Phil McCaverty

1 hour ago, Krataiboy said:

Partners, just like I said.

 

The AstraZeneca-Oxford University partnership is the first created since the U.K. government launched the Vaccines Taskforce two weeks ago to help find a new coronavirus vaccine. Details of the agreement are set to be finalized in the coming weeks. - Market Watch, May 3, 2020

Read the link I posted. Astra Zenica will play no part in development/testing of the vaccine. All done in house. They have also agreed to sell at cost worldwide for the duration of the pandemic.

2 hours ago, Brunolem said:

True, but also true for the other countries which are reopening their schools despite the risk.

 

One can imagine that children could be tested once a week, at school, until the authorities would be sure that the pandemic is under control...which I think it is within Thailand.

 

By far the highest risk is not to reopen the schools, the shopping centers, the beaches, or even the bars...it is to reopen the borders!

I'm with you on that.

Pattaya has now had no new cases for almost a month now and the last patient has now been released from hospital, so no deaths on the horizon. I have supported every action the government has taken to combat Covid. As someone with pre existing conditions I have been self isolating for a month now. 

But now it's over, finito, time to get back to normal. Unless they relax the borders, which they have done a great job with, where are new infections going to come from? Apart from Yala Thailand is Covid free. There is an argument for locking down Yala and Phuket for a while longer but see no logic of having any restrictions imposed on the rest of Thailand.

My pool reopened a couple of days ago, some restaurants have reopened but my 2 go to restaurants refuse to reopen until such time that they can sell alcohol again.

Get rid of all restrictions on restaurants, wait a couple of weeks and then reopen bars. Wait a couple more weeks then reopen gogos and cinemas. You know it makes sense.

2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Quite the opposite. Thailand seems 20 years ahead of the US. A transfer there to another bank costs me $35. Here I can do it online or at an ATM for $1, or less. Same goes for utilities, internet, cell accounts, etc. Far easier and more advanced here. So what if you cannot get cash back at a market. There are ATMs everywhere. 

Well the UK is 20 years ahead of Thailand. Contactless payments are the norm. Most retail outlets givr cashback free. No need for ATMs or bank branches. Interbank transfers, monthly utility payments all free. had all my monthly bills set up to be automatically paid, all free. 

So if Thailand is 20 years ahead of the US, does that mean that the UK is 40 years ahead of the US?

^^^ +1

6 minutes ago, Krataiboy said:

Reality check. . .

 

One assumes the "City of Dreaming Spires'" prestigious university is aware partners AstraZeneca has had to shell out more than $1 billion in federal fines and legal settlements, for corrupting clinical trials and illegally promoting products.

 

The drugs giant apparently also faces several lawsuits filed by patients who say its products injured them.

 

https://www.drugwatch.com/manufacturers/astrazeneca/

Astra Zenica are playing no part in the development of the vaccine for Covid-19 at Oxford University. They are just part funding it an will be involved in the world wide distribution.

See the link in  my earlier post.

First time I got drunk was in a bar in Spain drinking bottled San Miguel and watching the World Cup Final in 1966. I was 12. I have no recollection of extra time. I'm not sure how much it  cost, 12 pesetas/bottle?

The first time I bought a pint of beer (cider) was at the end of a hot day spent swimming in my local river with my mates. 1969 I was 15. Pint of cider 2 shillings.

54 minutes ago, Brunolem said:

That's unfortunate.

 

It should be changed right now for June 1st

 

The covid 19 situation in Thailand doesn't justify another (almost) 2 months of waiting for schools to reopen.

 

Many countries that are not known for taking risks with the lives of their young citizens are already reopening their schools, despite a covid 19 situation worse than the one of Thailand.

Although I agree with unlocking schools now, you are labouring under a serious misapprehension. It has never been about risking the lives of our children (childrern have a very low mortality rate for Covid-19) its all about protecting parents and grandparents when they return to the family home with Covid-19. Children are the worst superspreaders.

On 5/6/2020 at 3:49 AM, Brunolem said:

Since some TV members are also teachers in the Land of Smiles, maybe they will be able to shed some light on the consequences of the government's decision to postpone back-to-school until July, at the earliest.

 

The return date was set at July at a very early point. Nothing has changed.

5 minutes ago, DUNROAMIN said:

I wouldn't trust anything coming out of china, dodgy masks, dodgy ventilators, dodgy virus test kits. Now let me think, what would the CCP do to improve their world economic domination? Mmmmm, dodgy vaccine that makes you sicker. 

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/03/05/905484/why-the-cdc-botched-its-coronavirus-testing/

Or the US.

15 minutes ago, hioctane said:

 

Pharmas don’t do this out of the kindness of their hearts! It will eventually be sold.

http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-04-30-oxford-university-announces-landmark-partnership-astrazeneca-development-and

Not for profit for the duration of the pandemic.

8 hours ago, webfact said:

After the Covid-19 crisis, the number of branches and ATMs are likely to decrease due to customers increasingly opting for mobile banking.

24 minutes ago, ianezy0 said:

Use an ATM, but maybe thats too difficult for you. You can’t expect another country tonhave the same practices as another one. 

Not too difficult for me Mr Sarkey. However, the plan is to reduce the number of ATMs whereas we would probably need more (as I said in another post).

Any more smart remarks in your handbag?

1 minute ago, Srikcir said:

I believe Oxford is now testing ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 on rhesus macaque monkeys, among the closest to humans. If effectiveness is proven, could be ready as soon as September. Of course UK will have priority to supply.

The monkey tests are better than carried out on mice.

Sad to see Thailand behind scientific progress - the cost of national pride?

They did test it on Macaques but have now injected it in humans, 500 with Covid-19 vaccine, 500 with a meningitis vaccine as a control group.

1 minute ago, BobBKK said:

Thais have cured Ebola, HIV, SARS, mad cow, bird flu, Ecoli, Zika and Elections so why not Corona?

Very thirst quenching, ice cold with a slice of lime. Haven't had a drink for over a month, I'm hallucinating now.

1 minute ago, Brunolem said:

Whatever...you really have to believe in coincidences, not one but a whole string of them, to stick with the live bats market story.

 

A market that is located right next to a lab.

 

A lab that is studying coronaviruses.

 

A lab that cannot be inspected by international authorities.

 

A lab where a scientist woman was studying and publishing research on artificially altered viruses.

 

And the list goes on...

 

If the virus had first appeared in Beijing, there would probably have been less questions...

Up to you. You are perfectly entitled to believe in conspiracy theories whereas I am perfectly entitled to believe in the science.

Its probably why I'm an aetheist too. 555

Just now, Brunolem said:

Who is that?

555. The leader of the free world, a legend in his own lunchtime.

3 minutes ago, SupermarineS6B said:

I'm sticking with Montagnier, knows his onions....... Said it was too complicated to be natural..... MAN MADE.... 

https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/luc-montagnier-coronavirus-wuhan-lab-pseudoscience/

To summarize, Montagnier was trying to be sensationalist and talking out of his backside.

Just now, Brunolem said:

Do you mean that professor Montagnier, who got the Nobel Prize for discovering the HIV virus, is NOT an expert?

He is one, many others disagree with him, including the number one most beautiful biggest brain in the world who had to backtrack, when confronted with the conclusive evidence, that the virus is naturally occurring and not man made.

6 minutes ago, Brunolem said:

Professor Montagnier, who discovered the HIV virus, recently said that the actual coronavirus was manmade.

 

It is impossible to get to the truth because of the incredible level of polarization and corruption in the West, and its affiliates.

 

There are those who support China, that is the left and almost all the media, simply because they hate Trump.

 

There are those who support the pharmaceutical industry, and will say anything as long as it will help them making truckloads of money.

 

There are those who see China as the bogeyman, when it's not Russia.

 

What is missing are unbiased observers, able to look at the facts without being influenced by their emotions...

Many virologists who are unbiased and unaffiliated to big pharma have examined the virus and concluded that its not man made.

Just now, dinsdale said:

Wuhan lab.

It was not made in any lab, anywhere. Experts have examined the virus and concluded that it is a naturally occurring virus that was passed from animal to man.

Just now, dinsdale said:

Are you saying multiple nations are not pushing for an independent inquiry as to the origin of the virus?

All nations, including the US and even, reluctantly, Trump agree that the virus was not man made.

1 hour ago, keith101 said:

TIT what did they expect after the ban on alcohol sales . 

No. Now you can see why they banned alcohol sales.

4 minutes ago, Brunolem said:

The flu virus is not a coronavirus...

They're both viruses.

1 minute ago, dinsdale said:

Please illuminate us with this confirmation. Why is it that many nations are pushing for an independent inqiry into the origins of the virus.

They're not. Read any one of several threads running on this. Off topic in this thread.

10 minutes ago, Brunolem said:

And don't forget the "antibodies pass" that will allow you to travel..."papiere bitte!"

 

Those not infected, and thus having no antibodies, will become members of the untouchable caste.

 

The second wave will not happen-never happened before with a coronavirus-but the implanted fear of getting one will be enough to keep the economy from rebounding and the serfs to get a job...

Spanish flu had 3 waves.

If you are vaccinated it would be a wise move to get an antibody check a few weeks later. If you pass, it would be simple to get a certificate to confirm this. Sensible for countries to insist on this for free entry to their country.