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14 minutes ago, meechai said:

Yeah screw those kids, Immune Compromised,Cancer survivors etc...who need them right? Main thing is we have lovely folks like you

This is certainly a bizarre sentiment coming from someone who has repeatedly questioned the need for vaccinations and resorts to citing dishonest information from dubious websites.

33 minutes ago, meechai said:

If it is anything like the US they will see more & more Delta as they vaccinate more & more against Alpha

 

Sad to say this virus is mutating faster than any vaccine can chase at least for now

The vaccinated as I always said could now become the super spreaders as they feel less effect they are out & about

 

What if everyone’s worst nightmare comes true?

Superspreaders of serious symptoms and death mainly to those who refuse to protect themselves.

28 minutes ago, lodstewart said:

all this talk of inflation wiping out any gains , its only true if you buy the inflated goods, but in the real world of a pensioner

living out in the village with his Thai wife, growing some veg , keeping a few chickens and Ducks being almost self sufficient.

has to pay his utilities and buy some rice and meat ,  but owns the little house with a patch of land , this weakening of the baht is great , cash is king .

he and his good Lady will be delighted. long and far may it fall . may God and Buddha look after us all

I don't see why they would be delighted. They may be affected less than most, but they still are affected.

6 hours ago, fangless said:

How can moving funds offshore be described as a Goverment "goal"?

Well, if you want to lower the value of the baht, that would help do it.

3 hours ago, mickyr55 said:

The petrol prices are in Thailand which is the country for the Bhatt I suggest that you read my post a little more carefully not once did I mention UK petrol prices and I am not cherry picking on the prices in Makro I regularly shop there and prices in ALL departments are rising. 

The thing is, thaugh, is just because the baht is declining in value relative to other foreign currencies, that doesn't mean that the decline in purchase power is due mostly to that decline. Lost of other factors affect prices. For instance, there's a huge shortage of chips worldwide that's driving up the prices of anything that needs chips. That includes electronic devices and automobiles. Or take food prices. Below are 2 charts. One chronicles the value of the baht in relation to the dollar. The other chronicles food price inflation. You'll note that when the baht was strongest, food price inflation was highest.

https://tradingeconomics.com/thailand/food-inflation

https://tradingeconomics.com/thailand/currency

Can anybody explain what this sentence means?

"Mr. Phusit Rattanakul Sereeruengrit, Director of the Trade Policy and Strategy Office (TPSO), has reported on the current state of exports of Thai agricultural products in the first half of the year, noting growth of more than 20 percent, especially fresh fruit with an export value of more than 2.89 billion US dollars and 42.21 percent growth. "

Does it mean that the tonnage of Thai agricultural exports has grown by more than 20% and the cash value has grown by 42.21% or vice versa? Or maybe it means something else entirely?

11 hours ago, jacko45k said:

I think 'unproven' is being generous........

No, it's being accurate.

14 hours ago, zzaa09 said:

As it is the most dominate variant throughout the world to date.

And there are those who are quickly suggesting that the Delta will morph into a much more nasty strain - as that's what viruses do. Survival mechanisms.  

 

No, that's not what viruses do. Being nastier is irrelevant to whether or not a virus survives. Keep in mind that it's competing against other variants, not against humans. The virus could get nastier (up to a point) or it could become more benign. What matters is whether or not it infects humans (and other species) faster than other variants.

2 minutes ago, huangnon said:

Last year's mainstream news informing the public that Covid vaccine testing had mostly skipped animal trials has now been replaced by legions of "fact-checking" sites that now deny this:

Why would they do that?

Your link to that BBC article made no reference at all to animal testing. So where's your evidence?

6 minutes ago, Stubby said:

It's true, petrol prices are rising everywhere.  The oil industry must be the only business where price fixing is not a crime. You'd think OPEC would increase output to keep costs reasonable amid a global pandemic. Also, oil prices are closely linked to inflation... not that the producers give a monkey's.

Anyway, I digress, but couldn't resist a cheeky response to the above.

Stubby

Actually, oil prices aren't that influential in respect to inflation anymore. There have been huge improvements in efficiency since the the 80's.

https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/06/oilpricesinflation.asp

6 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Cherries are hard to come by......

Not at this time of year.

2 minutes ago, huangnon said:

All previous experimental vaccines were time-tested (between 4-8 years) and animal-tested, with only around 5% eventually making to the market.

 

But within 6 months of a novel coronavirus (none of which has never been eradicated by vaccination), we have a range of m-RNA vaccines which introduce spike proteins into cells, and are introduced (and mandated) world-wide?

If they actually do work, great. I'll get mine tomorrow. Just seems a tad,.. reckless?

What makes you think that the vaccines weren't animal tested? At least those that were created in the West? The fact that you even cite such easily disprovable nonsense (it took me less than a minute to find the evidence) is a very clear indication of where you really stand on the issue.

https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-afs:Content:9792931264

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/05/20/fact-check-pfizer-moderna-j-j-tested-covid-19-vaccines-animals/5162426001/

No one has suggested a plausible mechanism by which the mRNA or adenovirus vector vaccines could have long term effects. And they have a longer history of use than you believe.

https://immunizebc.ca/ask-us/questions/are-there-long-term-side-effects-caused-mrna-covid-19-vaccines-how-do-we-know

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7956899/

33 minutes ago, tonray said:

It could be further along the way...but the Federal Reserve Bank is still stubbornly clinging to near zero interest rates in spite of inflationary evidence. I fear they do not know any other way than zero % at this point. 

That only makes sense if the problem is that too many dollars are chasing too few goods. But the fact is that the current inflation is more a matter of bottlenecks. For example, because of chip shortages, not enough cars are being made to satisfy demand. So the prices have gone up.

11 minutes ago, meechai said:

555...classic over reaction as if there are no vac related deaths what so ever

 

In any case you can go to the Euro VAERS site & check data & yes there have been deaths reported

But as you said & so did I just because they died after vac does not mean vac caused it yada yada yada

 

Yet the opposite defense is always used to claim covid caused deaths

You internet doctors are funny

 

All else aside yes as I said Vaccines are doing well & reducing symptoms...It is to be expected after Billions

are vaccinated some will in fact die from it...

 

Here is another site for you but if it is not to your liking just go get the data yourself instead of trolling about

 

https://www.precisionvaccinations.com/european-agency-confirms-covid-19-vaccine-fatalities

 

 

Once again, you don't seem to understand the difference between adverse events and adverse reactions. What is being reported in this article are adverse events. Scrutinize this paragraph from the article 

"Comirnaty (Pfizer-BioNTech) - A total of 206,668 cases of suspected side effects with Comirnaty were spontaneously reported to EudraVigilance from EU/EEA countries. And 3,848 of these reported a fatal outcome. As a result, about 276 million doses of Comirnaty were given to people in the EU/EEA."

This is just about the reports coming in from caregivers, patients, doctors, and other health care workers. No infernces are made about causality.

1 minute ago, meechai said:

555...classic over reaction as if there are no vac related deaths what so ever

 

In any case you can go to the Euro VAERS site & check data & yes there have been deaths reported

But as you said & so did I just because they died after vac does not mean vac caused it yada yada yada

 

Yet the opposite defense is always used to claim covid caused deaths

You internet doctors are funny

 

All else aside yes as I said Vaccines are doing well & reducing symptoms...It is to be expected after Billions

are vaccinated some will in fact die from it...

 

Here is another site for you but if it is not to your liking just go get the data yourself instead of trolling about

 

https://www.precisionvaccinations.com/european-agency-confirms-covid-19-vaccine-fatalities

 

 

As I pointed out, the cr*p website you linked to claims that these 15,000+ deaths are due to "adverse reactions".That is false. Why did you link to such an obviously faulty source?

And most medications will have some unfortunate side effects, including causing death. Not just vaccines. So what's your point? Who is denying that the covid vaccines have very rarely caused deaths? 

9 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

Yet the FDA still has not approved any of the currently available COVID vaccines for use.

You would think that if a non FDA approved drug is being given to millions they would do a meticulous accounting of deaths directly related to taking the vaccine.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/why-the-fda-hasnt-approved-a-covid-shot-yet-when-millions-are-vaccinated/ar-AAMQIaZ?ocid=uxbndlbing

 

 

What makes you think they're not doing a meticulous accounting? it's not that difficult to do a statistical analysis of deaths following vaccination. In fact, that's what the FDA has been doing all along. And not just for the covid vaccines. But vaccines and other medications. Repeatedly their analysis shows that the number of lives saved by the covid vaccines far outweighs the number of deaths caused by the vaccines. What is so difficult to understand about this. To gain a better understaning you should consider reading the article that you linked to.

1 hour ago, drenddy said:

We had british variant, then indian, I wonder, will we have a chinese one?

So you're claiming that the virus didn't originate in China? 

10 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

Isn't it though?

Here's a response that has exactly as much relevant content as did yours: No.

41 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

Something is seriously wrong with these people, they are just not wired up correctly.

Surely if the Vaccines are on hand, why is it necessary for a PM to tell the ministry responsible to do their Job.

Cracks are starting o appear.

 

Because he wanted to get the word out to Thai citizens that these stations will be open and have vaccines. There are a plethora of legitimate reasons to criticise the Thai govt over its handling of the covid crisis. Yours just isn't one of them.

2 hours ago, Marco100 said:

If not well stored say by by to Pfizer

The standards have changed. Like Moderna Pfizer can now be stored at a temperature of -25 to -15 degrees centiigrade for up to 6 months. A home freezer can do this.

2 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

Similar companies. What that mean? Sinovac and Sinopharm are from different manufacturers.

And Sinopharm is owned by the Chinese Govt.