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These have been in China for over two years at least. You scan your face,/eyes and attach it to your wechat  account or bank card, put in a passnumber, as well as attaching a store card if they have one. From then on you simply scan your items , type in your number, stand in front while it  scans your face. and you pay automatically. simple and useful, especially  if there is a queue or you do not have your phone or card with you.

Nothing to do with face masks.

8 hours ago, Mama Noodle said:

 

How does allowing non-Thai people married to a local with a family to return and quarantine just like the Thais are (and pay for it themselves) increasing the risk of spreading anything? 

 

They would be in quarantine. 

anyone who calls it the wuflu is a bigot and a moron, do not waste your time arguing with him,

looks nothing like bacon, he is confusing ham with bacon. terrible crime.

they do not necessarily need native english speakers especially as many australian/americans have no idea how to pronounce English. What they do need is someone who can speak english though and many foreign students understand English better from a person with  own accent. This lady seems to mangle Both, 

you are stil married in the UK. if you wish to get a UK spouse visa  or get a free schengen visa (till 31.12.2020 at least)then you will have to go through a number of hops. for the schengen visa you will need a translated and notarised copy of your marriage certificate. For uk you need that as well as the income requirement, the nhs fee and a certificate fromthe local authority where you will bw living to affirm that the premises are suitable aaand not overcrowded. if you are renting you need permission form your landlord.she will have to take an interview with the consulate or the visa centre and he english language ability tested.

if someone was confident then surely they would not use the word may. 

Cambodia has done more tests a million than India and Nigeria etc. 723.  The number of deaths attributed to Covid19 has been exagerrated and evidence shows that lockdown causes more deaths throough creating unemployment, poverty and hypertension.

It may mitigate the no of deaths caused by Covid19 but the cure is worse than the disease.

Leaver

The chinese Doctor Li Wenliang and the other 6 doctors strangely never mentioned were not whistleblowers. Firstly they were discussing in a private medical chat room, though he did release patient data (not actually his patient either as he was an opthamologist) and someone took a screenshot of their chat. However as the news had been told to the public and the hospitals and medical clinics already been notified i fail to see how he and his colleagues were whistleblowers. Neverthless you have a point about Thailand whereas in other countries  different medical staff and statisticians have blown the lid on their own government's incompetence and deceit over the figures this has yet to happen in Thailand . Instead they have been trumpeting about their own whilst denigrating other countries.

Walter
here are the charts, a simple search in Google found them
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-testing-covid-19-tests-per-capita-chart-us-behind-2020-3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_testing#Testing_statistics_by_country
for walter,
to be honest most statistics on this are unreliable. 
In the UK all respitarory  illnesses are classified as Covid-19. 
In the USA John Hopkins university has severly criticised Government figures,
in Germany their statisticians have also criticised their figures. Few actually follow WHO
guidelines for classification, hence China's massive increase some time back when they applied the new
rules.
As for Thailand  it only tested 17829 people or 257 per million
only 14 countries in the chart tested fewer per million. Also this does not include in the count the
number of tourists. Thai medical news in article before China changed its figures
complained of that country under representing the figures precisley because they had not tested more people.
https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/reasons-for-china’s-unreliable-death-and-infected-statistics--finally-revealed-insufficient-test-kits,-also-cambodia-reports-first-case
As the Phuket news reports the government officials have been caught out lying  (albeit over one case).
One also only has to look at a recent post here where it was noted there were no cases in Pattaya. Yet it has since been discovered
that there was, they just had not been tested.  Two days ago we had another case of a Frenchman and his girlfirend testing positive.
With such low testing one cannot rely on the official figures.
People should look to statistics from other countries, the infection rates and mortality rates are consistent when one use the
mulBsta score. (https://www.mdcalc.com/mulbsta-score  for those interested in knowing what it is)

if the virus cannot travel through water then explain how sars was spread through fecal plume when flushing a toilet. True , toilet water isi not chlorinated. Remember the virus is spread through the expelling of particulates from an infected person, why masks are good for an infected person but useless for non infected people unless one uses as special virus mask. the problem is likely to be outside the pool as people have said, However unless you are vunerable, a smoker, have heart condition, shortness of breath etc Covid 19 is not that deadly. (ranging form 0.1% in parts of China to 10% in Italy) mortality rates are highest only for those with poor immunity and the really old(hence Italy) . If one follows sensible hygiene rules and keeps social distance then there wold be no problem. As for pools as Doctors state it is not likely to be a problem , however there would be no point in chlorinating the water if you then share a towel after to dry yourselves.

if you are not already registered on government gateway, they send you a letter toa british address with login details. As for being in the Uk and thailand.  You are entitled to the increase in pension when you are in the UK. thus  if you stay a week or longer you are entitled to the current pension amount for that period.  If you were in the Philippines as they have a reciprocal arrangement (unlike thailand) then you would get full increase in the pension.

Of the  13,522 confirmed cases In Hubei   there have been 414 deaths, 1567 serious cases and 576 are critical.  According to Doctors it is more infectious than Sars (one patient infecting another 6) but the mortality rate is less. Most of the patients who are serious or have died were already suffering from serious bronchial disorders or  some other serious problem.  Not surprising given the number of heavy  smokers there. Wuhan has commandeered hotels and opened the exhibition centre for people  getting treatment. They have ordered isolation of potential cases and all travel has been stopped in Wuhan. I left the day before the ban, although the walkthrough i had to do In Bangkok was pathetic. The idea that you get it by being next to a chinese is plainly fatuous. China is a huge country, it is as silly as saying that if someone comes  from California that is infected  then you can get it form people coming form New York.  The huge problem was that it occurred at Chinese new year or just before when people were already leaving (some maybe from the rumours spread by irresponsible Doctors in Wuhan) making the problem  extra difficult.Many of the residents of Wuhan actually come from other parts of China and return home  for the new year, hence the small spread in other regions. see https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/

data protection laws are not the same throughout Europe although there is a minimum EU requirement.   I fail to see why the embassy or consulate cannot provide a letter certifying that a persons p60 or P60's is genuine and should be taken as proof of income. This wiill get around the Data Protection requirement, It is not true that government departments cannot access other departments when they have permission from the individual, Inland revenue do this anyway and  it should not be hard for the revenue to send proof to the embassy on request so that they can verify. a fee may have to be charged but it is a simple admin change.

the prices will also drive the Chinese away, One thing that the Chinese love is value for money. Thailand offers nothing that Cambodia, Vietnam, South Korea and other SE asians do not also have to offer but cheaper.

Firstly thanks for all the informative comments, though the idea that at 71 you are past it seems a bit off. I have done more travelling around the world since i was 65 than any time in my student days,

well i should have stated that i am british and live in the UK, although i have lived in China Something an elite . I have no health problems and am still waiting for any signs of ill health or the problems supposedly associated with aging. The idea of a two year visa makes sense as i am in a relationship with a Thai. though i will wish to live with her first before any marriage.  Divorce is really expensive for the man especially if it is done in Britain where the woman can take half your assets including a pension. i do not drink much just an occasional drin now and then or a glass at dinner. Being retired i do not have anything pressing to do all day and can easily read books etc whilst waiting at offices for any processing. I have never been in Hospital since i was born and rarely go to the doctor except for my flu jab and check up once a year. i go to the gym regularly and although i think i look old others include strangers put my age around 50 which i think is silly. Still i suppose it makes up for envying all my mates who looked older  than me when i was at school. My brain is still active and my curiousity unabated. Maybe the result of twn years of higher education. I accept that i may need health insurance but wonder if the cost of £7-8000 a year is actually worth it when the NHS is free and i still would have residence in the UK, which i would not legally have if i had a retirement visa.  An Elite visa gives a free health check up i understand so any problems indicated meant i could return to the uK where two of my children live. i will investigate the two year visa though from what ir read  it would mean getting a police check, health certificate tec etc.

people are right that more information is needed.  what nationality. if European then there are plenty of places in Europe with sun and sand  that one can live on that money. If he is from the UK he has the benefit of having his pension increased each year , something which willnot happen if he moves to thailand as his pension will be frozen. People also need to know what health he is in, being &) does not mean you are any more decrepit  than someone 30 years younger.  Lifestyle matters as well. does he drink, go with bar ladies. if so  then forget it.  THe philippines are also an option. If American then consider Belize.

I am 71 and moving to Thailand. My problem is do i buy an elite visa or get a retirement visa. If mandatory medical insurance is required then the costs of a retirement visa increase dramatically. my pensions and assets  qualify for the retirement amount  . I understand that some offices do not accept the monthly income requirement and insist on you  having 800000 in a Thai bank especially if your consulate will not verify your pension income. You also have to leave half in i understand.

I assume you paid commision to the coaches, offered a discount to them and had a wechat account so you could accept money via the phone otherwise it would be no wonder they never went there.