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Fire, Faith, and Free Speech: The Koran-Burning Case Testing British Liberties
I think he meant BURNED. With fire. -
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Fire, Faith, and Free Speech: The Koran-Burning Case Testing British Liberties
But you'd be taxed for exceeding your allotted carbon footprint. -
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Covid vaccines for children - where?!
The newest vaccine ever brought into Thailand is the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty XBB.1.5, and that, only some places have; the ones I know of are all in Bangkok. The newer 2024-2025 Pfizer vaccine is not available. The XBB 1.5 vaccine will still be of some help especially in completely unvaccinated children who have never had COVID (these will be a minority, see below). Older vaccines, which might be all that one can find outside of Bangkok, might still help but are not approved in Thailand for children under current guidelines; only the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty XBB.1.5 is approved for chldren under current Thai guidelines. Last I heard (admittedly about year old info) these places had the XBB1.5: Mahidol University Thai Travel Clinic Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute Bumrungrad Hosptal Praram 9 Hospital quite possible some other large private hospitals in Thailand now have it too HOWEVER, these have only the adult formulation. As you likely know, the dosage for children is different from adults. 3 mcg dose for your 3 year old and 10 mcg dose for your 6 year old. The vaccine is otherwise the same and per the guidelines of the Thai Pediatric Society, if the pediatric formulation is unavailable, fractional dose can be used i.e., they can give a partial amount of adult dose vial. Therefore even if a hospital or clinic does not have the 3 or 10 mcg dose, they can use a partial quantity of the adult dose -- but you'd want to make sure they understand this and calculate correctly. And they will probably end up wasting most of the vial, which if quantities are scarce, they may be unwilling to do. Do not expect anyone answering phone or email to know this, they will likely answer only that they do not have the pediatric vaccine, which is technically true. Doctor may or may not be willing to partial dose from use adult vial , and it would take direct doctor order to make that happen. Which you may or may not be able to get. While the official COVID vaccine guidelines have not so far changed, the current outbreak is of an extremely contagious but unusually mild (for most people) variant. A recent study found that 80% of young children in Thailand already have immunity to COVID. This study has not yet been peer reviewed or published in a scientific journal but it has been widely publicized in the general media and a Chulalongkorn researcher even took the unusual step of posting it on Facebook. While any change in guidelines remains to be seen, pretty much everyone knows about this finding and it will probably influence provider behavior/willingness to use a fractional dose from an adult vial to vaccinate a child if there are no special risk factors present. If you have not already, you can try asking Bumrungrad and Praram 9. Do not ask if the have the pediatric vaccine (they don't); ask if they have Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty XBB.1.5 vaccine available. If they do, ask if they will administer fractional dose based on age to children (better yet, go and ask this in person -- Thais tend to always say no to anything they are unsure of, and whomever you could rewach by phone or email will not be a decision maker). If it is any comfort, your 6 year old, having already had COVID for sure, probably has good immunity and your 3 year old also likely (80% chance) has some immunity, and the current strains are much less severe than what was around when your now 6 year old got it. Of course if either of your children has special risk factors due to chronic disease, or if there is an older person in the same household with unusual risk factor that needs to be protected, that changes matters and best to go see a pediatrician at a hospital you know has the XBB.1.5 vaccine in stock to press your case. -
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Fire, Faith, and Free Speech: The Koran-Burning Case Testing British Liberties
Just a disorderly behavior charge, nothing to get your hajib in a twist over. NOT charged for burning a work of fiction, but on a breach of the peace offence. If the great book of fairy tails were a protected religious work, he'd face serious charges, as he would had he used the wrong pronoun. Woman arrested for misgendering a trans person on Twitter charged with trolling Police have charged a mother in the UK for malicious communication after she referred to a trans woman as man on Twitter in a “campaign of targeted harassment”. https://www.thepinknews.com/2019/09/05/trolling-malicious-communication-misgendering-stephanie-hayden-kate-scottow/ First UK street preacher reported as terrorist for 'misgendering' wins appeal: 'Orwellian and really alarming' Dave McConnell, 42, was convicted in August under section 4A Public Order Act 1986 after he referred to a biological male who presented as a female by addressing the individual as "he" during a conversation with a police officer, according to his legal counsel at the London-based Christian Legal Centre. https://www.foxnews.com/world/first-uk-street-preacher-reported-terrorist-misgendering-wins-appeal-orwellian-really-alarming -
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Things that annoy you in Thailand
Unless you have a heat stroke before you make it to the bar. -
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Community Teacher Beats 7-Year-Old with Metal Ruler, Says “Let Her Die” , Mother Files Police Report
Sack the teacher immediately, and haul it before the courts for repeated physical abuse - no ifs or buts!!! This has apparently happened a few times before and parents are "scared to come forward" - Disgaraceful state of affairs and the fact that the parent was "unable to speak with the principal" and the violence continued absolutely stinks. Some of these teachers just seem to be bullies or legalised thugs - a bit like bouncers at night clubs but worse - they are assaulting CHILDREN for goodness sake! When I was at school in the UK many years ago, corporal punishment was still used, but only rarely, and the punishment was carried out by the Head or Assistant Head of the school if it was deemed an appropriate punishment - known in those days as "six of the best", and only on the "bum"!
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