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  1. ok, regarding Zenni, I agree that they are good. I often use them to test new prescriptions. I however, get my daily lenses from shop/lab in los angeles, an I get Shamir Autograph III. If you are looking for higher end lenses, in my experience the shops in Thailand are a total rip-off. They are charging 3 times what it cost for me to get Shamir, Varilux or Zeiss in the U.S. And about 25% higher than the pricey shops in New York (for example pick a pricey shop in Soho or Chelsea). But.... but! maybe it's it's also that I walk in wearing Mykita or ic-berlin! and transitions and they see "white American guy speaking English" and up goes the price. Btw. a word about Zenni, sometimes they ship via Europe now, and then Thai customs has been adding import duty. When shipping via China or Hong Kong there was not duty. But please folks, any suggestions for Bangkok, for a friend of mine who needs some ASAP.
  2. would appreciate a recommendation an infectious disease specialist, pulmonologist, or et. al. to confirm why such tertiary antibiotic. following up on this question of what antibiotic. the pathogen has not yet been identified, however tests done were Influenza A+B NAAT test (negative) Covid-19 NEAR test (negative) Streptococcus Group A test (negative), and gram positive sputum culture (normal flora). doc started my father on levoflaxin. This is considered a tertiary antibiotic by NHS, NIH, and NCID (Singapore) with amoxicillin considered first course of treatment. After 4 days just stable, no real improvement, and of course more weakness from the levoflaxin. would appreciate a recommendation an infectious disease specialist, pulmonologist, or et. al. to confirm why such tertiary antibiotic. are planning a procalcitonin and respiratory viral panel (not sure why they did not do this in the ER 5 days ago) when we can get to the hospital as we cannot get home service(!) here (still trying) thus we are stuck on koh samui. we do not interact with locals (have doing best practices for 3 years--no indoor restaurants, bars, etc.) live in caregivers also do not interact with others without distances and masking. (this yes is unlike 99.9 percent of thailand). thus the microbial resistance may not been so important re location. thanks. re amoxicillin vs fluoroquinolones, note current guidelines from US NIH and UK NHS https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng138 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6812437/
  3. the answer appears to be here, however, your question is probably package and carrier specific (e.g. AIS, DTAC) https://www.ais.th/applewatch/inc_numbershare.html
  4. The K1 visa process seems rather simple to do in terms of filling out the paperwork, and getting the various requirements. I would like to pay someone who has extensive experience to have a second look at the forms which need to be submitted. (It’s a 2 step process, first the benefactor – the American in this case–submits one form, then the beneficiary–the foreign spouse—gets an appointment as their (her) nearest embassy). There are a bunch of agencies and attorneys which offer this service, but which have a very good idea of how things are playing out currently stateside (us) and in Thailand, in terms of both speeding up processing, and what slight changes or additions to the documents submitted may be recommended. E.g. are the delays so extensive should I say seek a letter from an elected official?--possible for me but not easy. Any suggestions on who (any location) to talk to / pay for to look at the forms and give advice? (Note: We have both been living together in Thailand for 3 years). Thanks.
  5. yes, the numbers are all just part of the grand social engineering scheme. there's no proper testing nor modeling done in thailand. they should be doing mass testing of various areas, then sequencing (to learn more about how it is spread, and which variant subset, etc). they aren't and won't and so it's a guessing game on the part of all of us.
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