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2 hours ago, AlQaholic said:

This scientific study shows that the mortality rate for Favipiravir treated patients is 30% less than patients not treated with Favipiravir, when treating already infected Covid-19 patients. It also suggest that using it as a preventive (before infection) may be more effective: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-90551-6

 

You forgot to mention that the SAME article also said "this finding not statistically significant". and "Favipiravir possibly exerted no significant beneficial effect in the term of mortality in the general group of patients with mild to moderate COVID-19. We should consider that perhaps the use of antiviral once the patient has symptoms is too late and this would explain their low efficacy in the clinical setting". 

"A committee will be set up", This is a common euphemism for "we need to figure out how to make this quietly go away".

8 hours ago, LivinginKata said:

More like 50 km and no fare allowed on way back.

Seriously!, follow the 4030 onto the 4031 and the distance is 30 km. nowhere near 50!

20 minutes ago, billsmart said:

Yes, many Thais, especially out here in the provinces far away from Bangkok, drive their cars like they are driving a motorbike. They don't drive in the "correct" lane, don't use their turn signals, and sometimes drive the opposite way on a road to reach a nearby U-turn.

Just drive alertly and defensively and don't expect everyone to obey what you think are the rules of the road. 

 

Advice from a fellow-US expat, but one who's lived in Thailand for over twenty years.

Obviously you don't spend much time in Bangkok then, because I see that sort of behavior every day!

2 hours ago, tomacht8 said:

For over 20 years on the streets of Thailand, I would estimate that I have saved around 500 lives through my defensive driving style. Never trust a green traffic light, no frantic maneuvers if someone is approaching on the wrong side of the lane, do not think that the indicator here shows the actual direction of travel, at night scan regulary the street with a short high beam for vehicles without lighting, be particularly careful with all U-turns, always expect the Thais to turn into a main road without looking. Thailand is still the number 2 in traffic deaths worldwide. I wish everyone an accident-free journey

Wow!, that means I must have saved over 1000 lives, do I get a badge or something?

1 hour ago, wasabi said:

The USA is literally giving away millions of doses of vaccines and they can't find enough vaccines to even inoculate 1% of the population? I have never seen incompetence and corruption at this scale. They are even incompetent at corruption.

Yes, but unfortunately for Thailand the US is donating those vaccines to the Covax initiative, and Thailand decided not to join that.

2 hours ago, internationalism said:

I think private hospitals are waiting for their own imported vax for their patients.

 

No, the private hospitals in question are the ones the government was using in the thailandintervac program. They were supposed to receive a certain number of vaccines, but so far less than half have arrived thus causing them to cancel appointments. There is a good opinion piece on a certain English language newspaper discussing it.

2 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Masturbation is Illegal in Thailand

There are two types of people in Thailand, <deleted> and Liars!

On 5/15/2021 at 1:41 PM, Liverpool Lou said:

Obviously, the limit indicated on the last sign you passed is the limit.

No, what you should have said is  'obviously they forget to take down the old signs each time the limit was changed'.

2 minutes ago, RafPinto said:

Sure. The locals didn't want it.

Because they are listening to internet google experts and not actual medical experts....

On 5/28/2021 at 4:38 AM, MikeyIdea said:

 

A private person can get a license to own a gun in Thailand, but they are not allowed to use it for self defence or protection of property. Regardless of reason, that is is a criminal offence in Thailand, as it is in most of Europe. This is decided in criminal court, not by what's on a piece of paper. An e.g. policeman is not a private person, that's different of course.

 

How do I know? I used to be a Thai - English interpretor in Thai courts in the past. Mainly juvenile cases but I have also been in the criminal court on Ratchadaphisek Rd in Bangkok. Lawyers talk to each other. Many people have gone to jail for using his licenced gun in self defence in Thailand. Well known among lawyers.

 

This is a no brainer in so many countries. Most of Europe is the same. 

 

I just quoted the actual law to you and you still post nonsense. Please provide evidence of your claim that 'many people have gone to jail for using licensed gun in self defence".

19 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

which vaccine?  No expat that has been injected seems to want to answer that question, and we all know why.  Good luck; at least it may make it easier for you to learn Mandarin mate. 

At least one expat I know has already had his two shots in Buriram (sinovac).

On 5/29/2021 at 1:11 PM, Liverpool Lou said:

There's no "highly doubt" about it, foreigners cannot own firearms legally in Thailand.

Prior to 2017 that was not the case. The other point is that around 1 in 10 Thai's legally own a firearm but there are enough firearms (legal and illegal)in the country to make that figure over 15 per 100.  Which is far far higher than any other SEA country.

5 hours ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

No sure the relevance of the "Benz," are they saying it's better than being killed by a Toyota? 

From a compensation viewpoint yes, of course.

On 11/25/2020 at 9:22 AM, Peterw42 said:

 

The IDP puts your license details into an agreed international format, ie: a tick in box 1 equals a car license etc, in theory it can be read in any language.

Actually the main aim was to translate licenses into a single language, which was English. So under the original terms as long as your driving license was written in English it should not require an IDP.

2 hours ago, Gulfsailor said:

Sail it to Krabi Boat Lagoon and take it out of the water there. There is a 35 ton boat lift. The road from there to Donsak should be no problem. In Donsak at the dock put it back in the water and sail it to Samui. 
Regardless, with a transport of this size you would expect the transport company to do a dry run checking for any obstacles and issues. 

I think they would face the same problems on the 401 or 4142.

1 hour ago, pacovl46 said:

Blood clots are always a danger when it comes to broken limbs, even if they had operated on him immediately. Even the surgery itself can cause blood clots, which it seems pretty much to be the case here. As they said, a more serious case came along and that’s just how it goes in hospitals, if they don’t have enough staff/operating theaters at hand. The question is whether they gave him prophylactic blood thinners after the surgery.

That is why Warfarin was invented!