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2 hours ago, stevenl said:

Many of those diagnosis came from experts like psychiatrists. Don't recall any of them commenting on Biden.

Hmmmm. No qualified psychiatrist with integrity would make a diagnosis without personal contact. I very much doubt Trump has allowed them to interview him.

Quacks come to mind.

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

If it was a survey of married white women, there would be no need to ask that question.

I wonder if there is a gene that makes western women randy till after they get married. My first partner was up for it till she had me trapped. She tried it on her next victim too, but he wasn't going to have that and divorced her pronto.

On 4/1/2020 at 12:32 PM, webfact said:

The poll conducted on Monday and Tuesday of more than 1,100 American adults

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Aren't there around 350 million Americans? I'm sure if they took the poll in Trump country they'd get a very different result.

On 3/31/2020 at 10:42 PM, SheungWan said:

For someone who is 69, it is a judgement call. Too err on the safe side or not.

The disease, in the main kills people with underlying medical complications. For an over 70 with no underlying conditions and a reasonably good immune system IMO it's no more dangerous than for a 69 year old. IMO they just picked on it as an easy age to remember. It's like the age of consent- some countries think it should be 18 and others think 15 is fine.

People should be given the facts and make up their own mind. Just because I'm old does not mean I'm senile.

On 3/18/2020 at 4:53 AM, billd766 said:

I have an exit strategy involving helium or co2 and a plastic bag. Relatively easy for me but not so much fun for my Thai wife and son.

I hope you meant CO and not CO2. CO2 triggers the body to breathe and if you used that you'd be in a bad way IMO. I'm well aware of the helium method, but never heard of CO2 being used.

12 hours ago, GreasyFingers said:

So who, what, is going to recapitalize it? Is there a pool of money somewhere that we do not know about?

Taxpayers.

Here we go again- it wasn't long ago they pulled the same trick on us.

Never let a crisis go to waste.

On 4/1/2020 at 1:41 AM, Bredbury Blue said:

That's a bit condescending isn't it!

So everybody should live near the sea and not inland if we have a choice?

 

I like hilly or mountain or seaside areas and I don't think one is superior to another.

 

A lot of guys love living in Pattaya, I understand why and good for them, but I prefer Sri Racha cause it's quieter and is more Thai. 

 

There are so many beautiful places to lay your hat but it's what suits you (and your other half).

 

Jai yen, jai yen. It's just a forum, not the word of God.

I used a beach as an example, as I like beaches but feel free to ignore the point I was making. Live where you want.

12 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Other than him appearing to be working or trying to work without the correct visa and WP I do not see their problem. They just sold their car and house in Devon so will be sitting with millions of baht in the bank. They should just enjoy the next few months of holiday in Phangan and when the world returns to normal decide what to do. They are in a much better position than 99% of the rest of us.

101 likes for that post. Is that a record?

On 3/31/2020 at 8:53 PM, RuamRudy said:

I have seen Exercise Cygnus trending on Twitter this morning - the government sponsored work done by UK medical professionals in 2014 and 2016 to model a pandemic in the UK and assess the UK's preparedness for it. It is utterly shocking that the many warning signs from these exercises were not properly taken on board by the government. 

 

Once this is over, there must be a full an thorough public inquiry into why our government has failed so very badly. From Johnson to May to Cameron and all the toadies beneath, each one must be hauled over the coals and made to fully account for their myriad failings. 

If one wishes to cast blame on governments for the NHS as it is, one would do well to remember how Gordon Brown wasted 6 billion quid on the NHS. It was also during the labour government time that the excellent Australian nurses were banished from the NHS in favour of cheaper nurses from a different continent.

I doubt any government has clean hands when it comes to NHS mismanagement.

Lesson number one- have a vasectomy or use a condom if not wanting her to get pregnant. Don't rely on birth control pills.

Lesson number two- never tell them you are rich.

52 minutes ago, Isaanbiker said:

I'd reckon Immodium for the diarrhea, usually available at most drug stores.  

 

Take two capsules and wait. Great medicine from Germany. 

 

   Drink a lot of water. 

   

Immodium is if one can't use a loo like when travelling. Diarrhea is the bodies way of getting rid of what ails it.

2 hours ago, jimmjam said:

Id prefer to self medicate, id prefer not to venture into these places if possible.

My mother was like that and lost a leg to diabetes.

If it continues for a few days see a Dr.

I get episodes occasionally and they don't last more than a couple of days. I do NOT take antibiotics.

1 hour ago, CGW said:

Do you have any probiotics? is so take every couple of hours, drink lots of water, you obviously have some form of food poisoning so need to get rid of the toxins, stay hydrated is important.

I've had severe food poisoning and the effects are not as given in the OP.

See a Dr if worried.

I agree about staying hydrated as most of us do not drink enough water.

4 hours ago, JonnyF said:

As they are in the process of being manufactured, nurses can be trained concurrently on how to operate them. It doesn't appear to be rocket science anyway, even home carers can do it so I'm sure a trained nurse can do it with a Doctor on call to supervise and advise.

Are you aware that if they take nurses away from other areas, those areas will not function efficiently? The NHS does not have loads of nurses sitting around with nothing to do but make cups of tea for the consultants and flirt with the junior Drs, despite the impression given by tv soap operas.

Of course there are probably those that think nursing can be done by any old person off the street, and the years of training they do is not necessary.

4 hours ago, sandyf said:

I think that it is quite scandalous Bill. I am sure there are many companies in the UK that could turn their hand to this type of product, rather than a company that looks to the far east to maximise profit. Smells a bit like the old boy network.

 

Dyson vacuum cleaners and washing machines were made in Malmesbury, Wiltshire until 2002, when the company transferred vacuum cleaner production to Malaysia. There was some controversy over the reason for this move, as well as over plans to expand Dyson's factory to increase production.^[24] Trade unionists in Wiltshire claimed that the move would negatively impact the local economy through the loss of jobs.^[25][26] The following year, washing machine production was also transferred to Malaysia.^[27] This move was driven by lower production costs in Malaysia (30% less than in the UK); it resulted in the loss of 65 jobs.^[28]

 

 In January 2019 it was announced that Dyson would move its headquarters to Singapore to ramp up manufacturing for their electric vehicle, stating Asia trade will be their main focus and commenting that the company was unhappy with EU/UK bureaucratic restrictions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_(company)

the company was unhappy with EU/UK bureaucratic restrictions.

I think that is the significant reason, and perhaps not the profit motive so much, but could be both. Companies exist to make a profit, not as some sort of socialist makework.

4 hours ago, JonnyF said:

That's why the NHS will use trained nurses (advised by doctors) instead of home carers. 

That's not how it works. The nurses do not "take advice from Drs" as how to operate a ventilator. The Dr writes an order and the nurses care for the patient using their own training as how to operate the ventilator.

You make it sound like nurses are still Drs handmaidens, and requiring Drs to tell them how to do their job.

1 hour ago, Destiny1990 said:

Your personal situation doesn’t match the reality why so many foreigners have stopped doing their long extended holidays here. 

Do you have any actual stats as how many were "long extended" as opposed to less than a month? Not many occupations that I know of allow more than a few weeks holiday a year.

Thank about why they use the term "two week millionaire" to describe the farangs that flocked to Pattaya.

57 minutes ago, AlohaBKk said:

So true.  I hope there is a better version of the world when it’s over.  Hope it takes out all the scum in that city that have been playing while others have been doing the right thing.  This is Pattaya’s chance to rebrand into something other than a sex crazed cesspool.  Get rid of the punters, the scam artists, and the filth.  Start over and build something that thailand can be proud of. Nobody in Thailand likes knowing that Pattaya is the prostitution capital of Asia. Time for a restart.   

If you don't like Pattaya why don't you go to any of the hundreds of other places that will happily take your money?

Why the obsession with Pattaya?

Nobody in Thailand likes knowing that Pattaya is the prostitution capital of Asia.

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The thousands that live off the night scene in Pattaya like it.

1 hour ago, balo said:

The hotels will still be there after 12 months.    So when everything is back to normal and the borders opens up, there will be jobs waiting for the locals, even if it will take some time.  

We can paint a gloomy picture, but it's just a virus, a deadly one that we will never forget. But the world has to carry on at one point. 


 

Yeah, it's just a virus, but the actions governments are taking in reaction to it are going to change our world, probably for ever.

Humanity will carry on, but only till the next virus pandemic, and the one after that, and the one after that.

4 minutes ago, stubby52 said:

You should see the state of the sea in Pattaya now it has turned blue and actually looks inviting!

Still full of sewage, just not as much as before.