1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

None of my relatives over there have died of it.

I don't know anyone in NZ had it, but that's probably because hardly anyone has. If they didn't keep telling me how many in quarantine have it I'd think there wasn't any at all, given no one acts as if there is where I live. Masks- what are they?

I've lost a relative in the UK from it, though I'll give you that he wasn't well before.  He was stable though, no real change for years, Covid pushed him over the edge.

On 5/5/2021 at 3:41 PM, covidiot said:

pandemic will end 

Corruption won't. Overcharging, dual pricing etc etc won't. Merry go round every year to get permission to stay wont

On 5/5/2021 at 8:49 PM, CharlieH said:

Depends largely where you choose to live, that in turn will determine the impact it has on you. 

Out here in the sticks there is very little change to anything other than wearing a mask. Life goes on, same same. In the "red zones" of course life is very different.

 

Depends entirely on where you are and your lifestyle. (IMHO)

I agree with you with one additional observation. Many of the pretty ladies have returned home from Pattaya and a few have got jobs in my nearest PTT station and Tesco Lotus Express store. My wife is getting a little suspicious why I fill  the car up daily and now have a house full of bread, eggs, coke you name it. she keep saying why do you keep buying so much, you only go there for a short time - I wonder why she guessed  ????

On 5/5/2021 at 9:16 PM, tomazbodner said:

Each to their own. The closest I got to prison was watching Shawshank Redemption.

where you knew the joy only a free man could feel? 

 

great movie.. 

45 minutes ago, Excel said:

now have a house full of bread, eggs, coke you name it. she keep saying why do you keep buying so much, you only go there for a short time

when I used to go short time, I never got groceries too... things have surely changed. 

 

 

On 5/5/2021 at 8:52 PM, Dmaxdan said:

On 5/5/2021 at 8:41 PM, covidiot said:

pandemic will end 

Not if they don't offer vaccinations to everyone it won't. 

Without herd immunity we will just keep going around and around in never ending circles. 

I don't believe it will end,always be variants,mutations.Covid will become like the annual flu,so get used to vaccinations every year,and lockdowns every time the virus pops up in some community.

1 hour ago, thasoss said:

I don't believe it will end,always be variants,mutations.Covid will become like the annual flu,so get used to vaccinations every year,and lockdowns every time the virus pops up in some community.

Annual shots probably.

More lockdowns probably not. 

Ah yes, but which way up will it be?

On 5/5/2021 at 8:33 PM, rocky123 said:

Every day a new law comin out and NEW strains popin up out of nowhere.

Exactly which recent laws make a difference to your life?

Temporary mask wearing?

Temporary restaurants and bar closed?

What else?

 

Lots of Covid related restrictions are all over the world. And mostly they are there to protect us all.

And Thai immigration regulations are harmless compared to many of our home countries and foreigners who want to live there.

 

1 hour ago, thasoss said:

I don't believe it will end,always be variants,mutations.Covid will become like the annual flu,so get used to vaccinations every year,and lockdowns every time the virus pops up in some community.

That's why I won't be booking any flights untill I see how things pan out.Its being reported in the Dutch and UK media that flights and holidays will be more expensive than people expect.

On 5/6/2021 at 7:50 AM, lanng khao said:

I was in the UK from last April to this January, worked on building sites all over the north west, never came across anybody who had it or knew anyone who had died of it in ten months, even people i came across didn't know anyone either.think those figures where slightly doctored.. 

you're clearly not a reader of the 'daily mail' newspaper

I'm living in north Laos, a few minutes outside of Luang Prabang.  I have always been interested in self-sufficiency and off-grid living, relying on others as little as possible.  I've signed up for Elon Musk's Starlink internet, which will cover Laos from early next year.  When that happens, I'm moving about 20km out of town to a plot next to the Mekong River, where I plan to build a nice little house, with my 150 Mb/sec Starlink internet service and solar power/water heating, plus grow my own healthy veggies etc.  

 

Oh, the hordes of Chinese who are expected to visit LP after the railway line opens later this year won't affect my tranquility.  Chinese tourists are not known for enjoying the simple country life ????

On 5/5/2021 at 9:41 PM, covidiot said:

pandemic will end 

yes Donald

On 5/5/2021 at 10:16 PM, tomazbodner said:

Each to their own. The closest I got to prison was watching Shawshank Redemption.

good movie

One thing....I've never seen so many Thais want to leave. They are usually proud of their country and unless they are absolutely forced to they prefer to stay. 

 

But it's becoming like Phillipinz now. They just want to run away. 

On 5/5/2021 at 6:52 AM, Dmaxdan said:

Not if they don't offer vaccinations to everyone it won't. 

There's a worldwide shortage of ingredients to make vaccines.  Thais aren't experts at Supply chain management.  It's not their fault.

On 5/5/2021 at 9:09 PM, Ventenio said:

India is not that far away.  It's normal to worry, but don't let it ruin your life.  

 

adapt.   

Funny thing is when I read pear shaped  I immediately visualized .....never  mind.

5 hours ago, 1FinickyOne said:

when I used to go short time, I never got groceries too... things have surely changed. 

 

 

Not even the occasional strawberry yoghurt?

 

You have never lived...

1 hour ago, Pravda said:

But it's becoming like Phillipinz now. They just want to run away. 

 

My Thai wife has been getting a TON of messages from prior class mates and friends back home asking how they can move abroad and get out of Thailand the easiest.  It really does feel like they have given up hope in the short-term with this current government in place.

On 5/5/2021 at 11:44 PM, Susco said:

I don't know about your country, but I know about mine and those i read about in the news, and it sounds to me the they don't make a new law every day, but more like twice a day.

 

And not only that, but when they announce anything, like for example the stimulus program in the US, completely unrelated new laws are hidden in the text.

 

You think it's better there?

Dang you're right! ... them darn' commie/pinko Democrats are so evil.

Curious where you think it's less regulated i.e. better? My experience of living in quite a few countries in my 64 years of life is that LOS is a dream compared to the regulated Empire country I hail from. As for other free countries like the US, or Europe I've lived loved and worked in LOS is a paradise for anything you want to do, and you can do it in a terribly loud Hawaiian shirt 12 months of the year lol ????????????

On 5/5/2021 at 5:26 PM, sammieuk1 said:

What do you mean by if. for some of us trapped away from family Armageddon has been going on for 15+ months????

How are you trapped?

 

I visited my family in January, admittedly after a long wait for borders to reopen. And my family is now visiting me in my country.

"If Thailand goes pear shaped" = Vietnam.  

7 hours ago, Excel said:

I agree with you with one additional observation. Many of the pretty ladies have returned home from Pattaya and a few have got jobs in my nearest PTT station and Tesco Lotus Express store. My wife is getting a little suspicious why I fill  the car up daily and now have a house full of bread, eggs, coke you name it. she keep saying why do you keep buying so much, you only go there for a short time - I wonder why she guessed  ????

 

How much is the bar shop fine? ????

5 hours ago, covidiot said:

Annual shots probably.

More lockdowns probably not. 

 

Seems likely. Pfizer already has a single-dose booster that in early testing is showing great results against the recent variants.

I agree with Charlie H, very little changes in the bush, a la Isaan village, even during the nationwide lockdown last year life continued much as normal.

If you choose to live in the big cities, then of course you suffer the consequences.

On 5/6/2021 at 1:50 AM, lanng khao said:

I was in the UK from last April to this January, worked on building sites all over the north west, never came across anybody who had it or knew anyone who had died of it in ten months, even people i came across didn't know anyone either.think those figures where slightly doctored.. 

I have to agree with you Sir.

Spanish Flu, 1918-1919, 50 million deaths, average age 28 yrs.

Covid 19, UK average age of death 82, with co-morbidity.

 

On 5/5/2021 at 8:41 PM, covidiot said:

pandemic will end 

Unfortunately the Prayut regime will continue.

1 hour ago, talahtnut said:

Spanish Flu, 1918-1919

Followed by roaring 20s ... but let's not get too optimistic 

13 hours ago, adammike said:

hat's why I won't be booking any flights untill I see how things pan out.Its being reported in the Dutch and UK media that flights and holidays will be more expensive than people expect.

Yes and upon arrival be told "sorry you have to do 14 days isolation" plus on return the same.Even with a vaccination there will still be outbreaks.Not a time to travel.