geworthomd

This isn’t the best news for me. I liked the last update where covid was expected to go down in 4 to 6 weeks. I pray it goes down for all of us and soon, that’s all

“Belittle his own...”?  That doesn’t make English sense. 

They are right, I agree.  An epidemic will cycle up and down in a population.  It infects pockets of areas like weed seeds.  Once there is sufficient penetration of those pockets the numbers go down and then it seeds a new pocket.  Antibody life is not that important.  The exposure or the vaccine sensitizes the T cells.  Then upon re-exposure the T-cells turn on and tell the B-cells to start making antibodies again.  Every vaccine does this.  Take hepatitis B vaccine for instance.  After the required does of vaccine, the antibodies disappear.  Currently, it is not recommended to ever get a booster in 5, 10 or 20 years.  It appears that the T-cells may be primed for life.  Upon re-exposure the antibodies are made again.  There are a lot of negative comments about the Thai Government being late on the vaccines.  Do you think they don't know this?  They were the recipients of a lot of Sinovac.  They put their eggs in that basket.  The lockdown cost everyone money.  The government coffers must be hurting as well.  I am very certain they know all of what is going on and they are trying the best they can.  There are some really smart medical doctors advising.  I am sorry for everyone.  If the money isn't there then it isn't there.  What to do but hold on and limit exposure risk factors.  I made an offer to the Thai Medical Council to help the other doctors (I am a doctor).  They really didn't have any emergency pathway for temporary licensing like many other places in the world.  To volunteer in Thailand you need a work permit and for me, a medical license.  Many of the US states have a temporary reciprocity until this problem is under control.  Docs and nurses are working enormous hours.  I would be willing to help but the options are the same as in non-Covid times.  I'm sure this is difficult for all.  It will likely be a pandemic in the world for 4 more years given the graph of time vs vaccine distribution around the world and some papers the epidemiologists have written.  I hope for the best.  God bless everyone.  Every life is important.

Did you mean to say the possibility of foreigners coming in to the country and catching COVID?  I was just wondering if that was a misprint. At 15,000 new cases each day, it must show that there is abundant disease to spread from within the country already. 

https://th.usembassy.gov/us-vaccine-donation-announced-2021/

27 minutes ago, madisongy said:

My wife and I traveled to US in 2019, and planned to return to Thailand in March 2020 but we did not get out of US in time.  By the end of 2020, I was thinking we made a mistake since Thailand was doing a seemingly stellar job of keeping infections low.    Now, I'm so thankful we didn't return.   We were fully vaccinated with Moderna back in March.   And while there are soooo many expats in Thailand who would pay serious cash to get the vaccine, we have so many idiots here refusing their choice of free vaccines.  Meanwhile, with excess vaccines here, our government could not spare anything for our people living in Thailand?   That's insanity.  

Seriously, this is really good news. Hang in there Thailand!

I hope this helps until the vaccines can get distributed. I’m sure the government doesn’t want to hurt businesses. Their backs are up against the wall. Without enough vaccines what can they do but hope lockdowns help. There are a lot of very smart people in medicine there. Now that there is so much COVID inside Thailand the infection is from within the country. It is hard to imagine that COVID can be stopped by lockdowns without vaccines but perhaps it is the only thing that can be done until vaccines arrive. I surely feel for the decision makers. They are going through some tough times right now and have to make tough choices for the good of Thailand. Let us hope that the vaccine shortage ends soon and this disease get over with.   

Do people use this for getting into Thailand on a loop-hole?  They could go to Phuket then take a car anywhere?  Do they first go through the Bangkok airport transit area?

Just now, geworthomd said:

Percentages

No, 2 to 4 percent are only death percentages. It causes permanent damage or “long haulers” to much more though I have been unable to find that statistic. Infected kids who will have to fall out of school or university because of brain fog, one of the “long haulers” effects. No proof it this corona virus started in a lab but certainly a significant concern that is still being looked into at the WHO level. Unfortunately, their team has not been given access to full Chinese information and I don’t know why. 

9 minutes ago, geworthomd said:

I pray this terrible pandemic will be over soon and tourism will open up for the Thai economy and for the people. COVID infection are going up in almost every unvaccinated country and has been shown to be due to the more infectious mutations: Brazil P.1, UK B.1.1.7 and South African B.1.3.5.1.   Vaccinations cannot be soon enough. Please remember this when you are choosing to get your vaccination or not. Vaccinations are as much to do with others, the herd, as they are to do with ourselves. Unless a majority of the population has either been infected or vaccinated then the problem will not go away. Yes, we have a personal choice but please remember all of the rest of the people who will be infected, infected and become “long haulers”, infected and get permanent lung scarring and make breathing difficult for the rest of their lives - perhaps needing oxygen like emphysema, infected plus chronic heart problems which will give them an earlier death due to congestive heart failure, infected then chronic liver and or kidney disease - perhaps requiring dialysis three times per week for the rest of their lives or liver cirrhosis and finally death. I know the numbers of infected and the numbers of death are most reported but there are many more numbers of people with above. Think of all of the stress the elderly and people with pre-existing conditions who are hiding in their homes in safety while closely watching the daily news for information. Everyone will have a personal choice to be vaccinated. Every unvaccinated person or infected with active disease will be a potential spreader and can cause all of the above. Vaccination is a personal choice and a necessary tool to make this go away and not infect others. It is not gene manipulation or governments trying to control people or anything else the weirdo conspiracy theorists can think up. This is very, very real. At no time in history can we keep an infectious disease from spreading with quarantine plus precautions like face masks alone. They slow down the spread so that the hospital workers don’t die, hospitals running out of beds and oxygen such as india right now. Your favorite nurse or doctor may not be alive next year by our personal choice whether or not to be vaccinated. A few people have had COVID more than once because of the new variants of concern (VOC).  The virus is always mutating just as we have come to know with the common cold and the seasonal flu except we all know how much more dangerous SARS COVID-19 is. My aim here is for public awareness so that you can have such information to make an informed decision when vaccinations become available to you. God bless...

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/scientific-brief-emerging-variants.html

I pray this terrible pandemic will be over soon and tourism will open up for the Thai economy and for the people. COVID infection are going up in almost every unvaccinated country and has been shown to be due to the more infectious mutations: Brazil P.1, UK B.1.1.7 and South African B.1.3.5.1.   Vaccinations cannot be soon enough. Please remember this when you are choosing to get your vaccination or not. Vaccinations are as much to do with others, the herd, as they are to do with ourselves. Unless a majority of the population has either been infected or vaccinated then the problem will not go away. Yes, we have a personal choice but please remember all of the rest of the people who will be infected, infected and become “long haulers”, infected and get permanent lung scarring and make breathing difficult for the rest of their lives - perhaps needing oxygen like emphysema, infected plus chronic heart problems which will give them an earlier death due to congestive heart failure, infected then chronic liver and or kidney disease - perhaps requiring dialysis three times per week for the rest of their lives or liver cirrhosis and finally death. I know the numbers of infected and the numbers of death are most reported but there are many more numbers of people with above. Think of all of the stress the elderly and people with pre-existing conditions who are hiding in their homes in safety while closely watching the daily news for information. Everyone will have a personal choice to be vaccinated. Every unvaccinated person or infected with active disease will be a potential spreader and can cause all of the above. Vaccination is a personal choice and a necessary tool to make this go away and not infect others. It is not gene manipulation or governments trying to control people or anything else the weirdo conspiracy theorists can think up. This is very, very real. At no time in history can we keep an infectious disease from spreading with quarantine plus precautions like face masks alone. They slow down the spread so that the hospital workers don’t die, hospitals running out of beds and oxygen such as india right now. Your favorite nurse or doctor may not be alive next year by our personal choice whether or not to be vaccinated. A few people have had COVID more than once because of the new variants of concern (VOC).  The virus is always mutating just as we have come to know with the common cold and the seasonal flu except we all know how much more dangerous SARS COVID-19 is. My aim here is for public awareness so that you can have such information to make an informed decision when vaccinations become available to you. God bless...

Elsewhere in the world the virus is surging because of P.1 and B.1.1.7 variants of concern are more transmissible.  

RIP brothers. 
 

BTW, OYO Hotel Thakham locks people in the building. Like a jail or mental ward, the hotel clerk behind the window must push a button on her side to disengage the electric door lock. Once, I waited for 5 minutes because she was showing a guest to their room. Imagine the catastrophe waiting to happen there. 

2 minutes ago, geworthomd said:

Unlimited transfers.  Your recipient bank will report any transaction over $10,000 to the Internal Revenue Service in America.  That isn't a big deal but because you did make the money as an American, just know that you might be questioned as to how you came by the money.  If your money was in Bangkok Bank and you used an American passport to open your account then you have already been reported.

Your transfer in large amounts will be reported to Homeland Security and that is a good thing so that you don't fund terrorist cells.  All things being said as you did, you should be fine.  You can just do your deposit here in Thailand to your regular Bangkok Bank.  In New York, just do your withdrawal.  You can do wire transfers from Bangkok Bank to the USA but that is expensive because they will charge you an international wire fee.  It is best to submit a wire transfer to the Bangkok Bank in New York.  They will ask you for the particulars of your Thai Bangkok Bank, your account and SWIFT and your recipient particulars.  You should not have trouble just remember that the request has to go to the Bangkok Bank in New York City.

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On 1/17/2021 at 1:53 PM, Magenta408 said:

Could, should, would have, may have....let's see.

The idea is to try and change the future with available data.  Unfortunately, science is an evolving pathway.  If we wait until we see then we don't really change the outcomes do we?  The idea is to try to alter the course of the future and save lives.

On 1/16/2021 at 12:51 PM, Eindhoven said:

 

MacBookPro7,1 with no battery or sound?

 

 

May I as which year it is?  Could work for us

On 11/12/2020 at 11:19 PM, ddeellbbooyy said:

Dog made a full recovery managed to get anti cobra venom in time from the local hospital or vet . Got a spare anti cobra venom in the fridge now just in case 

That is the best news I have read on these forums yet.  Way to go fiddo.  Give that little one a forehead massage for me.  Well done!  Did you know that a dog is the only other animal on this planet, other than humans, that will let a human become pack leader?  Did you know that humans, dogs and pigs are the only animals to scan the faces of humans from left visual field to right? 

On 11/10/2020 at 7:15 PM, LawrenceN said:

They're herbivores but they kill rodents? What, just for fun?

Good catching my brain fart mistake of word.  Thank you.  They eat rats that are named Herby in every colony...Lol  

On 12/31/2020 at 7:52 AM, CharlieH said:

2nd hand on facebook, a few options on there....5400 b

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1825550664263524/

 

 

This was a great lead and yielded a success.  Thank u.  Aren't all netizens such warm and thoughtful people.  Thank you to all. 

1 minute ago, geworthomd said:

 

northern winter, summer in the southern hemisphere I mean, obviously. 

9 minutes ago, geworthomd said:

It is an interesting subject and the jury is still out.  BTW, the PhD virologists don't practice medicine.  Anyway, here is just one article, I would not call it a scientific paper:

https://jvi.asm.org/content/88/14/7692

The still accepted medical reason for the spread of any disease in winter is that we all get closer together in winter inside our homes.  Why do we still see it increase in the hotter equatorial climates as well during the northern hemisphere winter? The reason is because of migration.  There are more people in the northern hemisphere.  Given that these people are part of our global herd and people fly in airplanes, you have half of the answer.  There are other factors to consider though.  One is the cycle that a flu virus goes to.  Perhaps it jumps from a host animal after a small or even large mutation to a human, then human to human then human to animal.  Currently, pigs are thought to host most but again that theory could change any day by the Ph. D. virologists lol  Asian countries eat more pork.  There are more pigs in asian countries.  China has more close association with pigs and people in closer contact as the theory goes. The laboratory experiments for humidity and temperature in vitro don't really have as much implication on the practice of medicine.  We see the flu spread throughout the world despite a variety of temperatures and humidity.  Just look at what happened during these COVID times.  There have been studies that show being cold has nothing to do with our immune system or if we do or don't get a cold. The Russians have a study that showed the opposite. Growing up I always noticed that the Russians would put coats on their gymnastic athletes after their routines.  I believe that cold may affect your immune system.  That is not to say that cold weather does as Eskimos might attest.  If our body temperature drops our blood gets thicker, our cells don't work as well.  So, if our body temperature decreases then our immune system drops.  Alcohol probably has something to do with lowering the body's immune system if in excess.  Genetics plays a big role.  Do you have two copies of he delta 34 gene?  If you are from northern European (not meaning Russian though) you probably don't have the same immune system as the Asians or Africans.   Contact with contaminated air particles like Pig-Pen's cloud of dust seems to make sense. In the operating room it appears that there are higher and lower bacteria shedding surgeons but that has not been shown for viruses.  Some cultures wash their hands more.  Some areas of China tend to spit on the ground, snort up some snot and hack it out, as I have found.  So, there are a variety of things to consider.  Yes, UV kills bacteria and viruses.  Typically, you can leave water in a plastic bottle out in the sun and it will sterilize but that won't touch things that are in the cystic stage as many parasites can but we were talking about viruses, weren't we.  I'm sorry to get side tracked.  Another interesting thing is that we seem to see a lot more common colds when indoor furnaces get turned on.  Why this is or is it just in association with crowding more indoors, who knows.  One thing that every policeman will tell you and not the medical doctor or Ph.D. virologist, is that physical and verbal confrontation happens more in the colder times when we all hunker down together in the winter.  "I didn't come from no darn ape".  If I had a dollar for every time I heard that.  Human's are mammals and we behave a lot like any other mammals.  My horses will bite, kick and generally kick the snot out of each other.  They will constantly reinforce the superiority of their pecking-order.  One hour later they are all standing together way out in the field.  That pecking order is inbred into every mammal though some are better and some are worse.  Chimps are very bad.  Bonobos (pygma chimps) are less so.  People are no different.  We get lonely when we are away from the herd but when we spend too much time together we tear each other up.  We all just need to walk away sometimes and the other person just needs to know when to give them their space for 15 minutes.  I'm sorry I got off track from virus' again.  I am just bored tonight with nothing to do I guess  (BTW, there is more UV from the sun in the southern hemisphere in winter, due to the tilt of the earth and nothing to do with the earth's orbit around the sun.  Australia's peak flu season is June through August.  You've given me something to think about now...UV radiation, mmm...