Fex Bluse

If only they would have read ThaiVisa, they could have anticipated this very obvious outcome and planned around it.

4 hours ago, rwill said:

It was the technician they called that died.  Of course it is hard to say what a real technician is here.

Yeah, seems the only requirement to being a Thai "engineer" is a polo shirt and a utility belt. Scary place. NEVER trust anything important here. 

Distrust and Politely Verify 

This is the only way to survive in Thailand. Thais know it as well.

4 hours ago, Happyman567 said:

This is the vaccine i am getting My son lives in China and he reckons its pretty good Hardly no side effects So the choice is there folks Choose one or none up to you 

Good luck to your family. But, if we listen to the Chinese, everything in China is perfect with no issues... There are other studies in various countries that indicate there are quite a number of side effects. And, China is not particularly known for the high quality and rather well known for scandals (even with vaccines specifically). Beware

1 hour ago, ourmanflint said:

 

Very worrying. Basically Sinovac is next to useless against anything but initial few variants. Anyone having Sinovac should immediately get AZ or similar

And, perhaps partially because the Chinese are known to have been working on the vaccine well before the news escaped to the world that the virus was running rampant. 

The west should send China no vaccines for the variants. 

23 hours ago, webfact said:

But he said that would depend on the level of infection in each of the areas. If it was too high then tourists would not be allowed there.

As always, the Thais show a total lack of understanding of science. 

The Phuket sandbox suffers the childish logic. 

The Thais seem to look at the virus as something you get from a well-defined place. 

Oh, don't go 7—11, they had a case. 

This plan will fail spectacularly. Let's watch and see. 

14 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

has everybody run out of comments for these endless ridiculous stories?

Yes, the Thais have overwhelmed us with so many of these stories. 

I think I've said everything I can think of. 

The Thais confirm a new plan every week ????

Fairly easy to guess from the way these Sinovac articles are written that they are paid for by the Chinese. 

40 minutes ago, sanuk711 said:

Like all the other countries really do care  Fex??

 

Chinese--They are the biggest real estate buyers "World wide" not just Thailand. In fact more funds would have gone into Oz, America, EU  etc then into Thailand-- Last time I was there between the Arabs & the Chinese they had nearly brought out London.

 

The Buffer the Thai's have is that they can only buy Condo's here not like in Oz etc where they buy up the farms etc as well.

This is a logical fallacy. Of course they are buying property with illicit money. However, to think that all countries are equally happy with illicit money flowing into their systems is not accurate, in my opinion. Law enforcement is not exactly the same in every country. 

That said, Vancouver is one of the worst international hot spots for Chinese illicit money.. The Canadian government, however, is not openly facilitating it, however. Very different from a country performs no checks at all and also knows it's happening but does nothing.

Have you EVER heard of a big bust in Thailand? No, of course not. There are plenty in other countries like the US, UK, Canada, etc.

Won't be many tourists coming with advice like this. Well, unless they are coming for the ... ummm ... temples and culture

12 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

I think Mr Barrow is pushing his luck with publicising these data breaches. Gaining unauthorised access to any system and its data is, by definition, HACKING. Whether he used website parameter hacking, CSS, CSRF, or SQL injection is irrelevant. He has gained unauthorised access to the database, retrieved data and published the fact. Had Mr Barrow had legal permission to perform the hack (as an Ethical Hacker) the correct course of action should have been to inform the owner of the website/database of the breach so that they could take immediate remedial action.

He's doing the right thing. The Thais would not react unless they publicly lose face. That's how it works here. 

33 minutes ago, rabas said:

 

So Andrew MacGregor announces it to the whole world and all it's criminals, but does not push the very prominent report bugs button at the bottom of the main page.

 

Actually, the very best thing to do in this case, especially considering Thailand, is to make the public aware. Public awareness and pressure is the best remedy to get it resolved as quickly as possible.

Such a fun people. They'll be "investigating" this for centuries ????

More world-class Thai covid response the rose colored spectacles crew keep telling us about