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The "Official" (European) Rules regarding the dregs left in the vial:- From the European Medicines Agency ... https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/extra-dose-vials-comirnaty-covid-19-vaccine Extra dose from vials of Comirnaty (Pfizer) COVID-19 vaccine News 08/01/2021 EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has recommended updating the product information for Comirnaty to clarify that each vial contains 6 doses of the vaccine. In order to extract six doses from a single vial, low dead-volume syringes and/or needles should be used. The low dead-volume syringe and needle combination should have a dead volume of no more than 35 microliters. If standard syringes and needles are used, there may not be enough of the vaccine to extract a sixth dose from a vial. If the amount of vaccine remaining in the vial after the fifth dose cannot provide a full dose (0.3 ml), the healthcare professional must discard the vial and its contents. There should be no pooling from multiple vials to make up a full dose, and any unused vaccine should be discarded 6 hours after dilution.

https://thethaiger.com/coronavirus/ddc-justifies-plan-to-get-2-extra-doses-per-astrazeneca-vial -- This story gives some information about Nurses managing to get 12 doses out of a 10-dose vial of Astra, using low-dead-space syringes (whereas in the Original-Story above, the Nurse managed to get 7 doses out of vial which the Manufacturer/Health-Professionals believe is sufficient for 5 doses when using "normal" syringes, and for 6 doses when using low-dead-space syringes).

Perhaps *not* so "odd" after all ... *** After further searching on Google -----> https://www.euractiv.com/section/coronavirus/news/spanish-nurses-find-way-to-extract-7-doses-from-pfizer-vaccine-vials/ "Two Spanish nurses have come up with a way to extract an extra seventh dose from six-dose vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by removing the remnants of the solution with specialised equipment, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported. Ana Sola Martin and Natalia Coll from the Clinic Hospital in Valencia told EFE that by using more precise syringes with a larger dead space — the gap between the plunger and the base of the needle — they were able to maximise the usage of the vaccine, which has become “liquid gold” in the bid to end the pandemic. A similar result was reported in Finland earlier this month."

From Thailand's Criminal Code: -- Section 287. Pornography Whoever: For the purpose of trade or by trade, for public distribution or exhibition, makes, produces, possesses, brings or causes to be brought into the Kingdom, sends or causes to be sent out of the Kingdom, takes away or causes to be taken away, or circulates by any means whatever, any document, drawing, print, painting, printed matter, picture, poster, symbol, photograph, cinematograph film, noise tape, picture tape or any other thing which is obscene; Carries on trade, or takes part or participates in the trade concerning the aforesaid obscene material or thing, or distributes or exhibits to the public, or hires out such material or thing; In order to assist in the circulation or trading of the aforesaid obscene material or thing, propagates or spreads the news by any means whatever that there is a person committing the act which is an offence according to this Section, or propagates or spreads the news that the aforesaid obscene material or thing may be obtained from any person or by any means, shall be punished with imprisonment not exceeding three years or fined not exceeding six thousand Baht, or both. *** From the above, it would seem (to me at least) that [1] bringing the products into the country, and [2] using them for one's own personal use is not illegal. Q: And who gets to decide what is "obscene" ? [ --- Sex-Toys have clearly been identified by the Authorities as being "obscene".] -- And that old chestnut, when does "Art" become "Pornography" ? For example is the statue, or an image of the statue, of the Venus de Milo "obscene" ?

In order to extract six doses from a single vial, low dead-volume syringes should be used for all six doses. If standard syringes are used, there may not be enough of the vaccine to extract a sixth dose from a vial. - And Health-Authorities advise that there should be no pooling from multiple vials to make up a full dose. -- What's odd here is that the News-Report above talks about a 7th dose being taken from a [single ?] vial.

From Wikipedia:- "The largest prostitution sector in Thailand is that which caters exclusively to Thai clients. It is many times larger than the sector accessible to Western tourists and it remains almost entirely hidden from view for the casual foreign visitor."

Since January 2020, the UK GDP has shrunk by an accumulated 24%, but has subsequently grown by an accumulated 23%. -- Yes, the 4.8% *is* certainly Good-News, but (as yet, unfortunately) the UK *still* isn't back to where it was pre-Covid ( - and that's with a "full-on", [reasonably] easily-accessible vaccine-programme).

I Trillion Baht = 1,000 Billion Baht = (1,000 / 30) Billion Dollars = 33 Billion Dollars And the "Thai Chamber of Commerce says that lockdown measures in Thailand this year will have cost businesses 1 trillion baht by the end of this month", ie in the past 8 months.

-- The task for the Police in Thailand is to "Uphold-The-Order" ... they are *not* tasked with "Upholding-The-Law".

I really do wonder what the incentives/inducements are (for the Accused) for taking part in The Re-enactment. -- Just *what* is in it for the Accused ? --- And another Q ... at what point during the interview, etc is the Accused given an opportunity to talk to/consult with a Defence-Lawyer (provided by the State) ?