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Singapore was one of the first to say this. However, I think they ended up backtracking a bit because they got another spike in cases and lost their nerve. They were also cowered by the pushback they got and many other countries are now getting.

I am talking to people who are there right now and they are saying it is getting more and more busy daily. Restaurants more busy, hotels filling up etc. More and more people on the beaches. Not locals, pasty white foreigners with blond hair and blue eyes. It's still ultra low rainy season btw so the big numbers haven't even started yet.

Here is the deal. I know this type of thinking is not mainstream right now so I will get some pushback. Mark my words it will become mainstream. I am reading this from some medical experts (who are not quacks) too so it's not just me with some random opinion. The utopia of herd immunity that we were promised is clearly not going to happen. The new thinking is that we need to just start living with the virus. Protect the most vulnerable as much as you can, strongly encourage everyone else to get vaccinated, and just deal with the rest of the fallout as best as you can because it's not going away. Never ending on again/off again lockdowns and restrictions, which arguably aren't accomplishing much and causing more hardship, are NOT a long term solution.

Actually, the N95 industrial masks are the recommended ones, they also help filter out car exhaust particles (pm 2.5). The problem with the valve is that it does not protect people around you. It's only designed to protect you from incoming air. So the best mask to use is N95 with no valve even if it makes breathing in a little harder. I use the blue medical masks because they are easier to breath and more confortable but that is their problem. Air easily gets around the sides. The N95 is designed to seal around your face, which makes them less comfortable and harder to breath, but they force all air to go through the mask filter which is what you want.

The headline of this thread must be sending shivers down the doom mongers spines. They must absolutely hate the thought of the sandbox succeeding or any positive news at all coming out of Thailand. Naturally, they will just revert back to their usual "fake news" diatribe at the slightest hint of reduced covid numbers.

Lol...you found a thread from last year and the very last comment says it all. I am talking about the plethora of threads from years ago, when the tunnel was still being constructed. Absolutely filled with comments from doom mongers 100% certain it was going to constantly flood because their narrative always has and always will be that Thailand can't do anything right. How many of them admitted they were wrong in hindsight? Apparently just one. ????‍♂️ If any of those threads still exist anywhere I couldn't find them.

It doesn't. The chart shows a decrease of 35% for 60+, 23% for 50-60, but 40-50 and less than 40 showed no significant difference. So if anything, the study proves they are not that effective. I don't think anyone was saying they don't work at all. Just that they are not that effective. Especially against delta.

Glad you asked, next time you are down there open your eyes. Ta Daaaa, proof! Maybe someone else here can enlighten you further about what should be blatantly obvious to the casual observer.

This has been my experience pretty much every time I go see a doctor anywhere for any reason. They try sell you a bunch of drugs you don't need at rip off prices. That's how they make a lot of their money I guess. Best thing is to try turn the game around on them. Try get a list of the drugs they want to sell you and then make some excuse like you need to get some money out of a cash machine or whatever then head straight to the nearest green cross pharmacy. Usually it's just one or two drugs you need so just get those if you know which they are, otherwise you have to consult Dr. Google.

So you found a picture of a constuction site from several years ago? Cool story. ????

Cool story. How about a link.

Always entertaining watching the serial whiners here flop around like fish out of water. Trying to squeeze the last ounce of negativity from any situation even if it's old news now. I wish this website didn't remove that thread on the Sukhumvit tunnel all the perpetually wrong serial whiners where absolutely postitively sure was going to flood the first time it rained. That thread should have been pinned at the top of this forum to show what a bunch of idiots these people are.

I think a lot of these people are antisocial and want endless lockdowns because then everyone is a shut in with no social life, just like them. You also have some here who just want to whine about everything. Some of the same people who were whining about imposing lockdowns are probably now whine about lifting lockdowns.

I have never heard any complaints of outside noise from VT 2 I think that area is fairly safe from that. I do think it can be a bit of a problem with all the short term visitors using AirBnB, which is allowed there without restriction I believe, or maybe 1 month minimum? So it's kind of the luck of the draw what floor you are on and if there are lots of AirBnB flats on your floor and nearby. I wouldn't want to be too close to the elevator. Two pieces of advice I have heard from people who lived there. They seemed to think the side facing Pattaya is better because you don't get the sun blasting in and also a nicer evening breeze. Also, I was told that's it's best to be on or above the 6th floor because mosquitos won't go that high. Not sure how true that is. Another thing is that I think the rooms are bigger in VT2A compared to VT 5 across the street. Maybe VT2B too but not sure about that one.

Maybe they just want YOU and people like you to stay away.

Pattaya beaches are also opened as far as I know. I think they are also going to allow swimming pools in Pattaya to open with some restrictions.

....and all the expats I know firsthand that are telling me they are getting AZ and Pfizer jabs. I supposed the next thing these nuts will try tell us is that Bangkok-Pattaya Hospital is just giving out saline solution or something. They always have some crazy answer for their conspiracy theories.

If it is failed why am I getting reports from people actually there that it is starting to get quite busy? Clearly someone appears to be trying to spread mis-information. I think you should immediately check your sources which you are most likely pulling out of thin air anyways.

The AZ shot kicked my butt for a couple days, but I never felt a thing from the Pfizer shot about 12 week later. Does anyone know if Thailand accepts this as legit 2 jabs for arriving tourists? I am assuming they will since they are mixing jabs now, but I haven't read anything official anywhere.

I know lots people who have lived in 2A and some still living there. They all seemed to like it. 2B is not as popular. I think the main reason is because it's about 200m further walk to the main road. Even people who always use a scooter seem to prefer 2A because they still want to walk to nearby things or take the baht bus sometimes. I know 200m doesn't sound like a lot until you try do it in 40c with high humidity or in a monsoon downpour.

How's the horse dewormer treatment going?

Barely a drop in the bucket and it sounds like even those numbers and schedule are questionable.

You make a compelling argument. Maybe I should cancel my planned Phuket trip. The doom mongers here constantly cheerleading for failure to try feel better about their own station in life are never wrong.

That would be bars/discos. Still doesn't explain restaurants.

I don't get it either. Does anyone have a clue what the rationale is for this?