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For a self proclaimed expert who has been reviewing papers for 40 years, why did you not read the document? Why did you miss; This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed. It reports new medical research that has yet to be evaluated and so should not be used to guide clinical practice.

Ok. How does that change the fact that you are making a reference to science, when there was no science involved? The professor was not testing an hypothesis, nor was her study scientific. This is why she was called out and challenged. The work that she did was not science. She was at the business school. BTW: You may wish to rephrase your statement. My disdain for "the science" comes from 40 years of publishing and peer reviewing studies that were deliberately slanted to make something look better or worse than it really was. I hope you really did not spend 40 years inaccurate or false studies. That would be a rather depressing life.

Are you really this ignorant? It looks like you are relying on misinformation, again. This article provides multiple links to the papers which identified the genome and which isolated the virus. https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check/sars-cov-2-has-been-isolated-and-its-complete-genome-has-been-sequenced-idUSL1N2LS27P/ Covid19 is not a mysterious virus. Other Corona viruses were already. Whether you wear a mask or not is up to you. I wear one when I am on a busy road because the amount of silica dust on the roads and other particulate matter is a health hazard. I don't think people appreciate the dangers of silica dust that comes from all the road work and construction activity, I was unaware that you were a washroom attendant. I would expect that you have no background or education in the basic sciences and that you never had much formal training as you can not read a document properly.

Not at all. This happened long before Trump became President. There were legal proceedings that dragged out. It was a tenure fight. Harvard tried to get rid of her years ago, but she fought them. The above article leaves out important information; -The actions started in 2022. Harvard Business School initiated an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing. The professor contested the reviewand it took 18 months to complete. - In June 2023, once the university had a compelling case the prof was placed on unpaid administrative leave, barred her from campus, and had her named professorship revoked. This also allowed the university to file an action to end the prof's tenure. You obviously have never studied the sciences at a reputable university. Mr. Musk's Space X owes much of its technology to the universities you say are dying. There was no science involved here. This was a business school professor who made observational studies. People who are uneducated and are often afraid of those who have a science education. It is an irrational fear.

Not very intelligent, but not surprising. There are 1.1 million foreign students in the USA. They contribute an estimated $44 billion to the economy. The student fees can be well in excess of $20,000 per annum and those inflated fees subsidize the education of US citizens.Add to that their living expenses and slumlords and real estate entrepreneurs who exploit students would take a hit. The data from IIE shows that; - The majority of students studied in the STEM fields (56%) with one in four (25%) studying math and computer science, while nearly one in five (19%) studied engineering. - Business and management (14 %), physical and life sciences (8%), social sciences (8%), and the fine and applied arts (5%). This is the opposite of what US nationals are studying with physed, polysci, sociology, gender studies etc. being more popular than STEM. The USA has a desperate shortage of people who are educated in the applied sciences, so it will be interesting to see how Trump and friends intend to remedy that problem. I am all for screening prospective visa holders, but the measure here is a draconian punishment of the universities for refusing to go along with the petty campaign of reversing DEI initiatives.

Are you capable of understanding what is in a scientific publication? Perhaps it is best if you stick to what your rudimentary education and intellectual abilities allow for. No shame in recognizing one's limitations. I know I can't be a good stevedore and I don't have the patience for repetitive labour, but I recognize that some people are well suited to be a box packer or washroom attendant and applaud their dedication.

Yes and maybe no. You are correct that a DB plan payout is set up based upon years of service and salary. However, some plans allow for adjustments of the payout. - Read your plan to see if the payouts are allowed to be adjusted by the plan financial performance. -Is your plan subject to cost of living adjustments that can go up and/or down? - Are you looking at your plan payout calculation in the same way every time you ask for a quote. i.e. at the same age every time.

Really? Who? A person who makes an intentionally false and misleading statement is termed a liar. If the statement is intended to inflict reputational harm, the term is a malicious liar.

Because countries like India, Brazil and China, and much of the African continent will not respect any sanctions. It would be best to enforce the existing sanctions and restrictions. Stop the money laundering in Monaco, Lichtenstein and the financial shenanigans in Belgium, UK, and Switzerland. Turkiye has to stop playing both sides. The Russian oligarchs are still having fun in the sun. China, Iran and North Korea supply Russia easily. Make it harder to do that first.

Please. One alleged intercepted phone call is not a confirmation, The Ukraine has its own disinformation campaign too. Yes, Russian personnel are not having a good time, but spring has come in Ukraine and they are no longer cold and damp. They have a strong logistics chain now and there are redundancies. Russia has dug in for the long term.

Gives him an issue to plant his flag on. I have found that he is often alot of bluster and talk, and very little action.

No I did not forget. Transit arrivals are not processed as tourists unless they pass immigration. Let's look at the Vietnam data in more detail. Vietnam had 17.58 million foreign tourists in 2024. 2.5 million arrived by road, i.e. short time, and day trippers similar to the traffic from Malaysia into Thailand. Yes, visitors on average stay 11 nights in Vietnam while visitors to Thailand stay an average of 8 nights. However, Thailand still retains a much higher volume of "luxury" class visitors. Vietnam does not have the volume of resorts or hotels. It will one day, but just not now. Thailand is not keen on the backpacker segment and is priced accordingly. Vietnam is still cheap in some regions. Most of Vietnam's tourists are Asian and their "wants" are very very different from western tourists. The Asians want culture, food, shopping, sightseeing, some outdoor activity and do not sit on beaches. Westerners come for the beach, sun, and for many the sex tourism. In Thailand, higher end westerners come for golf and they are evident in Phuket and Hua Hin, but much of the foreign golf visitors are Asian, especially Japanese and Korean. Golf tourism is just starting in Vietnam.

The tip off is in the first sentence of the story which shows the man at the police station where his particulars would have been confirmed. A street brawl erupted in Soi 11, (Soi Honey), Pattaya Second Road, around 21:00 on 27 May, after an intoxicated American man reportedly became aggressive when he was unable to purchase an e-cigarette at a local cannabis shop named SWEET69.

And you know this because?????? The reports indicated that he was inebriated by alcohol. The devil's juice, Pattaya hooch, booze, giggle juice, liquid courage, firewater, liquid death etc.

I did not write that Thailand has overcome poverty, but there is no denying that Thailand is far more prosperous than 40 years ago when the sex trade defined the tourism sector. We see it with changes like; - Income per capita rose from US$740 in 1980 to US$7,770 in 2025 (estimated) - National poverty rate fell from 42.5 percent in 2000 to 6.3 percent in 2021 World Bank calculation - National Poverty rate fel from 34.1% in 1988 to 5.4% in 2022 UN calculation - Thailand has the 26th largest GDP in the world - Thailand is classified as an upper middle-income country Yes, there is still poverty, but not the widespread chronic, systemic poverty that forced young boys and girls into prostituting themselves to depraved sex tourists as was documented in the 1980's and earlier. Thailand's youth are better educated and have more opportunities than in previous years, and working a Pattaya bar, getting humped by some creepy stinky farang is not one of them.

Who is everyone? FTYI Thailand tourist arrivals 2024 - 35 million. Vietnam tourist arrivals -17.5 million.

Media is saying what the police said, a driving under the influence event. Another dope fiend at the wheel.

I suggest you spend more time reading and considering the information. Again you demonstrate bias. You present a reference that was based solely on a review of a small number of papers proposing Ivermectin use. It was not original clinical research. Some of it was unverified, non peer reviewed research. All of the information relied upon was prior to April 2021. You ignore the fact that subsequent clinical trials have proved the claims false and have shown that there is no benefit. For example one of the pivotal studies upon which the paper you cite relied upon has since been withdrawn. WITHDRAWN: Efficacy and Safety of Ivermectin for Treatment and prophylaxis of COVID-19 Pandemic Ahmed Elgazzar, Basma Hany, Shaimaa Abo Youssef, Mohy Hafez, Hany Moussa, and 1 more Research Square withdrew this preprint on 14 July 2021 due to verifiable concerns communicated directly to our staff. These concerns are now under formal investigation by the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education. Detailed information on the reasons for this withdrawal can be found here. (note updated 12 March, 2022) Another example of the data relied upon; Davey M. Huge Study Supporting Ivermectin as Covid Treatment Withdrawn over Ethical Concerns. The Guardian; 2021. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/16/huge-study-supporting-Ivermectin-as-covid-treatment-withdrawn-over-ethical-concerns. Accessed July 22, 2021. [Google Scholar] Some of the research looked at was rather negative. JAMA . 2021 Mar 4;325(14):1426–1435. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.3071 Effect of Ivermectin on Time to Resolution of Symptoms Among Adults With Mild COVID-19 A Randomized Clinical Trial Conclusion and Relevance: Among adults with mild COVID-19, a 5-day course of ivermectin, compared with placebo, did not significantly improve the time to resolution of symptoms. The findings do not support the use of ivermectin for treatment of mild COVID-19, although larger trials may be needed to understand the effects of ivermectin on other clinically relevant outcomes. You have selectively hunted for papers that support your personal view. The reality is that you cannot provide actual clinical trial results since 2023, or even 2022 that supports ongoing use of ivermectin. Now that the mechanism of infection and how it runs its course, is understood, the use of ivermectin becomes even more idiotic.

I bet if someone were to check the archives of the old Thai Visa Forum, they would fine similar campaign promises a decade ago.

Over several months before the announcement, the Canadian government had been warning people coming for the letters that a change was pending. The Facebook page for the embassy on Feb 16. , made the announcement of the April 1 change. it was not a sudden change. It is not a consular affairs department's fault if people do not stay up to date on regulations and procedures. As per the embassy; No Embassy is required by Thai law to provide an income affidavit for its citizens to use for Thai visa applications. The former issuance of the affidavit in lieu of actual income evidence has been a matter of informal practice rather than regulation. Because the Embassy of Canada has no means of confirming a Canadian citizen’s income, a notarized affidavit from the Embassy of Canada has never met the requirement to prove a minimum income level for a non-immigrant long-term stay visa. I expect that other governments will adopt the same position if they have not done so yet, so people are forewarned to be prepared.

It does. Thailand's prosperity has reduced the need of impoverished Thais to work as street level prostitutes. That's the bottom of the tier in the sex trade.

It allows the resident bigots to have fun. Besides, many Thais call everyone from Africa "Nigeria".

Not a major supermarket. They operate on POS technology that maintains inventory and does the additions at the cash. How do you propose the cashier process a 50 item order at checkout? An abacus? longhand sums? The backup generators at supermarkets, if they are available, are intended to cover critical refrigeration and freezers and not much else. 7-11s, Little C's , Tops would most likely close. Small shops might operate subject to long lines.

Less chance. However, there is one caveat, The information release was a reflection of the local police service. Let's say it happens elsewhere, like Luton, perhaps there will be pressure to slowly release the information. Let's just hope this isn't put to the test. We can do without more senseless murders.

The police are trying not to repeat the same mistakes of previous incidents. A clear and honest declaration reduces the likelihood of false information spreading. They can't do anything right for you it seems.