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    Just like the flu now?

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    1 hour ago, Scott said:

    This is anecdotal, but it ripped through my community in the US and a large number of people got infected.  The vast majority were fully vaccinated and most were boosted.  None of the ones I know were hospitalized and most were quite ill for about 5 days.  

     

    None of them described it as being like having the flu, which lasts about 5 days as well.  The biggest difference for all of them was/is the recovery time.  All of them had some sort of lingering longer term effect, mostly fatigue.   The other factor to consider is that most of us have had the flu or been around people who did.  We pretty much have an idea of how sick we will get.  With Covid, it's a bigger unknown and most of the people I know, were a lot more nervous about having Covid than they are about having the flu.  

     

    Depending on lot of factors, the impact will be similar to the flu on things like the economy, but productivity may be lower for a while after.  Also, it depends on whether others in or around infected people have to quarantine.  

     

    I don't think we are there quite yet.  

    I am not an expert since I am not a doctor but I have never known some one died of the flu well maybe there are but I never knew one. But I have  3 friends who died of covid and 2 are still in hospital with long term covid so I agree with most of your topic

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    Russian exodus puts Thailand’s tourism rebirth at risk as Asia longs for absent visitors

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    6 hours ago, TooBigToFit said:

    The world is changing and Thailand isn't what it used to be. The Russians will be broke for a while and many westerners especially Americans have no real retirement. Hopefully, Thais will be wealthy enough soon to buy more of the beachfront property and condos and they can enjoy their own beach towns more.

    On what planet do you live?

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    Japanese tourist attacked by knife wielding man in downtown Bangkok - Lumpini cops use taser

    in Bangkok News

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    6 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

    Very small chance this guy started a fight. Just a very small Thai man, refusing to take responsibility for his insane actions. Hope he sees alot of time in prison, where he will meet alot of new friends, who will show him the local hospitality.

     

    The bottom line is that there is never any upside to engaging a Thai person, much less a group of them, in a fight. If you kick their ass, you lose. If they kick your ass, you lose. No upside to that formula. Best to just keep your cool, show respect, and avoid fights in public. Remember, this is a land of face. Even something as benign as a street race, can mean they end up losing face. Which for well developed, normal people is not a big deal. But for seriously immature men, or boys, it is.

    The bottom line is that these thugs do not represent Thai people on any level. Many barely have any parents at all. Most parents are absentee these days, even if they are home all the time. Parenting is falling off the face of the earth. It is a lost art. Many parents are too obsessed with making their kids their friends, to do the right thing by their kids, and be tough and show them their limits. Most Thai people are not violent. Sure, there are some. Like anywhere. But I find in most situations if I show sincere kindness, humility, and respect, to someone who has taken offense by something I have done, he just backs down, and accepts the apology. A situation can easily be escalated with the wrong attitude. But why? There is no upside for us. Only downside. Only problems. And they are the kinds of problems we just do not need.

    It is very rare. I have a good friend, who was robbed of an nearly new iphone while walking on a sidewalk in Chaiyaphum. I do not think this is common, but there is some desperation out there now, due to the Prayuth precipice, and decimation of the economy, and that was a crime of opportunity. She was knocked down from behind, and spent three days in a hospital, as she hit her head on a concrete sidewalk. A desperado, for sure. She is fine, but when you hit your head on concrete, all bets are off. 
     
    Personally, I have never felt threatened. I have seen a shooting here, and seen a number of fights, while on Samui. It is nearly always Thai on Thai, which is not my concern. I keep my nose clean, tend to show respect to the locals, and know how to avoid confrontations. The few times I have been faced with a very angry local, I have offered a sincere apology, a deep wai, and they backed down. Never had my house robbed, or a car or motorbike stolen. Never been robbed on the street here, in well over a decade.

     

     

    Lucky you, I have been broken in to my factory twice had one of my holiday unit burned down and got threatened with a shogun by my FIL.

    Restaurants testing: Don't you think "if they don't ask, you walk" is a bit much?

    in Pattaya

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    I am 100% sure you don't need any testing where I live (in the west ) maybe to show your faccination details (have not been in a restaurant for a while) but the last time I dined out had to show nothing.

    For a couple of weeks we had to show our vaccination status when we bought alcohol in a bottle shop but no more now. I never ever seen a temperature testing anywhere not in shops or pubs nowhere.

    I feel sorry for people living in Thailand

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    Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital

    in The War in Ukraine

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    5 minutes ago, NotReallyHere said:

    Nonsense...  The average Russian knows better than anyone how corrupt their government is and how unjust their society is.  That was true in the Soviet era and is even more the case today.  It's 2022.  There are no serious barriers to the flow of information in Russia.  To suggest otherwise is almost insulting.  They do not live on the dark side of the moon.  Apparently, effective Friday, Russia is blocking Twitter and Facebook.  Which means it has been readily available prior and had a negative impact on the message the government was trying to send.  Granted Facebook and Twitter are not the best sources for information, but it's not the case that Russians are suffering under "non-stop and relentless state propaganda" for twenty years.  They know when they are being fed the party line and they had other uncensored news sources available.

     

    But it seems, the average Russian will go along, to get along.  If corruption or injustice doesn't impact them personally, they appear to have no problem with it.  Crimea being a prime example.

    You know nothing about Russian people or you just a Russian troll I deleted all my Russian contacts on FaceBook and Twitter and why? because the all pro Putin and I just can't put up with their nonsense and propaganda

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