spidermike007

2 hours ago, Sheryl said:

It is now being reported that CAAT has extended the ban on incoming international flights through end of May.

That makes total sense. Thailand is well insulated and the numbers are wonderfully low. The rest of the world looks likes Zombieland in comparison. Why risk that? And who would be coming anyway? Likely only returning Thais and a few expats, and the restrictions would be significant. 

Many are now suggesting that by isolating people within their homes, they are eliminating any resistance to the virus, weakening immune systems, and creating a likely scenario for a second wave. I happen to think a lot of what these doctors are saying is accurate, and makes sense. Especially, if like me, you believe that the damage done by the worldwide economic lockdown, will be 200 times worse than the virus itself. 

A voice of reasoning in the wilderness of panic and fear of the zombie apocalypse. What they are saying makes total sense. There is an astonishing amount of bad information out there, and alot of medical personnel who do not know what they are working with, are unwilling to break normal influenza protocol (therefore killing alot of people, inadvertently) and listening to Fauci, the CDC, the FDA, and the WHO way too much, and not thinking outside the box, and dancing on their feet. As this guy says, theory and reality are not always the same.  

https://www.facebook.com/KGET17News/videos/537566680274166/

Kudos to him for stepping up. Although they were rather vague about the rest of the super rich within Thailand. I wonder how many are really putting their money where their mouths are? Anyone heard any stories of others?

Charoen Pokphand Group patriarch Dhanin Chearavanont, Thailand’s richest man with a net worth of US$14.1 billion (456.8 billion baht), has spent Bt100 million of that money to build a factory making 100,000 free surgical masks per day for healthcare workers. Several of Dhanin’s wealthy peers have also donated expensive medical equipment for the treatment of Covid-19 patients, particularly ventilators and negative pressure isolation rooms.

22 hours ago, treetops said:

Hotels.  At Government expense.  If you believe this from the site we're not allowed  to quote:

 

The Public Health Ministry would initially pay for the accommodation of returnees at hotels and the Defence Ministry would help sponsor it later, he said. In the future, there might be different classes of quarantine hotels for returnees who could afford to pay, he said.

There is no question that this pertains only to Thai returnees. Why would the government pay for a returned ex-pat? They do very little to support us, and if anything they seem to want us to leave. 

Where are you coming from? Nobody from the US will be able to get into Thailand in May. Likely no American tourists until this is over. At the very minimum you would have to have a Covid free health letter, and that is impossible to get in the US. Maybe some other countries may provide them. But, they will likely continue to be required for some time, and you will likely face a mandatory quarantine of 14 days in a hospital, if you are allowed in so soon. At your expense. And I have not heard of any plans to allow incoming international tourist flights next month. Have you? 

2 minutes ago, gk10002000 said:

what do you know is accurate or not?  Your opinion is no more valid than anybody else's

You did not answer my questions. They are common sense questions. 

58 minutes ago, gk10002000 said:

I know why the price dropped, it is because I bought $60,000 US of BP a few months ago at what I thought was a good price and solid dividend.  I collected one quarter's dividend, sold some covered calls and things were looking good.  Now it is down 30% on paper value.  I won't sell it though.  The USA demand will pick up as the summer time rolls around. 

Not even close to being accurate. How many family vacations do you really think will happen this summer? How many Americans traveling to Paris? The only thing that will drive demand this summer will be more use of air conditioning. And most of those will be powered by power plants using a mix of renewables, coal, and some natural gas (38%). BP might tick up from it's current levels, but do not count on a big jump anytime soon. 

15 hours ago, SunsetT said:

I think they think that food brought onto the plane could  be 'takeaway' and therefore possibly infected by the food vendor.

And how would that effect anyone on the plane, other than the passenger who was eating it? How is that making anyone safer? I understand the whole mask concept. That is a reasonable argument. 

In this day and age, is 1% really considered a slump? The Thai economy is going to take a huge hit from this virus. Tourism is going to take a very long time to recover. Think about it. Thailand has become dependent on the group of people who will be hit the hardest. The lower to middle income folks. The wealthy, who will come out of this just fine, barely come here anymore, for a dozen good reasons. So, how much of this will effect the stock market, the real estate market, and the economy in general? Quite alot, I would presume. 

4 minutes ago, Brunolem said:

Thailand has its very own way to deal with crisis, and somehow emerge on top of it.

 

Remember the children locked in the cave not so long ago.

 

For some time, it looked like a circus over there, and yet in the end they got the perfect score...and luck had nothing to do with it...they just made the right decisions when it mattered...

I am often hesitate to heap praise on the Thai army, but they seem to have got it right this time, and kudos to them for that. Also, the medical system here is good, and there are alot of very dedicated doctors and nurses, and they do not seem constrained by the insane, and highly ineffective CDC, FDA, and WHO protocols, which do not seem to be particularly effective for Covid-19. This strain requires imagination, open mindedness, willingness to try new things, and willingness to completely abandon protocols which are killing people, such as the insane misuse of ventilators, resulting in morbidity of up to 90%.

What is the very definition of stupidity and convention? Continuing to do something that fails nearly every time. 

"The decision is an extension of the human rights reforms introduced under the direction of King Salman and the direct supervision of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman," the document said.

What can one even say? If it were not for their oil, they would just be a backwater, that nobody thought of. They would have no influence, and would still be medieval. Wahhabism is one of the darkest sects of Islam, and the Saudis continue to be a menace to the civilized world. MBS is a serial killing thug, and he is embraced by guys like Trump, because the lobbyists forbid him to behave any differently. 

The planet is rejoicing over the fall of big oil, and though some jobs are lost, it is a drop into the proverbial Covid-19 bucket. Watching the Saudis and the Russians squirm, is nearly a sport. Big, big fun to be had by all. 

A voice of reason within the wilderness of panic and fear of the zombie apocalypse. What these doctors are saying makes total sense. There is an astonishing amount of bad information out there, and alot of medical personnel who do not know what they are working with, are unwilling to break normal influenza protocol (therefore killing alot of people, inadvertently) and listening to Fauci, the CDC, the FDA, and the WHO way too much, and not thinking outside the box, and dancing on their feet. As this guy says, theory and reality are not always the same. The progressive doctors, who are willing to improvise, are having far greater success, than the others. 

https://www.facebook.com/KGET17News/videos/537566680274166/

2 minutes ago, Greg O said:

The air conditioning/ pressurization systems do not recirculate the same air it is constantly refreshed but distributed through heat exchangers and airconditioners and filtered and in some newer fleets humidified. The airflow is typically from above the cabin ceiling flowing around and down then exhausted from the large outflow valves in the lower aft belly of the airplane..Depending on the size of the cabin the air is refreshed approximately every couple of minutes .

This is not correct. Decades ago, the airlines made a choice to recycle the air, to save on the cost of fuel required to heat the air, mid flight. It is said that the pilot cabin gets a higher percentage of fresh air on a constant basis. The rest is about 50/50.

The air in an airplane comes from "bleed air"; fresh air goes into the jet engine and some bleeds off, mixes with recycled cabin air and gets pumped back inside. When a gasket leaks, fumes from hydraulic fluids, oils or de-icing agents can enter the system. "The engine oils contain neurotoxic additives." Judith Anderson is with the Association of Flight Attendants. The union represents nearly 50,000 employees at 20 different airlines.

https://www.ktnv.com/news/contact-13/fumes-in-flight-is-there-a-risk-for-airline-crews-and-passengers-

50 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Why stop at ten? Gladiator, Youth, Saving Private Ryan, Godfather, Wind River, Harry Brown, 42, Hands of Stone, the Bourne Identity, The Bourne Ultimatum, Seven, Moon, Alphaville, The Fly, Children of Men, Ex-Machina, Solaris, Alien, The Terminator, Enemy of the State, Gravity, The Great Beauty, Across the Universe, The Revenant, The Secret life of Walter Mitty, This must be the place, Mystic River, The Natural, The River runs through it, An unfinished life, All the President's men, Million dollar baby, The Wrestler, Anna, Angel Heart, In the electric mist, No country for old men, Fargo, Barton Fink, Lady Vengeance, Dreams, Seven Samurai, Ran, Kagemusha, High and Low, Field of Dreams, Mr. Brooks, Open Range, The 3:10 to Yuma, True Grit, Crash, City of Ghosts, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Apocalypse Now, The Thin Red line, Ghost Dog, Mystery Train, Down by Law, Only lovers left alive, Dead man, Night on earth, American sniper, Letters from Iwo Jima, Unforgiven, Pale Rider, I could go on and on and on. 

And I could add a History of Violence, Frontera, and Sicario. 

Duuuuh. When the storms arrive, and it has been raining on and off for the past week or so, and it is getting into late April, we all know the rainy season is coming. Do we really need an "expert" to tell this to us?