Scott Tracy

I thought all borders were secured some time ago. Seems not to be the case.

Superstitious claptrap. The wife's bought some but declined the free Sinovac vaccine. Studies astronomy and gambles on dreams. Contrarian to the core.

For goodness sake. Spread the problem around the country.

I wonder if trains are disinfected after each journey. Pity the train staff. And the people who come into contact with the patients/passengers.

9 hours ago, webfact said:

He said that 20-30% of the people at Bang Sue were from the provinces and he suspected that some had organised chartered transport.

<deleted>. Bangkok is deep red. No one in or out, unless out by chartered train, to spread the disease.

How about the workers from the provinces who stayed in BKK? Has he verified his assertion with evidence, if so, where?

Arrogance of the man.

Standard practise here.

17 hours ago, johng said:

Not the first by the look of the damage to the concrete  I wonder if there is a height sign attached to that overpass ?

easy to forget how high the load is. Especially when it's loaded that high. A height limit sign on!y works for those who know how high their vehicle is loaded and who actually remember...

seen so many videos of vehicles taller than the gap between road and bridge...

I recall seeing a sign somewhere, that said, if you cannot get under this sign, you cannot get under this next bridge. It also had an escape road off to one side, so overheight vehicles were detoured. Good idea. 

It's ok. We foreigners don't matter...yet. Until we start clogging up the Thai hospital systems with being seriously ill. Or perhaps clogging up the temples and back gardens waiting to be cremated.

3 hours ago, Paul Henry said:

It appears the rest of the world is treating Thailand like a third world country and worst still the Thai Government is accepting all the handouts highlighting that the current regime does not have a clue on how to manage the current pandemic.

It IS a third world country. The government is the government of a third world country. Donations, more donations. Hands out for donations. Major countries are deluding themselves. Idiocy is reigning. 

Why is the Swiss minister travelling to a country that has a high incidence of the disease? Ah, a ceremony will take place while he is here. Fully vaccinated and coddled. 

I despair of western governments sometimes.

5 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

I have always wondered why the media doesn't  broadcast the protests live in Bangkok.. It is important for the people to see and hear what really is going on. The country is on fire and we see on the Tv only stupid funny shows.

The country is not on fire. Look around you. Where are the revolutionaries? There are none. A few 10,000s of people, in total, protesting, if that. The majority don't care, or if they do, they have more important things to worry about. Like Bangkok shipping people 'home', who are sick with Covid, so that the provinces spread it and Bangkok can say, we are clear now.

5 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Keep pushing the people backwards, not allowing them to speak freely, and the country will one day be on fire with a movement to remove this government.   You can not keep the people locked in a corner. 

Really? 1918 was the Russian Revolution,  China, 1949. Many others where the so called Revoltutionary governments are suppressing free speech, others where Royal families jail their own family members.

it's a crime to revolt again the revolutionary government, a revolution that happened decades ago. It's anti revolutionary, despite being exactly what happens when the revolutionaries take power. 

Name me one government my that has fallen recently due to press freedom issues. Control the press, control the people. Have only the opinions the government permits. Thailand, as a country, will never rebel against the current government. It is supported at the highest levels of Thai society.

6 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

until the government understands and realises that its attempt to restrict free expression may, finally, lead to its own downfall,

And that has happened where? China, Myanmar, North Korea, Russia, Hungary? Name one country where the government's downfall has been directly attributed to so called 'press freedom '...

3 hours ago, vandeventer said:

Maybe they are waiting for the FDA to approve just one vaccine.

Approved...? What does that Even mean? Of course they are approved. Otherwise they would not be being used. 

On 7/27/2021 at 9:36 PM, Antonymous said:

This suggests vaccine-induced herd immunity is impossible, as these injections apparently cannot prevent COVID-19 even if 100% of a given population gets them.

This has been stated so many times. Nothing prevents infections, not even having had the infection before. The symptoms are reduced significantly. I guess it's understanding the what immunity, in this context, actually means.

4 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Good to see the U.S. doing right by Thailand.

How about Thailand doing right by Thailand?

Do they really need donations, or are the Thai government abrogating their responsibility? I'm certain there are countries more deserving and needy than Thailand, those that do not have domestic vaccine production facilities, for example...

Everyone? Even expats...?

20 hours ago, Johnny Mac said:

What would have you done in wartime if you were called up, if you're scared of this? 

Edited 20 hours ago by Johnny Mac

Oh Canada.....

3 hours ago, HappyinNE said:

Reduce the incident in Bangkok by shipping it to the Provinces.  Unbelievable!  Is there any limit to the stupidity of this government?

It allows them to say, no more walk in clinics needed, we fixed the issue by shipping it all across the country. 

I wonder how long the virus lasts on hazmat suits, how well it moves from those suits to those in vaccinated people in close proximity.

Ah, that's cos all the infected have 'gone home' to the provinces. No more people need vaccinating. All done, move on, nothing to see.

of all the stupid ideas, this ranks among the highest.

On 7/26/2021 at 3:25 PM, JWRC said:

Did you feel better after pushing the trolley away?

I would too. There's a time and place...

Is this like TAT and it's tourist numbers?

'Vaccines work because of a remarkable property of the human immune system: Once infected with a particular pathogen, your antibodies get to work. “’Memory’ cells develop when you get sick with a new virus so you don’t get the viral infection again,” said Van G. Wilson, PhD, associate dean for research and graduate studies and professor of microbial pathogenesis and immunology at the Texas A&M College of Medicine. “The second infection is dealt with quickly, before you even feel sick.”'

The disease still exists, you get the disease, and it is killed off before you get sick. That's an enhanced immune system.

1 hour ago, redwood1 said:

Where as those who do not want a vax seem fine with those that have had one even though they might not want one themself...

Really? Have you read and heard what some of the American Republican Party are saying? Some of the news 'hosts'? An ex nurse in the UK has equated doctors and  nurses with Nazis. 

5 hours ago, 1FinickyOne said:

If you wait long enough and everyone else gets the vaccine, then you won't need it... 

 

of course, you will be over 70 by then.

Or dead...