TallGuyJohninBKK

One thing they ought to be thinking about -- but probably aren't -- is what's the traffic congestion and roads situation around their intended locations. Bangna Trad would be good because it puts the buses on, and gives them direct access to, a major arterial highway in an area where the traffic right now typically isn't so congested. Whereas around Bangsue, I'm thinking the addition of hundreds of buses each day from a combined Mochit and EBT operation is going to wreak havoc on the surrounding roads system.

I believe I've seen commentary from Thai woman suggesting that the common Thai man's approach is a quick "wham, bam, thank you Ma'am," whereas the ladies feel in dire need of more foreplay and warming up, so to speak, including oral.

Disruptions in the blood-brain barrier along with a hyperactive immune system are the likely mechanisms behind "brain fog" in patients who are experiencing long COVID, an Irish research team reported in Nature Neuroscience. Brain fog has been reported during acute COVID infection and has also been reported in nearly 50% of patients who experience long COVID, or symptoms well past the acute phase of COVID-19. ... Implications for diagnosis and treatment Matthew Campbell, PhD, one of the study coauthors, said in a Trinity College Dublin press release that the findings show for the first time that leaky vessels in the brain along with a hyperactive immune system may be the key drivers of brain fog in people experiencing long COVID. "This is critically important, as understanding the underlying cause of these conditions will allow us to develop targeted therapies for patients in the future," he said. Campbell is a genetics professor at Trinity College. (more) https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/researchers-identify-mechanism-behind-brain-fog-long-covid Blood–brain barrier disruption and sustained systemic inflammation in individuals with long COVID-associated cognitive impairment Published: 22 February 2024 "Vascular disruption has been implicated in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pathogenesis and may predispose to the neurological sequelae associated with long COVID, yet it is unclear how blood–brain barrier (BBB) function is affected in these conditions. Here we show that BBB disruption is evident during acute infection and in patients with long COVID with cognitive impairment, commonly referred to as brain fog.... Together, our data suggest that sustained systemic inflammation and persistent localized BBB dysfunction is a key feature of long COVID-associated brain fog." (more) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-024-01576-9

The COVID mortality rates for up-to-date vaccinated people vs. unvaccinated people varied at different points throughout the pandemic. But up-to-date vaccinated people consistently had LOWER COVID fatality rates vs. their unvaccinated peers. Per U.S. CDC: "Mar 24, 2023 An updated COVID-19 vaccine saves lives. Vaccinated people who received an updated COVID-19 vaccine were 14 times less likely to die compared with those who received no vaccine and 3 times less likely to die compared with those who received only the original COVID-19 vaccine(s)."

Except for these folks: https://archive.is/ynV8Z or these: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/?ACSTrackingID=DM95458-USCDC_2145&ACSTrackingLabel=12.9.2022 - COVID-19 Data Tracker Weekly Review&deliveryName=DM95458-USCDC_2145#trends_weeklyhospitaladmissions_select_00

Yes... the only "estimating" is how many times higher the real tally of COVID deaths is vs the universally agreed undercount of 7 million "official" COVID deaths. The Economist below is using a range of between 18 million to 35 million total global deaths attributable to COVID. https://archive.is/ynV8Z From Our World in Data on the above charting by The Economist: "This work by The Economist is one of the most comprehensive and rigorous attempts to understand how mortality has changed during the pandemic at the global level. But these estimates come with a great deal of uncertainty given the large amount of data that is missing and the known shortcomings even for data that is available. We can think of them as our best, educated — but still ballpark — estimates. Some of the specific figures are highly uncertain, as the large uncertainty intervals show. But the overall conclusion remains clear: in many countries and globally, the number of confirmed deaths from COVID-19 is far below the pandemic’s full death toll. [emphasis added] https://ourworldindata.org/excess-mortality-covid

The tomboys here tend to be more aggressive and assertive (man-like) than regular women or lesbians, giving them a more masculine aura for their partner. It's about much more than just their hair cut.

Or this: Global COVID vaccination saved 2.4 million lives in first 8 months, study estimates November 1, 2023 The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in 141 countries averted 2.4 million excess deaths by August 2021 and would have saved another 670,000 more lives had vaccines been distributed equitably, estimates a working paper from University of Southern California (USC) and Brown University researchers. ... "To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that estimates the effect of COVID-19 vaccines on the global all-cause mortality using observational data. Second, unlike existing studies, this study considers the waning effect of vaccines instead of assuming a constant effectiveness of vaccines over time." ... The averted deaths were economically valued at $6.5 trillion, roughly equivalent to 9% of the combined gross domestic product (GDP) of the 141 countries. (more) https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/global-covid-vaccination-saved-24-million-lives-first-8-months-study-estimates

And then there are many different calculations on how many lives would have been saved if more people had ignored the rampant anti-vax misinformation and instead had gotten vaccinated as recommended by public health agencies around the world. One example: “For example, a May 2022 analysis by researchers at Brown, Harvard, Microsoft, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, reported that if the COVID vaccine take-up rate in the United States had been 90 percent of eligible adults after the vaccines became available instead of the actual rate of 70 percent of adults being fully vaccinated, 225,427 fewer people would have died between January 2021 and April 2022.” https://www.newsguardtech.com/press/newsguard-reports-more-than-300-vaccine-related-false-narratives-now-spreading-online/

There's the official figure for COVID deaths of about 7 million, and then there's the several times higher estimated figure of likely COVID deaths based on global excess death tallies during the pandemic. https://archive.is/ynV8Z

All of that sounds about right from a typical (modern) Thai young woman's perspective... Plus (though I confess to NOT having any personal experience with this) there's a line of thinking that says a woman is more likely to best know how to please another woman in bed.

Thailand MoPH Weekly COVID report for Feb. 18 - Feb. 24, 2024: --487 new COVID hospitalizations, down 9 from the prior week --3 new COVID deaths, down 1 from the prior week --288 current COVID patients hospitalized in serious condition, down 75 from the prior week (dark purple) --111 current COVID patients hospitalized requiring intubation/ventilation to breathe, down 45 from the prior week (light purple) (cumulative figures are COVID new hospitalizations (4,199) & deaths (46) since the start of the current year) https://ddc.moph.go.th/covid19-dashboard/?dashboard=main

Thailand MoPH Weekly COVID report for Feb. 11 - Feb. 17, 2024: --496 new COVID hospitalizations, down 41 from the prior week --4 new COVID deaths, down 1 from the prior week --363 current COVID patients hospitalized in serious condition, up 19 from the prior week (dark purple) --156 current COVID patients hospitalized requiring intubation/ventilation to breathe, down 13 from the prior week (light purple) (cumulative figures are COVID new hospitalizations (3,712) & deaths (43) since the start of the current year) https://ddc.moph.go.th/covid19-dashboard/?dashboard=main

Speaking of misinformation on COVID vaccines, let's look at where most of it is coming from, including the topic of this thread! 02/07/2024 NewsGuard Reports More Than 300 Vaccine-Related False Narratives Now Spreading Online Nearly four years since the outbreak of COVID-19—and amidst a constant stream of false claims about vaccine efficacy—NewsGuard reports that there are now more than 300 vaccine-related false narratives infecting social media and online search results. ... Prominent vaccine-related myth examples NewsGuard has identified include: “Fibrous blood clots reported by embalmers are proof of widespread deaths caused by COVID-19 vaccines:” A new version of this false narrative has gained traction due to an online survey of embalmers released in January 2024, which says that 70 percent of embalmers reported seeing an increase in fibrous blood clots in bodies beginning in mid-2021, following the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. In fact, the survey’s responses—which may not have come from actual embalmers—cannot prove a link to COVID vaccines, because blood clots commonly form after a person has died and embalmers would be unlikely to know a deceased person’s vaccination status. The spread of this false narrative was accelerated by RFK Jr.’s Children’s Health Defense (Trust Score: 17.5/100). https://www.newsguardtech.com/press/newsguard-reports-more-than-300-vaccine-related-false-narratives-now-spreading-online/ More evidence that the claims and insinuations made here about some connection between COVID vaccines and the pictured blood clots are, as this report calls them, "myth" and "false narrative." https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/newsguard/ "NewsGuard provides transparent tools to counter misinformation for readers, brands, and democracies. Since launching in 2018, its global staff of trained journalists and information specialists has collected, updated, and deployed more than 6.9 million data points on more than 35,000 news and information sources, and cataloged and tracked all of the top false narratives spreading online. https://www.newsguardtech.com/about-newsguard/

The above monthly COVID deaths number of about 10,000 was reported by the WHO, but what's being ignored here is that that deaths tally came from only about 50 (depending on the month) out of the 234 jurisdictions that report to the WHO -- so it's hardly a comprehensive or accurate global total, as the WHO repeatedly has noted. "Globally, during the 28-day period from 8 January to 4 February 2024, 75 countries reported COVID-19 cases and 43 countries reported COVID-19 deaths. Note that this does not reflect the actual number of countries where cases or deaths occur, as many countries have stopped or changed the frequency of reporting." The prior months data had a bit more than 50 countries reporting COVID deaths, so the tally numbers tend to vary month to month, but it's typically less than one-fourth of all the world's jurisdictions. https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/covid-19-epidemiological-update-16-february-2024

February 6, 2024 Rampant COVID Poses New Challenges in the Fifth Year of the Pandemic “We’re still in a pandemic,” says a lead COVID official with the World Health Organization ... "Worldwide, there were more than 11,000 reported deaths from COVID between mid-December 2023 and mid-January 2024, and more than half of those deaths occurred in the U.S. In that same time frame, nearly one million cases were reported to the World Health Organization globally (although reduced testing and reporting means this is likely a vast undercount)." https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rampant-covid-poses-new-challenges-in-the-fifth-year-of-the-pandemic/ The above stats being from only a relatively small number of countries in the world that are still regularly and publicly reporting their COVID cases and deaths to WHO.

Various medical professionals quoted earlier in this thread have repeatedly said that post mortem blood clotting is a normal thing, and isn't something that suddenly appeared post COVID. And that the clots shown by Hirschman look like normal postmortem clots.

If there was any credibility to these claims of some unusual presentation of clotting, you'd think that after this bunk has been circulating in anti-vax circles for several years, that we'd see some comment from the actual experts in the field -- medical pathologists -- saying hey, something different is going on here. But, from all the checking I can find online, the only comments I've seen on this subject from medical pathologists are that the shown clots are typical of those found in human bodies post mortem. So perhaps that's why this whole contretemps has remained in the domain of fringe anti-vaxers and documented misinformation purveyors. "The National Funeral Directors Association told PolitiFact in February that embalmers had noticed an increase in blood clots among COVID-19-related deaths, including vaccinated and unvaccinated people. [bolding added] Jessica Koth, director of public relations for the association, told us in an email that “[f]uneral service professionals are in no way qualified to draw any conclusions about COVID vaccines and blood clots. We’re not medical examiners or physicians or scientists.” https://www.factcheck.org/2022/12/scicheck-died-suddenly-pushes-bogus-depopulation-theory/ Not to mention: "Brooke Whisnant also said that Hirschman had performed embalming services at their funeral home and pointed out that they don’t know who’s been vaccinated and who hasn’t among the deceased."

Dubious case for your prosecution: "Hirschman was featured in a video posted by the “Stew Peters Network” on Rumble in January, and his apparent findings have been highlighted on other dubious websites. But in a phone interview with FactCheck.org, he told us he never said he could prove a connection between the clots he was showing and the COVID-19 vaccines. “I can’t prove what this is,” Hirschman told FactCheck.org in a phone interview. “I’m not a doctor nor a scientist — I never said I was.” https://www.factcheck.org/2022/12/scicheck-died-suddenly-pushes-bogus-depopulation-theory/

McGill University Office for Science and Society Separating Sense from Nonsense 25 Nov 2022 "As anatomical pathology specialist Irene Sansano told a fact-checking website, the clots shown by Hirschman do not look different from the ones pathologists regularly see in blood clot autopsies at the hospital. To know if there really was an uptick in clots seen during embalming, we can’t rely on a scattering of anecdotes. We would need a database to monitor trends, and as Schmidt points out, this database does not exist." .... "- The clots shown by the embalmers in the movie seem to medical experts to be no different than the clots that commonly occur in life and also after death." https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-critical-thinking/anti-vaccine-documentary-died-suddenly-wants-you-feel-not-think

The above Health Feedback report also raises an explanation I haven't seen previously address in this thread, with a professor of mortuary science explaining how the presence of embalming fluid in the body containing formaldehyde can contribute to ad change the appearance of clots. "Benjamin Schmidt, a professor of mortuary science at the Northeast Texas Community College, analyzed the reasons why the claim is unsupported in an episode of his podcast The Funeral Science Podcast (starting at minute 10:20). In an email to Health Feedback, Schmidt explained that embalming fluids typically contain formaldehyde, a preservative that changes the blood’s properties and can contribute to blood clotting: “One thing that needs to be added to the discussion that is being overlooked is the fact that formaldehyde coagulates proteins, so those clots are going to be different because they are embalmed blood.”\ https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/photos-blood-clots-embalming-dont-show-link-with-covid-19-vaccines-blood-clotting-risk-higher-after-covid-19/

And then we could add this one to the long list pertaining to the claims made by embalmer Hirschman via his YT interview with Campbell, as well as to the discredited claims made in the OP of this thread. Photos of blood clots removed during embalming don’t show any link with COVID-19 vaccines; blood clotting risk is much higher after COVID-19 than vaccination 02 Nov 2022 "Inadequate support: Abnormal blood clotting can have many causes unrelated to COVID-19 vaccines, for example an underlying pathology or COVID-19 itself, which is a more likely cause of blood clotting than vaccination. Blood clotting also happens after death. Without a pathological analysis, photos of clots don’t provide sufficient evidence to suggest that those clots are neither abnormal nor linked to vaccination." ... "The article attributed this photo to Richard Hirschman, an embalmer who claimed to have found “strange clots” in deceased people since the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. After the article was published, Health Feedback reviewed Hirschman’s claim and found no scientific evidence supporting an association between such clots and COVID-19 vaccines." ... "It’s not the first time such a claim has been made. In fact, the claim that COVID-19 vaccines caused abnormal clots in corpses based on anecdotal reports from embalmers started circulating in late 2021, and spread thanks to individuals such as Jane Ruby and Mike Adams. However, multiple organizations, including Health Feedback, AFP, and PolitiFact, found this claim to be unsubstantiated." https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/photos-blood-clots-embalming-dont-show-link-with-covid-19-vaccines-blood-clotting-risk-higher-after-covid-19/

It's sad and unfortunate that someone like Campbell who has such a large YT following also has such a terrible record when it comes to providing credible, accurate reports on COVID, as shown above. Pretty much opposite to the Health Feedback website that has called out his many failings: Failed Fact Checks None. In fact, they are a part of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN). Overall, we rate Health Feedback a pro-science fact-checker based on utilizing scientific evidence to refute claims. We also rate them Very-High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and the use of expert Ph.D. level scientists/doctors to fact check claims. (D. Van Zandt 4/19/2020) Updated (8/07/2023) https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/health-feedback/

Hardly...as shown below. He's been responsible a long list of misleading info or misinformation claims regarding COVID: https://healthfeedback.org/authors/john-campbell/

AZ had been actively pursuing approval for its COVID vaccine in the U.S. up through 2021, including running clinical trials in the country. But ran into the documented problem of very rare but serious blood clots once the AZ vaccine began widespread use in Europe. That led the U.S. FDA to demand more detailed submissions from AZ, and in the end, AZ withdrew from submitting a formal request for emergency use authorization. AstraZeneca withdraws US COVID vaccine application, shifts focus to antibody treatments Nov 10, 2022 "After missing the boat for emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines, AstraZeneca has finally pulled the plug on efforts to sell its shot in the U.S. AstraZeneca has decided to withdraw its application for COVID vaccine Vaxzevria with the FDA, CEO Pascal Soriot told reporters during a press briefing Thursday. ... Because the FDA has already fully approved mRNA vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, the agency’s emergency use authorization pathway for other vaccines is closed." https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/astrazeneca-withdraws-us-covid-vaccine-application-focus-shifts-antibody-treatments FDA wants 'significant' amount of extra data on AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine AstraZeneca had anticipated applying for emergency use authorization in the U.S. in either late March or early April. May 1, 2021 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-wants-significant-amount-extra-data-astrazeneca-s-covid-vaccine-n1265760 The U.S. Is Sitting on Tens of Millions of Vaccine Doses the World Needs Those tens of millions of doses from AstraZeneca are waiting for trial results, while countries that authorized the vaccine beg to have them. March 11, 2021 "WASHINGTON — Tens of millions of doses of the coronavirus vaccine made by the British-Swedish company AstraZeneca are sitting idly in American manufacturing facilities, awaiting results from its U.S. clinical trial while countries that have authorized its use beg for access." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/us/politics/coronavirus-astrazeneca-united-states.html AstraZeneca Covid vaccine: safety and side effects Updated 25 January 2023 Is the AstraZeneca vaccine still being used in the UK? No, the UK government is not ordering future supplies of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. Evidence shows that mRNA vaccines, Pfizer and Moderna, are more effective at boosting protection from Covid-19, so these vaccines are being recommended for the seasonal booster programme. ... Can the AstraZeneca vaccine cause blood clots? There have been rare reports of people developing blood clots in combination with low platelet levels (thrombocytopenia), after receiving a dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca in the UK. This is listed as a ‘very rare’ side effect of the AstraZeneca vaccine. https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/coronavirus-and-your-health/astrazeneca-covid-vaccine