Is covid a hoax

[Celsius]

16 minutes ago, Airalee said:

no.  I’m honest.  3 divorce Simon isn’t.   Wearing masks here was never “the norm” before Covid.  
 

You sound vaxxed.

 

Oh no....I'm vaxxed. Twice! Im dying!!!!

 

Are you denying there is pollution in Thailand?

[Tomtomtom69]

13 hours ago, MaskLover2025 said:

It's not a hoax, but the reaction to the virus in East Asian countries is disproportionate to the severity of the situation. There is nothing about the current situation that warrants swathes of people walking around in shopping malls like mindless robots with their beloved muzzles on. You never see anybody in Europe or South America wearing muzzles these days, not even older people. Just proves that East Asians are weak, cowardly, docile, and sheepish. Sorry not sorry.

 

It's a hoax in the sense that it's actually not a real, separate virus, but merely a reclassification of the common cold, flu and pneumonia. 

 

I agree with you on how docile East Asians can be, but this applies only to a few nationalities.

 

You'll see very few masks being worn in Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia. In Vietnam, they're mostly worn while riding motorcycles and among some elderly people in the cities. 

 

Masks are only worn to the extent they are in Thailand, in Taiwan, Japan and South Korea, but Thailand seems to be a little worse than those countries. 

[Tomtomtom69]

9 hours ago, still kicking said:

Yes, most Thais wear glasses 

 

Most? No. I did a count on several occasions, in Bangkok to gauge what percentage of Thais wear glasses. This was before Covid. I estimated the percentage to be roughly in the range of 25-33% or around 1 in 4 to 1 in 3.

 

An unknown number also wears contact lenses so it's possible up to 50% of Thais, especially those under the age of 45 or so, wear glasses or contact lenses, especially in Bangkok. I think the percentage is slightly lower, though probably similar in other larger cities such as Chiang Mai, Chonburi, Nakorn Ratchasima but significantly lower in the countryside, where it goes down to like 10-15%.

 

Of course some older Thais also wear glasses for reading but they're not worn otherwise.

 

While technically you could be correct in saying "most" wear them since "most" means above 50%, at least if we're talking glasses that are worn all the time and we're excluding reading glasses and contact lenses, it's a significant minority that are wearing them but not yet a majority.

 

In Singapore, Taiwan, major cities of mainland China and a few other countries in the region, I'd say up to 75% of the population wears glasses, especially among those under the age of 40 or 45. 

[Airalee]

8 minutes ago, Celsius said:

 

Oh no....I'm vaxxed. Twice! Im dying!!!!

 

Are you denying there is pollution in Thailand?

Denying pollution?  You need to work on your reading comprehension.

 

You used to be sharp.   You’re losing your edge.

[StandardIssue]

This is absolutely the wrong place to ask a question like that! 😝🤣 Why you might ask, because, you will get answers from people completely unqualified to answer such a question. Better to ask ChatGPT or Gemini AI

 

Asking a question like that here is like trying to get a drink from a fire hose turned on full.

[Tomtomtom69]

13 hours ago, Jim Blue said:

Ha ha what has guts or living a normal life have to do with it.

I ALWAYS visit Bangkok New Year time and I remember wondering why so many wore masks .This was December 2019 . However this was only the Suk "vit line ...not others.

Jesus you sure you didn't get long covid or something similar or is it just old age?

 

 

You must have a bad memory or are getting your dates mixed up. In December 2019 hardly anyone wore a mask in Bangkok or anywhere else in Thailand. There was a brief period in October 2019 when the Thai government, knowing what was about to come, encouraged masks to be worn on public transit against pollution (which doesn't make sense; if anything, they might have had a point if masks were encouraged outside during periods of high air pollution). I think for a period of about 2 weeks, perhaps 20% of Thai commuters followed the government's advice but then dropped their masks by December.

 

It was only when Covid started making the news at the very beginning of January in 2020 that masks started to be worn very extensively, so much so that by as early as January 12, some schools had almost 100% mask wearing, yet this was still 2.5 months before the lockdown and mask mandates came into force. 

[madone]

13 hours ago, still kicking said:

I had eight shots in the past few years, plus the ones I had when I was a kid, no reaction at all.

indeed, you seem a shining beacon of health and higher cognitive function

[madone]

1 minute ago, Tomtomtom69 said:

You must have a bad memory or are getting your dates mixed up. In December 2019 hardly anyone wore a mask in Bangkok or anywhere else in Thailand.

Not sure where you were in 2019, but masks were common in public and in offices long before 2019, especially during cold or flu season. I saw people in masks daily, 

[Tomtomtom69]

12 hours ago, MaskLover2025 said:

Only in East Asian countries - go to Europe, and nobody wears a mask, nor have they for 3 years now. My Gran is 90 and even she thinks wearing a mask is a sad way to live life, just shows how weak and pathetic many of the younger Thais and other East Asians are for continuing to wear muzzles at all times in mid-2025. 

 

Very, very few masks are worn in Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia. Out of these 3 countries, mask wearing is highest in Cambodia, but even there, you'll barely see 3% of people wearing them in Phnom Penh, and 1% in Siem Reap, 0.5% in the countryside.

 

It's a far, far cry from Thailand. 

 

During the main part of Covid, you didn't even see Laotians and Burmese masking up much. I remember seeing photos of Laotians picking up their relatives and friends waiting inside Vientiane airport in late 2020 and barely a single one of them was masked. This would have been unthinkable in Thailand.

 

According to a photo taken in late 2020 at a hospital in Shwe Koko, Myanmar, no masks worn inside that hospital either. Again, unthinkable just a few km across the border in Mae Ramad, Thailand. Even well into 2023, many Thai hospitals mandated masks (or mandated them again), such as one of the main hospitals in Mae Sot, near the Burmese border.

 

While Malaysia was strict; they didn't actually mandate masks until August 2020 (though before this date, many private businesses did) and once the mask mandate was lifted, almost no one wore one anymore outdoors and in small shops, unlike in Thailand at the time.

 

The contrast between Thailand and it's neighbors is huge. 

[Tomtomtom69]

2 minutes ago, madone said:

Not sure where you were in 2019, but masks were common in public and in offices long before 2019, especially during cold or flu season. I saw people in masks daily, 

 

No, they weren't common. I saw masks occasionally, but only like 1-2% of the Thai population wore masks before 2020, with a brief blip being October 2019, due to being heavily promoted by the government but that was on Bangkok public transportation only. 

[madone]

14 minutes ago, Tomtomtom69 said:

 

No, they weren't common. I saw masks occasionally, but only like 1-2% of the Thai population wore masks before 2020, with a brief blip being October 2019, due to being heavily promoted by the government but that was on Bangkok public transportation only. 

People who were sick or thought they were coming down with something wore masks in public and in the office, It was common. 

Not everyone, of course, but it was hardly a new thing.

 

[MaskLover2025]

4 hours ago, Tomtomtom69 said:

 

Very, very few masks are worn in Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia. Out of these 3 countries, mask wearing is highest in Cambodia, but even there, you'll barely see 3% of people wearing them in Phnom Penh, and 1% in Siem Reap, 0.5% in the countryside.

 

It's a far, far cry from Thailand. 

 

During the main part of Covid, you didn't even see Laotians and Burmese masking up much. I remember seeing photos of Laotians picking up their relatives and friends waiting inside Vientiane airport in late 2020 and barely a single one of them was masked. This would have been unthinkable in Thailand.

 

According to a photo taken in late 2020 at a hospital in Shwe Koko, Myanmar, no masks worn inside that hospital either. Again, unthinkable just a few km across the border in Mae Ramad, Thailand. Even well into 2023, many Thai hospitals mandated masks (or mandated them again), such as one of the main hospitals in Mae Sot, near the Burmese border.

 

While Malaysia was strict; they didn't actually mandate masks until August 2020 (though before this date, many private businesses did) and once the mask mandate was lifted, almost no one wore one anymore outdoors and in small shops, unlike in Thailand at the time.

 

The contrast between Thailand and it's neighbors is huge. 

Yes, you're right - Laos is much more pleasant than Thailand these days. To me, this country is the true Land of Smiles. When I say East Asia, I was referring more to Japan, Vietnam and Hong Kong. Japan is the only country more deranged than Thailand when it comes to mask wearing.

[impulse]

19 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

Common side effects with every vaccine.

So what?

 

But in the past, we were allowed to discuss vaccine side effects without getting deleted and/or canceled and/or even fired (as happened to some doctors).

 

[impulse]

1 hour ago, MaskLover2025 said:

Yes, you're right - Laos is much more pleasant than Thailand these days. To me, this country is the true Land of Smiles. When I say East Asia, I was referring more to Japan, Vietnam and Hong Kong. Japan is the only country more deranged than Thailand when it comes to mask wearing.

 

Flying out of Swampy on Sunday and seeing the air quality, I don't blame anyone for wearing a mask in LOS.  Covid or no.  The PM2.5's are causing all kinds of health issues.  I keep a mask with me in LOS and put it on when the air gets really bad, like on the train to Kanchanaburi during some agriculture seasons. 

 

And up here in China, it's been cottonwood season, so I occasionally wear one to get my 10,000 daily steps.

 

[MaskLover2025]

2 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

Flying out of Swampy on Sunday and seeing the air quality, I don't blame anyone for wearing a mask in LOS.  Covid or no.  The PM2.5's are causing all kinds of health issues.  I keep a mask with me in LOS and put it on when the air gets really bad, like on the train to Kanchanaburi during some agriculture seasons. 

 

And up here in China, it's been cottonwood season, so I occasionally wear one to get my 10,000 daily steps.

 

Poppycock - has nothing to do with pm25, Thais are still terrified of covid. If people want to believe it is to do with PM25 fine, doesn't make it true though.

[Airalee]

1 hour ago, impulse said:

 

But in the past, we were allowed to discuss vaccine side effects without getting deleted and/or canceled and/or even fired (as happened to some doctors).

 

This doctor didn’t get deleted/cancelled/fired for not taking the clot shot….

 

 

Dr. Sara Brenner, the FDA’s principal deputy commissioner, said during an event in Washington that she did not receive any of the COVID-19 vaccines.

Brenner said that she was pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It was unknown at the time what the biodistribution patterns of those products were, and in my case, in particular, what the excretion would be in breast milk,” Brenner said. “That was my primary concern, and that exposure I was very concerned about.”

When asked whether the information that has emerged since then validates her choice, Brenner, who said she was not speaking on behalf of the FDA, said she thinks it does.

 

https://www.ntd.com/top-fda-official-says-she-never-received-a-covid-19-vaccine_1067794.html

 

 

[unblocktheplanet]

Yada, yada, yada. Meanwhile, I'm trying to find my FIFTH Covid vax.

[johng]

48 minutes ago, Airalee said:

This doctor didn’t get deleted/cancelled/fired for not taking the clot shot….

She "played a blinder" as they say  and good on her as she was correct about the effect on breast milk  even though the  so called  "eggsperts"  were dismissing the idea as impossible..

[Magictoad]

In the UK.people over 70 regularly go for shots twice a year because they work and prevent Covid-19 from killing people, by their thousands and millions around the world. If people don't want to believe in Covid-19 and the danger it presents to society and individuals that's entirely up to them.  But the fact that authorities over-reacted the first time by shutting schools etc is no reason at all not underestimate the very real dangers of Covid; this time.

[newbee2022]

4 hours ago, impulse said:

 

But in the past, we were allowed to discuss vaccine side effects without getting deleted and/or canceled and/or even fired (as happened to some doctors).

 

getting deleted and/or canceled and/or even fired (as happened to some doctors)

 

When and where did it happen😳