edwinchester

Simply. Consider three people that die at 60, 70 and 80. The average life expectancy is 70. Now if one had died at 77 instead of 80, still higher than the average expectancy, that brings the average down to 69.

People dying younger drags the overall average down.

As my dear old mum says, 'you can't teach pork'.

Somebody said he looks like a right Canute. I think that's what they said anyway.

No floods in Bangkok, that's all he seems to cares about.

Please don't get me wrong, I am grateful that I am now fully vaccinated with Astrazeneca but cancelling appointments with no notice just to make up numbers on another day seems pointless to me and inconvenienced many people. I should also add that a Thai doctor stood up for my right to get the vaccine after a couple of people were a little loud voicing that farangs shouldn't be getting a shot, pointing out that I live here and everybody is eligible. After seeing the number of people being vaccinated in my own local hospital I can believe the numbers, it's a well drilled operation, it's just that from personal experience it's hard to believe that this huge effort on one day will be repeated on a regular basis.

Kanchanaburi

Yes really.

Meaningless event as shots were cancelled previously and saved for the big day, which was supposed to be Friday. My own shot last Monday was cancelled, I and hundreds of others only found out when we got to the hospital, and told to come back Friday.

Children can catch covid as easily as anyone they just don't usually get as sick as adults and those with preconditions. The fact that they are more likely to display few or no symptoms makes them a big risk to older people as they can still pass on the virus whilst appearing healthy.

Simply, testing helps identify where the virus is. Every case you find early helps stop the virus in it's tracks. Testing can identify the type of virus and if it's mutating.

Big trade deal expected with India to begin talks in little over a months time...Thailand is small potatoes in comparison.

Yes, same for my daughter's kids back in the UK. Thai Govt come up with these schemes but just aren't prepared to foot the bill and want to pass it on to cash strapped parents instead.

Same here, never knew of any local infections here in the village a few months ago but recently there have been many, even people we know and a local isolation center has opened just a couple of km's away. This is in Kanchanaburi.

Herd Immunity with Delta seems a pipedream to some virologists. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/12/herd-immunity-is-mythical-with-the-covid-delta-variant-experts-say.html

Yeah ain't that the truth, no way do most people want convicted drug traffickers in positions of power.

No it's not, the WHO position is that the percentage needed to achieve herd immunity from covid-19 is unknown. https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/herd-immunity-lockdowns-and-covid-19

Spot on. My 2 daughters and their families usually visit every year but they are just not prepared to jump through all the paperwork hoops and the quarantine so they'll be holidaying elsewhere.

A UK doctor is legally obliged to put the correct cause of death on the Death Certificate. It is inconceivable they would list covid as a cause if they died in an accident. Do not confuse dying within 28 days of a positive test with what appears on a death certificate.

Wifey had a couple of phone calls this morning. Turns out a person with the same first name is suspected of having covid in her small town and they were enquiring if it was her. It's not wifey but a short phone call to somebody more in the know got the response that contact tracing has taken place but only those with a raised temperature, even close and at high risk, are having a covid test. No wonder case figures are so low.

It always seems to be the mega rich who go on most about self sufficiency and basically telling those who have the least to be happy whilst remaining poor.

Sour sausage

Only if the evidence stands up.

Re the 1 million dose show scheduled for Friday, my appointment for a shot yesterday was cancelled and I was asked to instead show up on Friday. Many others at the same hospital also had their appointments rearranged for Friday. The whole exercise is meaningless if shots are just being cancelled on one day to boost the numbers on another.

Thanks for the tip, I'll let wifey know she can stay at home on Friday.