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The idea not to discriminate against foreigners will sound very weird to Somchai

You magically invented this number. It's still a lie. Those are the hospitalized patients. Even patients with the plague are not always hospitalized.

Correct. I know Paxlovid is good, and I make sure I always have fast access to it. And because it's a race against time, I do test a lot, starting with an ATK at the first whiff of sickness (it actually was positive once), if negative, followed by express PCR on the same day (it was once positive one day before my flight to Thailand, at a time they tested every incoming passenger and put the positive ones in quarantine, at their own cost. I was glad I did that PCR and didn't fly). I stop testing after day 5, because I wouldn't take Paxlovid after day 5, so test for what.

Doxazosin is similar to Tamsulosin, but it's not the same. It's cheaper than Tamsulosin (that's why it's preferred in Thailand), so you can't compare the prices.

There are no tablets of Tamsulosin 2mg. Maybe you mean 0.2 mg. Often prescribed for Thais. I don't your race, neither your size and weight. For caucasians, the usual dosage is 0.4 mg. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4740534/ If 0.2mg helps you, just stay with it.

Phramongklutkao. Good hospital. I doubt you will like it, government hospital, Sheryl has often written what to expect.

Dr Google is NOT recommended for anything. And in this specific case, relying on Dr Google can easily kill you. Many people take regular medications they really, really need, but which cannot be combined with Paxlovid. So a doctor has to decide how to handle this: reduce or stop the regular medication for a while? Monitor the patient closely? Don't use Paxlovid?

Siam Drug doesn't have it, it's only available in hospitals. The reasons are the mentioned interactions, which can be deadly. It would be irresponsible to let people by this OTC. Good point. Paxlovid is available in the big government hospitals. Of course, don't expect it to be available in small places like the military hospital in Surin. Price in the military system is 9961B. You need (obviously) to see a doctor first. I don't know, how willing a doctor there would be to prescribe it for a foreigner, and I don't know how strictly it is rationed.

I am vaccinated, what makes you think I am not. Paxlovid is not questionable at all. Like @ArkadyI have very good experiences with it. No side effects at all. Of course I wouldn't take it if I were a healthy 30 y.o., it goes without saying it's only for risk groups. Paxlovid does have lots of interactions with other medications, so you can't just buy and take it. You have to know, which medications you are taking already, and how to handle this. So, you really need a doctor. You are not interested in a rational discussion, but others may read this.

@Arkadyanswered your question. You misunderstand 2 things: an infectious disease may become rare (covid isn't rare at all) or less serious (covid is usually less serious than 4 years ago), but it may still be deadly (thousands of Americans died this summer from covid, but they were weak and old, so many people don't care) and may still require treatment Example: the plague (the Black Death) is quite rare nowadays, and rarely deadly (and only people who had contact with animals, so I don't care). In the US, if you get the plague, you still get treatment. BTW most members of AN are weak and old, as are many farang in Thailand

That's true. I have said that yesterday already. But that doesn't make it a copy and paste, as you misleadingly wrote. BP may not be amused if people claim their articles are copy and paste.

Oh. Good post, but not what I wanted to hear. But do you live with a Thai female? Does she accept that you don't eat the cr@p she cooks? Are you ever in the village? You don't let them, eg MIL, cook for you?

Agreed. Unfortunately, bureaucrats all over the world don't always do what makes sense.

The TRD's viewpoint as of now is "mutual funds means Thai mutual funds".

No, it's not. I searched for the article from June 5th and found it using the BP site search function, its not the same article. Afaik I am not allowed to copy them both here, and it would be a boring exercise, anyway. I advise everybody to ignore this troll.

Rice, bread...same as sugar Canned tuna ...in Thailand, probably contains a lot of sugar, i will check

Kegel exercises are recommended for men, too. I was recommended them, and I hope nobody's girlfriend looks like me. I was too lazy, though.

Yes, I misunderstood. What you say is my experience, too.

Thx for telling us, I didn't know this, as you can see from my post above yours. I am sure you don't mind to tell us the source of your insight. Some think, something might change because the rules have changed. They also think that the TRD is looking for lawyers to employ them, lawyers that know about DTAs, is indicative of change. Some people have been told by their local tax office that things have changed. The TRD has also given public guidance, in English F&Qs and in embassy interviews, saying things have changed. That is true (no sarcasm). And there was no statement saying "hey, guys, time is up. From now on, you have to pay taxes like Thai people do. We won't overlook your tax evasion anymore" ( no sarcasm) It would be a very pleasant surprise if it turns out you are right. But it would be incredibly stupid to take it for granted.

I had hip replacements on both sides. I did both in my home country, for 2 reasons: 1. I have seen many hip replacements done here, and the results were quite often not satisfactory. Having said that, from my 2 hip replacements, 1 was botched. And the usual international hospitals do have surgeons who do a good job. I did consult them, but I did the procedure in Europe. 2. The main reason I haven't done it here is the complete lack of post-operative aftercare and rehabilitation. Here, they send you home after a couple of days in hospital, and then you are on your own. What you really need is intense physical therapy for weeks and months. This includes ergotherapy (like learning how to get into a car or how to have sex), teaching how to walk (with and later without crutches), later adequate strength training. You do need professional guidance for all of this. This is just as important as the surgery itself. In Bangkok, you can't even walk with your new joint, let alone with crutches. You need a stretch of even ground, as long as possible (100m would be boring like hell after a while, but where in Thailand do you find 3km even, walkable ground?) (Small things: in Thailand, I couldn't even find a wedge shaped cushion for my body weight - more than 50kg. Hard to find decent crutches, too.) Cost in Thailand in a private hospital in Bangkok: 350,000 - 400,000, Bumrungrad or Bangkok Hospital 500,000. I would not choose the cheaper options. In theory, you could stay in the top floors of Bumrungrad for postoperative care for a long time. They have a roof garden, too. People have done this successfully, cost over 1m.

I always do them during my weekly MRI.

I recently inspected our kitchen - and I was horrified. I thought gf is cooking reasonable food. How wrong I was!!! Yeah, I noticed already how reluctant she is to buy fruit (I have never known a Thai who eats fruit), but never mind, I buy and eat it, no cooking required. The vast amounts of rice she serves with every meal end up in the toilet bowl (secretly, of course). But what I found in the kitchen...pounds of sugar, salt and MSG - none of that cr@p I have ever bought in my life. This ends up on my dinner plate! Has anybody ever had success teaching an adult Thai the most basic things about healthy nutrition? How?? I can't cook, and I guess if I tried it it would ruin the relationship. Like all Thais, she drinks basically only water, so that's good. And she doesn't buy sweet things, so that's very good.

No, wrong. Watch the first couple of minutes of the video @BigStarjust posted. Or watch the obesity lectures of Jason Fung (mutch more detailed), I think he posted the link, but easy enough to google them anyway

Thx for posting. I just read it. Nothing new, except they really mean it. For me, this would probably be the straw that breaks the camel's back. Pollution already means I won't spend the EU winter here anymore - but it's a bit weird to spend only the EU summer here. Ever increasing bureaucracy (online 90 days never working, now TM 30 again, soon ETA...) ... this used to be a country where I never saw a bureacrat in my first 10 years, that was very nice. It's not the small amount of taxes I might have to pay. It's the amount of time I waste with bureaucracy.

You have said many times that hardly any farang files taxes here. You may be a bit mistaken. I have friends who think 200 B is a lot of money. In Pattaya, and in the villages. And I have always been surprised, how well they know how to get back 185Baht 27 satang yearly WHT. These guys are worthless for TRD. But others in the villages have learned how to buy Thai government bonds. Now we are talking real money. I have no useful statistics, but neither have you, I guess. Most farang I know do file, which doesn't mean much, and I guess most farang you know don't file, which doesn't mean much either. We just don't know.