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Wait.... You're saying that someone who has been tested negative by PCR 48 hours prior has the same chance of having covid and being infectious as a Thai person who has never been tested by PCR? I'm sorry but that makes no sense.

More thinking based on ignorance and prejudice. Who is more likely to be infected - a tourist who has been fully vaccinated with an effective, Swiss-approved vaccine AND tested repeatedly OR a native Thai who might have been vaccinated and likely never tested who probably encounters migrant workers who are neither vaccinated or tested? Sadly, it is thinking like this that the public health strategy often seems to be based on. Tourists are worried about catching COVID but not from other tourists.

Obviously Switzerland and many other countries do not have the same unconditional love and blind (misplaced?) trust of China that Mr. Anutin and others in this administration have. The people of Thailand have been made to suffer because of his actions and inaction. It's good to see that he's experiencing some of that as well.

From the US CDC's website - https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/booster-shot.html We're in a similar situation we were in when the vaccines first came out - priority was given to certain groups. Same right now for booster shots. I'd expect that boosters will be recommended for all soon. I think it's OK to second-guess what you hear from Thais regarding the virus, the pandemic, public health policies, economic policies, etc

So this is what happens when the bars are closed for eight months..... We get threads about household chair counts 555

After their long quest to the top of this mountain the disabled will likely find...... A squat toilet. Try to not make a mess

After their long journey to the top of this mountain they will likely find...... A squat toilet. Try to not make a mess

This is probably a lot more information than what you are looking for but an informative thread for sure - https://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=529418 This was a useful resource for me the last time a was shopping for a new helmet - https://www.lidpicker.com/free-data . I did perform some measurements with calipers that I bought from Amazon. Using these numbers and info from Lidpicker I settled on an Arai something-something which has fit me perfectly.

I call BS on this. The last few weekends HH have been jam packed with Thais. Traffic on the weekends has been horrendous. My wife and I were walking on Hua Hin Soi 57 and the surrounding farang-focused tourist area one Saturday evening a few weekends ago. It looked like 75% of the businesses were closed. Permanently. Psychologically it was depressing. And that's not taking into account Soi Binthabaht (sp?) and Soi 80 where the bars and restaurants have been decimated. If the government was smart and serious about this they'd help the surviving businesses to stay afloat and offer seed money to get businesses into the spaces left behind when businesses went belly up. Oh.... and ditch the puritanical rules on alcohol, especially in restaurants. It has little effect other than making tourists choose destinations that are more fun. Like Dubai.

Sorry.... I couldn't resist.

I actually visited Bumrungrad a few days ago for this and was quoted ~110k per eye. This is for a lens that will correct extreme near-sightedness and astigmatism. I'm not sure how that impacts the price.

The difference in wind noise levels when wearing ear plugs vs not wearing have been enormous for every full face helmet I've had. I feel like I can hear more with earplugs in when I'm riding above 75kph than I can without. I'm thinking that even in areas like BK, Pattaya and Phuket you would reach market saturation fairly quickly. Maybe form referral partnerships with some of the more successful motorcycle accessory retailers in the area? Or maybe sell accessories, especially those that are already hard to find, yourself? Ventilated boots for women come to mind which are about as rare as a unicorn being ridden by a virgin in Pattaya.

I did exactly this last year and it worked well for me. I had my MB-CPU-RAM-SSD in my carry-on luggage. PSU and GPU in checked luggage. On my second day in ASQ I ordered a new case and monitor. Putting it back together gave me something to do plus I was able to play some games afterwards. No problems other than having to pull out the board a couple of times for security to examine.

The timing for this announcement is strange. Aside from opening the bars I'm not sure how much more open it could get. I live in the Cicada & Tamarind market area and each night this weekend there were traffic jams in the area. The beaches had more people on them than when I first visited in November 2014. 99% Thai I'd estimate. Friday afternoon I made a rough count at my condo's pool - well over 100 people. Saturday night the restaurants we drove by on the main highway were packed with diners. Many had queues.

From what I've seen most of the kids, especially the girls, ride more responsibly than those in their late teens/early twenties. It looks like she was an exception. Sad to see her pay with her life for a stupid mistake.

I'm on my second CRV. My first was a 1.5L turbo that was my wife's in the US. Last year we bought a new DTEC AWD to replace the car we had to sell when we moved from the US. Around town the diesel is noisier than the gas powered version we had but on the highway I'd say it's quieter. I've never felt that the diesel lacked power and for a car it's fast enough (I ride higher performance motorcycles so IMO all cars are slow and boring). My biggest complaint is Honda's nanny-like safety features which for me add to the stress of driving. Second on the list would be the ECU's sluggishness to respond when asking it to accelerate quickly. Sometimes I can almost sense the ECU doing the math to try to figure out which gear to use, throttle body openings, richness etc. Once it decides though it will accelerate pretty quickly. I've noticed this on every honda I've had over the past 25 years.

I think the next question you should ask yourself is whether you prefer unibody to frame construction as it makes a big difference in handling, ride comfort and capacity. Having rented a Fortuner for a week and owned two CRV's I can tell you that there is an immense difference in ride quality and handling.

See? That only took 11 months. Kudos to Auntie for quickly and astutely assessing what would become a deadly situation (who knew pandemic viruses could spread like this??!?) and then moving without hesitation to procure only the best vaccines for Thailand. Only someone with decades of experience in the field of construction, sorry... public health, would have been able to divine the twists and turns that would be Thailand's unique plight in combating the virus. Seriously, what guarantees does Thailand have that he's learned his lesson and that when vaccines for variants are available he doesn't play the same game he did with Chinese vaccines?

I think you are correct but I'd add that compared with Westerners, Thais, especially (male) motorbike operators and (male) pick-up truck drivers, have a very skewed sense about what is dangerous and risky to them and especially you. It seems like for them something going wrong resulting in an accident is an impossibility. The accident stats here reflect this attitude.

Two weeks ago while riding with the missus through the Chumpon area I encountered some nasty, muddy pothole ridden "roads" (actually more pothole than flat surface) detouring around construction areas. If I hadn't found a way around the slow moving traffic and picked up a bit of speed I definitely would have dumped the bike. However the threat posed by road conditions pales next to the threats from cars and especially scooters (Grab motorbikes in particular). Increased enforcement should be a higher priority than fixing roads. But I doubt that will happen.

I'll second bupropion/Wellbutrin. I had taken SNRI's and SSRI's with little to no benefit. Wellbutrin was the only med that had any effect. It works by increasing levels of norepinephrine and perhaps most importantly dopamine in the brain. There is minimal therapeutic delay as is often the case with SNRI's and SSRI's. If taken as directed it's relatively safe. You will probably know if it is working for you after a day or two. It is expensive and might be difficult to find outside of tourist areas. I'd also take Sheryl's advice and consult a psychiatrist. I'd also ask her or him about newer therapeutics targeting NMDA receptor signaling including ketamine. It's being used in the West but I haven't heard anything about its use in Thailand. It's benefit is its efficacy rate and rapid response. Looking for the status of NMDA receptor pathway antagonists I came across a paper describing the use of dextromethorphan and bupropion combination therapy. Again, I wouldn't recommend self-medicating but mention it so you can make sure that the doctor is considering all options, especially those that are newer. Some in the depression field are stuck on the Monoamine Hypothesis and prescribe only around that. The data for ketamine and similar, more tailor-made drugs is compelling and IMO should be considered. Hang in there. Try to accept and remember that things for you will get better.

No problems for me however about 24 hours after the second injection I noticed that metallic items would vibrate and wobble when I walked by. 48 hours post-injection I was attacked by a pair of scissors as I walked through my kitchen. I asked the NSA agents that had started following me around the time I left the hospital where I was injected about this. They told me not to worry about it and recommended that I take some adrenochrome. Helpful guys!!

Belief in reincarnation can make suicide seem almost reasonable to some. Asia is no place to have any kind of mental illness.

Is there any mechanistic reason that you know of that would support the hypothesis that this vaccine in particular would impact fertility or cause cancer? Please be specific. I'm guessing that the vaccine has not been tested for causing gout, male pattern baldness, turret's syndrome, parkinson's disease, hiccups, flatulence, oily stools (remember Xenical?) and a whole spectrum of diseases. Not having been tested doesn't mean that they are "hiding something". It means that there is no biological mechanistic reason in the non-Q universe to suspect that it would cause a specific disease. Both the company and the FDA would agree on this.

Did you set up the PIN? For me it was a challenge using my Google voice phone. I had to spend over 30 minutes with an agent. For some reason their automated system wouldn't accept input from the Google Voice app.