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33 minutes ago, saakura said:
And tens of millions of Americans support him, what is your opinion about them?
The same.
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If you superimpose a global temperature map for February with the current global Covid-19 hotspots they all fall in the cooler climes.
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24 minutes ago, holy cow cm said:
No CM?
No Bueng Kan. CM No:9
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30 minutes ago, Ketyo said:
There are 2 things Prayut doesn't understand from what the cabinet minutes reveal.
1. Most countries are trying to get the transmission rate (R) below 1.0. That means an infected person infects less than 1 other person and COVID will die out on its own. When R is less than 1, counties can open up slowly trying to keep the R below 1 all the time. In Thailand R is way below 1 already. However Prayut doesn't get this. He wants R to be zero. Whenever he sees a single case he thinks there is too much transmission and social freedom and wants to keep controls and restrictions in place.
2. The lockdown means that people spread coronavirus between family members and people in the same household mainly. This is how it is supposed to be. It can't be avoided. That is the smallest unit of transmission. The text says that the new cases are from people in the same house and close contacts. This cannot be avoided even under reasonably tight lockdown. When Prayut sees any new cases at all he he thinks the cases are from community spread - people outside socialising too much and such. They are not. They are mainly unavoidable and from within households. Longer and more restrictions will not affect this.
The social distancing measures are working very well and more than enough for COVID to be contained and for the health service to cope. But Prayut sees lack of control and social disorder in every new case. It will be a long road out of this for the poor Thai people. And a very damaged economy if he carries on with these over the top curfews and alcohol bans. He needs to start to lift the restrictions now, and in a managed way.
I'm sticking with Prayut on this one, zero new cases for 21 days sounds good to me. Less chance of a resurgence.
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On 4/21/2020 at 9:34 AM, Assurancetourix said:
I never buy anything on the internet and certainly not at Lazada which is often more expensive than in local shops.
but everyone does what they want with their moneyOr do what they want with my money. I only use Lazada for the occasional essential that I can't source elsewhere. However, since the lockdown, my wife has daily deliverys, always COD. Strange how she's nowhere to be found when Lazada pull up at the gate.
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18 minutes ago, Roadman said:A good communicator, not leader. She’s got it right in the later part after her and her MPs started listening to the experienced advice of our medical professionals, Treasury, Reserve Bank and our private sector coming out of lockdown, which for the past two years they have failed to do and trashed our economy. But hey she gives great hugs and looks great in a hijab for the guilible. But complete couk up going in to lockdown where her Hijab one year ceremony party, among many stuff ups including being embarrassed into locking down the country, was more important to get her profile built when all other mass gatherings were already closed down.
Interestingly early on when it was looking like Scotmo was stuffing up early the lefties here were quick to climb in about how great she was, as the comparison was of two equal islands miles from everywhere, but now that Aussie is doing better without trashing their economy like Cindy has done the lefties are justifying us against Ireland. Don’t believe all the Women’s Weekly leftie garbage coming out of this country media.Nothing racist about that post! Is this the standard I should expect on Thai Visa?
BTW. Just my personal opinion but I think Jacinda Arden stands head and shoulders above any of the current world leaders. Do you Kiwis fancy a swap for Boris? 555
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14 minutes ago, WaveHunter said:I did read the article and was already familiar with the push back. I am not pro or anti trump but I know political bias when I see it, and the arguments I've heard so far from critics are incredibly weak.
As for safety of HCQ for Covid-19, yes I agree there is no specific proof of safety, but there is no specific proof of danger either. A patient's physician is the best person to determine whether it is safe or not based on the patient's medical history, not a government beaurocrat with no knowledge of the patient. Just my personal view of course.
When due to make my first backpacking trip to S.E. Asia 10 years ago I visited my GP for vaccination advice prior to my trip. Having previously researched what I might need, I asked about a course of choloroquine to safeguard me from malaria and was told it had a number of side effects and he advised against it. When pushed he flatly refused to prescribe it to me as I had a previous heart condition.
The dangerous side effects of choloroquine have long been known about, including inducing cardiac arrhythmia in previously symptom less patients, sometimes resulting in death.
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Coronavirus: Trump suggests injecting disinfectant as treatment
in COVID-19 Coronavirus
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Look, he's the president and you're fake news. Just stick a UV tube up your bum and drink a bottle of Dettol then thank the big talking head for saving your life.