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8 hours ago, Nanaplaza666 said:

Full service this time ???????? i think go to an ago-go and get drunk and barfine 1 or 2 for half price i think their in need af cash around the time this is all over 

Price more likely to go up, to make up for what they didn't get now.

11 hours ago, possum1931 said:

Maybe there will be a vaccine out before the next one comes, until then the Chinese should be kept in China. But, unfortunately, due to Thailand chasing away a lot of tourists and expats, they are going to need their business.

Erm. Can't make a vaccine for a disease that hasn't happened yet.

18 hours ago, UbonThani said:

They sell it via takeaway now

Not in NZ.

Back in the 90s the water tankers were a familiar sight. Since the number of accommodations increased substantially since then, water shortages were inevitable.

Like many city bureaucracies, they keep increasing numbers of people to make more money without increasing infrastructure to cope.

On 4/6/2020 at 7:52 PM, harada said:

Very well done, good to see that she hasn't done a runner.

You think she isn't living in a comfotable isolation?

Comparing the present situation with WW2 is, IMO, erroneous. In WW2 people gathered together to gain strength in numbers. Now however.....................................

17 hours ago, terryw said:

Ryanair and Easyjet will survive. The rest have a bleak future.

I flew with the first once- never again. If it vanishes I'll rejoice.

9 minutes ago, dananderson said:

Scores of Italians dying in their homes.   Lots of interviews with Italian doctors describing this very situation.  Under the circumstances nobody is going to rush out and pick up the bodies, let alone test them.  I'm thinking no "instant" mortality rate on this one.

The thread is about Sweden, not Italy. I doubt bodies are left in the streets in Stockholm.

2 hours ago, RonniePickering22 said:

 

On this basis should we close the hospital where I work closely with COVID-19 patients on the basis its the survival of the fittest and we don't want our staff being subjected to the test?

 

I have also had a dose of this virus and undergone isolation. Its not a joke at all.

 

Your advice and social cleansing idea is just sick to the core.

 

I hope than that your hospital provides hazmat suits for staff to wear. If they don't, then they are, IMO, responsible for any that die of Corona.

You should be happy that you had it already and are highly unlikely to be in danger now.

I had 3 strains of dengue at different times, which was extremely unpleasant so I have some idea of what you went through, but at least I'll never get it again.

18 hours ago, colinneil said:

Stay home, i have not been outside our gate for over 4 weeks, and wont be for a long time.

Then it seems logical that the only way you would catch it would be by having a person from outside close enough to transmit it to you, and I assume that is within your power to control.

On 4/6/2020 at 8:49 PM, Antiparovian said:

Quoted Mortality Rates are pointless. They depend totally on the number of people being tested.

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Even if they didn't test every case admitted to hospital, which I would doubt, if a person dies of Corona symptoms in either country the total of each death rate attributed to Corona would be available.

On 4/6/2020 at 8:06 PM, Logosone said:

Well Japan has an even older population than the UK, in even larger numbers.

 

Yet the virus is not rampaging there causing the same death rate as in the UK.

 

Social distancing is effective at the very start of a pandemic, but less so after a virus has spread already. Cooping up infected youngsters with older parents and grandparents could make things worse.

 

I don't think both measures are equally successful and equally important. Testing, finding and isolating the infected is the best possible weapon. Isolating the healthy from the healthy does nothing. Isolating the sick is far more successful, for obvious reasons.

 

And I'm pretty certain, if Britain had had the option of mass testing, that's the option they would have taken. They just didn't have the test kits or icu beds, so social distancing was the only option.

 

 

Obviously diet might have a role in reducing the elderly Japanese death rate compared to Britain.

Elderly Japanese might be adhering to the diet of earlier days, while Britons, like most western countries eat food contaminated by chemicals. Just read the ingredients of canned food- it's terrible what we put in our bodies because most of us have no choice ( home gardens not an option for most ).

13 hours ago, fhickson said:

where is the evidence that its harmful?

 

it blocks access to your nose and mouth via your hands. you can take it off without touching your nose or mouth.

 

better then nothing.

It doesn't block access to your eyes, and that, IMO, is how most people will contract the disease, when they get the virus on their hands, and rub/ wipe their eyes- something most of us do, often without even thinking about it.

13 hours ago, DavisH said:

This virus can be shed for 4-5 days before one shows symptoms. This is one of the reasons it is now recommended to wear masks even if one *thinks* they are not infected. If course, the mask needs to be used properly and disposed of (or washed, if it is a washable one). 

If not coughing or sneezing and stay away from others how exactly will one be infecting others by not wearing a mask?

20 hours ago, Vigilante said:

I have the same question for all the other 'plagues' that have befallen us, starting with Sars-1 back in 2002.

How come they disappeared never to be heard of again?

There are no cures or vaccines for most of them Sars-1, MERS, h1n1, Ebola etc etc

 

Ebola has far from disappeared. Still killing lots of people. The only mystery there is why it hasn't left Africa ( yet ).

16 hours ago, Mansell said:

The war was a huge disaster for millions of people. But many stood up against the war including the students who were shot by the National Guard. Jane Fonda stood up for what she believed, much like you Pilotman fought for what you believed....and if you didn’t believe in it, why did you fight? I remember being on my British warship and reading on the noticeboard about America’s involvement in Vietnam, and wondering, “What the hell are they doing there?” None of it made any sense to me, and I was in my early twenties and probably not the smartest guy. Later I lived in America and one of the first things I observed was how stupid a lot of Americans were....at first I gave them the benefit of doubt, but after two years I came to the conclusion that they are stupid....not all, but a lot. Why, I asked myself? Probably the educational system and a country where life is very easy for the majority of people. But I’m open to other suggestions. I don’t see this level of stupidity in most western countries.

Vietnam was no more "stupid" than WW1 and Britain was in that right up to it's neck.

I don’t see this level of stupidity in most western countries.

LOL. Must be walking around with eyes closed, IMO.

16 hours ago, giddyup said:

You'd be better of directing your hate towards the warmongers like LBJ, Nixon and more recently the Bush's.

You missed the worst one, IMO- Kissinger.

I disagree about LBJ. He was led around by the nose by the military, IMO. Was Westmoreland the worst US commander ever?

16 hours ago, giddyup said:

He's a year younger than me, but he did serve 3 years of house arrest for being involved in the murder of hundreds of civilians.

That was the greatest obscenity of that incident, IMO. I saw a doco about it and happy to say that some of the men that perpetrated it were in a bad way psychologically.

However, send young men into an untenable situation and such atrocities are to be expected. They happen in every war, which is not to excuse them.

17 hours ago, giddyup said:

Support what, an unnecessary war? You want to talk atrocities, try My Lai.

You want to point fingers-Tet 1968.

15 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Having said all that, Biden is 100 times the man Trump is, on a dozen different levels. Fairness, experience, smarts, dignity that allows him to avoid juvenile bullying, on a daily basis, a lack of seething hatred, a lack of putrid racism, a respect for the poor and middle class, integrity, ability to command respect from our allies, someone who is actually able to negotiate, someone who understands how incredibly destructive trade wars are, someone who is not always getting played by guys like MBS, Putin, Kim, and Xi, a willingness to select people of talent and wisdom to help within the administration, and so much more. And how about a leader who is willing to listen to expert advice from either medical people (thereby heading off a major pandemic), the intelligence community, or his own advisors? How refreshing would that be? How much more secure would America be, with a man like that as a leader? It would be such a huge step up for America. And he may even be able to staunch the massive decline that Trump has precipitated. 

14 minutes ago, Saltire said:

McDoalds for breakfast, KFC for lunch, Dairy Queen for snack, Indian restaurant for dinner.

 

 

Good thinking. I'll certainly be down for takeaways. They are all closed in NZ at the moment.

On 4/6/2020 at 12:51 AM, bkk6060 said:

Having access to every movie and TV series ever made,

Bet you don't. The BBC used to reuse the VDO tape they recorded tv series on to save space. Many early tv series lost forever.

Depends on the day of the week. If it's the weekend I'll be going out to a friend's farm. If it's during the week, won't do anything different.

17 hours ago, Dap said:

Just make sure to keep your feet at least two meters away from mine 

I assume you don't go to supermarkets then? Supermarket I used in Chiang Mai has aisles about a meter wide.

Just now, UbonThani said:

Depends on strain and dose

50% in Iceland no sympthoms

No idea what relevance that has to my statement. It's simple- if I get Corona I'll probably die. I'd rather that than hide away every time a new virus emerges. Life is a terminal disease and no one gets out alive. Live each day as if it was one's last.

On 4/5/2020 at 3:52 PM, wazzupnow said:

nope u are right, just wanted to make this a bit more public, i hate thai police(or better any uniformed force anywhere  that does not does its job)

 

Why are you living in Thailand then? It's not like the police changed last week.