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Politics Pheu Thai’s Casino Dream Collapses as Cabinet Bows to Public Pressure
Nope, This whole operation was spearheaded by Thaksin Shinawatra he must be seething ..................LOL 😂🤣😎 -
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WHO panel: Animals Most Likely Origin of COVID but Missing Data Leaves Findings Inconclusive
107 years after, we still don't really know where Spanish Flu came from. There is circumstantial evidence for various theories. One of the more recent theories, and probably the most likely, is that the strain emerged in China during 1916-17. This was in a region that France and Britain recruited coolies from. A unit transected Canada into Kansas in 1917. They likely infected American troops gathering for deployment to Europe. It might have remained just another flu strain but for timing. It reached the Western Front in the winter of 1918. The long war had come to an end. Casualty clearinng stations on both sides were filled to capacity with wounded men, but also men with trench foot, blood infection. At the end of the War, the inclination was to clear the hospitals ASAP, leaving relatively fit healthy men in trenches, in encampments. The virus ran through this group, resulting in reinfections, essentially training a superbug. Then you have mass movement of refugees going home in multiple directions. Nearly every pandemic in human history is associated with some change in human behaviour. COVID-19 will probably end up being the Globalisation Pandemic; a Pandemic enabled by rapid mass ransportation, and corporate links between a fairly obscure Chinese provincial city and the European car and textile industries. The virus did a number in Wuhan, but didn't become a broader China issue until later. But it really got out of hand when it hit Italy (a more virulant version hit Europe than hit the US West coast; the US West coast strain was essentially due to movements of Chinese diaspora. But in Europe, it was industry executives in Italy and Germany, coupled by the ski season. Many of the early cases in the UK were associated with a medical conference in Singapore, where some of the attendees afterwards returned to the UK after a cheeky ski holiday with mates in Austria. I've worked in BSL-2 through BSL-4 labs since 1988, so I am very aware of their construction and operation. I'm aware of the physical controls that are on top of process controls used in BSL-4 lab. The Zoonitic origin is still the most plausible. You can never rule any theory out for anything, unless you have evidence to discount that theory. But you can rank likelihood based on a range of factors. The second most likely theory is a lab leak, but not from the research labs. The Wuhan Institute was also a reference lab. Reference labs serve to validate the findings of hospital labs, but are also involved in routine disease surveillance. Reference labs don't seek to propagate pathogen. Consequently these labs might be BSL 2 or 2+. They would be receiving thousands of specimens per day for further investigation. Its worth remembering that every city on the planet has at least one hospital, and that one hospital will have a pathology laboratory, also handling thousands of patient specimens a day. Two of the UK's BSL4 high containment labs are in central London. If lab leaks were as easy as some suppose, then we would be knee deep in outbreaks; there are far worse operated path labs in other countries besides China, eg some of the Ebola labs in West Africa were pretty grim. -
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Accident Coach Crash in Phetchaburi: Passengers Rescued After Vehicle Skids Off Wet Road
It is not the slippery road that caused the accident, but the speeding of the driver.. Unbelievable if you drive on Phetkasem road here and see how often these busses. overloaded pickups and minivans are speeding and push you to go aside...Easy to claim that the slippery road was the problem to safe your face and hide your own faults. -
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Crime Police Commended for Decisive Action After Man with Knife Shot in the Leg
Good shot, appropriate measures. Now for the rest of those who carry weapons with the intent to harm or kill others -
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Community Bangkok’s Green Commute Plan Expands with Landmark Canal Walkway
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Tourism Thailand Rethinks Tourism Strategy After 34% Plunge in Chinese Arrivals
After the big “C,” people were stir-crazy from lockdowns, and understandably, global travel skyrocketed. Many were escaping — often on borrowed money — after months of not working. That travel boom made governments like Thailand believe this tourist surge would continue long-term. But reality has hit. Travelers have become more cautious, choosing to stay closer to home and spend less abroad. That’s not being “less interested,” it’s being financially and mentally grounded again. Travelers are becoming more selective about where they choose to go. Thailand's push to promote more tourism is great in principle, but here’s some honest feedback on ways to improve the odds of bringing more tourists to the Land of Smiles: 🔹 Stop overcomplicating entry — Streamline visas and arrival processes. 🔹 Avoid fear-based tactics — Immigration raids and “scare press releases” about overstays sends the wrong message. Enforce laws quietly, effectively, and professionally. 🔹 Kill the "water-closet schemes" — Not every brainstorm needs to be a policy. Misinformation and red tape discourage visitors to Thailand. Tourists want a warm welcome, not warnings and crackdowns. They're on vacation! They don't want to deal with a hostile environment. Travelers are becoming more selective about where they choose to go. Thailand is an amazing place — let it shine by focusing on simplicity, hospitality, and clarity. These are some of the key factors that attract people — and keeps them coming back. 🌴🙏- 1
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