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10 minutes ago, Virt said:

As for the mask issue, a Danish professor in virology gave a pretty interesting interview yesterday, saying that if 100,000 Danes used Masks for a week it would prevent 1 case of covid 19, if using July as example. Atm the rate in August would be 50,000 to wear mask for a week to prevent 1 case. So not utterly useless but very ineffective. 

 

There was large demonstration in Berlin on August 1st with a few hundred thousand demonstrators, all or most of them not wearing masks. Of course police and other officials did. Now three weeks later one would expect a large increase in infections but there was hardly a blip, it was in the same range as quoted above.

9 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Yeah right!...and it's shear co-ncidence that 789,283 have died globally from corona virus, how about that! ????

There are very few who die of Corona virus, they die with it. Even some of the ones who supposedly die with it, are falsely counted, because they are just added to the count, but not tested or autopsied.

20 hours ago, Incobart said:

ok, I give an example for my country and I am sure it is reliable and comparable to other countries

Belgium middle of Europe, 11 mil people, death rate normally 9.2/1000, that is ruffly 100.000/year or 272 per day.  covid victims average per day around 250,  how many % is that ?

Are you sure? According to your explanation that would add up to 272 plus 250 or 522 total dead per day. There is absolutely no evidence for that. The problem is how the victims are being counted. Just because they have been tested or often only because they have been in contact with a COVID infected person, they are counted as a COVID death. There is hardly anybody dying of COVID, however people die with COVID because of underlying problems. How many corpses are being examined to truly find out why they died?

In any case the number of deaths has gone up a little in Belgium but not by 80% at all. https://www.euromomo.eu/index.html
 

23 minutes ago, SantiSuk said:

The schools in Germany are still open and South Korea is not in lockdown. Both are widely predicted to be able to bounce back economy-wise than other countries.

The schools in Germany have been closed for weeks, however they are supposed to open after the easter holidays. There has yet to be an official word that it will happen.

9 minutes ago, chilly07 said:

S Korea and Germany tested a v high proportion and seem to have the best record at fighting the virus

having a good record in fighting the virus has little to do with testing and much more with a functioning public health system, otherwise countries like Italy would also be ahead of the curve.

1 hour ago, Incobart said:

And hard to say now but older /sick /weak people that are unlucky are cleaned out by nature now.  We can not avoid that until there is a vaccine

or herd immunity.

2 hours ago, Boomer6969 said:

Well, this means that lat year Q1 visitor were 8.54 + 15.67 = 24.21 millions. Implies that Thailand welcomed close to 99 million visitors last years. Another big lie somewhere, isn't?

In 2018 the international arrivals for 6 airports in Thailand were 81,145,917, so the number is off, but by no means big lie.

https://www.airportthai.co.th/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Annual-Airport-2018.pdf

22 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

15.67 million tourists in the first three months including March, where many restrictions were in place? I do not think so. I can smell a spoiled fish when it is in the room. That would average out to around 60 million in 2020. Someone is lying, and someone is dreaming. Total arrivals this year many be 11-12 million. Real numbers. 

The numbers are from CAAT, so they refer to arrivals and not necessarily tourists. They would even include transfers I think. It also means that there is no correlation to the nationality, just to the airport they boarded and many flights from NA go via China.

1 hour ago, Yinn said:

Dr Yinn says wearing a face mask is certainly not an iron-clad guarantee that you won’t get sick – viruses can also transmit through the eyes and tiny viral particles, known as aerosols, can penetrate masks. However, masks are effective at capturing droplets, which is a main transmission route of coronavirus, and some studies have estimated a roughly fivefold protection versus no barrier alone. 

 

Why you think doctor and nurse in corona hospital wear the mask? Because they not handsome?

There is one more reason. People touch their faces many times per hour, wearing a mask helps reducing that habit.

16 hours ago, jacob29 said:

Well walking along Jomtien beach today, a Thai guy sitting on the beach was vomiting. I didn't think nausea was a symptom of CV19, but reading about it just now, it is one of the main symptoms . I can't say I've ever seen someone vomiting on the beach, so this is actually pretty alarming. To think there's no police presence to even monitor this kind of thing.

 

The reader might be asking, what am I doing taking a stroll down the beach. Shouldn't I be staying home? I had critical things to attend to, at immigration. Namely standing in a huge queue shoulder to shoulder, to get a 7 day extension.

Be careful what you wish for. The pandemic is already being used all over the world to limit democratic rights and is making the world more autocratic.

27 minutes ago, MiNombreEsFicticious said:

Remember, if you never get tested, you'll never get Covid-19. People who call their local Thai public hospital when they suspect they have it aren't told to come in for a test. They are to stay away, stay at home, wait and see if things get worse, and good luck.

 

So Thailand does not have many cases of Covid-19, just a lot of people who have it.

That may be a good thing indeed. Hospitals - not only in Thailand - are known to be some of the best places for respiratory disease transmission.

2 hours ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

Might be even older than that (81). An eye opening read tell you all you need to know about Italy and why what happened there will NOT happen in Thailand no matter what: https://swprs.org/a-swiss-doctor-on-covid-19/

 

The panic needs to stop. Just ride it out until there's herd immunity - that's the only real option.

A very interesting read indeed. 

What about doing it the other way around, i.e. changing a business visa to a retirement extension?

After a 4 year hiatus, I am about to apply for a Visa for a long stay in Thailand. I have a wife and kids in Thailand but most of us were all outside for the 4 years. The wife and kids of course have Thai passports, so no problem there. I intend to apply for a non immigrant O, which is only good for one entry. However I do have to leave after about a month and likely also two months for about a week each time before coming back.

Is it possible to add multiple entries at immigration Thailand? 

I can understand it .. if the guy is innocent and some internet hero's destroy his image.. id be pissed too.

It's their own problem, they could have submitted to a DNA test early on - no match then, problem gone. Now nobody will believe it anymore.

Interesting when some districts had to close their polling stations. The ban was still enforced. I think if can't vote then can drink.

The ban is enforced after polls closing because in the past alcohol was used in connection with vote buying. They would round up a bunch of people and then take them out to get pissed after they voted. So they extend the ban until after the polls close.

It's ridiculous and does nothing to prevent vote buying, but that's why they do it.

used to be the same in Canada years ago for the same reasons, eventually they woke up and noticed it doesn't make a difference.

Nice to drive my Nissan morning and night with the heater on. Lovely.

You have a heater in car? Must be import, Thai cars don't have it.

Nissan Pajero Sport does.

Edit: Sorry was double posting because of my big thumbs.

Rimping has typically a number German alcohol free beers. Some of them are pretty good but of course always depends on your tastes.

Macro also has at least one I know of.

Hello

i am a woman 48 years old in pension. From Germany. Its very bored sometimes for me here in chiang mai and i would like to learn other foreigner or maybe social activities. Does anyone have an idea if there are some activities here in chiang mai or groups where foreigner can meet.

There are plenty of activities, it may help if you provide some examples of activities you are interested in.

Tragic story all round, however the Thais really don't help themselves...

If this guy was caught in crossfire, how can it be murder?

And seriously, are those two guys either side of him really the police?

Buck your ideas up BiB, the whole world is following this!

they are plaincloth, yes they do have them here, so should not look like police.

keep it decent otherwise it will be deleted by the moderators. The word "date" seems to be a four letter word today!

A few years ago a train crash in Phuket killed hundreds of falangs.

Then falangs were told they had to pay extra for a gadget to get on the internet

Now we're being Taxed extra on alchohol. What is this country coming to ?

I'm leaving .........

You can return tomorrow

Some off topic and offensive posts have been removed - please keep it civil guys

You, global moderators, can you follow fast enough to remove the "date-reminders" for this topic of today???

Tomorrow will be another day indeed...

So far they haven't, they are lagging three to four posts currently. Just update a few times and their struggle becomes clear!