In support of health workers everywhere!
https://youtu.be/LrX0sPceTvM
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In support of health workers everywhere!
https://youtu.be/LrX0sPceTvM
Netherlands: You'll Never Walk Alone Sung & Danced at a Dutch Hospital | Nederland YNWA
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cdnmatt....u r a disgusting piece of work,....bet u also deny the holocaust....
with an expected sense of déjà vu I have read these three articles and again I could not find any reference to "[a]n inability to see a wild animal without the need to eat it" or "the habit of spitting everywhere" - again did I miss something or are we just relying on personal prejudices and national stereotypes here?
it is obviously this last point that you are, possibly deliberately, missing - or do you seriously expect me to believe that you see no difference in the tone and acceptability of your statements and the tone used in these articles?
I am not pushing political correctness here or trying to whitewash China's involvement in the issues raised in these articles or their handling of this new virus, but I hope people reading these forums are capable of drawing their own conclusions based on you initial statements and the articles you have linked to support them, because I don't see the point of continuing to play your game and beat a dead horse here!
https://lijiazhang.wordpress.com/201...pitting-image/
I'm not surprised you liked this one, this blogger is cut from a much more similar cloth to you compared to the more professional links above, but I am sure you will not be too disappointed when I say I will take her any day
Now everyone is wary of the Chinese, even Trump despite his bravado, and least expected an American comic hero...
bkkguy.
https://www.businessinsider.com/chin...navirus-2020-2
$74 billion.
A cry for help.
I first met Wirat many years ago when he was running the Solid Bar in Soi 6, after that at a small watering hole in Soi Twilight, followed by the now defunct agogo bar in Patpong 1 that lasted for less than six months. I met him again as mamasan at Freshboys Patpong 2 towards the end of last year. On the first of January I came across him on Soi 6 as he was waiting to report for work at Tawan bar. Physically he has withered , his oversized jacket belied his scrawny frame, now that he's probably in his 6th decade of life.
I'm quite sure that some readers of this forum might recognize him.
I wish him luck.
A gracious thought from the heart Dinagam.
Yes, I remember him well, starting from his days at Solid.
He always seemed to have the weight of the world on his shoulders.
A nice guy. I also wish him well.
I remember him from Solid and the small bar he had towards the end of Soi Twilight...He was always pleasant and frail.
I was a very occasional visitor to Solid and so was amazed when years after it closed, he recognised me one evening as I strolled along Soi Twilight. He was clearly depressed by events and it is sad to know that worse was to follow.
Good luck to him.
SO surely by Trumps very own logic should that now really not just be called the American Flu - as it did as you say come from the the US, .....or to quote the ( not so ) great man himself "American, it came from Am Er Ic A". Funny how in his logic Covid is the Chinese Virus but yet the Spanish Flu ( from America) is STILL the Spanish flu ! Strange that eh.
Still perhaps we should be grateful as if he did rename it the American Flu then it would of course have been MUCH more deadly as it would have had to have been the BEST Flu ever and like nothing you've ever seen before......actually that sounds about right, yep, he should definitely rename it PDQ ! :)
no proof that spanish flu came from america...data from those times is not complete, was first identified in kansas amongst soldiers returning from war zone hand. China virus did originate in wuhan...if u deny that then u r a holocaust denier. Funny that none complained when the mexican swine fever was named...is that because no one cares a fuck about offending mexicans...
Holocaust is simply what is happening around the world today from the activities of the military-industrial complex and the deep state in the USA. Look around and you see their bloodied fingerprints every where from Iraq to Venezuela etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by latintopxxx
By the way didn't the American army athletes take part in a military sport event in Wuhan last year? And perchance leaving behind a corona as a souvenir.
You're right, there was no actual tracking back then, hence why it's estimated somewhere between 50 - 100 million died during the Spanish Flu.
Nonetheless, it's widely believed that the Spanish Flu started in a military barracks in Kansas. Same as whether you like it or not, remember H1N1? That started in North America. The majority of avian based airborne viruses start in North America, go do your research, and you'll see it's right.
That's why I get pissed when I see people online blaming China for this. China had nothing to do with it -- there's thousands of viruses around us all the time, and once in a while they will jump to humans. That's what happened here, it's just a thing of nature, and has nothing to do with China, so leave racism out of the conversation.
However, just found this last night, and now China has more to answer for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3s6kcXi4pA&t=458s
Apparently, according to that Australia news report, once China realized this was going to be a global pandemic back in Decemeber, they went out and contracted all Chinese citizens who own foreign businesses, and asked them to tell their staff to go out to the lcoals stores / malls and buy all the medical equipment available such as masks, gowns, hand sanitizer, etc. Then bring the items back to their office where they were repackaged / re-labeled, and mailed off to China. That's one of the reasons Australia doesn't have medical supplies at the moment, I guess.
Having just finished watching the 2011 film, Contagion, starring Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet and Bryan Cranston, I was surprised how closely the fictional account of a global pandemic mirrors the current, real Covid-19 pandemic. Allowing for dramatic license, the similarities between the storyline and real life were striking.
https://youtu.be/4sYSyuuLk5gQuote:
The plot concerns the spread of a virus transmitted by fomites, attempts by medical researchers and public health officials to identify and contain the disease, the loss of social order in a pandemic.
Source: Wikipedia
One issue discussed in the film, which has not yet arisen, is what to do when a vaccine is eventually found. How will it be distributed and who will be first to receive the vaccine?
Should priority be given to key workers – doctors, nurses, paramedics and other health workers? Who next? – Members of governments and senior administrators, law enforcement officers, military personnel? And, what about the rest of us?
- In alphabetical order?
- A lottery type system, with day and month of birth instead of a lottery number on the ball?
- By age?
It’s going to be a monumental task. Hopefully, governments around the world have already given thought to this aspect of the pandemic and have, or are already planning how the vaccine should be administered.
The following image from facebook was mainly directed at the UK, but may well be relevant in other countries. Here in the UK, people are urged to stay at home and:
- Only go outside for food, health reasons or work (but only if you cannot work from home)
- If you go out, stay 2 metres (6ft) away from other people at all times
- Do not meet others, even friends or family.
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What, you mean like Trump is doing right now in buying up all and every mask and ventilator the US can find, even if it means opening closed deals and then outbidding governments closed orders with offers of three times the price of the previously agreed contract price, even after their orders were already placed and with Chinese suppliers - you could of course also question the ethics of the Chinese suppliers but their chasing the Dollar ( quite literally) almost goes without needing to be said.
Personally I dont see any scandal here - China needed the PPE before everyone else, they didn't have it and they asked their citizens world wide to do whatever they could to help get PPE back to China fast ! Sounds reasonable enough under the circumstances - albeit bloody annoying that they're now selling it back to us all at three times the price of course, but I'm guessing that they too didn't know how much or how long they'd need it for so where being cautious.
" China had nothing to do with it "
cndmatt
Brilliant.
No need to worry about priority for the vaccine JB. I've done a list.
Me
Hot Thai/Laos/Cambodian money boys.
Everyone else.
Trump is an idiot, and should be left out of the conversation altogether. It's still going on now, but Trump told 3M (the manufacturers of the N95 masks) not to export any more masks to Canada or Latin America. Then Canada reminded him the pulp to make those maks is actually manufactured here in British Columbia, Canada, so don't be an asshole, and send the masks we ordered. I guess just yesterday Trump rescinded the order to not export masks to Canada, so the shipments should still come through.
Same as about 6 days ago or so Trump was saying he's going to send US military troops to the US border for some unknown reason. Thankfully, there seems to be some folks in the Whitehouse who can talk him out of his delusions, so the US / Canada border will no longer be militarized.
But yes, lots of countries are going to have lots to answer for once this is over, China and the US included. There will also be lots of lessons to be learned from the likes of South Korea, Taiwan, and Germany, and dare I may say, Canada. We never make the world news for anything, but Canada has done a pretty good job too.
I'll stick with my original assertion. Once this is all over, it's Paris Accord times 1000. We're looking to become closer to world peace than we've ever been. It's a long haul, but I think it's inevitable.
I received the following email from the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO):
Extract from FCO website:Quote:
Thailand travel advice
Change made
The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand has suspended incoming international passenger flights until 11.59 pm on 18 April. (‘Coronavirus’ page)
Time updated
1:39pm, 6 April 2020
Link to FCO website: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-ad...nd/coronavirusQuote:
Entry and borders
The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand has suspended incoming international passenger flights until 11.59 pm on 18 April.
An Emergency Decree entered into force on 26 March 2020, initially until 30 April. As part of this, the Thai authorities have barred all foreign nationals from entering or transiting Thailand except in certain limited circumstances. If you do not meet these criteria you should not try to enter or transit Thailand . . .
A Malaysian friend of Chinese origin once said:
The Chinese eat everything that has four legs, except chairs; and everything that flies, except airplanes.
(Another variant of the joke goes "everything that has it's back pointing to the sky".)
Men, domesticated and wild animals mixed together seems to be a hotbed for new diseases. I read somewhere, HIV is believed to originate from monkeys/apes and transmitted to humans by people in Africa eating them.
Posted by an acquaintance within the last hour. In actual fact it's almost certainly farmed. They've eaten all the wild ones.
Below, I highlight two reports from the Bangkok Post, one relating to the FCO update I posted earlier at post #465, although it does not give much further information. The other report relates to a dead tourist who concealed his at-risk history :
For the full report see: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand...ed-to-april-18Quote:
Incoming flight ban extended to April 18
published : 6 Apr 2020 at 17:58
writer: Post Reporters
The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has extended a ban on all commercial flights to Thailand until April 18 to support the country's campaign to contain the coronavirus.
Thailand had banned passenger flights from Saturday to Monday. Hours before the order expired, the aviation regulator issued another announcement extending the ban to April 18 . . .
For the full report see: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand...t-risk-historyQuote:
Dead infected tourist had concealed at-risk history
112 medical staff now in quarantine
published : 6 Apr 2020 at 18:03
writer: Achadtaya Chuenniran
PHUKET: A Hungarian tourist who died of Covid-19 had earlier withheld details of his visits to entertainment areas, which resulted in 112 medical staff being suspended from work and placed in quarantine.
Dr Chalermpong Sukhonthapol, director of Vachira Phuket Hospital, revealed the details at a meeting of provincial officials in charge of combating the disease on Monday . . .
Why is eating turtle any more repulsive than eating lobster in Maine or crab in Maryland or shrimp in the Gulf? Many animals (crustaceans) have exoskeletons. Here in Hawaii when I was a kid my mother made a great turtle soup which was delicious.
It is true that here the turtle as food disappeared some years ago as the Hawaiian turtle dangerously diminished in numbers. Today here you can go jail for even TOUCHING a turtle.
https://www.khon2.com/local-news/cau...ed-sea-turtle/
I really dont care what people eat...be it snails..frog legs..or horse meat...yes its you garlic eating surrender monkeys Im talking about...as long as its kept and slaughtered in hygienic/appropriate conditions to avoid disease transfer
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved into Intensive Care this evening at about 7 pm UK time. He was already in hospital with the Covid19 virus but his condition had deteriorated during the afternoon.
Quite a turn of events.
too bad it wasn't Trump/Pence...
Chinese food humour...from an Indian head of state.
Below, I highlight one report from the Bangkok Post and a selected extract from the worldometer website:
For the full report see: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand...aths-wednesdayQuote:
Thailand logs 111 new Covid cases, 3 deaths Wednesday
published : 8 Apr 2020 at 12:19
updated: 8 Apr 2020 at 14:11
writer: Online Reporters
The government on Wednesday reported 111 new local cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), including 42 returnees from Indonesia, raising the total to 2,369. Three more deaths, all of foreigners, took the accumulated toll to 30 . . .
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Link to worldometer site: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
And once again, to lighten the mood, I repost images first posted on facebook:
Friends of Dorothy will be surprised to see that she has acquired some queer friends, but will be even more surprised, nay disappointed, to note she broke the rules and [Drum roll] went outside!
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When we all know, she should never have left Kansas and stayed at home just like the rest of us! :)
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From Yupins monthly circular
Yupin Marsh
10:24 PM (16 minutes ago)
to information@yupins.com
Hi,
I am very pleased to tell you that our efforts at supporting the recently unemployed of our local area in Jomtien have been going very well indeed.
We have supplied free meals to the unemployed Thai locals, of which there are many, on two days now.
Last Wednesday we gave away 150 free meals with water, and today after some very serious funding supplied by donors around the world, including Rotary Clubs and Masons and many many individuals, too many to name, most who do not want to be named, we gave away 192 meals in the hours between 4.30 and 5.30pm.
Because the donations to this have been so kind and rewarding we are now able to give away free meals on two days a week instead of one.
so our days of operation will be Wednesdays and Saturdays.
I am so happy that we are able to do this, it is our culture to ‘make merit’ and ‘tamboon’ and we are so happy to do this out of our heart for the poor people who do not have a job now, and cannot eat. I think there are many like that now, here in Thailand;
Our work pattern is mainly to work a day, get paid, and eat.
If we cannot work we cannot eat.
It does not take much thought to realise that some civil disturbance may arise from such a system if work Is not available.
So, I think it is very important that we take care of our neighbours and friends, and just passers by.
Give them hope, and love, and food and drink.
With hard work our country will survive and we will see you again soon
\the sooner the better!!
The many hundred of thousands of Asian students stranded in Australia left with no income for food, let alone rent shocks me.
The poor that try and make a small living in Thailand distresses me equally as much.
This small service from Yupins and many supporters, hopefully may stimulate others.