Sticky Wicket

7 minutes ago, Forethat said:

Where do you get the data from? WHO?

 

various sources on twitter. It was updated about 20 mins ago

11 minutes ago, petedk said:

Just spoke t my girlfriend about this, to which she replied, "Thailand has it under full control. No new outbreaks for two days."

 

Why on earth have they stopped releasing official figures?

I think I read yesterday that they aren't updating the info until about 7/8th February!

- 9,171 confirmed #coronavirus cases worldwide

- 12,167 suspected cases

- 213 deaths

- 1,476 in serious/critical condition

- 150 treated and released

- all regions of #China reporting cases

- 23 territories reporting cases

Cruise ship quarantined with six thousand stuck on board over coronavirus fears

PASSENGERS on a cruise ship carrying two suspected coronavirus patients have been have been banned from disembarking at an Italian port.

12 minutes ago, Hooliganzone said:

Same I hope so too!!!

Why?

It's simple economics of supply and demand!

If people aren't prepared then they have to accept a higher price when they need one

I have also given 50 away free to friends etc

23 hours ago, Logosone said:

Where I live, Nong Han in Chiang Mai, there is a horrendous dog problem. An elderly neighbour next door has 5 dogs. Virtually every Thai house on the street has four or more dogs. Most of them do not have a fence and do not put the dog on a chain. The net result is that you have dogs coming at you when you walk the street, often in packs of 5 or more. Not to mention the dogs tearing open rubbish bags and urinating all over the bin, fence, everywhere.

 

I only go for walks carrying a big stick. But thanks to reading the above article I will now get gun that fires blanks on Lazada, as it appears the noise is more effective than any stick. Also ordered Spyderco knife just in case. The situation is that bad here.

How about moving? Sounds like a miserable existence, especially with the air problems in CM too

18 minutes ago, balo said:

Ask Prayut, he is 100% sure about everything. 

 

As such a super being, I'm surprised it's not 110%

16 hours ago, Traubert said:

Considering there's only been 15 cases in Thailand and 5 of them recovered and went home, yes.

 

They're just keeping in step with reality and not panicking. It's sort of important in these situations.

Pearls of wisdom from the Wuhan travel agent

1 hour ago, Beggar said:

Many of the sold face mask will not protect against the virus. Here a lot of information work needs to be done and shops should be stopped to sell such useless masks. 

All masks serve some kind of purpose, why should shops stop selling them?

It's up to the individual to make purchases using information at their disposal.

I could understand your point if shops were advertising certain masks as some kind of panacea, but I've not seen that yet

2 hours ago, kwak250 said:

Might watch "28 days later " movie tonight.

watch contagion, it's pretty much what is happening now!

7 hours ago, shy coconut said:

Deary me, if you are so superior and paranoid, perhaps you should learn the Thai word

for disenfectant instead of making yourself look a numpty repeating a word to a guy

whose job is to check that you are allowed to enter the country.

 

Did you have some kind of drone or CCTV to be able to see into all of the booths

from behind the lines?

But but but, the ultimate apologist is out in force

52 minutes ago, visarunner said:

the screening is useless as patients can carry and spread virus in the incubation period, which is 14 days. Close the borders for Chinese. Mask are useless too. 

How can you say the masks are useless??

If nothing else, they stop you from touching your nose and mouth.

The average person touches their face 4/5 times per minute.

You can argue forever about the size of the virus and how it can bypass the filters but they can be helpful in preventing the spread of the virus

Their generosity is only matched by their charm and good looks

10 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Yes, it does to limit the ability to pluck.

reminds of the plucking song in this funny kid's tv sketch from the 80s!

I did that in the Hard Rock hotel in Pattaya.

Luckily there was a big jacuzzi in the bathroom and I soaked in there for an hour or so.

A bit sore but no need to make a song and dance over it!

Why on earth did he feel the need to call an 'ambulance'?

6 minutes ago, rwill said:

Plus he shot more people than just the ones that died.

 

It is great he was caught.  Now the big question is like other things that happen here will the story just quietly go away.

Hopefully there will be real justice.  This is an evil person no matter what.

The way he shot those two customers at the gold stand on the cctv is enough to show he is a complete danger to society. Should never ever allowed to be in the public domain again

3 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

The world communities were concerned enough to commit to the Kyoto Protocol in 2008 in which 37 countries have binding targets to reduce greenhouse gas emission. 

I must admit there are some great lobbyists around the world!

13 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

From what you say, UN which provide the Framework for the Paris Agreement was party to the scam. Mighty strong accusation or you just mesmerized by Trump’s idiosyncratic crazy ideas.  

Yeh the UN are part of the scam, is that a strong enough accusation?

6 minutes ago, giddyup said:

If the other two people were shot in cold blood, and I think they were, then you can assume that because the child was killed as part of his rampage, he was also killed in cold blood. He was indiscriminate, he didn't care who he shot.

Yeh I agree, the only difference was that he didn't aim for the kid. 

It was just a note, I wasn't trying to absolve him one iota of his heinous crime

1 minute ago, giddyup said:

3 dead, all richochet?

I didn't say that, I was just noting that he didn't kill the kid in cold blood.