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1 hour ago, webfact said:

PIBICS and the biometrics system flagged him up as a person of interest. 

....

In 2015 he managed to get back into Thailand on a new passport again under the name of Mr Amarnath but this time with a new date of birth. This managed to fox the system.

They've improved their system/biometrics since 2015? (Or two distinct systems involved?)

42 minutes ago, katana said:

These descriptions are very ugly, it is offensive and an insult to our religion. There is no moderate or immoderate islam. Islam is islam and that’s it...

Reference to that quote, albeit not primary, but from 2007: "Moderate Turkey's Moderate PM Erdogan Explains: There is No Moderate Islam".

4 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Do nothing, and let the virus continue to spread and infect more widely, and there's still the vast majority of the country's population that have yet to be touched by the virus. Meaning lots more people who can be exposed, and lots more people who could face hospitalization and ultimately death, with the U.S. currently running about a 2.4% case fatality rate (meaning about 2.4% of the people confirmed to have the virus end up dying overall).

There is some fairly credible research suggesting that the herd immunity threshold for Covid could be as low as 20% of the population (due to variations in the probability of exposure & susceptibility). As for the US CFR, it's shockingly high for one of the richest countries in the world. But that's the average over the whole period: I'd hope it's come down a lot for recent case (eg because treatment is improving &/ more testing is being done).

Antibody data from a very specific group (eg dialysis patients, who presumably have been trying their best to avoid exposure) may not be very representative.

(This isn't intended as a justification for a 'let it rip' herd immunity approach, but there's a lack of nuance in the media.)

8 hours ago, tlock said:

I realize there is a 2-4 week window after spikes to see mortality, but if cases spike but the death rate remains relatively unchanged, that would indicate either the virus is weakening or our treatments are becoming more efficacious.

1> Sweden's cases started to pick up (initially more gradually) from the start of Sept; that 'should be' plenty of time to work through to deaths.

2> Some other possiblilities:

- they've increased their testing rate (massively, eg 10x)

- this wave is mainly a weaker strain (rather than the virus weakening generally)

- the vulnerable groups are better protected/protecting themselves

- the most vulnerable died in the first wave

(Obviously I hope the reasons you suggested are correct...)

29 minutes ago, Kaoboi Bebobp said:

numerous correlation/association studies indicating those with insufficient/deficient levels of Vit D seem to be far more vulnerable to respiratory infections.

From what I've seen, the results for vit D from (the far smaller number) of interventional studies are  inconsistent at best; not what you'd expect if it actually 'works as expected'.

There are numerous correlations between low blood 25- Hydroxy vitamin D and other (mostly chronic) illnesses, but dosing people with it rarely helps beyond a few years & I think the short term results are just symptomatic improvement due to immunosuppression. So vitamin D correlations/associtation are likely driven by some aspect of disease processes (ie something which both causes the disease and modifies vit D metabolism to reduce blood levels).

I don't think there's good evidence for vitamin D for Covid prophylaxis, though like (also immunosuppressive) dexamethasone, tho there's a Spanish study showing it's helpful administered in 'stage 3' when there's massive lung inflammation. Before that, it's hard to see how immunosuppression could be helpful.

 As a 'risk factor' a low test might give you an idea of how much of a risk covid could be if you caught it.

(Not a doctor, and this is not a conventional viewpoint, but I've been interested in vit D for about a decade.)

14 minutes ago, Brunolem said:

 

Anyway, what's the point of taking these in a covid free country? 

No tests, no Covid ????

18 minutes ago, Thomas Hannah said:

I did not know there are shooting ranges for the public.

Quite a few Thais (and to some extent Filipinos)  post selfies posing with guns on their social media. (Which I also found suprising, not to mention a little odd.)

Collateral damage of Thai X hub plans?

14 minutes ago, bbabythai said:

My simple question is.... if Trump is re-elected what does this say about the I.Q of your average American?

Bear in mind they could be cheated

1 hour ago, jackdd said:

Ask your local embassy if it's possible, that's the only thing that matters for you. Their answer will most likely be no.

If they happen to say yes, get it in writing if possible...

Very pretty, but those cause all kinds of problems - fires & cattle ending up eating wires... that I know of.

Free tracking "digital wristbands"?

15 minutes ago, OumarhindaOunsingha said:

If I want to be tracked like this, I will take a vacation in North Korea or China.

There's no tracking like this in China! (Well not as of last year, last time I was there, but hotels etc do need to report foreign guests to the police very promptly.)

9 minutes ago, blazes said:

Many decades ago there was a snobbish attempt by Brits to eliminate "got" since it was somehow "infra dig" (or plebbish).

Yeah, even "cool" sounded a bit weird in British English if you go back far enough. Now we're cool with it ????

8 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

My 17 year old used "I could care less" a few months ago. This one I corrected as it doesn't make sense to me. 

I think it works as a rhetorical question: "[And |Like ] I could care less?"

33 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

I don’t know any wealthy hi-so Thai (or foreigner, even on this forum) so stupid. 

You like the "ignore" feature too? ????

Makes sense... for them! With most destinations requiring several weeks quarantine, how many flights could even snap-happiest "instagram travel influencer" get through this next year?

1 hour ago, 3NUMBAS said:

you cant get rid of ladyboy muggers.. like roaches they will survive a nucleur blast

1 hour ago, 3NUMBAS said:

titty implants will be rare this year ,pity the poor doctors instaling silicon sacs,theyll be on skid row

Perhaps silicone sac demand from ladyboy muggers will be enough save the plastic surgeons?

One of these?

https://clutch.co/uk/logistics/freight-forwarders

5 minutes ago, El Matador said:

I hear stories of one of my friends working there as teacher, you wouldn't believe you are in a developped country.

What kind of thing?

Godzilla for the Covid Era