brucec64

I have been with Aetna (formerly Bupa) for over 10 years. Never put a claim in until this year. I had a hip surgery a year ago, two emergency claims, and surgery tomorrow, for a total of 1.3m bht. Aetna paid for 100% of all. There is always a bit of back and forth for surgeries, but so far they have come through. Premiums do go up with age, but I was informed last time I renewed that premiums were based solely on age, and as long as you get in before 65 and always renew, you would never get kicked out.

That's not always an option. Of course you can fly somewhere for long term care, but you planning on flying somewhere in the middle of a heart attack?

Weren't pubs closed in the UK for the better part of a year? That's longer than here, just a different time frame. Or was that 400 years ago?

Why should I fund someone else not getting insurance? The point of insurance is that everyone pays and costs are payed from the shared pool.

What's your game plan for a 500+k bypass surgery if 100k is going to break the bank? What if you are in a serious car/motorbike accident requiring weeks or months of hospital care? I had a close friend (Thai) involved in a motorcycle accident where another motorcycle drove over him and crushed his hips. Multiple surgeries and 3 months in hospital came to 3m baht - and that was Thai prices. I upped my very good Aetna (formerly Bupa) from 2 to 5m after that.

Also, there is optics involved. The police make a token raid every now and then to show that they are controlling the situation. They get the media attention and then it's business as usual.

I agree - and also just a general increase in social interactions within the tourist industry because of higher traffic. In theory, having 70-80% vax rate allows for more cases to be absorbed without overtaxing the health system. Unfortunately, Thailand won't be there until the end of the year, so they are walking a tightrope between fully re-opening and keeping covid under control. That's why they are pushing the entertainment opening until next month. This month is just a ramp-up and I don't think there is any expectation of high tourist levels this month in any levels of the government.

You would be surprised. 3 out 4 of the people working in the tourist industry that I talk to dont want the country to open.

If only there was a simple solution...

Dear Australia, I am fully vaccinated. I will come to Australia if you: 1. Let anyone in ‘for your consideration

Actually, the opposite is happening. The selfish are being excluded, and those that are contributing to society and able to move about freely, and go about their lives. Those who are fooled by misinformation, or just selfish [deleted], are the ones who can stay home.

The only thing spreading is the misinformation that you are spouting.

I can go onto infowars.com and "learn" everything that you think you know. I have access to all the conspiracy websites and have enough critical thinking skills to determine they are nonsense.

The "points" made were just a regurgitation of alt right nonsense and not worth commenting on.

It is always safe to completely disregard any post that has "wake up people" in it.

You must have been so fun at the 1999 going to 2000 New Years Party explaining to everyone that it wasn't really the new century. I remember "that guy" at the party I was at. Nobody really cared then, and I'm sure that hasn't really changed.

I was also thinking of going with that.

This government is facist, but that is a polar opposite to communism. At least get your whinge right ????

Your logic is inherently flawed and your conclusions invalid. The purpose of border closures and lockdowns is to slow the spread. Both of these measures have been effective in slowing down the spread, so by your logic they should stay in place.

Long term effects are not get covid and die.

That still isn't forced.

That's the definition of an upward boundary - it means the worst case scenario, and that there most likely would be other factors that would reduce that number.

That's if everyone in Thailand got Covid. I know that's not very realistic, but still the upward boundary. 1% of 70m.

Largest study of masks yet details their importance in fighting Covid-19 (nbcnews.com)

Your math is flawed. The death rate of 12855 from 1.28 million cases is about 1%. That would mean up to 700k deaths in Thailand if no measures were taken and Covid was allowed to run rampant . Are you ok with that? Or, to put it in perspective, the average number of Facebook friends is about 300. Are you ok with doing nothing and letting 3 of them die? The reason doctors have to make these decisions is that false information is being spread by people with little or no analytical skills.