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You sound really confident in your chosen path ...

I'm already shaking out my feathers ;D

Vaccination is the key with or without delta ... It does prevent a lot of delta infections and it prevents the health system becoming overwhelmed because it mitigates those infections that do happen.

Have I said anywhere 'what's not to like?' about the 30m without? I wasn't referring to them.

3m Thais who got Sinovac to get boosters. Good! What's not to like? They have a low learning curve here, but they are at least on one.

Would have been better not to lend it to insolvent, struggling people. Unless of course you're going to extort a multiple of the loan back, on a regular basis, with threats and violence. It's a crime, and it's carried out against vulnerable people of one kind or another.

Yes, some are, but that is a health issue, and only a complete idiot lends to a drug addict. Many many are not. And the pandemic has made many many more vulnerable to this kind of crime.

Thanks Stevenl. I just can't be bothered to get involved with arguing with all the willful, arrogant, ignorance that's slithering down this thread.

'More infectious is not necessarily more dangerous in fact I understand that the more infectious viruses tend to have milder symptoms.' Inevitably, or they'd never spread ... waddayknow! That's why ebola rarely gets out of little pockets in Africa - cos it's so deadly. I've never taken flu shots, and I've rarely had it. But I will be taking Covid-19 boosters. Lining up shot 3 for December before I (hopefully) head out to Thailand.

Sorry mate but reading your posts you've come up with the wrong answer to all of those questions ...

And that all these years after Blair first said, "Education, education, education.".

It's better than nothing (just) and they need anything they can get their hands on now ... Everybody, get what you can into your arms now, and go for the better stuff when it's available ... which won't be too long now by the looks of things ...

I see you got there before me ...

The difference is that we have had mass vaccinations in between times, which have drastically lowered hospital admissions, and resulted in fewer of those in hospital having to be ventilated.

The code did cross my mind, but really he should be graaping fo forgiveness himself ... it is stunning arrogance to 'forgive' the guy who shopped him. But it also gives a hint of how he perceives himself in the whole hierarchy despite what he's just done ...

"I forgive the person that shared this." I certainly wouldn't want his corrupt 'forgiveness'.

Coming to terms with uncertainty and impermanence. Helping others.

My own (ERGO) has confirmed they will issue such a statement when the time comes. If they don't have their own version, I'll copy and paste Sheryl's. However I'm also going to want coverage if I'm asymptomatic - they bung you into hospital in Thailand if you merely test positive and I've heard some companies won't cover that because treatment/hospitalization isn't necessary. (Any thoughts on that Sheryl?)

It has more logic behind it than eating horse dewormer like the Americans are ????

I think the thing is she should perhaps have used that for another front line worker but family ties got the better of her. But in this case I don't think she should be sacked ... the vaccine would otherwise have landed in the bin anyway.

When bread gets short the crust of civilization becomes very thin and brittle ...

Surprise surprise ...

This is rather interesting. A Thai monastery that can ordain female monks. When Ajahn Brahm of western Australia did that (who had ordained under Ajahn Chah in Thailand) the King of Thailand excommunicated him ... no too long a go, and soon after donating a Buddha image to Brahm's monastery near Perth. (Ajahn Brahm brushed that off and still encourages female ordination ...)

Well they let in enough faring lowlifes ...

I suspect it's a historical development. It probably seemed like a good idea in the days when there was not much traffic combined with a desire to save money by not building exit/entry lanes with bridges across the road. And then it just became a 'fact of life' in road construction. It seems such a practical solution ...