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I had heard his name when I was young and he has been a constant for most of my life. RIP https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/27/africa/desmond-tutu-lgbtq-climate-palestine-reaction-intl/index.html

Richard Barrow is doing something I want to do next year. I can't wait to read his reports. He is taking the ferry to Songkhla and then driving back to Bangkok. Seahorse Ferries: https://www.seahorse-ferries.com/Home/Home.aspx https://www.facebook.com/richard.thailand

From Thai Enquirer The number of daily Covid cases could reach 30,000 per day by mid-March if the majority of people and businesses fail to strictly follow prevention measures, the Ministry of Public Health warned on Monday. Thailand discovered more than 500 Omicron cases so far and the ministry does not want to suggest another lockdown. “We are now at a new crossroad because of the outbreak of Omicron and the new variant has a high transmission rate,” said Dr Kiattiphum Wongrajit, the ministry’s permanent secretary. “If we do nothing, the outbreak will be hard to control and it could take up to three to four months to control it and the daily number of cases could reach 30,000 cases,” he said. For the scenario where cases rapidly increase after the New Year season but people continue to get vaccinated, follow universal prevention measures, get tested regularly if they were at risk and businesses continue to adhere to the Covid-Free Setting regulations then cases could reach 17,000 cases by the end of January and decrease to around 16,000 by the end of March. For the best-case scenario where there is no rapid increase of cases after the New Year season with no major clusters and people and businesses continue to strictly follow prevention measures then cases could reach 14,000 cases by February and decrease to around 10,000 by the end of March. “If we prevent it well, cases could be around 10,000 and the outbreak would take around two months to control,” Kiattiphum said. “What the ministry wanted to see is obviously the best-case scenario so we all have to work together once more and we do not want to lock down the country,” he said. In terms of the hospital bed situation, only 13.7 per cent of the total 178,139 hospital beds around the country are occupied at the moment. There are now 514 Omicron cases in Thailand since the first case was discovered in late November. Of the 698 samples that were taken from around the country between December 24 and 26, 44.3 per cent were Omicron and 55.4 per cent were Delta. In a study with 100 Omicron samples that were discovered in Thailand, 48 were asymptomatic. Of the 41 cases that have symptoms, 34 patients have experienced mild symptoms including coughing (54 per cent), sore throat (37 per cent), fever (29 per cent), muscle ache (15 per cent), runny nose (12 per cent), headache (10 per cent), difficulty breathing (5 per cent) and less sense of smell (2 per cent). Seven patients, who were all vaccinated with two doses of Covid vaccines, have a lung infection but none of them require a ventilator and no one died from Omicron in Thailand so far. Out of 20 patients that were given Favipiravir, 10 of them have improved medical conditions within 24-72 hours after receiving the anti-viral drug. https://www.thaienquirer.com/36120/omicron-numbers-could-reach-30000-per-day-if-people-are-not-vigilant/

Didnt even know thay there is a ferry service that will allow cars to be on board from songkhla to sattahip!. One more to add to my list!.

I hope this next bit works, if it does it should make the water quality (smell) a bit better. Bangkok post story Nov 1st

I use to live in that area and this would have been great. Is there anyway they can designate this a gay cruising area? I mean it would be great to have street trade in Bangkok and this beautiful walkway would make it easy.

Although there are many opinions as to what happens if testing positive on arrival with no symptoms, (ASQ hotel, Hospital hotel [hospitel], Rest at home, etc) there is a detailed report on reddit that explains the chain of events. Here are a few excerpts from the report from a person who tested positive on arrival in Phuket. The original report is on Reddit.com:

The Dusit cafe/restaurant in soi Sala daeng, Silom

I wonder is this the 38 guy Tiger? He looks absolutely hot and attractive! Would definitely take him out if he's still available.

Take comfort in fact you are not alone. Enjoy while it lasts and remember that "free" is often costliest option.

I have my doubts whether as many people will travel to Thailand to comb through the apps which can be done at home instead of entertaining themselves in bars. Approaching Mona Lisa in the Louvre can't be compared at staring at the same painting even on the best computer screen .