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2 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I don't hate ladyboys, and I don't hate people who go with them. It's their preference, nothing to do with me.

"You need help" is a classic gaslighting response, which is why you are going on ignore forthwith.

Do you, really?

Then please explain your post:

[What do you think is the major reservoir and cause of HIV infections in Thailand?]

Yeah I am ignorant, I really need you to explain in full why you ask this question and what is your own answer to this question.

A cynical way to explain: a hole is a hole. The important thing is how one uses it.

A more cynical way to explain: ladyboy does not have period nor attitude.

A less cynical way to explain: adventurous man wants to try exotic things. Boring man sticks with old fashion.

An extremely cynical way to look at some so called 'heterosexual' man on this forum: If you can't even attract the attention from another male or ladyboys, maybe it is time to admit that you are extremely unattractive and ugly.

A great advice for those suffered prostate exam: if you have not tried the real thing with an experienced people, do not comment on it. That makes you ignorant and silly.

No, I am not into ladyboys. I just do not kick out any good looking and well mannered interesting people off the bed if they found me attractive. That includes doctors that performing prostate exams.

Welcome to Thailand, LoS. Just be glad that you are not the first one, nor the last one. Next time remember not to get anything free from a stranger!

You give these low level bureaucrats a taste of power and control, they will want more and more, longer and longer and eventually become corrupted with the precious ring of control. Covid brought the worst out from the people in government and agencies. Especially in some East and Southeast Asian countries where true democracy does not exist, the ring of power brought the most irrational and controlling bureaucratic behaviour of all. It is really disgusting to witness such addiction on power and control. I really suggest people do not visit Thailand at all if you can avoid. Feed on those bureaucrats' greed for more control and more power will cause long term damage to everyone who loves (or used to love) Thailand. 

4 hours ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

I come for the pad thai--I stay for the BS

When you pad enough Thais, you will only be left with peanut granules.

To settle one of the dispute, I went on flightstats to count the actual arrived international flights on 1st May in HKT and BKK. The result is as below:

HKT Arrivals on 1st May

WE338 BOM (Cargo only)

TG963 ARN

G8 73  DEL

QR842 DOH

G8 21 BOM (G8 41 BLR and G8 71 CCU is indicated cancelled)

SQ726 SIN

KC563 ALA

EY430 AUH

MH786 KUL

SQ728 SIN

TR656 SIN

3K535 SIN

EK378 DXB

6E1763 DEL

AK824 KUL

QR840 DOH

FD377 SIN

TG919 LHR

TG478 SYD

SQ736 SIN

TR652 SIN

SQ740 SIN

QR843 KUL

EK396 DXB

JQ17 MEL

QR841 SIN

FD525 HKG

Total: 26 possible passenger flights.

10 hours ago, JimHuaHin said:

Vichit Prakobgosol, vice president of the Tourism Council of Thailand, seems to have zero understanding of what is happening in China.

He learned nothing in the past 2 years. He watched too much CCTV/CGTV/Xinhua propaganda. I wait new headline of TAT begging for Chinese tourist for Chinese New Year 2023 by September...Of course there will be multiple cries for tourists from India, Saudi Arabia and Iran in between. 

16 hours ago, Cambodger said:

If my dog had three rabies vaccines and then caught rabies i might start questioning the efficacy of the vaccine.

No, you should question which other bloody dog from which house nearby have been taking advantage of your infected one. Oh, the least you should also question your own dog's judgement in seeking pleasure from risky encounters.

Anyone here feel surprised by this should questioning why themselves thought otherwise.

6 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Regarding your point #1:

More than 60% of Thailand's population, including the most vulnerable segment of senior citizens, has NOT received a third dose COVID booster vaccine that's required to best combat the Omicron variant.

 

So, exactly how is that kind of specific vaccination rate in Thailand going to be the "way forward" for the time being?

 

Regarding your point #3:

There was a study reported here in the past week that looked at COVID exposure rates in various countries, including some where the immunity rate was up to 80 percent, and that did not lead to a major falloff in infections. Thus the authors concluded "herd immunity" isn't likely to occur with the current variant.

 

First, there is no set numbers. But what I read from various sources (almost all immunology and virology articles) that 2/3 (67%) to 75% of population seems to be the magic threshold for 'herd immunity'. But that is not say 67% to 75% vaccination rate is enough. Because vaccination is only one of the many component to fight the pandemic. The ideal situation is that almost everyone should be vaccinated.

However, another poster has pointed out, that vaccine quality and boosters matters. Thailand is lacking both. 

Your third point, please kindly point to the source of your claim if you can. One thing we must understand, herd immunity does not mean nobody will get infected. Herd immunity only means majority of the population has the antibody and their immune system can identify the infection and fight successfully on their own. And one part of the theory suggests hopefully with 3 generations of population developing antibodies, the virus can be weakened so much that it eventually could not kill anyone. So judging from what is happening in the US and EU, the virus has been significantly weakened. It does offer some HOPE that a version of herd immunity can be achieved (that majority of people have antibodies.).  

32 minutes ago, Stargeezr said:

Some posters used to say that Omicron was only like a flu. Well this flu is still killing people

 and the pandemic is supposed to be changing to endemic?  Even my Thai family have said that a few of their friends 

have died of COVID.  The numbers are climbing and Songkran is not over with, so I wonder how the numbers will

be in a few more days?  

The thing is, once the Covid have infected a certain percentage of humans, it is no longer viable to lock down the whole population. By mathematics, once that threshold is crossed, there is no way to stop the virus going around. Because, this is an airborne virus, sort of like flu. Flu kills people too. just for your information.

Hence, some European country now comes to conclusion that we are beyond the point of containing the infection. The only way forward is to

1, Vaccinate people

2, Research on potential life saving treatment; and

3, HOPE for herd immunity (I am not saying we would achieve that, just saying there is still a hope).

So what will happen now is, people will unfortunately get infected whether vaccinated or not. However, there is always a certain percentage of population won't get infected. It is not because they are naturally immune to the virus. but rather, pure chance. It is purely mathematics. So hopefully with vaccine, self care and prevention (face mask and social distance practise based on individual choices), we can achieve the plateau of infection population ASAP. Once the certain number of infection is reached, mathematically speaking, new infection becomes very slow to grow. It is very difficult to explain in details. But the outcome is, once that number is met, pandemic is now possibly endemic. Because by that time, the death rate is decreasing and the new infection is no longer threatening in an incremental manner. 

To answer your question, the number will go much higher. Because Thailand is way behind the curve compares to Europe. Sadly Thailand is no way near the magic threshold to declare endemic. The numbers will look ugly in coming weeks, if not month. But that is natural and expected. 

The unfortunate truth is Europe generally have had 3-5 big waves of infection. Thailand is merely on its 2nd wave. There might be a drop down from 2nd wave soon. But do expect a third wave coming in the summer. Again, it is a high probability from the European data, not a certainty. However, I would be surprised if there is not a 3rd wave for Thailand in the summer and autumn going forward. 

Open your map, now look at a region somewhere south of Mumbai, and following my lips: G-O-A.

Then look at some islands west of Mumbai, and following my lips: M-A-L-D-I-V-E-S. 

Finally, look at another island south of India, and following my leads: S-R-I, L-A-N-K-A.

It is important to remember, middle class Indians have GOA to go with abundant new hotels and big wedding venues.

High class and billionaire Indians have a place called Maldives.

People who do not have enough money have Sri Lanka to visit. Apparently, Sri Lanka is going bankrupt because China had lent them so much money and built so many shining new buildings, roads and ports and Sri Lanka did not understand it had to be repaid. Now it is screaming for tourists and Indians have a nice little place for breaks. Well, maybe something Thailand really needs to look into before those shining new Chinese built high speed railway started to be repaid.

Does anyone in TAT really understand what is going on around them?

I don't think anyone in Thai government agency know what is coming, or they are afraid to tell the public what is exactly coming.

Big economic shock is coming later this year, rather than 8 millions visitors.

Soon TAT will have to welcome new Vietnamese middle class tourists to Thailand.

On 3/28/2022 at 9:44 AM, Longwood50 said:

Yes the electric technology is so compelling that the governments around the world have to subsidize electric vehicles and/or ban internal combustion cars. 

If the case for electric cars was so overwhelmingly an economic positive you would not have to subsidize it or force customers to purchase them. 

Inverters AC are hugely more efficient than conventional AC, you don't see the need to convince people of that.  You didn't see the government subsidize cell phones to convince customers that they were more efficient than land lines.  There was no need to provide subsidies to LED televisions that both have a better picture and use less electricity. 

The actions of governments around the world are nothing more than a central controlled command and control tactic where they are selecting winners and losers. 

 

I am afraid it is not the only issue. Over the time, the lithium battery will run out of steam and eventually die. Car owners firstly will notice the full charge would produce lesser range over the time (slow but noticeable, have you noticed how fast your phone or computer slowly become less reliable with its battery?). Then the government will face a dilemma on how to recycle (i.e. dump) the battery unit after a decade or two. Not to mention the mining of lithium, copper and other metals to make the engine and cars can bring more pollution to the world. After 6 to 10 years, the current EV will need to change its battery unit or even engine unit to be more efficient.

Finally, anyone in the government have any idea what the impact it would bring to the national grid if every car in the world is EV?

Hydrogen fuel and bio fuel is the future. Sensible government who really care about environment issues should seek alternative and should not tie their resource in E.V alone.

8 hours ago, alphonse said:

Useful that. I was quoted £110 by the nearest "chemist" to me who did them, which is 5 miles away.

 

I assume the Heathrow ones are carried out before departure and give quick results.

Yes if you are from smaller regions, the chemist may have to send samples to a bigger lab who can do the PCR. SO more cost involves (transportation, chemist's big fat cut...).

The said ExpressTest, together with some other providers like Randox, are very good at pricing because they have their own on site labs.

ExpressTest have test centres in Heathrow and Gatwick airport terminals. So it is very handy. Highly recommend you book in advance. It offers rapid anti-gen test at very cheap price. I got my result within 25 minutes one morning. The Rapid PCR and same day PCR done in airports are very quick. Never tried the normal PCR which they promise result deliver by next day 23:59. But I think you will get it much quicker. They just put that information out to cover themselves. Their test centres in towns and shopping centres like Brenwood, Westfield, Croydon and other regions may take few hours longer. Check them out. 

British Airways offers discount on both ExpressTest and Randox. Google it.