THE WEEK THAT WAS The year long Phony War is over - unless you’re a pandemic denier

[Patong2021]

9 hours ago, Joinaman said:

i thought this original post was about Thailand, where very very few deaths have occurred to date, \Or do we get to pick and choose any country we wish and discuss them, if so, i choose Nauru m or even Tonga 

Yes, the covid can and does kill, yet people in good health can recover, even people in poor health can recover, both the flu and covid viruses are equal opportunity killer's

There, just changed the word flu, to covid for you

 

How many times does it need to be said that the crisis with Covid19 in Thailand is not deaths? it is the impact upon medical care system and the impact upon economy.  Are you blind? The hospitals are full up now. No ICU beds, no excess critical care capacity in Thailand. Why do you think they have to make show of field hospitals?  Because you do not see the deaths or read of them does not mean they are not there.  When a hospital  has no ICU beds left it cannot deliver critical care associated with surgeries or emergency care events like car crash.  Go to any major hospital and see for yourself.

 

Thailand like many other countries in SE Asia has not been recording the full number of Covid19 deaths. To be classified as Covid19 death there must be Covid19 test. This is not done, and in rural areas where there has always been a difficulty in accessing medical care it will be evident. No Covid19 test means no Covid19 death acknowledged. 

 

The spread of Covid19 has killed the foreign tourism economy. Thailand could throw open its frontier tomorrow, but the tourists with money would not come. Smart people know that the vaccine may not protect against all variants so it is best if they do not travel to danger zone. There is no air travel from much of the world and the desirable demographic will not come until Thailand is vaccinated and pandemic under control. China will not let its people go to Thailand for tourism. India people not allowed into Thailand. Australia and New Zealand people cannot come.  UK and EU discourage travel to Thailand.

 

You play games with flu and covid to promote your denial. What do you think you will achieve from doing such foolishness? 

[Mark mark]

"Rooster went to town on a story about a Thai teacher on an exchange at a school in New South Wales."

 

I clicked on the link, and had a look at it Rooster, nice story there ... (but nowhere I could see to comment.) ... But it went somewhere, and somewhere good also I thought. .... And yes Thanks for that. … Like the way for Potential Progress ?

 

... Though I must tell you that Though most people here DO slur their words, … not many people actually speak like you wrote them up to,  (Or even closely like that anymore ?) … and probably a lot less in the education system as well. ! ... (My Father was a School teacher, and then district inspector, lasting there for his whole working life, and my Mother was a teacher also, and my Brother was also as well, … until he got stressed out and dropped his Bundle, so to speak ... Opting out to be a Happy Tradie !!! … Rather than a mental Teacher in the loony bin, … to use his own words. … So I do know about Teaching, and the Schools here also.

 

And also in Thailand, being the only unemployed car driver in my Extended Family, I act as just about the only Drop Off parent, for the 4, 4 year old to 10 year old children in our family, at the local Thai Primary school. …  Like they are all just going by Motor bike just now … when they do go ? I guess ? … Like they do not, when it is raining right ? ???  … Well, where I live any way. And yes the Kids at the Thai school, are a lot LOT more Polite I think ? … Than many of them are in Australia now I suspect ??? … Though well Humans being Humans, … as an Un-committed, just passing by, person, they like all people, are probably pretty good just about everywhere I guess.

 

…  Yes here in Auz, we do have out Bogan "Sowf Londn" type Suburbs where they might speak like that, and in every city also, ... But well probably now, "Norwww Londn" type places, ? these days possibly ??? Right ? …. And then there is also our country areas, which would probably be trying for the West Country, or Yorkshire accent awards ... Auzie style also.

 

...  But well things have changed  a lot here now I think ... Back when I went to Primary school in about the 60's I guess ? "We Won the War in 1964” being a chant in the school grounds that I remember to fix that date, ... We used to have a big base drum, and morning assembly when they would beat it, and we would march to class .... But I am not too sure about a Flag ? … Australia’s High UV and unpredictable weather pretty much destroying most flags that we ever had, in Quick Smart time I think.  ... And like people were a LOT poorer back then also …. None of this from questionably origins ? NEW money around back then, for Flags and Flag Poles ? Well ? I think I remember ? …. Though most schools had bells Right, ...  like REAL bells, that you rang to start and stop things, at the correct times.

 

 ... But well, now things HAVE changed !!! And well, … Getting in and out of the places alive, and in physically reasonable shape, probably being one of most Teachers main Priorities !!! … And well my Brothers comment, though it came when relieving in a private, … ? Religious school I think, ... "I would be a Happy Tradie !!!  ... Than a mental Teacher in the loony Bin" Would still now apply quite widely I would suspect ... Though well like everything … The tough get going !!! … And the Tough (And Smart) KEEP going.

 

… I do know other teachers here … who Teach now ! … AND In High Schools also !!! ... Shudder Shudder, and Shake Shake !!! … (And do not get sued either) … God bless them, … and Let us pray for their mental sanity, and sacred "Give it a Go Mattteee" souls also. Right.

 

… And in another Cultural line “Matteee” ….  You should know that N. S. W. though it’s people might think that IT is the .... Most Authentically “Australian” place in Australia, ... It, probably actually,  is not ! ... And all of the rest of us here, do often just get quite sick and tired of them, … and their East Coast, “We are the originals” attitude AND accents  (And rugby Union also) ...  And, Scomo !!! (Scott Morison our Prime minister) … “The Prime minister of Bunning’s” Right ? (One of our Great Paul Keating’s one liners, .... You remember him, the guy who called Dr. Mahathir in Malaysia “Recalcitrant” and send the entire press core scuttling off searching for their dictionaries !!! … and who then also Gave your her Majesty that great Hug once back then also ?) Yes, Scomo comes from there also you know !!! …

 

…  Any way, give me the AFL and a good Port Adelaide, Jordie or West Country accent !!! Any day myself !!! … ...  And well, a large proportion of our Slang, is English Cockney based any way. … Like "Point Percy at the Porcelain", our favorite when I was young !!! And a drinker !!! Right. Or "Shake Hands with your wife's best Friend"  .... which possibly may get you sued for gender Bias these days I guess Or sacked at least ???

 

Mark mark

[Guitarzan]

17 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

 And again we see the use of innuendo and information taken out of context, the "whispering'' campaign.

 

And then we have this very offensive post that  equates responsible precaution as being nazi and makes false claim about Co2.  How obnoxious and ignorant. Instead of making false claim, why not show the evidence that there is an issue with CO2 in mask. You can't because there is no issue. if there was, the  health professionals wearing them for the past year would all have  brain damage or be dead. Most people are not wearing  the type of mask you reference- they are using exam type, but that is beside the point.

 

 

 

Nothing is happening? A simple search will show that ICUs are over run with admissions now in excess of capacities with result that Ontario canceled all  non emergency surgery. No room in ICUs so people sent  to far away regions. Leader of province begs for medical  help. British Columbia  is forced to impose no travel restriction. I see that last week, because of the crisis, many provinces have introduced  tougher travel restriction. Quebec bring back it curfew and  stopped travel. It looks like it is working as new cases are starting to level off although ICU admissions increased. british Columbia has  new no travel in province restriction, Atlantic region has required quarantine . All this is easy seen on search, but you did not bother. instead, you make false allegation of gaslighting.

 

 

 

Another  factually incorrect claim.  Why do you make such false innuendo? What is your motive?

You aksk where sick and dying are?  Go to a local hospital and you will see.  Turn on news from  SE Asia and you will see the thousands of dead and dying.

You  So all those people in hospitals in   USA, Canada, EU, Thailand, South America and now India are imaginary? The tens of thousands  dying in india are  fiction? The need for field hospital in Thailand is  made up? The  crisis declared in Tokyo because of infections is imaginary too?

 

Why are you making reference about suicide? Where is your evidence? If you do not have facts why make claim?  In the countries that have looked at suicides  they show no increase. On the contrary,  I can easily find two countries that had more extensive lockdowns had no negative impact on suicide rates. NOTHING. 

Covid-19: Suicide rate 'did not rise during first lockdown   https://www.bbc.com/news/health-56818876

Many assumed suicides would spike in 2020. So far, the data tells a different story  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/suicides-alberta-bc-saskatchewan-canada-2020-no-increase-1.5902908

I remember reading last year 2500 Thais committed suicide due to the economic losses. That was a year ago, I can only imagine the number has risen substantially since then. Prove me wrong!  How many Thais have died of covid, around 100 verse how many have committed suicide, you do the math friend and let us know. BTW, our hospitals aren’t full of covid patents over here. I know two friends who committed suicide due to losing their jobs due to the lockdowns. I don’t know or heard of a single person in my friends business aquatinted, and family who has died of covid. If you are under the age of 80 you have close to 99.9% of not dying from the World Wide Illness. 

[Britman Free]

19 minutes ago, Guitarzan said:

I remember reading last year 2500 Thais committed suicide due to the economic losses. That was a year ago, I can only imagine the number has risen substantially since then. Prove me wrong!  How many Thais have died of covid, around 100 verse how many have committed suicide, you do the math friend and let us know. BTW, our hospitals aren’t full of covid patents over here. I know two friends who committed suicide due to losing their jobs due to the lockdowns. I don’t know or heard of a single person in my friends business aquatinted, and family who has died of covid. If you are under the age of 80 you have close to 99.9% of not dying from the World Wide Illness. 

One theory is that populations in the west were getting sick of QE (newly printed funny money) as they'd worked out it was only going to the richest in society and boosting asset prices.  Right on cue a 'pandemic' arrives so it's money printer go brrrr again.

All of the richest are doing great out of the 'crisis' (or the reaction to it to be more exact) but poor people who need money to feed themselves worldwide (inc. Thailand) are absolutely screwed.  Assuming the stop, start, open, close policy continues populations in the west will become wholly reliant on Government a la Russia and the countries behind the iron curtain.

Always follow the money.

[Danderman123]

58 minutes ago, Guitarzan said:

I remember reading last year 2500 Thais committed suicide due to the economic losses. That was a year ago, I can only imagine the number has risen substantially since then. Prove me wrong!  How many Thais have died of covid, around 100 verse how many have committed suicide, you do the math friend and let us know. BTW, our hospitals aren’t full of covid patents over here. I know two friends who committed suicide due to losing their jobs due to the lockdowns. I don’t know or heard of a single person in my friends business aquatinted, and family who has died of covid. If you are under the age of 80 you have close to 99.9% of not dying from the World Wide Illness. 

Wow, you never give up.

 

The epidemic may be in its early stages. If the pattern holds, we may see many deaths from Covid in Thailand. Hopefully not.

 

The fatality rate from Covid should be about 1.5% of those testing positive, if international rates apply here in Thailand.

 

Only lockdowns and vaccinations can have a major impact in stopping the pandemic.

[Damrongsak]

On 4/25/2021 at 9:01 AM, jimbob123 said:

A lot of angry old age pensioners who think they are medical experts. Let's hope the bars open up soon eh guys? 

My Dad had a college buddy who became a chemist at Merck in the USA. Smart guy, made Interferon in the lab back when it was $$$ and would sneak it out to people who needed it.  He retired and bought a bar in Perth Amboy, New Jersey (USA).  Figured he do more good that way.

[rumak]

Source:  Business Insider   ( april 26 )

 

The widely used rule of staying 6 feet away from others does little to affect the risk of exposure to COVID-19 in indoor spaces, according to a new study out of MIT.

According to MIT researchers, the rule is based on an outdated understanding of how the coronavirus moves in closed spaces.

 

 

ooops.   We just shot twenty-three people yesterday for denying that "truth" .

Oh well ..................

[rumak]

1 hour ago, Britman Free said:

One theory is that populations in the west were getting sick of QE (newly printed funny money) as they'd worked out it was only going to the richest in society and boosting asset prices.  Right on cue a 'pandemic' arrives so it's money printer go brrrr again.

All of the richest are doing great out of the 'crisis' (or the reaction to it to be more exact) but poor people who need money to feed themselves worldwide (inc. Thailand) are absolutely screwed.  Assuming the stop, start, open, close policy continues populations in the west will become wholly reliant on Government a la Russia and the countries behind the iron curtain.

Always follow the money.

 

tread lightly oh newbie ( or re-invented wise one)  .

 

Beware the dreaded forced "vacation"  ????????????????????

[Britman Free]

5 minutes ago, rumak said:

 

tread lightly oh newbie ( or re-invented wise one)  .

 

Beware the dreaded forced "vacation"  ????????????????????

Just a coincidence theory floated by some people smarter than me (inc. Professor Richard Werner - Inventor of the term 'QE / Quantitative Easing' aka money printing)

[faraday]

2 hours ago, Britman Free said:

Right on cue a 'pandemic' arrives so it's money printer go brrrr again.

 In the voice of Homer Simpson:

 

"Mmmm.... contracts"

 

????

 

 

[rumak]

8 minutes ago, Britman Free said:

Just a coincidence theory floated by some people smarter than me (inc. Professor Richard Werner - Inventor of the term 'QE / Quantitative Easing' aka money printing)

 

QE is great for some people.  But those who have finally reached "retirement" age and wish to just relax and get a few percent interest from their savings ....from a simple bank account...

well,  that option is off the table.

[Rimmer]

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[johnnybangkok]

8 hours ago, Britman Free said:

The stuff about hospitals being overwhelmed is poppycock but since no one wants to get off their ass to check people feel free to spout that rubbish.   However, I had to visit Royal Surrey in the UK in February and nothing unusual to see apart from the social distancing pantomime in the waiting area

Ahhh the undisputable logic of the Covid sceptic.

So you walk into a hospital in Surrey, but because there's no patients in the corridor and doctors running frantically around shouting 'stat!, stat!' your immediate thought is it's all 'poppycock' and 'what's all the fuss'. 

There's not a thought in your head along the lines of 'thank god the nearly year long lock-down, social distancing and hard work of our NHS has kept this horrible pandemic under control and not overwhelmed our systems'. No, your anecdotal evidence is enough for you to conclusively believe it's all been exagerated and some big conspiracy to keep the little man down and everyone should 'just follow the money'.

You are literally seeing with your own eyes in India how bad this can get, with hospitals overwhelmed, oxygen running out and patients left to die at home but no, it's all just a 'cult' and a ruse by 'the man' to grab even more control and have us suck off the boosom of government.

It would be laughable if it wasn't so dangerous. 

   

[Patong2021]

7 hours ago, Guitarzan said:

I remember reading last year 2500 Thais committed suicide due to the economic losses. That was a year ago, I can only imagine the number has risen substantially since then. Prove me wrong!  How many Thais have died of covid, around 100 verse how many have committed suicide, you do the math friend and let us know. BTW, our hospitals aren’t full of covid patents over here. I know two friends who committed suicide due to losing their jobs due to the lockdowns. I don’t know or heard of a single person in my friends business aquatinted, and family who has died of covid. If you are under the age of 80 you have close to 99.9% of not dying from the World Wide Illness. 

 

You are playing with numbers to create incorrect scenario. Deal with the facts not with numbers you take out of context.  In 2019, there were approximately 4400 suicides. Thailand has  the highest suicide rate in SE. In late 2020 one article  in a questionable media outlet stated that suicides in the first half had increased to approximately 2500 from 2100 for the same period. Fine. Sad that there is an increase but hardly significant  in the overall scheme of things. More importantly, there was no conclusive evidence that this was due to Covid19  economic issues. To be certain, the deceased would have to leave a note or give reason, yes? And most suicides do not.  You have no idea if the increase is due to economy or because of general fear or  mass hysteria, but instead you make guess and offer it as fact.

Worse is that you try and pass the full 2500 as due to Covid economy crisis which is NOT the case.

 

Here is where you  put ball in your own net;  You make false conclusion about Thai economy. Yes, the tourist trade has collapsed, but the rest of the Thai economy has remained strong. Manufacturing,Third party services, agriculture, food processing  has all continued and even expanded.   The unemployment rate is lower today than it was  10 years ago.  The official unemployment rate as of December 2020 was 1.49%  The unemployment rate in 2001 was 3.3% and at the start of 2020 before Covid19 took hold it was 1%.   Most of the people who lost their jobs were foreign workers. Hundreds of thousands of them went back to Myanmar and Cambodia.  yes the unemployment rate increased, but the 1.49% is still considered to be a state of under employment and Thailand still has  a labour shortage.

 

Some years ago when I remember reading how  many in Thai Visa were blaming Thai government for farmer suicide because of rice  purchase scheme. All sorts of claims were made that  government made thousands kill themselves. it wasn't true then, and it is not true now. Thailand has a serious mental  illness problem and these suicides are troubled people who have been living on edge for long time. Yes, some people have killed themselves  during the Covid19  crisis, but it is not as bad as you  make it to be.

 

 

[Patong2021]

5 hours ago, rumak said:

Source:  Business Insider   ( april 26 )

 

The widely used rule of staying 6 feet away from others does little to affect the risk of exposure to COVID-19 in indoor spaces, according to a new study out of MIT.

According to MIT researchers, the rule is based on an outdated understanding of how the coronavirus moves in closed spaces.

 

 

ooops.   We just shot twenty-three people yesterday for denying that "truth" .

Oh well ..................

 

Unfortunately, you did not read the paper.   It is not a study from MIT and is not based on the real world. It is two professors  who are not medical specialists who work at MIT, who made sets of equations that tried to represent the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus from only one type of source in what they called a “well-mixed” room.  They did not prove  anything that is contrary to the  safety guideline.  These two only looked at a mathematical model. If viruses were that easily manageable we would not have to worry about variants and mutations which make  the former wild Wuhan virus highly infections when it mutates to the common great Britain variant.

 

 Please read this well written rebuttal which dismantles the paper.  It is embarrassing how flawed the assumptions were.  

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2021/04/26/did-mit-study-really-challenge-6-foot-social-distancing-for-covid-19-coronavirus-heres-what-it-said/?sh=57b139cb2b73

 

 

 

[covidiot]

1 hour ago, johnnybangkok said:

No, your anecdotal evidence is enough for you to conclusively believe it's all been exagerated and some big conspiracy to keep the little man down and everyone should 'just follow the money'.

... or maybe for the ultimate benefit of the world ... keep the little man down temporarily ... but eventually to elevate the little man .... 

notwithstanding that in the short term people's lives are negatively affected. 

but also, SOME things which people view as NEGATIVE are only a matter of perception.

Mick Jagger in his recent song "easy sleazy" sings "soon we'll escape from these prison walls". But actually there is some benefit to having down time and being at home and working less. ie you can be more introspective. I don't view myself as being in prison because of curfews. Who cares if you can't go to bars for a while? Let's face it ... aren't we all wasting too much time in bars anyway?

 

Now to continue along the philosophical lines ... and I know the message with be lost on a lot of you here, there are MASSIVE clues about the shutdown in the song by Neil Young and Crazy Horse affectionately entitled "Shut it Down".

Have to shut the whole system down
That's the only way we can all be free
Have to shut the whole system down
Start again and build it for eternity

 

[AlexRich]

2 hours ago, johnnybangkok said:

Ahhh the undisputable logic of the Covid sceptic.

So you walk into a hospital in Surrey, but because there's no patients in the corridor and doctors running frantically around shouting 'stat!, stat!' your immediate thought is it's all 'poppycock' and 'what's all the fuss'. 

There's not a thought in your head along the lines of 'thank god the nearly year long lock-down, social distancing and hard work of our NHS has kept this horrible pandemic under control and not overwhelmed our systems'. No, your anecdotal evidence is enough for you to conclusively believe it's all been exagerated and some big conspiracy to keep the little man down and everyone should 'just follow the money'.

You are literally seeing with your own eyes in India how bad this can get, with hospitals overwhelmed, oxygen running out and patients left to die at home but no, it's all just a 'cult' and a ruse by 'the man' to grab even more control and have us suck off the boosom of government.

It would be laughable if it wasn't so dangerous. 

   

He won’t believe until he’s choking for breath in a hospital corridor ... like several of his fellow travellers down the social media rabbit hole have subsequently done. Until then it’s down to the lizard people controlling the deep state.

[AlexRich]

23 minutes ago, covidiot said:

... or maybe for the ultimate benefit of the world ... keep the little man down temporarily ... but eventually to elevate the little man .... 

notwithstanding that in the short term people's lives are negatively affected. 

but also, SOME things which people view as NEGATIVE are only a matter of perception.

Mick Jagger in his recent song "easy sleazy" sings "soon we'll escape from these prison walls". But actually there is some benefit to having down time and being at home and working less. ie you can be more introspective. I don't view myself as being in prison because of curfews. Who cares if you can't go to bars for a while? Let's face it ... aren't we all wasting too much time in bars anyway?

 

Now to continue along the philosophical lines ... and I know the message with be lost on a lot of you here, there are MASSIVE clues about the shutdown in the song by Neil Young and Crazy Horse affectionately entitled "Shut it Down".

Have to shut the whole system down
That's the only way we can all be free
Have to shut the whole system down
Start again and build it for eternity

 

Songs are fine, but you really get better information on deep state intentions from the patterns of clouds. 
 

Funny how one post newbies look suspiciously like previous posters?

Edited April 27, 2021 by AlexRich

[Rimmer]

Off topic troll post removed

[Britman Free]

8 hours ago, rumak said:

 

QE is great for some people.  But those who have finally reached "retirement" age and wish to just relax and get a few percent interest from their savings ....from a simple bank account...

well,  that option is off the table.

It'll be interesting to see how the situation unfolds in Thailand if, as I assume, they follow the crowd into extended on/off lockdowns.

I'm also assuming that the UK returns to lockdown in September (we have local elections in May so....)

 

The UK Government can get away with closing everything, temporarily at least, as they can print new money and give it to the jobless and those they've forced to stop working to quell any pushback (free bread & football).

 

But it'll be interesting to see how long poor Thais can afford to put up with this state of affairs without welfare to tide them over.   

 

I predict there will be unintended or unforeseen consequences to pushing people to the brink.

[rumak]

7 minutes ago, Britman Free said:

But it'll be interesting to see how long poor Thais can afford to put up with this state of affairs without welfare to tide them over.   

 

I predict there will be unintended or unforeseen consequences to pushing people to the brink.

 

In Chiangmai and its suburbs land development continues.  Mostly housing estates ( and mostly lower end ...2 to 3 million baht) .    2 story boxes built on less than 60 talang wah.

Land, building companies, materials, all proceeding .   Another mini bangkok in the making.

 

Somehow the money keeps flowing,  up to the rich and connected.   As it always does.

Those "on the brink"  still can manage to live in small rooms or in numbers.  

 

I think that here as in the West,  rebellion is only acted out by a very very small minority.

Most realize they will not succeed,  and those willing to sacrifice are miniscule.  

Facebook has replaced religion as the opium of the people.   If i could draw a cartoon,

it would be millions of overweight people lounging on their butts scrolling with one hand and sticking greasy food and soft drinks into their mouths with the other.  The title would be called  "modern day bliss"

[Britman Free]

20 minutes ago, rumak said:

 

In Chiangmai and its suburbs land development continues.  Mostly housing estates ( and mostly lower end ...2 to 3 million baht) .    2 story boxes built on less than 60 talang wah.

Land, building companies, materials, all proceeding .   Another mini bangkok in the making.

 

Somehow the money keeps flowing,  up to the rich and connected.   As it always does.

Those "on the brink"  still can manage to live in small rooms or in numbers.  

 

I think that here as in the West,  rebellion is only acted out by a very very small minority.

Most realize they will not succeed,  and those willing to sacrifice are miniscule.  

Facebook has replaced religion as the opium of the people.   If i could draw a cartoon,

it would be millions of overweight people lounging on their butts scrolling with one hand and sticking greasy food and soft drinks into their mouths with the other.  The title would be called  "modern day bliss"

You're probably right  but they were building right into the the 97 crisis too.

Makes sense for the builders: build & get payed with borrowed money before the 2nd shoe drops.

As in England, everyone expects this to pass 'in a few months'.

 

'In a few months everything will be back to normal' is the wisdom.

 

I predict it won't be back to normal anytime soon in which case banks can give 'mortgage / loan holidays' until they can't.

Then the Government could act to protect the banks at the risk of the currency.

 

Interestingly there are noises out of Thailand (and UK) about *official* crypto currencies where citizens will have an account direct with the (Government) central bank. 

If/when that's in place it's game over (social credit scores and energy allowances etc).

 

 

 

Edited April 27, 2021 by Britman Free
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[rumak]

2 minutes ago, Britman Free said:

nterestingly there are noises out of Thailand (and UK) about *official* crypto currencies where citizens will have an account direct with the (Government) central bank. 

If/when that's in place it's game over.

 

 

one wonders what it will take.......... before we're all singin the blues

 

 

 

[frantick]

On 4/26/2021 at 2:22 AM, Danderman123 said:

So far, it has resulted about 50 deaths a day, but deaths generally lag new infections by 3 weeks.

 

So, you can tell the next thousand or so dead Canadians that they were gaslighted into fearing the epidemic.

 

i should say this as gently as possible, but in what world don’t you fear a widespread disease that has killed 3 million people?

 

In a world that yearly has over 50 million total deaths. That is the world I live in and the one in which I do NOT live in fear.

[faraday]

1 hour ago, rumak said:

would be millions of overweight people lounging on their butts scrolling with one hand and sticking greasy food and soft drinks into their mouths with the other.  The title would be called  "modern day bliss"

 Dumb, fat & happy - & as you say Facebook opium.

 

Distracts them from reality, whilst the 'elites' do what they want at Davos.

[BostonRob2]

Countless posts from so many on this very long thread lead to just one overriding conclusion. 

 

Rooster was almost completely right. 

 

I say almost because he said that Covid denial was worse on Thaivisa on Facebook.

 

Now the forum is giving FB a run for its money.

 

 

[rumak]

1 hour ago, faraday said:

 Dumb, fat & happy - & as you say Facebook opium.

 

Distracts them from reality, whilst the 'elites' do what they want at Davos.

 

It would be funny........ if it wasn't so scary .  So many on this forum are marching to the drum.

I hope one day they do not find themselves boarding the wrong train.

[jerolamo]

On 4/25/2021 at 11:57 PM, xylophone said:

Are you in need of help?

Why do you ask ? Good boy...

[Danderman123]

9 hours ago, AlexRich said:

He won’t believe until he’s choking for breath in a hospital corridor ... like several of his fellow travellers down the social media rabbit hole have subsequently done. Until then it’s down to the lizard people controlling the deep state.

In America, infected Deniers will deny having Covid19 as they are dying from it.

[AlexRich]

21 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

In America, infected Deniers will deny having Covid19 as they are dying from it.

Of course they will, for they are victims of a deep state operative sent by Hilary Clinton.