TallGuyJohninBKK

No, the new bivalent versions of the COVID vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna are NOT yet available in Thailand, and probably won't be until some unspecified time into next year. However, if it's been 4 months or more since your last vaccination, and particularly if you're age 60 or older or have any other COVID risk factors, it's still recommended to get another booster dose of Pfizer or Moderna in the meantime. The original COVID vaccines are NOT useless, though they have been shown to suffer waning effectiveness after about 4 months post injection. Since it likely will be 4 months or more before the new vaccines likely will become available to foreigners in Thailand, it would make sense to get an original vaccine shot now -- if it's been at least 4 months since your last shot.

"The disease kills between 25% and 90% of those infected – about 50% on average." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola From the OP: "since September there have been about 90 cases in Uganda and 44 of them died." Ebola is NOT something any country would want to spread outward from Uganda or other adjoining countries.

Your comment above about the UD hospital supposedly taking deposits a year ago for the second gen (bivalent) Moderna vaccine seems a bit hard to fathom... Because, that 2nd gen vaccine didn't even exist a year ago, and certainly hadn't been approved for use anywhere in the world a year ago, including Thailand. A year ago, Thailand was barely doing their use of the original, first gen Moderna vaccine. I'm guessing your memory of that actually involved the original Moderna vaccine rollout in Thailand, as the new 2nd gen bivalent Moderna vaccine only received its initial approvals from the UK and US in the past two months. UK: First bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine approved by UK medicines regulator The adapted COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna targets two different coronavirus variants: the original virus from 2020 and the Omicron variant Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency 15 August 2022 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/first-bivalent-covid-19-booster-vaccine-approved-by-uk-medicines-regulator U.S.: FDA Authorizes Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccines for Use as a Booster Dose August 31, 2022 https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-authorizes-moderna-pfizer-biontech-bivalent-covid-19-vaccines-use

And more: How Israel Caught Russian Hackers Scouring the World for U.S. Secrets It was a case of spies watching spies watching spies: Israeli intelligence officers looked on in real time as Russian government hackers searched computers around the world for the code names of American intelligence programs. What gave the Russian hacking, detected more than two years ago, such global reach was its improvised search tool — antivirus software made by a Russian company, Kaspersky Lab, that is used by 400 million people worldwide, including by officials at some two dozen American government agencies. The Israeli officials who had hacked into Kaspersky’s own network alerted the United States to the broad Russian intrusion, which has not been previously reported, leading to a decision just last month to order Kaspersky software removed from government computers. (more) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/technology/kaspersky-lab-israel-russia-hacking.html?_r=0 "Russian government hackers searched computers around the world" -- that means, computers belonging to general members of the public who happened to be running Kaspersky software on their computers. No thanks!

Well, since you were clearly wrong about the absence of data or evidence regarding the use of Kaspersky software for hacking, as the above news reports have demonstrated, not sure your second claim above is any more believable. See the following: "However, Kaspersky security software affects millions of computer users around the world, according to the company’s marketing materials. Even though consumers apparently weren’t the main targets, it seems that many home computers may have been searched for information of potential interest to Russian spy agencies." ... "“It’s a big deal,” says Blake Darché, a former NSA cybersecurity analyst and the founder of the cybersecurity firm Area 1. “For any consumers or small businesses that are concerned about privacy or have sensitive information, I wouldn’t recommend running Kaspersky.” https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/what-to-do-about-the-kaspersky-data-hack--a4667463031/

"On 26 March 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) put Kaspersky on its national security list, saying that it poses an "unacceptable risk" to the United States' national security. This forbids Kaspersky from receiving FCC funds through its Universal Service Fund. This follows a previous ban forbidding United States government agencies from using products made by the firm.[63] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky_bans_and_allegations_of_Russian_government_ties#Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine

And from prior: Russian Hackers Stole NSA Tools From Contractor Who Used Kaspersky Software Russian hackers were able to identify the material and access the contractor's home machine because he was using Kaspersky software, a former official said. WASHINGTON — Russian government hackers stole highly sensitive U.S. spying tools after a contractor brought classified material home and put it on a computer that used Kaspersky anti-virus software, a former senior intelligence official briefed on the matter told NBC News. The details were first reported Thursday by The Wall Street Journal. The contractor, whose name has not been made public, worked for the National Security Agency, which specializes in hacking computers and eavesdropping on communications. (more) https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/russian-hackers-stole-nsa-tools-contractor-who-used-kaspersky-software-n808101

Not just rumors. Government warnings: Germany issues hacking warning for users of Russian anti-virus software Kaspersky "BERLIN, March 15 (Reuters) - Germany's cyber security agency on Tuesday warned users of an anti-virus software developed by Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab that it poses a serious risk of a successful hacking attack. The BSI agency said that the Russia-based cyber-security company could be coerced by Russian government agents to hack IT systems abroad or agents could clandestinely use its technology to launch cyberattacks without its knowledge. Kaspersky said in a statement it was a privately-managed company with no ties to the Russian government. It said that the warning by BSI was politically motivated, adding it was in contact with the BSI to clarify the matter. (more) https://www.reuters.com/technology/germany-issues-hacking-warning-users-russian-anti-virus-software-kaspersky-2022-03-15/

Your making a big, unsourced and possibly unfounded assertion above. The sexual assault episode you reference occurred in 2011. Logan appears to have continued working for CBS until 2018. And her Wikipedia summary says her descent into looney land began AFTER she had left CBS, which would have been 7 years after the fact. "Logan left CBS in 2018. After her departure from CBS, Logan began to make wide-ranging claims on a variety of conspiracy theories regarding topics such as the AIDS virus or the Rothschild family." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lara_Logan Folks should read the full entry on her linked above. The things she's done and publicly stated since her departure from CBS are truly breathtakingly bad.

After leaving CBS, when you then get variously dumped by among the journalistic worst in the media world, that's saying something: "Logan left CBS in 2018. After her departure from CBS, Logan began to make wide-ranging claims on a variety of conspiracy theories regarding topics such as the AIDS virus or the Rothschild family. In 2019, she joined the Sinclair Broadcast Group, a conservative media company.[2] In January 2020, she joined Fox Nation, a subscription streaming service run by Fox News.[3] In March 2022, she said she had been "dumped" by the network.[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lara_Logan Interesting to note above that she was able to sign on with Fox and Sinclair and appear on Newsmax AFTER her descent into looneyness. QUESTIONABLE SOURCE "We rate Newsmax Right Biased and Questionable based on the promotion of conspiracy theories and pseudoscience as well as numerous failed fact checks." https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/newsmax-bias-credibilty-reliability/ QUESTIONABLE SOURCE "Overall, we rate Fox News right biased based on editorial positions that align with the right and Questionable due to the promotion of propaganda, conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, the use of poor sources, and numerous false claims and failed fact checks." https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/fox-news-bias/ RIGHT BIAS Overall, we rate Sinclair Broadcast Group Right Biased based on political affiliation with the Republican Party and the direction of network news programming. We also rate them Mixed for factual reporting due to airing news shows with poor fact check records. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/sinclair-broadcast-group/

Had to take a stupid trip out to BKK CW today for in-person 90-day reporting due to having a new passport. On the BTS Skytrain portions outbound and returning, 99% of everyone on the train, Thai and other, were wearing face masks... On the BTS, curiously, there was a recurring loudspeaker announcement only in English, but not in Thai, advising that despite the general loosening of COVID regulations, both the BTS and MoPH continue to recommend that BTS passengers wear face masks while traveling. Once I got to BKK CW Immigration, 99% of everyone inside, staff and customers, were wearing face masks. In both cases, I was glad of it... Ohh, and BTW, my taxi drivers on both the outbound and returning trips between the BTS and Immigration likewise were wearing face masks.