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Ponzis offer a rate of return, Bitcoin doesn't - that nullifies your hypothesis.

Related - the bubbles of history. Note that none of them ever reinflate after they 'pop'. Except for 'Bitcoin' which appears to be somehow different. The first inflation / pop event looked just like the others, that's where the similarity ended.

Do people still seriously think it's spreading by personal contact as opposed to aerosol transmission?

Up, up and away, 10k to 20k per day in the next week or two. This certainly won't be the real number though, just a sampling based on the tests they can be bothered to do.

I eat a little Alpen cereal bar for 'breakfast' if I remember after a couple of coffees then have a lunch 3 to 4 hours later.

They definitely had an election and everyone who wanted to placed their vote. I believe there was some swapping of allegiances by the MPs after the election which lead us to here - so yes, they voted for those who then backed the current group in charge. As the PM pointed out, he didn't need those extra hand picked senators in the end anyway.....

Most people don't care about COVID so much. The massive problem we have here which is almost unique to Thailand is that they force isolate and lock people away at expensive facilities. That's what killed the tourist industry in Thailand - the forced isolation / treatment centers and the expensive fees. If they did it any other way then the tourist industry would be flourishing so they have caused this 100% themselves You get what you vote for and you deserve every minute of it.

No, we must NOT assume anything, nothing at all.

There's a lot more than they know about, that's for sure.

That's what I'd like to know, I suspect the cameras were 'being serviced' at the time.

More 'escaped' tourists to round up, arrest and deport...

Indeed, it's quite reasonable to expect a balcony to collapse after slightly more than normal use, I'm sure it happens all the time ????

I have a feeling he will have plenty to say once he's free to do so.

Of course not, he's been found guilty and already sentenced in the media. Why bother with evidence. I can't wait to hear his side of what actually happened as soon as he gets back home.

The vast majority of Omicron cases will 'get in' the same way Delta did. It will walk over the border.

The main risk being that they breathe air, air that contains Omicron. That's all it takes, vaccinated or not.

I suspect it was correct at the time but they backtracked after some serious government begging to save face. The 'forged quarantine' will be the single thing that destroys the tourism industry in Thailand.

Why do they not think they will get 50,000 to 100,000 cases per day like everywhere else? I see no reason why this level can't happen by mid January but I see plenty of reasons why this level will never be detected. Of course they're never going to detect more than 50,000 tests if they only test 50,000 people per day and that would be with an unprecedented 100% positivity rate - something which never happens - and if it did it suggests there's a whole load more cases than can ever be measured with the infrastructure in place. If they took a year to build a network of massive testing facilities then they would be able to measure the spread with some degree of accuracy but they don't appear to have done that.

The word 'fever' is missing from most descriptions of Omicron symptoms around the world, not all of them - but most of them. If you're looking for active cases of Omicron, fever is not a good way to identify them which leaves the temperature scanners largely redundant.

The first thing I look for is the age which is missing here.

Obviously he was infected inside Thailand due to the period of time that has passed since his negative test on arrival.

Stand and watch as the spectacle continues....at least they did something, they watched.

There's a lot more on the way.

I believe it's only recent overstays that are considered, I have multiple overstays but they are from way back, like 10 years or more and I'm on my second 5 year membership. From the 5 year membership application form, end of 2019 version when I renewed my membership (the screening process is going to be identical) : It costs nothing to apply, email them, fill out the forms make the scans they require and send them back and you will have your confirmation. I'm going to be very surprised if old overstays such as the short one you had will make any difference at all.