Lorry

Amitiza from Takeda. Not (or usually not/only very difficult) OTC. Difficult to get outside a hospital.

Google "pinworms" or "oxyuriasis"

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What makes you think the next few months are peak Covid season? (I had my last - 4th - antigen contact in February, too, infection after 3 vaccinations last year. Last vaccination was only 2 months before infection, so the infection in February may not count as a new immunological event. Anyway, I am thinking when to get my next booster...)

Yes. (No need for such a long thread)

Quote from your Wikipedia link: Theraphan Luangthongkum claims the share of those having at least partial Chinese ancestry allegedly at about 40 percent of the Thai population without any proof so it's one person's guess

You are right they were not tourists. You may have noticed that the number of Mandarin speakers is going up again. And its not tourists you here speaking. Young strong tall men, short haircut, clad in black. The way they looked when the Chinese took over Sihanoukville. Of course these guys need Chinese food and Chinese KTV girls. Orinoco and thailand49 are spot-on.

If Rishi tightens his belt he will become invisible

Rishi, for example. Look how skinny he is.

Adalimumab is avalable in Thailand, brandnames Hulio, Hyrimoz et al.

So just look around Indonesia and look around Thailand - can't you see the difference? These statistics are not far off from what you can see in real life.

Hasn't Bali always been cheaper than Thailand? Oh, and Bali certainly cannot be called "peers" of Thailand. Thailand is an upper-middle income country, like China, South Africa, Mexico - poverty exists, but you wouldn't call them poor countries. And it's a whole country. Bali is just a touristy island in a lower-middle income country (that's countries like Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar - countries that you would call poor). https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/middle-income-countries

If you mean to say that doctors in private hospitals have no financial incentives to overtreat patients, then you are very wrong. Good doctors will forego the money and not overtreat. My surgeon worked hard in order NOT to operate on me. He was successful (no surgery) and lost a lot of money. But not all doctors are like this.

Those who make abortion illegal are the ones who want to make contraception illegal. That shows their true intentions. Coming soon to the backward states of America. Been like this for ages in Philippines, Poland, Ireland...

Bad luck. I have never encountered a doctor who couldn't communicate with me in English. That includes government hospitals, some of them very rural, and upcountry clinics. Many doctors are very reluctant to use English, though. YMMV

I agree. I have no idea why this happened? Do you? But in the end the reason doesn't really matter. The only livable places in Thailand will be (or are already) the South. If one doesn't want to live in a place of mass tourism, this leaves very few choices.

But they could have reached the egg... So it's a clear case of attempted murder, rightly punishable by death. May we suggest stoning?

Agreed. Even in the middle of Bangkok, there are shortcuts that go through very quiet and (at night) deserted areas, and if it's an area that I am not familiar with the feeling is bit ... uncomfortable? Just a bit.

Would you please be so kind and provide the source of this highly informative detailed statistics?

Well said.

Do you just guess this (you wouldn't be alone ) or is this verifiable?

Klang Plaza (for history buffs ???? ) Mall, with swimming pool Saveone Evening at YaMo Didn't you like Central in KK ?

Sorry, didn't know you impregnated Lek. Congratulations Hopefully, the kid will inherit his or her intelligence from the mother

Wrong question. Thais are not "polite" to friends, they are "polite" to strangers. Answer to the question: Yes. Thais use it with friends and family. It's not exactly very sweet and charming, but sweet and charming language is for strangers, not for friends and family. Thais don't end a phone call to a business, a grab driver or an office with this phrase. I hardly use it on the phone. I do use it when I order things (like Groongthep said).