ThaiBunny

Just now, JHolmesJr said:

you will be surprised how long things last on the internet.Hint: it's forever.

I don't dispute that; human beings have an attention span of 24 hours

2 minutes ago, zydeco said:

Seems a good move. But exempt tobacconists? If anything contributes to the problem, tobacco does.

"Tobacconists" are mini 7-11s

5 minutes ago, Max69xl said:

It seems you didn't understand what you read. They have to report continuesly for 14 days. No way out of that. 

While they're quarantined?

4 minutes ago, BeltAndRoad said:

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.

"I hear new news every day, and those ordinary rumours of war, plagues, fires, inundations, thefts, murders, massacres, meteors, comets, spectrums, prodigies, apparitions, of towns taken, cities besieged, in France, Germany, Turkey, Persia, Poland, &c., daily musters and preparations, and suchlike, which these tempestuous times afford, battles fought, so many men slain ... shipwrecks, piracies, and sea-fights, peace, leagues, stratagems, and fresh alarms. A vast confusion of vows, wishes, actions, edicts, petitions, lawsuits, pleas, laws, proclamations, complaints, grievances, are daily brought to our ears. New books every day ... whole catalogues of volumes of all sorts, new paradoxes, opinions, schisms, heresies, controversies in philosophy, religion, &c. Now come tidings of weddings, maskings, mummeries, entertainments, jubilees, tilts and tournaments, trophies, triumphs, revels, sports, plays: then again, as in a new shifted scene, treasons, cheating tricks, robberies, enormous villainies of all kinds, funerals, burials, deaths of Princes, new discoveries, expeditions; now comical then tragic matters. Today we hear of new Lords and officers created, to-morrow of some great men deposed, and then again of fresh honours conferred; one is let loose, another imprisoned, one purchaseth, another breaketh; he thrives, his neighbour turns bankrupt; now plenty, then again dearth and famine; one runs, another rides, wrangles, laughs, weeps, &c."

Richard Burton, The anatomy of melancholy

1 minute ago, alex8912 said:

Don’t forget Hong Kong and Japan DO NOT use stamps for entering and exiting anymore. I was in both places a week ago. Just the small piece of throwaway paper.  

Australia & New Zealand also

9 minutes ago, scorecard said:

I saw something about that, but I'm not clear if only meant other passport holders have to self isolate for 14 days, and not applicable to Australian passport holders? Did you hear anything about this point?  Also I wonder how this ties into rule already in place that folks from China, ital, Iran, ?? are totally banned from entering Australia until further notice.  

The headlines are misleading; they say "all arrivals" but the body of the article says "all visitors" https://www.smh.com.au/national/pm-introduces-strict-travel-restrictions-for-all-arrivals-20200315-p54a8q.html

Other articles say it's "all arrivals", nothing about "all visitors" - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-15/coronavirus-covid19-self-isolation-announced-for-australia/12057772

1 minute ago, 86Tiger said:

I have opposite experience.  Every deposit has been visible no later than 3pm Thai time next day in my BKK account.

I've sent three transfers from my Australian bank in the past two weeks, using the Apple Pay integration. The funds transfer was instantaneous (literally) in each case - TW advised it would be. I logged straight onto my Thai bank account (Krungsri) and the funds were there

6 minutes ago, saengd said:

Pattaya doesn't rely solely on foreign tourists, Bangkokians make up a large part of their tourist base, especially at weekends.

It's called slumming

1 minute ago, ifmu said:

heck stay where u are ... besides the virus  thailand is covered in smoke from people burning .. i am inside with ac on and eyes burn i cough .. i cant see more than 1.4 miles .. 

the aqi is unknown ... so please reconsider visiting for now 

How far can you usually see when you're inside?

Just announced - Everyone entering New Zealand from tomorrow (including citizens) must self-isolate for 14 days - https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12316692

2 minutes ago, Sujo said:

Dutton should send himself to christmas island and see just how much he enjoys it.

Christmas Island is only for dirty diseased non-white people

1 minute ago, justin case said:

so foreigners arriving with cash has no option to exchange to the CLEAN baht (lol) soon

Money laundering is illegal in Thailand

1 minute ago, scorecard said:

The lady also mentioned that CL has real-time links with immigration records and your travel is on a file and if you break the guidelines it's automatically flagged to CL for action, most of which is automatic.

Absolutely true

5 minutes ago, andy72 said:

I find it truly bizarre that no country has put in special exemption status as of yet 

What is "special exemption status"?

2 minutes ago, Orac said:

Actually the UK advice has just changed and instruction now is to stay home for 7 days if you show symptoms of the virus.

The latest thinking is that 80% of cases show up in the first 7 days and a significant proportion of the remaining 20% in the first 10 days

1 minute ago, KhunBENQ said:

To/from/within Europe routes are served with near or totally empty planes to full-fill some "80/20 rule". The rule says an airline must serve 80% of it's schedule or loose their assigned airport slots which would be terrible.

Better?

This rule was suspended earlier in the week

5 minutes ago, ColeBOzbourne said:

Well, my mother always told me, 'don't eat with food in your mouth and don't talk with your mouth open.'

 

As for the soap, it seems to me the main reason for washing isn't to kill the virus but to get them off of your hands all together and down the drain. I saw information once that the most important aspect of hand washing was friction. Rubbing your hands together. That's why surgeons scrub with a brush. Soap, hot water and plenty of friction to remove microbes and kick them to the curb, that's my plan.

It's also why drying your hands with a paper towel is more effective than using those warm air dryers that are popular in public lavatories

2 minutes ago, Dellboy218 said:

Carney reducing the Bank of England interest rates back to 0.25% hasn't helped any. 

Carney has only a few more days to go until he steps down

Just now, StevieAus said:

If you are referring to Professor Peter Piot he was one of the team that discovered Ebola.

In the interview with Sky News that I read he stated that the Corona Vrus is respiratory and that a lot of the infection is in the throat.

If this is the case I would find it quite believable depending on how close you are to the the person to whom you are talking that it could be transmitted.

We do after all expel air when talking some more than others.

It's exactly why the Italians first said that restaurants and coffee shops could open provided people were further apart than 1 metre

3 minutes ago, owl sees all said:

I think it will not be long before God (not sure which one), will step in and render the CORVIC-19 defenceless.