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Was there not a person who said that the Covid virus did just slid of Thai people , not even touching them . BTW yes vaccines for regular covid arent working as good for omicron as it used to be for "normal" covid. We all know that . I got my nr 3 planned this wednesday , and i expect nr 4 somewhere in summertime ( adapted version) . Virus change , covid is still new but we do follow it very hard , all countries , in fact everything else is come to a standstill . Take care and watch out , before you know its on your doorstep ... but also , life is returning to normal , it is still a long way and will be but we are seeing light at the end of the tunnel .

Yes parallel is no problem , i specified "serial" string . @crossy , already mentioned parallel as a way to put them .

Only thing you can't do is running different orientation of panels in same series string . Same series string makes all panels perform like the weakest link ( same with shadow on 1 of the panels , try to avoid it ) .

When i started coming to Thailand i used to take direct flights from Amsterdam , with EVA or China Airlines . After i came more , so i started looking in the better frequent flyer program of the 2 and i signed up for China Airlines . I travelled multiple times in business class with them on miles or just for free ( the upgraded me on the counter without me even asking for it ) . A few years ago the direct route was cancelled , so i started looking different options . Left on the choice was Qatar , Etihad and Emirates . , all about halfway of Brussels-BKK . so a nice stop in the middle , which i found attractive ( and still do ) . Qatar was the 1st 1 out since i did read about strong alcohol rules in Qatar , idk if it is true , but if im in a airport waiting for a few hours , i'd like a few drinks . Left over was Etihad and Emirates . Between the 2 i did choose Etihad because of the slightly better FF program . If i can come again ( hopefully not too long from now ) i will try to book with Etihad again , starting again where i left off ( because of covid ) .

TBH , and everything i've seen from the growing up . Yes i'm not 35 anymore , but i've seen the educational system go down ( people having chem degrees and don't know what is dangerous or not because they only learned from books ) . The way i seen things grow makes me think , yes people now are certainly smart then they used to be . They do know <deleted>loads more about posting movies on YT and similar , but actually knowing things , i am afraid of the future . This does not matter for me , im old enough to get me around this wave but i am sure that this will go well beyond my time on this planet .

If you are in same taxi or close to seat in airplane as a person who does test positive , you will be quarantined also , for 7 or 10 days . This is considered high risk contact , so even if you test negative , you will be quarantined but if you keep staying negative , insurance will not cover you . This is mentioned before by several others before , even some who did ask the insurance . Positive but asymptomatic-> insurance pays Positive and hospital -> insurance pays Negative but required quarantine because of high risk contact -> insurance does not pay . That is also why some mention coming over and specific asking for solo taxi to test location/hotel .

Data out of Denmark ... spread rate similar then UK .

Don't simply assume things on SA , the population there is not at all the same like in EU . The data out of UK is much more important then the ones out of SA . SA can give a hint , but with the cases in UK , you get very reliable large scale data from a country which has more or less the same population/vaccination/health issues then the rest of EU . Remember 1st wave , better act a bit too fast then too slow , and rather be cautious then confident . You can always make everything back to normal , but you can't make the hospitals empty in a day .

True , but the way it spreads , and a confirmed kill and 1st cases in hospitals are something to keep a eye on . You can't wait 2 weeks more if the spread is like that , with the virulence unknown .

The panic is there since they see the spread of Omicron . It is 50% extra every single day , so more then doubling every 2 days ... you can see in 14d how far we are ( take a excel file and add 50% daily ... check your numbers...) . 1st cases are in hospital and 1st confirmed death is also there , so it is not a save and harmless virus . Will it be safer then Delta , probably , but the spread rate is too fast , especially if the virulence is unknown , but it certainly isn't a cold .

Lab scale testing can extrapolate the results based on original protection -time related diminishing . It is not 99d it is protecting and 100d no protection . It is low to start with and reduces faster , so after 100d , it is below what "scientists" call "effective" .

So the doctors are wrong and you know better ? https://www.insider.com/does-drinking-alcohol-warm-you-up-2016-12 https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/32256/does-drinking-alcohol-really-keep-you-warm-when-its-cold-out https://www.livescience.com/55435-does-drinking-alcohol-warm-your-body.html https://www.alcohol.org/effects/warm-flushed-skin/ I can give plenty more examples , all saying the same thing . This effect can also be seen on your face , since drinking alcohol gives you a blush quite fast . When you are cold , the veins narrow , because it is a reaction to keep the bodyheat in the core and not on the surface . If you drink alcohol , veins widen again , sending the blood to the skin , this creating the skin to heat up ( the warm feeling) but in fact the body temp is dropping since the blood is cooled. So this Thai doctor is right to say it , since some of the foreigners also don't know it yet.

https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/30277820 This newspaper i can mention i think ? Anyway , it happens very regular . Not the coastal towns , because the sea always keeps the temp at nice lvls , even in the coldest seasons , but inside Thailand , it does get really cold .Remember that daytime can still be hot and that everything is build for hot and not for cold .

Well they are right . It's perfectly fine to drink alcohol , but not if you are cold and trying a drink to heat you up , since in fact it does just the opposite . Alcohol widens your veins and by that more blood goes to your skin . This makes you feel warmer , but in fact it is cooling your core temp . Nobody said you can't do , only give the recommendation for people who do try such thing .There are people dying many times in Thailand from undercooling , and many Thais do not have the knowledge that in fact the lao khao just does the opposite .

Not for quarantine for high risk contact ( testing negative ). Yes , spending 10-20 hours in airports and aircraft , with tons of people around , it certainly is worrying .The more people come over the more chance you suddenly in a aircraft where somebody tested positive , and you are quarantined , at own cost .

Check the meter itself , it aint the lights on the side he is asking , its on the speedometer on the inside . There is a 1 at 30km/h , 2 at 50km/h ...

It will change , like everything changes . What will remain is , when there is demand , there will be a supply , and opposite . They can ban gogo bars , but they won't ban coffee houses or just normal bars . Then there will be a demand and the supply will certainly be there .

Didn't it matter if we knew the situation was going to be like this 2y ago ? Wuhan style lockdown for 6 weeks everywhere and it was done and over with , everybody would be back to normal . Problem was we reacted too little too late , which is normal since we didn't see anything like this in 100years . But you are right , it is already everywhere , so it is happening wanting or not . Let's just say , i would not book my flight just yet .... ( and if you can wait a few weeks , i would 100% recommend the same ) .

If it is , then it blows all other corona virus straight out of the water , and land and sky also . Those numbers are doubling every 2 days !!! Wont be long before we get the data from elderly / weak / vaxxed and un vaxxed being infected and hopefully only running nose , but has to be like that since the spread is way too fast to get any hospital up to that kind of speed .

There is NO virus which does kill all of us . Even the 100% deadly rabies , does have a confirmed survivor ( a girl ) . There will always be people who are immune for a certain type of virus . The number is suspected to be quite large , much more then a handful , estimate is around 10% of population . And most of them are Caucasian , because they were also immune for bubonic plague . You can check the data on various sources ...

Nothing but upside is a bit too strong language . There are atm good signs , but they can turn very bad very fast . Better be safe then sorry , you remember 1st wave yes ? I heard about it around X-mas/NY about some new virus in China , next nothing to worry , next littlebit worry , next Wuhan lockdown ... thats bad but it's China so far away . Next up boom and we are where we are now , 2 years later . The data from UK is the ones needing follow up , since i do not trust the data from SA , not that there aren't good things there , but data out of Africa in general is very spotted and a complete different situation then in UK and for that the Western world . These are not good numbers ... and so far , even the most careful projections give it a less then 50% hospital admissions over Delta . The spread is too fast to make up for that , but it might just be ok , if the vaccines still do their job . So , yes , there are some good signs , but there are some very worrying also . Data will be out in 1 week at max , the way this is spreading .

UK now got 1898 confirmed cases of Omicron . If it really is a less virulent variant will show very soon . Let's get the hopes up , otherwise might be a very bad winter coming .

loving the job vs not leaving the job is a different thing . I love my job , i would not like to do anything different ( well unless theres something i can do from Thailand which there isnt) , but i would not think about 1 second if i get the chance to leave . If i get pension age , i will leave and not think back 1 single second , same as i am home now for 2 months , love to stay longer like that , 2 months is nothing but at least it clears my head .

This is just stupid , unless somebody did give him a kiss on the mouth or anything else to come in contact with body fluids , there is no danger whatsoever . A death body does not spread body fluids , which does contain the virus . I do many times support heavy rules for covid but this is crazy but expectable in Thailand. They believe in ghost , don't know anything about a bacteria or virus , so i believe this story is unfortunate prob is true .

In my kind of work thats good . Like i said im a chemical process operator . This means our team , control the chemical plant . There are many days our PLC control can take care just about everything .Like the autopilot on a airplane . These days , i /team are working on autopilot also , company making money . Problem is , like in a airplane , autopilots do fail or things just break down and all hell can break lose in seconds . Compared to a aircraft , we control a few aircrafts at the same time , and we do crash a few times a year , but we do save many times the crashes also . In busy moments , theres a few 100 alarms to 1000s of alarms /h , trying to fix things , before a emergency shutdown ( thats a crash) . So yes , my job is to try to do as little as possible, check signs before something goes wrong , and adjust a few minor things before things turn really bad . It looks weird but my job is like that , the less i got to do , the more my company is happy .