RobMuir

1 hour ago, wensiensheng said:

My money is more on the fact that the Thai’s aren’t testing enough to find what’s there.

If people show symptoms or have had contact with the infected they are tested.

Or are you saying that random people showing no symptoms should line up and get tested? 

Have you been tested? If not, why not?

1 hour ago, Skeptic7 said:

GETTING frustrated?!? They've BEEN frustrated. Those not permanently shuttered, that is. 

Yes, with the Pattaya whorehouses closed down there are hundreds of thousands of lonely men around the world who rely on paying for sex that have been very frustrated. Tissues and toilet paper was stripped from the shelves.

There are also thousands of bargirls who had grown used to receiving a good seeing to several times a day that are also very frustrated. 

The tension rises everyday.

1 minute ago, anchadian said:

A few days ago it was projected that Phuket would see around 3m tourists this year and today Kasikorn Research states a possible 1.2m this year.

 

I wish they'd make up their mind.

 

The Phuket sandbox campaign, which kicks off on July 1, could bring in up to 1.2 million foreign tourists until the year-end, according to a recent prediction by Kasikorn Research Centre

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40001911

It is projection. 

People's projections differ. 

I project the Bombers will win the flag this year.

48 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

That is why Thailand needs to be very careful especially in quarantine facilities, bubble and seal worker camps and of course with the South African variant they have already found down south where the villages there are still locked down.

Thanks for sharing that knowledge Brian. 

But shouldn't nearly a countries be doing that or is Thailand different in some way?

37 minutes ago, webfact said:

The news comes as the Delta (Indian) variant of COVID-19 has spread to 11 provinces in Thailand, with 348 people found to be infected to date

Less than 9% of cases.

The English variant still making up 88% of detected cases and killing hundreds of Thais.

I wonder if you can be infected with both variants simultaneously?

8 minutes ago, RotBenz8888 said:

 

And the (Thai) variant corresponds to which Greek letter? 

I think they have given the Thai strain an Egyptian hieroglyphic instead of the Greek alphabet as a nod to its origin.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Alpha (UK) variant (88.48%) and 348 Delta cases (8.32%).

 

This UK variant which is currently 10 times worse in Thailand and now sadly killed over one thousand Thais, spread a lot quicker.

The Thais, for whatever reason, be it genetics or diet or something else proved themselves to be very resistant to the Wuhan variant.

The English variant has ripped through many countries killing hundreds of thousands. 

I am hoping the Thais are also fairly resistant to the Indian variant also. It is looking fairly positive with the cases in the hundreds or thousands, and not tens of hundreds of thousands and only a handful of deaths.

The overall numbers are bad in India currently but proportionally if you take population size into consideration the British strain is many, many times worse.

The Indian strain now spreading rapidly through England, who seem hell bent on sticking to their planned reopening dates and ignoring the medical advice, and who have a large percentage of people already vaccinated, I am fearful of a new British-Indian double mutant vaccine resistant strain developing there which will put the world back to where we were early last year.

It will devastate millions of businesses that managed to save, scrimp and battle through the last 18 months, could kill millions more people and go on for years to come.

I bring back car parts into Thailand everytime I return and also often get friends to being me car parts.

Never been an issue.

Due to covid I had to send some over by registered post and i was made to pay.

I have a mate who brought his whole Harley Davidson over in pieces over multiple plane trips and he also had no issues.

2 hours ago, petermik said:

If you cannot go out and enjoy a drink in the evening what`s the point of opening up the place to tourists?

Muslims seem to cope alright.

I like a beer or 20 but I also like lazing around in 5 star resorts. The resort's will be selling booze for you to "enjoy" a drink.

Last thing Phuket needs is whoreds of mongers and irresponsible hookers all swapping bodily fluids and covid. Remember this current English strain that is causing us nearly all the problems now came in to Thailand with those partying government officials. 

Some people after a few beers simply can't control themselves when they see a hot piece of a$$ selling themselves.

So they are designing the rules to keep them out and welcome the families and couples who are generally much better behaved and won't cause much trouble.

Very sensible move. 

3 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Here we go, it was only 6% a few days ago up to 8.32% now, worrying indeed.

 

I think the 88.48% of the UK Alpha British B117 Kent highly contagious English strain is more of a worry to me to be honest.

It has caused 90%+ of the deaths in Thailand.

Things would be very different in Thailand without it.

Take care mate.

2 hours ago, anchadian said:

I wonder what site these young foreigners used to register?  

 

Vaccinations at the Bangkok Bank Football Association today in #Bangkok. Many of those getting inoculated there are foreign factory workers in the area. #COVID19

 

 

https://twitter.com/KhaosodEnglish/status/1402928696848109569

 

I wouldn't mind some Lot 430

43 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Really ? so why are they still killing 100,000 of each other every 4 years  ? I guess by your logic roads have gone up about the same as the driver IQ has gone down.

Listen pal, this thread is clearly about covid as our trainee m.......r @faraday has already pointed out. 

the two are completely unrelated.

Your gripes are for another thread. I suggest you take some time out and use that time to read the rules that you agreed to when you you signed up here.

11 minutes ago, faraday said:

A Bentley is a Rolls Royce, owned by the joimans.

Jaguar by Tata.

 

Anyway, your post & my reply to it are both off topic.

 

Please Robert, do try to adhere to forum rules.

Well I was replying to Richard who posted about the car crashes.

I was torn between ignoring him  or going off topic but decided it would have been impolite not to respond.

But thanks for the advice you will make a good m.........r one day.

Take care 

Robbie

11 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

I'll not bother waiting for an apology..........

I am so sorry Brian. 

12 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

I'll wait for a reply

Thanks for waiting Brian.

I think you had better reread my post.

2 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Phuket they have only just started vaccinating the over 60's this week

That is right Brian.

Here is a friend of mine getting her vaccination in Phuket on May 19 as you can see by the photo.

She is in her 50s.

She has already had her second dose.

Thanks for the info mate.

45 minutes ago, Petey11 said:

What about the Thai strain, the Thai authorities objected to it been called that, saying it came from Egypt. It's where it was discovered by sequencing, in Thailand. The Kent strain was discovered in Kent, could have originated anywhere, possibly Europe. 

No they back traced the Kent strain which proved it originated in the UK.

The Thai strain was proven to come from Egypt.

I will stick with the facts.

Where are you from Pete?

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

Yes, mate well done Thailand - now they just have to worry about the 1000% more road deaths than the UK each year. 100,000 die in the UK in a once in a lifetime pandemic , whilst the same number die in thailand every 4 years through stupidity !

Well Dick, I think there is a little more to it than just "stupidity".

82% of Thai road deaths are on motorbikes which are way more common due to the differences in income/wealth and weather. Have a smash in your car, your car gets wrecked, have it on a motorbike and you get wrecked.

I think that is why you find the big difference.

I am not sure why English car manufacturers such as RR, Bentley, Jaguar etc produce cars that can go 250 kmh for public roads. 

That is stupidity IMO. Can you explain that? It baffles me.

Anyway, things have vastly improved on the roads since I first came here in the 1970s. Road conditions, vehicle safety features, better helmets etc.

I wish them all the best with their continued development.

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

Try harder, you only managed to add the reference to the UK 3 times and British once. You can do much better than that give it a go!!

What do you want me and billions of others to call the Kent UK strain?

The Spanish flu?

It is what it is. Burying your head in the sand won't help. I see you don't object to the Indian strain, so I don't think you are from India, or the South African or Brazilian strain, but only the British strain being talked about. 

Let me guess.

Anyway it is the English strain as the Thais call it, that is causing all the deaths here.

How does that make you feel?

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I can guess where you are from. Poor attempt at a deflection mate.