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    Fun fact: Three more variants and Mr. Shithole has one named after him! What's the betting some smartarse knew that when they picked it?



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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    A lot of people in this village hope his condition deteriorates and the lavish funeral can be conducted. They also hope for the return of Thaksin.....

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    Not sure where to put this but here seems close enough.
    Friend asked me if I knew what the hell the current rules are re quarantine when traveling from provinces to Bangkok.
    Specifically, he will fly from Roi Et to Don Muang taxi to Suvarnabhumi and travel to US on same day. He has called airline and has yet to recieve a firm answer.
    He knows about the Covid test needed 3 days prior to departure. However, some confusion about quarntine upon arrival US.
    Nobody seems to know and as we all know might change daily.
    All a fucking mess innit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Norton View Post
    what the hell the current rules are re quarantine when traveling from provinces to Bangkok.
    could try the reddit thailand sub to reach a larger audience for your question

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    Quote Originally Posted by baldrick View Post
    could try the reddit thailand sub to reach a larger audience for your question
    You're right. Will tell him to do so. Our reach these days is severly limited.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Norton View Post
    However, some confusion about quarntine upon arrival US.
    Possibly, if they have an internet connection or a smartphone, the "rules" may be found at any of these:

    His airline site

    The IATA Covid travel map site

    or in theory :

    The homeland Embassy site in Bangkok

    A homeland government Covid travel advisory site.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Norton View Post
    Not sure where to put this but here seems close enough.
    Friend asked me if I knew what the hell the current rules are re quarantine when traveling from provinces to Bangkok.
    Specifically, he will fly from Roi Et to Don Muang taxi to Suvarnabhumi and travel to US on same day. He has called airline and has yet to recieve a firm answer.
    He knows about the Covid test needed 3 days prior to departure. However, some confusion about quarntine upon arrival US.
    Nobody seems to know and as we all know might change daily.
    All a fucking mess innit.
    There doesn't seem to be much other than this.

    COVID-19 Testing Required for U.S. Entry

    Effective January 26, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will require all air passengers entering the United States (including U.S. citizens and Legal Permanent Residents) to present a negative COVID-19 test, taken within three calendar days of departure or proof of recovery from the virus within the last 90 days​.
    The airline may require a printed, stamped PCR test result. They like their fucking stamps in this part of the world.

    I know some people going to PP, with no time to get one, nip to a stationery store and purchase one that says "Approved" or some shit, whack it on there and present it without problem. Lack of a stamp - problem.

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    A marvellous opportunity to avoid those unhygienic antivaxxers. Well done Britain!

    Two of the world's biggest airlines will trial fast-track lanes at Heathrow airport for fully-vaccinated arrivals.

    Under the scheme passengers from some countries will be able to upload their vaccination status before boarding.

    The trial by British Airways and Virgin Atlantic comes as the aviation industry calls for quarantine-free travel to the UK from lower-risk amber list countries.

    Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is set to announce such a scheme this week.


    Covid: Heathrow to trial fast-tracking vaccinated arrivals - BBC News

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    Singapore not counting Sinovac shots in COVID-19 vaccination tally


    Singapore has excluded those who received Sinovac Biotech's shots from its national COVID-19 vaccination count, according to the city-state's health ministry.


    "The national vaccination numbers reflect only those vaccinated under the national vaccination programme," the ministry said in an emailed statement on Wednesday.


    Currently, this only includes those vaccinated with the Moderna Inc and Pfizer-BioNTech/Cominarty vaccines, it said.


    Sinovac's CoronaVac shot is not part of Singapore's national vaccination programme and the city-state has said it is still awaiting critical data from the company.


    It has, however, allowed the usage of the vaccine by private healthcare institutions under a special access route, following an emergency use approval by the World Health Organization (WHO). Selected private clinics can draw on the country's current stock of 200,000 CoronaVac doses.


    About 3.7 million people have received at least one dose of the Pfizer NSE -0.36 % or Moderna's vaccines, covering about 65% of the population, and nearly 2.2 million have completed the regimen.


    Both have shown efficacy rates of well over 90% against symptomatic disease in clinical trials, compared with trials for Sinovac that shown results from as low as 50.4% to above 90%. Sinovac did not respond to a request for comment on its efficacy rates earlier this week. Kenneth Mak, Singapore's director of medical services, said last month evidence from other countries showed people who had taken the Sinovac vaccine were still getting infected. "There is a significant risk of vaccine breakthrough," he said.


    Just over 17,000 people in Singapore have received one dose of CoronaVac as of July 3. These records will be captured in a national immunisation registry.


    Recipients of the Sinovac vaccine are also not exempt from COVID-19 tests required before attending certain events or entering some venues. Those who have completed the full vaccination regimen with Moderna or Pfizer are exempt from such pre-event testing.


    "COVID-19 vaccines that are not part of our national vaccination programme may not have documented sufficient data on their protection against COVID-19 infection, especially against the Delta variant that is currently circulating," the health ministry said last week.


    Singapore not counting Sinovac shots in COVID-19 vaccination tally - The Economic Times

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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    Singapore not counting Sinovac shots in COVID-19 vaccination tally
    So only proper vaccines then.


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    So basically Boris is gambling on people having antibodies.


    Around nine in 10 adults in most parts of the UK are now likely to have COVID-19 antibodies, new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggest.

    The estimates range from 87.2% in Northern Ireland to 89.8% in England and 91.8% in Wales.

    In Scotland the estimate is lower and is closer to eight in 10 adults, or 84.7%.


    The latest estimates are based on a sample of blood test results - from people in private households, not hospitals and care homes - for the week beginning 14 June.


    The presence of coronavirus antibodies suggests someone has had the infection in the past or has been vaccinated.
    COVID news live: Significant majority of Britons now have COVID-19 antibodies - as scientist warns ditching all rules at once including masks risks 'vaccine resistant variant' | UK News | Sky News

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    It's a shame AA were too spineless to just fuck these little shits off the flight and ban them permanently when they had the chance.

    The airlines should be working together and arseholes like this should be put on the no-fly list automatically, rather than inconveniencing passengers who play by the rules.





    Washington, United States: An American Airlines flight from North Carolina to the Bahamas was delayed by a day after around 30 teenagers refused to wear masks, local media said Tuesday.

    Flight 893 was scheduled for take-off from Charlotte Douglas airport late Monday but only left the tarmac on Tuesday morning, with the troublemakers still on board.

    An initial delay of several hours was caused by mechanical problems, but when the plane was finally ready to leave arguments broke out between the crew and a group of youths who refused to comply with federal rules that all passengers must wear masks on board flights to fight the spread of Covid-19, local channel WSOC-TV reported.


    "It was bad. First, they were yelling. They were cursing. They were being very obnoxious," witness Malik Banks told the station.


    The group of around 30 teens were high school students from Boston celebrating their graduation. They ended up agreeing to wear a mask the next day, after spending a night at the airport. Police made no arrests, local media reported.



    The incident reflected a general decline in civility on board planes, according to US carriers. Unions and industry federations last month called on the Department of Justice to take a more systematic approach to prosecuting violent incidents on board flights.
    American Airlines Delays Flight By A Day After 30 Students Refuse To Wear Masks

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    For anyone who has any doubts about getting vaccinated.
    "In Maryland, every person who died of Covid-19 in June was unvaccinated. That's not an aberration, experts say "
    In Maryland, every person who died of Covid-19 in June was unvaccinated. That's not an aberration, experts say - CNN

    "Last month, 130 people died of Covid-19 in Maryland. None of them were vaccinated, according to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan.

    In addition, unvaccinated people made up 95% of new Covid-19 cases in the state and 93% of new Covid-19 hospitalizations, Hogan said at a news conference Wednesday. "

    I am willing to bet that that's the case everywhere.
    The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up.

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    Translation: Lockdown is coming.

    A lockdown may be considered to curb the spread of Covid-19 if new cases continue to surge, National Security Council secretary-general Natthapol Nakpanich said.

    Meanwhile, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) did not rule out the possibility of new cases soaring to 10,000 per day next week given the rapid rise of the highly transmissible Delta variant.

    Gen Natthapol Nakpanich, head of the CCSA's operation centre, said the CCSA would be willing to consider any proposal from the Ministry of Public Health for a lockdown to contain Covid-19 transmissions.
    Lockdown in sight

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    The COVID-2019 Thread-interactive-where-delta-variant-has-been

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    HCM CITY — HCM City will go into lockdown under Government Directive 16 for 15 days starting July 9, but the regulations will ensure the least disruptions to people's lives as possible.

    Nguyễn Thành Phong, Chairman of HCM City, made the statement during Wednesday's meeting with the National Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, as the outbreak in the southern economic hub is worsening with hundreds of new community infections a day and total caseload topping 8,000 today.

    The 13-million-population has stayed under social distancing order in line with Government Directive No.15 – including closures of non-essential services and businesses – for 38 days (
    starting on May 31), but the outbreak seems to have not improved, with about 17 per cent of registered cases since late May detected through community screening or when hospitalised.


    Directive 16, which was enforced nationwide during the early days of the pandemic last year, prescribes the closure of non-essential services and businesses, people are asked (instead of just advised to under Directive 15) to stay at home and only go outside for essential trips (buying food, medicines, emergency care, going to work at essential businesses and factories), not allowed to gather in more than two people outside of hospitals, schools or workplaces or in public areas, and must maintain a distance of 2m in public. Public transport would be halted and movement between different areas will be limited to a minimum.


    The order will take effect the day after the national high school exam concludes (Thursday, July 8).



    HCM City to enforce lockdown measures starting July 9 amid worsening COVID-19 outbreak - Society - Vietnam News | Politics, Business, Economy, Society, Life, Sports - VietNam News

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    Tokyo heads for 4th state of emergency

    Japan's government has decided to impose a fourth coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo, lasting through the Olympics. The state of emergency is to be in effect from next Monday to August 22.


    Currently, Tokyo and nine other prefectures are under intensive restrictions that are slightly less severe than a full state of emergency.


    Three of Tokyo's neighboring prefectures -- Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa -- as well as Osaka are to remain under current anti-infection measures.


    Okinawa's state of emergency, now in place, is also to be extended.


    Measures in other parts of Japan would be lifted on Sunday as scheduled.


    A new state of emergency could be a blow to the Olympic Games, set to kick off in just two weeks. Officials and athletes have already been arriving in Tokyo.

    Tokyo heads for 4th state of emergency | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    Tokyo heads for 4th state of emergency

    Japan's government has decided to impose a fourth coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo, lasting through the Olympics. The state of emergency is to be in effect from next Monday to August 22.


    Currently, Tokyo and nine other prefectures are under intensive restrictions that are slightly less severe than a full state of emergency.


    Three of Tokyo's neighboring prefectures -- Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa -- as well as Osaka are to remain under current anti-infection measures.


    Okinawa's state of emergency, now in place, is also to be extended.


    Measures in other parts of Japan would be lifted on Sunday as scheduled.


    A new state of emergency could be a blow to the Olympic Games, set to kick off in just two weeks. Officials and athletes have already been arriving in Tokyo.

    Tokyo heads for 4th state of emergency | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
    If they are held, these Olympics will be a disaster IMO and there will always be an asterisk next to any metals .
    IMO better to wait another year.

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    The state of emergency means no spectators.

    Japan is expected to stage the Olympics without spectators at venues in Tokyo due to a spike in coronavirus cases, senior government officials said Wednesday, roughly two weeks before the opening of the international sporting event.
    The scenario is most likely as the government is set to declare another COVID-19 state of emergency in Tokyo, possibly until Aug. 22, a period exceeding the duration of the Olympics, according to high-ranking officials.
    It's embarrassing that they are going ahead really. But they've spent all that money...

    Japan likely to stage Olympics without spectators at Tokyo venues

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    Moderna has given out the first doses of an mRNA-based influenza vaccine to participants in an early-phase clinical trial, the company announced Wednesday.

    Moderna ultimately plans to test the vaccine on about 180 people in the Phase 1/2 randomized, stratified, observer-blind trial. The trial will look at safety, different doses, and immune responses.

    The vaccine, called mRNA-1010, is designed to target four lineages of influenza viruses that circulate seasonally each year, just like the current quadrivalent flu vaccines on the market. The four virus lineages are those identified by the World Health Organization as the ones to target for disease prevention each year—seasonal influenza type A lineages H1N1 and H3N2 as well as influenza type B lineages Yamagata and Victoria. If mRNA-1010 is shown to be effective against the yearly plague in later-stage trials, Moderna aims to eventually bundle it with three other mRNA-based vaccines to create a yearly one-stop shot.

    In addition to influenza, this envisioned combination shot would target two other common respiratory viruses that circulate alongside influenza—
    respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV)—as well as the COVID-19 coronavirus, SARS-COV-2, which some experts have speculated could become seasonal. Currently, there are no licensed vaccines against either RSV or hMPV. And it's unclear if SARS-CoV-2 will become seasonal and/or if annual booster vaccines will be necessary.


    "We believe that the advantages of mRNA vaccines include the ability to combine different antigens to protect against multiple viruses and the ability to rapidly respond to the evolution of respiratory viruses, such as influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and RSV," Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel said in a statement. "Our vision is to develop an mRNA combination vaccine so that people can get one shot each fall for high efficacy protection against the most problematic respiratory viruses."


    https://arstechnica.com/science/2021...ial-has-begun/

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    So only proper vaccines then.

    It probably lasts about two weeks like most of the other crap that comes out of China. The Chinese are probably hoping the new variant gets called the Indian virus.

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    Today's numbers making those predictions of 10,000+ daily infections by next week look like an underestimate. Also reading that doctors believe the actual rates are three times those being published due to insufficient testing.


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    i wonder if all them tourists will read this,and all the ignorant bastards living by us that roam around WITHOUT WEARING A MASK.

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    Indonesia and Philippines must be in pretty bad shape then, if a wealthy country like Thailand is in the mire.
    Even an upmarket place like Japan is in trouble with Covid.

    This is going to get much worse globally, before it gets anything like normal again.

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