Danderman123

The mine is still owned by Kingsgate, which will soon re-start production.

Right. You probably don't know that the purpose of face masks is to prevent the infected from infecting others. So, if they take off their masks, no risk to themselves.

And yet there are 70,000 people in Thai hospitals today, and 3,000 people are dying from Covid every day in the USA.

I am getting reports of Covid hitting the villages in Isaan. This is therefore probably the last stages of the epidemic. I wouldn't be surprised if 95% of the population had Covid antibodies by now.

Apparently, some Australians are taking the chance.

69,000 in hospital.

I am sure bars in TreeTown and Soi Buakhow and LK Metro are busy, not sure of other locations. It's a bit weird for me, since I can remember when those places didn't exist.

I feel sorry for the anti-mask snowflakes. I am in Peru, where double masks are required.

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I believe that Australians can come to Thailand now, which translates to lots of new customers.

I posted a theory, not a fact. But, when I talk about viral loads, I am referring to the initial viral load that infects the body, not the subsequent explosion of virus that results from the initial infection.

A theory: Prior variants of Covid caused symptoms based on the initial viral load, if you just caught a brief whiff, you might be infected, but asymptomatic. If you were exposed to the virus overa long term, you would be sicker. Older people had worse symptoms because they are less mobile, and more likely to get a high load of virus. Omicron is different: it infects immediately, but with a tiny viral load. So, symptoms are less.

Yet more bars are opening now. It's hard to imagine that there are enough customers for so many bars. I am seeing new bars posting photos of big crowds on opening night, perhaps drawn by the free food. But then, no more photos of customers after opening night, so I suspect that the crowds quickly thin out.

Actually, no. The engine is hybrid, using technology patented by AMROC in the 1980's, and utilized by SpaceDEV about 20 years ago. The Germans never knew about hybrid rocket engines.

The spacecraft was made and flown in the USA.

How many governments have been successful in controlling the spread of this plague?

https://chulalongkornhospital.go.th/kcmh/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2-covid.pdf This report says 35 is the number of cycles for Thailand.

I cannot think of a good reason for the day 5 test, except that testing in general is a good thing. But Thailand would be better served if instead random sampling were undertaken to give the authorities a better understanding of the epidemic.

Unfortunately, they may take out some innocents on their way to death from Covid.

Because vaccination is very effective in preventing death from Covid. Do you disagree?

Tulip mania

I came to Pattaya 20 years ago, but waited to retire until Covid hit. Now I live in Pattaya, but travel often when I get bored. The most important thing was to wait until I was financially secure to retire. The other thing is that I normally have to be working on some sort of project, but these days, I have learned to take it easy. If I were still compelled to work on something, I would probably buy a bar, but these days, that would be total drudgery for me.

Waiting for the OP’s inevitable new topic about how this disaster ends.

People used to say that the plethora of Indian restaurants in Pattaya was due to money laundering, but Covid showed us that those restaurants needed customers to stay open. Maybe we will see another 1,000 Indian restaurants in Pattaya soon.

If science could tell you where a mutation “came from”, would you get vaccinated? it sounds like your entire position on vaccination is based on a low understanding of science.