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Why should the official Thai numbers be wrong? Anyone who claims such a thing should first familiarize themselves with the facts.
The argument about the low numbers due to the alleged lack of tests says nothing. On the contrary, this argument is incomprehensible.
It is very easy and convenient to say the more you test, the more you will find. Nevertheless it remains pure speculation and has long been refuted by the current and actual situation.
Even if there were more active cases that went undetected due to a lack of tests:
Isn't it more likely that these cases cannot be serious because they did never, at no point, require any medical treatment? They would have otherwise caused outbreaks in their environment, because they could hardly all have gone unnoticed. Yet, there was nothing such, nowhere in Thailand.
Symptom-free people who felt ill and who had to go to hospital and were not tested, cannot automatically be down with Covid-10, but God knows they may have caught something else. If they had Covid-19, the consequence would be that sooner or later they would infect many others in their environment. But one hears and reads about it: nothing!
So there is, according to the naysayers and conspirationists, allegedly - "because one is not testing" - a high number of unknown infected people, and numerous never noticed chains of infections?
Just let me ask: Where in Thailand are these sick people? Where in Thailand were there any local outbreaks, larger or smaller, in the past 10 months?
Severe cases mixed with mild cases? WHERE are there any of these in Thailand? That is ridiculous. There is no such thing. There weren't any. Anyone who claims otherwise will simply pull it out of his nose, without proof, without evidence.
Such cases cannot possibly have been kept secret by the doctors, hospitals or by the government.
Where are they, these “infected people never found, because there is no testing”?
In Thailand there have been very few cases of a domestic infections in the past 10 months, and almost all of them have been brought into Thailand from the outside.
Since there haven’t been any chains of infectios in Thailand for the past 10 months and no local outbreaks, except for the handful of cases, you don't have to test either. It is that logical, isn't it?
If there were any outbreaks, we would know! Even WITHOUT testing. However, not a single person suffering from the Corona virus has been admitted to a hospital in the past 10 months, except for those infected ones, who arrive from abroad every day since.
Furthermore, it is not true that there is no testing at all in Thailand.
EVERYONE who is admitted to hospital with a fever, respiratory illness or runny nose will also be tested for Covid-19. It is impossible to evade it. And they would actually make a difference between the virus and a “normal” respiratory infection . . . . . . as asthma and lung edema have been among the top causes of death in Thailand in the past decade.
It is a lame assumption to say that these death were not properly registered or been falsely not attributed to the Coronavirus because they allegedly didn’t test them, because, on the contrary, they get tested as well!
We should be glad that the coronavirus in Thailand and neighboring countries has not spread any further than the official figures tell us, due to the discipline of the population and the early taken measures.
The Thais do not have the pandemic under control despite the measures or despite the lack of tests, but BECAUSE of the measures.
At no time was there a risk that the Thai hospital system would collapse. However it would, if the Thais would lower their protective measures and open their borders.
Or if they would discontinue quarantine period, before not 70% of the Thai population has received a vaccine protection. There is no reason in doing so, because even vaccinated persons might still carry the virus in their respiratory tract and the mouth and spread it among others. The vaccine only protects a person from the viral reproduction, not from catching and carrying it on their mucous membranes.
It's a comforting feeling, and I refuse to get fed sugar from the non-believers, the conspiracy spreaders, and Facebook experts and YouTube university graduates.
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12 hours ago, Natai Beach said:
only 60 baht per day. Nothing that us elites will worry about.
A pack of peanuts.5 years is 1825 days.
600.000 THB divided by 1825 days = 328.76 THB
60 Bahts are peanuts, but your mathematical skills are peanuts, too
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1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:
Regarding the French lady, there are a number of possibilities:
- She contracted Covid-19 from elsewhere, as nothing is water tight, even quarantine
- She has a regular cold and exhibits symptoms, the Covid-19 test was a false positive
- She has carried Covid-19 for a few weeks (asymptomatic), she is one of the extremely rare cases where Covid-19 developed outside of the usual window
add to the possibilities
regarding that the incubation period can be up to 27 days, she could have contracted the Virus in France, way before her flight.
The requirement to show a Covid-19 PCR test with a minimum age of 72 hours prior to boarding the flight, could have left an open window between the test and the actual boarding, during which she could have gotten infected.
It then only takes a few flaws to occur with the subsequent 2 more tests during the quarantine, to slip through the screens
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Haven't over 1100 Thais returning from Korea before March 2 already slipped into the country under the radar ? What about these ? News was that the government is "trying" to locate them. In our little town of Kantharalak, rumours since March 4 are going around, that 2 "phi noi" ("little ghosts") returnees from Korea have been quarantained in the government hospital of Kantharalak . . . . . . .
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that's why almost every contract holds in small print: "prices and specifications are subject to sudden changes and thus cannot be guaranteed"
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majority being Chinese from Hongkong on the Westerdam? In Hongkong, 600 Chinese boarded the ship. The majority are the 1400 Dutch passengers and the even bigger majority are the 19 Thai citizens! ????????
and from Sihanoukville the 1400 Dutch passengers first travel to Pnom Penh, and from there they fly home via Bangkok. What was all the ruckus for? Instead of taking them to Suvarnabhumi by bus from Laem Chabang, they are now arriving at Suvarnabhumi by plane, and they still arrive on Thailand's soil. Same Same but stupid?
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10 minutes ago, samsensam said:It was an engineering phenomenon of steel truss structures like this.
ok, fine, this may well be the case, but how about, the thai engineer, or even the webfact 'cut and paster', give some examples of similar structures that behave in the same way?
. .the Paris Eiffel Tower, for example. It's top observation platform will move up to 20 centimeter from one side to the other in strong wind
"The tower was built to sway slightly in the wind, but the sun affects the tower more. As the sun-facing side of the tower heats up, the top moves as much as 7 inches (18 centimeters) away from the sun. The sun also causes the tower to grow about 6 inches. The Eiffel Tower weighs 10,000 tons"
https://www.wonders-of-the-world.net/Eiffel-Tower/Oscillations-of-the-top-of-the-Eiffel-tower.php
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39 minutes ago, sweatalot said:Nothing wrong. When I pay for expensive BC I don't want that half of my seat is occupied by another person's fat. Let them pay for two seats in bc each or use seats next to another overweight
unfortunately I yet have to see any business class seats which are such closely fitted together, that one fat person could occupy both seats
many BC seats are actually small single cabins nowadays, in many airplane types
If I was any of them, I would sue them in IATA terms for violating my right to be seated in my booked class. Also, for not being able to produce seat belt extensions for Business Class seats, which was apparently the true reason they were refused by the Thai staff. Just another "We cannot loose face" story . . . .
I use to fly Qatar business class, and they GOT seat belt extensions in BC . . .
This incident should cost Thai Airways a few points in ranking among World's airlines, for them just to remember to treat their passengers respectfully
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in most areas, face masks are already sold out. Just go check on Lazada : SOLD OUT ????
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9 minutes ago, Peter Denis said:
When married to a thai national you can then apply for your OA extension for reason of MARRIAGE (and in that case no health-insurance is required).
also with O/A's handed out after October 30, 2019 ?
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6 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:
I aware of people that have extensions of stay based upon marriage there were on non-b, non-ed, non-oa visas and etc.
I believe there are people out there, with an Extension based on marriage, granted out of a Non-O/A
But this doesn't mean that they were rightfully granted. They all are based on an error
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9 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:
I aware of people that have extensions of stay based upon marriage there were on non-b, non-ed, non-oa visas and etc.
if they have been granted marriage reason on a Non-Imm-O/A, it would not be rightful. The O/A only allows based on being over 50
You just need to read websites of Thai Embassies and Consulates worldwide. Nowhere you can get a Non-Imm-O/A showing a marriage certificate with a Thai
This reason is only available on Non-Imm-O. Showing a marriage with a Thai certificate, will only get you a Non-O
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9 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:
FYI Chaeng Wattana immigration if not over any other immigration office in the country. The Immigration Bureau in over all immigration divisions and the offices under them.
sorry, I mixed up
I meant Immigration Bureau
I got this info from an insider who spoke with the Immigration Bureau on this matter
the reason "based on marriage" is not allowed for Non-Imm O/A and never was
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10 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:
You are wrong. There is nothing stating what category of visa is required to apply for any extension. It only states it has to a non immigrant visa.
this doesn't make it any better: there is no Non-Imm-O/A based on marriage. This reason is not allowed
Only Non-Imm-O allow reason marriage
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6 minutes ago, sandrabbit said:
I did say in my original post that his application to convert from an OA retirement visa to an O visa/extension has been accepted, but he won't know if he has been approved for 30 days.
Hello sandrabbit
I was replying to the post by Peter Denis. Peter also stated in another post before, that an extension for a Non-O/A based on marriage was wrongfully refused by the Petchabun IO. As this simply cannot be true - an O/A or an Extension out of it CANNOT and NEVER been handed out based on marriage, but only based on being over 50, I felt the need to explain that is was a rightful decision of these Immigration officers
Peter's remark was:
For your info > Bill is married to a thai national, but was staying in Thailand on a Non Imm OA Visa based on retirement. With the new HI-requirement for OA retirement-extensions, he wanted to extend his permission to stay based on his original OA but this time not for reason of retirement, but for reason of marriage (which does not require health-insurance).
However, his rogue Petchabun IO insisted - incorrectly - that he also needed to meet the HI-requirement when extending for reason of MARRIAGE. They are blatantly wrong, but the IO always has the last word so Bill was forced to exit Thailand (to kill his present OA Visa) and decided to apply for a 90-day Non Imm O - marriage Visa in Vientiane (which he successfully got).
Only Non-Imm-O's can be had based on marriage
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1 hour ago, Peter Denis said:
Thanks for sharing.
Question > Did he convert from an OA - retirement extension to an O - marriage Visa and subsequent extension?
Reason I ask is that it would also have been possible for him to apply for an extension of his OA Visa for reason of MARRIAGE. The requirements/conditions for an OA - marriage extension or an O - marriage extension are EXACTLY the same. So strange and unnecessary to exit Thailand, apply for an O - marriage Visa and then extend it (unless the Rayong office for one reason or another refuses to extend OA Visas for reason of marriage).
it NEVER was possible to receive a Non-Imm-O/A or an extension from it, based on a marriage to a Thai !
ANY Immigration Office which would allow this to happen, is doing so illegally and wrongly, contrary to the existing police order. Chaeng Wattana has urged & reminded every IO nationwide to report immediately, should any holder of an O/A extension based on marriage show up.
The Rayong IO is acting correctly based on the police order = NO extension possible for O/A based on marriage
The Non-Imm-O/A and its extensions was introduced mainly and ONLY for application of a Longstay, based on being over 50 years old
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2 hours ago, Peter Denis said:
FYI > I never mentioned a 'second year' in my previous posts and only referred to the 'remaining permission to stay' to safeguard the remaining days from the permission to stay after your ME Non Imm O - marriage Visa validity did expire.
ah, okay . . I now know what happened
I was simultaneously reading in Facebook Visa Advice Group, and replying to a topic in which said confusion about a non existent "second year" had arisen . . . and accidentally mixed it up when I replied to you
please accept my sincere apologies!
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I agree so far, as the re-entry permit keeps the last 90 days permission of stay alive.
however, what happened to the "second year" part of your post ?
Re-edited and vanished ?
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16 hours ago, Peter Denis said:
Yes, as it is a Multi-Entry Visa you can exit/re-enter as much as you like/need and at any time during the Visa validity period. After the 1-year Visa validity period you need a Re-Entry Permit to keep the remaining permission to stay alive.
I think you are confusing his 1-year Multi Entry Non-Imm-O visa based on marriage, with an 1-year Non-Imm-O/A
This Non-Imm-O visa will become invalid after 365 days. There will be no "second year" and thus no Re-entry permits can be issued for an invalid visa.
In case you mean, that if he exits and re-enters just short of the visa becoming invalid, to receive the last 90 days admitted stay, bringing him to almost 15 months of stay, the remaining admitted stay cannot be kept alive with a re-entry permit. These permits are only keeping visa and extensions of stays alive, not admitted stay periods stamped into a passport. Please feel free to correct me if wrong.
If wrong, it is not the "second year" which can be kept alive by a re-entry, as he didn't get a full second year, but just the remaining last 90 days of the last admitted until stamp.
He can however visit the consulates of Savanakhet or Ho Chi Minh, to apply for a new 1-year Non-Imm-O based on marriage, without having to show finances. Or on any other consulate or Embassy in the region (however different requirements such as finances etc). This will give him the "next" year - not the "second" year
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8 hours ago, bluesofa said:
What might these 'other measures' be?
shutting the business down until the virus has been contained ?
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rigged breathalyzers ?
How far have we come ?
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11 hours ago, AussieBob18 said:
Brexit is a defining moment for UK and it will also affect the Western world. There is a political war being waged between moral Nationalism (ordinary People) and progressive Globalism (Elites). Brexit is a huge win for the ordinary People. Trump being re-elected in 2020 will be another. There are so many things wrong in the western world after 3 decades of progressive Globalism policies, that it will take at least a decade to redress them all. Brexit is a big part of the changes that are coming.
I disagree with you in one point: Never in anyone's life time we shall be able to fix it - or "redress" it, as you call it
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champagne corks? That's sparkling wine from France, EU . . . . . . . I guess, the next shipment of wine from France will come at higher costs, due to higher customs tariffs.
So no more popping corks from champagne, but from apple cider instead . . .
Brexit means a few changes. If they come for the better or the worse, remains to be seen
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I tried to register to drugstorebangkok.com however it is no longer possible
when you click on sign-in/register , the only option which opens is the sign-in menue
Swede admits to running multi million dollar investment fraud from a villa on Koh Chang
in Thailand News
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I would never call him a "criminal"
Much rather, he is a GENIUS
we get frauded every other day by our corrupted government individuals and yet never complain
I wouldn't call the people who participated in his schemes, "victims"
I would call them fools