9 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

We must do our best to weather this storm:

If COVID mutates to have a 50% MORTALITY RATE, then...

I am going back on the masks.

Oh boy! We get to look at this , again!

On 8/29/2026 at 8:39 AM, spidermike007 said:

Yes. Absolutely. For me being self-insured is the way to go. I got sick of 20% annual raises on my healthcare about 15 years ago and just set the money aside each year. I have saved well over a million baht so far, and I've spent less than 100,000 of that on health care during that period.

Also there's a very special joy in just saying no to the insurance mafia.

1 million? A friend of mine had a minor accident but suffered 3 broken bones. He needed complicated surgeries and was in the hospital for 2 months. This alone costed 1.5 million Baht. But you are right, insurance premiums in older years are a problem for everybody.

Edited Sunday at 03:05 AM4 days by msbkk

They are afraid they won't sell facial masks anymore... 75% of the people are still wearing it....

Very nasty strain of influenza (Covid) going around at the moment, took me a full week to shake it.

A few other less physically robust ppl I know have been battling it for 2 weeks.

Skipped the flu shot this season unfortunately ....

Covid or flu... a pneumococcal infection especially in older years can be nasty and even deadly. It is highly recommended to get a pneumococcal vaccine in addition to

yearly flu shots.