KhunMorris

It's time to go hard LOCKDOWN. Close everything indoors. 

Sincerely 

Morris 

Utterly meaningless figures with no real context. The WHO uses 7 day averages and 7 day positivity rates to extrapolate trends. Let's see them.

Anything over 5% of positivity rates is considered out of control.

Given Thailand isn't in lockdown and crowds are still meeting indoors then the rates can only go one way.

Can people please think before they post.

Sincerely 

MORRIS

2 hours ago, Bradmeister said:

More racist comments.... thats helpful. 

 

Would that be young Korean men who work out (in the 25 to 28 y.o. range) or are you just stabbing out at Jewish Caucasians who are from the middle east?

 

 

Are you canned?

Quick note: Vaccinating the population ISN'T an option. The supplies or delivery infrastructure simply isn't there.

Sincerely 

MORRIS 

A friend of mines family has tested positive with Covid via self-testing lateral flow kits after all experiencing symptoms. He got them through is employer in Singapore.

Obviously all are self-isolating but WON'T be informing the authorities as they'd have to do a ridiculous 14 days in hospital.

Given MOST cases are asymptomatic I can't see why they need to reside in hospital but on reflection I guess most Thais would ignore the rules and spread it.

Sincerely 

Morris 

The amount of false, ill-informed information on this thread is ridiculous.

It seems that every sex-pat in Pattaya or up-country in deepest, darkest Issan is suddenly an expert in virology, infectious diseases and vaccinations.

The amount of misinformation on here has really hit an all time low and we haven't even began to see the spread of the virus here. Rein it in a bit unless you actually have some proper informed opinions please.

Sincerely 

Morris 

5 hours ago, starky said:

Without being smart why don't you just pop in when you get here? What I will say is the clock ain't what it used to be. 

Thanks good sir. I shall do.

Sincerely 

Morris 

1 hour ago, Scofield said:

Meridien hotel...

Years ago when I used to travel to Pattaya for 'business' Le Meridien was my hotel of choice. I have to say that's it's went significantly downhill now though. It's very popular with our friends from the Indian subcontinent. The reception staff were also hopeless and spent all day on their phones. Great buffet though.

Sincerely 

Morris 

1 hour ago, Donga said:

The Swedish model was not the disaster the alarmist media tend to portray, and you can see this in the global data where Sweden is now about 25th in the world with 1,307 deaths per million, which is about average for Europe... https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ 

Sweden certainly did better than many countries that went into lockdown, including UK, France, Italy, Spain etc. 

But my real point - imagine how much better Sweden and many other countries would have done if they'd donned face masks from the onset. This is now beyond dispute and is an indictment on the western experts, including the WHO who took too long last year to change tack. The cat got out of the bag, big time.     

Lockdowns are a blunt tool. Sensible distancing, face masks, indoor restrictions where necessary and protection of the elderly would have much better managed Covid in Europe and Americas. Quarantines become essential when other countries fail with community discipline and contact tracing to control Covid.

Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, even Australia and New Zealand make it look so simple (some over the top stuff in Oz and NZ) and it is a pity the rest of world couldn't manage Covid as well as this region has.
 

Norway next door are 90th. Similar size population density.

It's been universally accepted that it didn't work. .

You're spreading fake news.

If one person in the UK was able to infect 30 people why aren't there 300 community cases infecting anyone else? There seems to be no exponential rise in cases. Just pockets here and there. This doesn't make any sense to the old grey matter.

Sincerely 

Morris 

2 hours ago, noone223 said:

You know what makes a dog territorial?
the minute he pees on a tree, he believes its his land.

 

The Thai people nor the ex pat  community simply don't want the virus here. We don't have universal health care. Please respect that.

Sincerely 

Morris 

Is the Irish Clock still going the Apple Pie and ice cream?

Last time I was in with my wife and daughter we ordered and it was delicious. I did notice that the portions were a bit smaller though.

I'll be coming into town to look at bathroom fittings this weekend so will stop by. 

Sincerely 

Morris

This is why the expat community don't want foreigners and tourists visiting Thailand. Please stay in your own infected countries.

Sincerely 

Morris 

I'd get some farang teaching staff on the program. Might do them good.

Sincerely 

Morris 

Once had to move a mattress 70km. I paid the local motorcycle taxi 500 baht to arrange the delivery in his pals pickup. It arrived covered in mosquitos. Don't recommend it.

Sincerely 

Morris 

Gents 

Had to start a new account due to my daughter dropping my Ipad in the water trough.

Does anyone have experience of purchasing decorative taps near Udon Thani? Looking for modern silver. Thanks in advance.

Sincerely 

Morris