4 minutes ago, ourmanflint said:

There are thousands and thousands of empty hotel rooms in Bangkok, they can easily be used to provide isolation facilities for non-symptomatic covid+ patients. Let hospitals do their job and remove all those clogging up beds with no symptoms

Only if someone is willing to pay for them 

2 hours ago, smedly said:

seems the command centre are taking a 2000baht cut per test

800b is most likely a rapid antigen test not a PCR test. The cost of PCR testing has skyrocketed due to the demand and availability of the raw materials.

In Australia they were originally paying the labs $27 per test that has blown out to nearly $100 due to supply costs then there is the labor for the staff doing the swabs too. 

Is this Artifact 3 or 2.75 ?

It’s past the stage now where a short lockdown will have any reasonable benefits. There is only pain ahead now with either a prolonged lockdown or more sickness and death. There is no 3rd option. Either way the new 500 billion loan will not stretch the distance in either scenario. 
As usual it will be the average Thai that will needlessly suffer. 
it’s time for the Thai people to rise against the ineptitude of the ruling Junta as they are now truly going to pay with their lives. 

just out of curiosity. Did they use a laser to map your bite ?

9 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Prisoners are not in the community hence are not considered community transmissions. 3232-435=???????. Quite clear from the info graphic.

Quite clear from info graphic that total case numbers are 3667 subtract the prison numbers of 435 and you get 3232 community cases. 
back to school for you. 

3 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

2,797 community transmissions. Quite high official numbers. X10 and I think this would be a truer number. No testing then no asymtomatics found.

It’s 3232 community transmissions. 
quite clear from the info graphic 

9 hours ago, MasterBaker said:

how deaf driver could get a license?

Probably by taking a test like anybody else. 
why should deaf people not be able to drive? 

19 minutes ago, khunPer said:

Unfortunately another Covid-19 case on Samui today, and two on Phangan...

 

Any information? Locals or visitors? 

The exclusive Thai Covid cluster syndrome is growing. 

1 hour ago, nkg said:

Pretty good Thailand. France, the UK and Italy are currently averaging about 500,000 vaccines a day. If Thailand can manage those kind of numbers consistently, they will be well on the way to reopening.

 

When does 100k become nearly 500k ? 

1 hour ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Sorry if I seem to be pedantic but isn't the median age of death half way between the oldest and the youngest death?if the youngest is 1 year old and the oldest is 99 isn't the median age about 49?Where as the average is the sum of the all the ages of deaths divided by the number of deaths?As in if the youngest is 1 year old and the oldest is 99 and most of the rest is around 75 to 80 years old wouldn't the average be around 75 to 80 years old?

The median would be total of ages divided by number of individuals 

On 5/30/2021 at 3:56 AM, khunPer said:

"Electro box" is probably these fine transformers on the beach road in Chaweng, the photo is from before the took the hanging wires down – enjoy them here for a last time, they are good-old-days now – and painted a nice Samui-landscape on the "electro box"...

 

"Electro box" comes if different varieties, so you can always find one you prefers, and also in different sizes, which makes the sidewalk walks more amazing – wow, look at those good-old-time wires at left, we gotta miss them...

 

-especially during Covid-lockdown, as the street lights also disappeared together with the posts for the hanging wires – this night-time photo is from april 2021 – and be aware when heading home after a night in the town and wet after party, it's not the beach you are reaching, it's a landscaped "electro box"...????

Haha 

no street lights now either. I’m sure there are concrete plans afoot to replace them. ????

Hard to tell but looks like the big box has just been plonked down right in front of someone’s shop or business? Or maybe former shop or business ???? 

31 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

It's just been announced over our local village broadcast that in our Ampaa of Patiew there have been 6 cases detected and of those 3 have died.Yesterday on TallGuyJohn's province update said that Yasothon had only 1 case so something very fishy going on.I will be very interested what the number for Yasothon is today Provincial update is.

Is that report for 6 cases and 3 deaths in a single day or overall ? 

13 hours ago, aussiexpat said:

This seems too good to be true (for me to get back, not go there as a tourist)

I found a flight from Brisbane to Phuket in July for $761 (3 hr stop in Singapore) and 7 nights hotel can be <$400. Sure beats 15 nights ASQ prison for 60,000 baht ????

 

Here is how it all works

https://royalvacationdmc.com/phuket-sandbox/

Now all you need is an exemption to leave Australia. 

Just saw a report on SBS regarding new variant in Vietnam. Initial indications are that it is more highly transmissible than both the UK and Indian variants. 
Not good news 

Just now, Knobby37 said:

Can I assume masks are not the answer? 99.9% here wear masks, where are these huge numbers of infections coming from?

People taking off their masks when you are not looking. Like at home or work or when eating etc. They are only one line of defense but most of the masks being worn offer limited protection. Only properly fitted and leak tested N95 masks offer a high level of protection.