thailand... I must be on the wrong forum.????

6 minutes ago, hobobo said:

A Thai friend tried to explain to me the average Thai's sense of responsibility... "I know I'm not feeling well, but I can't do the stupid quarantine... if I get worse, I can always go to a hospital later on..."  Never would one consider other scenarios, like... "I feel I could well have the virus, and that I could potentially infect and kill dozens and more... I must take this quarantine seriously". Sad!

My wife puts it this way, they need to go to work, they need to go to shop, they need to etc etc etc.... who can argue with that "logic."

22 minutes ago, Card said:

When in Rome......... be a hypocrite?

If you don't drive like Thais then you are going to get hurt... badly hurt... you know this, we all do, you are FORCED to fit in, it is the Thai way, submit to their way or else.

10 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

*With the apparent caveat that, the quarantines they're talking about here are SELF quarantines. So in the case of foreign tourists who presumably want to visit Thailand for tourism purposes, you kind of wonder if they're really going to spend two weeks sitting in their hotel rooms?

On top of that, do they expect Thais to "self" quarantine, for 14 days, it will never happen. 

11 hours ago, farmerjo said:

If that is the answer then it should be done.

Even at half that distance the fires would not be able to build the fronts they are and back burning would be a lot safer for the fireys.

Ok a few settlements would be sacrificed but nothing like were seeing now.

Um, are you pulling our legs.... hope you think, if that is possible, very hard before answering. Oh, by the way, trees actually help it rain... farmers have a saying, the rain follows the trees.

https://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/good_wood/trees_gs.htm

52 minutes ago, bannork said:

A quick question. I saw the video a couple of days ago of the fire-fighters trapped in their vehicle, putting up blankets to the windows as the fire raged outside. I wondered why the fuel in the tank didn't explode. Presumably well sealed and the fire not hot enough.

50 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

Diesel.

I would think, and I'm no expert, that it would take some time for the fuel to get to an ignition/explosive point, if it was exposed to that much heat, for that enough time, I would think the fireys would have already perished.

1 hour ago, RJRS1301 said:

I. A person who took shelter in half filled tank has died this week

2. We have had drought for 3 years

3 Towns have run out of drinking water, and have to have it shipped in, 

4. Cost of roof sprinklers (our home cost a small fortune ) and we still lost many out buildings

5 Fuel explodes during firestorms

6 If they could fill swimming pools they have done that.

When you have a fire with front of several (up to 60 klm) and driven byn it own created winds of about 50klm an hour (min) and embers coming from20 klm away, it is hard to imagine unless you have experienced it

 

So true, it pisses me off when we get some posts here from people who just don't know, and yet give their "expert" opinions.

13 minutes ago, Salerno said:

I see; so that'd be why they are frantically trying to restore power that has been cut by the fires? Such a well known fact I've never heard of it happening in Vic (which is the State relevant to this part of the discussion).

 

So for safety, we'll cut of the electricity <deleted> those on life support, using electric pumps for sprinkler or hose systems, trying to charge mobile phones or relying on landlines or computers/TVs for getting emergency warnings. And guess what, we'll do that without any notification on any news outlets or warning channels 

Power is being restored, when it is "safe" to do so... really mate, you are trying to debate on an issue you do not understand.

Mate," we'll cut of the electricity <deleted> those on life support" they do actually evacuate people... you must be nuts to think they wouldn't.. keep up with the news, most of your stupid questions have been answered. And before you reply, most of these towns have already lost power, by the lines burning down... you cannot rely on electricity supplies during these fires...

30 minutes ago, Aussie999 said:

Mmmm.. what a lot of people do NOT understand is that the Australian bush has evolved with bushfires, in fact some fauna requires the intense heat, of a summer burn, to germinate its seeds, as for the Aboriginals, yes, they burn off, in fact they destroyed the rainforest that once extended across the top of Australia, from the west coast to the east, they burn off to make it easier to hunt.

fuana should be flora

On 1/2/2020 at 8:10 AM, RJRS1301 said:

The opposition leader could not sell his complex message to the brainwashed voters.

They seem to like to be led by conservatives with the same vision as many conservatives elsewhere, saves them doing analytical thinking. Scare tactics work well also.

But he is now leader and should lead during a national crisis from west coast across to the east.

 

well actually, did we "vote" him back in...look closely at the results..Liberals 44... Labour 68, Liberals got in by their coalition votes... I must say, NO-ONE voted for a "Coalition" government, so in fact Scomo doesn't really have a mandate, and Australia gets a government NO-ONE voted for.

On 1/2/2020 at 8:01 AM, BB1958 said:

The "numbers" themselves are undoubtedly correct, what is missing is the "composition" of the particulates.

 

It is not safe to breathe this level of atmospheric pollution ANYWHERE, however, if one was in Chiang Mai, Beijing, Bangkok or Mumbai for example, the composition of the particulates would be exponentially more dangerous to ones health, than Canberra.

 

Simple searches across the internet, will confirm my ramblings, this Chinese documentary is brilliant, Chai Jing, is compelling. (NOTE: If you intend to watch, it has been "dubbed" into English)

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiTgzoZQewM

 

 

and let's not forget, Canberra's air will return to clean air, after the fires are out, the other cities won't.

On 1/1/2020 at 7:56 PM, Salerno said:

Please try and explain a fact, I'm listening.

How do you think the power gets to these communities?