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  1. I always say that Covid-19 is like a mirror. It shows every country all its strenghts and weaknessess, it puts them in front of a mirror like in the Snow White tell and shows them their real face. Covid-wise, the situation is bad everywhere, there's almost no place on Earth to escape. In some places you will find death and poverty, in others they control the virus through a police-state... Covid pressures countries so much that it puts them on the edge. I imagine your concern is related also to the political situation in the coming months and years because the pressure on the goverment is expected to increase and nobody knows how this might end up. Doesn't look good to be honest so I get your feeling.
  2. The 1918 Flu had nothing to do with Spain. If at least it had started in Spain, but it didn't. It had nothing to do with Spain at all. It got that name because it happened during WWI and all countries were censoring the news about the flu; Spain was neutral so its media informed. And hence the name. Probably the most unfortunate and unfair nickname ever given.
  3. Uff....not good.... I feel so sad especially for the people in the villages.... Being so easy to influence with rumours, misinformation and panics they must be terrified at this moment. Poor people... I'm really starting to think that the EU and the US need to start paying serious attention to what is happening in SEA, sending vaccines, equipment, experts... They won't have a stable vaccines supply for some time and they don't have the luxury to go on full lockdowns for long periods so they really need help. This is a once-in-a-century situation and any help we send them could help to save many lifes.
  4. Thanks all for answering. I totally understand your points around venting, using the forum to complain about the daily frustrations and the culture gap, even more under the current situation... But with Thailand I always feel that the criticism goes beyond that point. In multiple ocassions it enters in a different territory. It's not complaning or criticizing, it's mocking, laughing, making fun of, not taking seriously, looking over the soulder even... I felt this in the past reading some famous spaniards living in Thailand, I feel it here and I've felt it while visiting Thailand. It's perhaps related to the fact that many "experts" on the country have had a large exposure to nightlife, gogobars and that stuff. I don't know, but there's something different about Thailand in this regard. You don't see this mindset on inmigrants in Angola, Colombia, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Mexico or Vietnam. Obviously, I am not saying that every inmigrant here has this mindset but it looks pretty common.
  5. In the time I have been using this forum I have seen many users laughing at Thailand, their processes, government, some behaviours, credibility... It's been kind of shocking because I assume many of those live there so I wonder why the hell would they live in a place they have such little respect for... So, is this a real pattern? Do you think this is common? Maybe more among some specific groups of foreigners living in Thailand?
  6. Well....if they have zero prestige and credibility how then AZ decided to create a factory in TH and move there part of the production? That means that at least they have some credibility that they might lose. Probably more than Russia btw
  7. Not surprised seeing images like this yesterday. I really want to understand and empathize with Thailand's vaccination program but I really can't. These images are difficult to process.
  8. One of the golden rules of good management: Don't try to fix a mistake with another mistake. This decision could have a very negative impact on Thailand's international credibility and prestige with long-term consequences.
  9. I was referring to cases (4998) vs deaths (355) today. It's true that looking at the total cases and deaths the percentaje is lower.
  10. Myammar around 8% fatality rate...That's horrendous... God know what's going on there...
  11. Same approach here in Spain. We have around 30-40k new cases per day and the healthcare system is managing pretty well. Once you get around 40% of the population fully vaccinated, starting with the elderly and going down age group by age group, severe illness, hospitalizations, ICUs and deaths go down fast. Here we are at around 55% fully vaccinated, it's going fast and considering the low number of anti-vaxxers here I think we will reach 80-90%. I think Italy is starting to ignore new cases as an important metric as well, and that makes sense on countries with advanced vaccination programs IMHO Back to Thailand, I think we need to stop looking at the past and blaming the goverment and start looking at the present and future, focusing on solutions no fingerpointing because that won't help, will only put the goverment more nervous and on a defensive position, and what they need now is focus. There's almost no country in the world that has not made obscene mistakes on this so let's move on. In terms of strategy, I believe it's a mistake to focus so much and almost only on vaccines. No matter what the goverment does, it will take months until Thailand receives a stable and sufficient amount of vaccines and design the logistics to innoculate them fast and efficiently. So a strong focus must be put on what to do in the meantime to reduce deaths as much as possible and limit damage on the economy. They need to increase testing of people and drain waters to anticipate clusters, tracking positives and close contacts, print baths and estimulate the economy, control the borders, invest on equipment (i.e.: ventilators), apply strong measures to reduce movement around the country...Many many things the goverment must do beyond vaccination.
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