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..... at least there was no dye or mace in the spray.

Sad. R.I.P.

Just 32 - too young to go.

A similar event at Lam Chabang recently.

Avoidable? Seems they need systems where elevated containers  cannot cross where people are below - hopefully they can work that out.

Good luck to them, but it seems like a massive debt, and they have limited earning capacity for the foreseeable future.

Well, if the two companys are applying for registration, then what possible reasons could the government have for denying them?

1. Well, Dr. Opas has "promised a committee would be set up to investigate" - so let's wait and see what the committee finds ... (hahaha).

2. Seems like there's a clash between the definitions of "VIPs" (rather vague and general) and "commissioned officers" (rather specific).

3. Claiming it's a "misunderstanding" is common here - but so often: it's not clarified exactly what the actual misunderstanding is - it's just thrown up as a cover-all cure-all.

4. What a disgrace if it transpires there was monkey business so early in the vax roll-out ...

18 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

Of course coronaviruses  in bats -- this or any other one --  are not normally directly transmittable to humans. This is a known. Which is why tracing the origins of COVID-129 is a complex undertaking. Somehow, a coronavirus normally present in bats jumped species - maybe once (bat --->human) or twice or even more times (i..e. one or more intermediate host). There will almost surely have been one or more mutations needed to make that jump. This is what investigators are seeking to understand. There will also have had to be close contact between humans and the bats or intermediate hosts.

 

It is a fact that so far the bat coronavirus strains most similar to COVID-19 have been isolated in horseshoe bats in SE Asia. There is wildlife trade between SE Asia and China. These are simple facts.

 

Which country the original bat virus strain was in  in itself is actually of no particular importance. What is important is how it jumped into humans. Defensiveness/nationalism is not helpful to that endeavor.

 

And it is very important to learn this because there are many, many more corona and other viruses where this one came from.

 

Also very important to clamp down on wildlife trade for the same reason.

 

In my lifetime alone we have seen the emergence of: HIV, Ebola, Marsburg, SARS, MERS and now COVID. All the result of viruses in animals crossing over to humans. There will be more.

Indeed, and well said.

Our health is at risk whilst:

1. Wildlife markets are important parts of the economys of some places, and

2. Researchers, Ph. D. students, and the like, continue (unfettered, it seems) to stomp around in caves, etc., looking for subjects to base studies - in their eternal quest to get published.

I believe this country has about 480,000 "stateless" persons - which is about half of the "non-Thai" number.

Just thinking out loud: with vaccines being in short supply, shouldn't they first test proposed recipients to see if the person already has antibodies - and only give the vax to those not presently having antibodies? (assuming antibody tests are not in short supply)

1. Kicks like that to the head could break a neck, or kill you. Glad the victim seems OK.

2. I thought businesses here closed at 11 or 12, so why is there anyone hanging about at 2 am - there seems to be more going on in this town than I am aware of.

3. Would be interested to learn what was the actual conversation that sparked the incident, and a full list of the driver's explanations and reasons - we all need to learn what are the tipping points here.

Pro Tip: Always carry some of those sticky traps with you. My best catch was over a hundred (including counting the young ones) in a 24-hour period - from a B1,000/night hotel in Bangkok - name withheld!

Going on for eight years - yet I'd thought the PM had come in to end corruption.

Wonder who got the money - the "deceased's" next of kin (so they were in on the fraud), or if the "corrupt gang of staff" just kept it - so many details missing.

There must be something in the Thai psyche that craves, or sees a use for, these predictions.

As some have said: maybe it's just government departments justifying their budget allocations.

I suspect it's governments giving hope, to prevent a total and immediate collapse of large sections of the economy - worse than has occured thus far.

The virus, with vaxing or the passage of time, may soon die off, like short-lived SARS and MERS. OR it might hang around, and seriously impact all areas of life, for years (or decades) to come - just no way of telling, as I see it.

Just kicking the can ever further down the road.

I hope all this is reported in the Thai press - sooner or later Thais may start questioning the government's competence.

The stated reasons: "high price and uncertain delivery time" - sound like a cock-up looking restrospectively for an excuse - perhaps Thais will be satisfied with such explanations - but they carry little weight in the absence of a vax being otherwise readily available that is in fact cheaper and with better deliverability - the precise delivery time and price of the proposed locally made vax is, I presume, presently unknown.

Like waiting for the price of gold to come down ...

 

Surely, just because "there's no credible evidence showing it came from the lab" doesn't mean it didn't come from the lab - it just means there's no credible evidence either way?

What is certainly known is that Chinese authorities did hound, proscute and silence doctors who were trying to raise a warning.

7 hours ago, Tanoshi said:

Of course the agent could have advised you of the requirements for the following year, but that wouldn't be in his interest would it, rather 'see you next year'.

Noted ... and Well said!

On 2/9/2021 at 1:49 PM, Peter Denis said:

>> I have PM-ed you a comprehensive Guideline document on how to stay long-term in Thailand when over +50 years.  All

Thanks Peter - I'm digesting that info.

I don't mind paying for insurance - the premium can indeed be lower with the higher deductable (as you noted).

I don't even mind bringing in 800K - it just seems I'm too late - if I now understand correctly: Starting with an O-A, to get an extension for "a third year", you need the B800K in the bank at the begining of an O-A visa's ("second year") extension - not (as I'd presumed) in the last 2-3 months of the extension. (I'd thought that what the agent got me was no more than what I would have gotten had I just left and re-entered - i.e. the "second year" of an O-A visa.) Live and learn.

(I add that a visa run before my July final date, which could've reset everything, seems most unlikely.)

Well, I'll ask some agents for a suggestion - it's just that I fear that their fees will rise when they hear the anxiety in my voice.

Thanks again to everyone who put effort into the detailed replies.

Much appreciated.

(Jomtien is my residence and the local office for 90-day reports, etc.)