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  1. No didn't forget. That was really stressful. I held out against the cash grab and was rewarded, but it wasn't fun. I think I got my under consideration stamp done before it actually expired, but my memory is a little fuzzy.
  2. Yes lol. So who knows really. It wasn't the IO processing my request but the one doing the pre-application document check. They weren't giving out any application packets so it seemed like no one was going to be eligible since they always handed them out to everyone every time before.
  3. Lol. Somebody doesn't like you. I'm pretty sure I know who...the new number system at MTT means you can't avoid a problematic agent
  4. I went to MTT on Thursday and was surprised when the officer checking my documents said this would be my last extension. When I queried him about the fact that the regional borders have not opened up yet, I was told to wait for an announcement whether it would be extended. They also were not handing out the packets the had been for the next extension. So they just want to boot us all out even though regional borders are not opening up with any kind of normality? My prior visit to this one they asked me I had to write down when I would leave, and I wrote when I can get back home to Taiwan.
  5. Flattening the curve just makes the pain last longer and should only be done when hospitals are being overwhelmed. Protect the vulnerable and let it spread and the wave will last 90 days. The latest study from the UK shows that the Delta Variant while more contagious( I believe they said 60% more) is actually the weakest/least deadly. The overall mortality rate was .1% which was the weakest of all the variants.
  6. Parts of this list are comical: Going outside only when necessary Keeping 1-2 metres distance from others everywhere Wearing facemasks at all times, both outdoors and at home, if there are more than two people in the house and especially if you are living with elderly or vulnerable people Washing your hands frequently, before a meal, after using the bathroom, after sneezing, coughing or touching common areas. Assume that everyone, including infected people have touched it Avoiding direct hand contact with your facemask, your eyes, nose and mouth Elders and vulnerable people should not leave the house. If unavoidable, go outside for the shortest time possible Cleaning and disinfecting frequently-touched surfaces Separating personal items and not sharing them with others Eat, but do not share, hot or fully cooked food If you think you are at risk, you should use an Antigen Test Kit to test yourself for COVID-19 or get tested at the nearest hospital. Keep 1-2 meters away from people even in your own home( i guess everyone should carry two meter poles to poke people with to make sure the distancing is proper). Basically wear masks all the time (this is actually really unhealthy for you). Old people cannot even exercise outdoors in a an area that is relatively private or get any fresh air(they must all be under house arrest). These are pretty much unrealistic expectations.
  7. It will go down normally as the lockdown is eased since a wave always follows a viral curve and attempts to flatten the curve will just prolong that current stage of the epidemic. Now that we are at full community spread in the nation one cannot expect a lockdown to get cases down to zero. Protect the vulnerable and let the natural part of herd immunity amongst the ones less vulnerable to serious cases and death (especially those under 40 for whom the disease is less dangerous than the flu) help society as has always been the public health policy followed in times of epidemics in the modern era; this is the policy advocated by the tens of thousands of health care doctors and experts who signed the great barrington declaration. The disease doesn't just increase indefinitely. One can follow the waves of other countries to see how it works. In India the last wave was bad, but lasted only 3 months (from end of March through end of June).
  8. Well an epidemic of covid in an area will normally follow a viral curve of maybe 90 days. If you think this wave started in early,June, then it should naturally be going down around sometime before now. The thing which might make a wave last longer in an area is the attempt to mitigate/flatten the curve. The infections don't just go up forever regardless of what we do. Another thing to think is how many were infected and didn't get tested due to being mildly infected or asymptomatic. I am also sure that some/many may have had milder cases and didn't get tested due to not wanting to be isolated in a hospital or sent to one of those field hospitals until negative. I had some symptoms of what might have been a very mild case starting maybe a month ago that have since gone away. I am still stuck by the Asia border closures and have no insurance and am not in the Thai system and would not want to pay the cost of weeks in a Thai private hospital or be sent to one of those field hospitals so I didn't run to get tested. I feel fine now.
  9. 4 to 6 weeks is the standard duration of a normal viral curve of covid without flattening the curve as it spreads through a population so yes he is saying that things will improve as they would if we had done nothing lol.
  10. Interestingly enough the delta variant is already there so it doesn't matter. There is no risk if the people coming in are tested and do asq. "Experts believe that the Delta variant is behind crippling surges in places outside Manila, including Davao city, President Rodrigo Duterte’s home turf, where sweeping lockdown measures in recent weeks have failed to bring down infections." A country can have tens of thousands of infected from local transmission but heavens to betsy if there is one from dirty foreigners. it's absurd
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