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Hopefully you are not posting this as fact, since the Tanzanian president has always been a shining example of transparency and accountability during his rule. If these are the sources for your news, I can see the basis for your conspiracy viewpoints.

I am quite skeptical that the quotes attributed to lbs are real. I have known and know quite a few lbs working the cabaret shows, and none of them used stage names like the ones in the article. Also no lb I know would consider calling Pattaya "Fagg City", as they don't consider lb punters as "fags". This seems something a bored quarantined staff writer just came up with.

It is not going to be likely airlines will go with an empty middle row - IATA the International Air Transport Association has changed that initial recommendation from social distancing for passengers to having them wear masks and temperature checks - with some airlines proposing a COVID-19 rapid test as part of check in. The same recommendation of mask wearing goes for cabin crew - with additional wearing of gloves. Here's the link for that news. As for the planes - I posted about the 787 before and this also applies to the A350. All planes do have fresh air to circulate in the cabin, but it has to be pressurized, and limited to a certain percentage to be mixed with existing cabin air. IATA also has recommendations for that here

JustSumGai, I would suggest you have a look at Duke's Thai Vlogger club - there are a number of videos by Nick, owner of Assienda Bar in Pattaya that explains the situation. Pattaya is just starting to ease the restrictions now - they just allowed restaurants to open (with restrictions), booze can be sold, but only for take away, no drinking in public areas, and there are still social distancing restrictions for the businesses as they open up again. During the lockdown the bars had to be closed to customers and no more than 5 people inside working on maintenance, cleaning, renovations, etc.

Well, it looks like it's coming: the US will be going for actions to punish China for the COVID-19 crisis. As reported by the Washington Post April 30, 2020. One thing to note is that civil lawsuits are being considered as part of the strategy - and of course in those kinds of law suits, the lawyers will get at least 50% of the damage awards, if they are successful. You can likely expect this to ramp up quickly before serious campaigning starts for the elections in November.

Very impressive achievement he's deserving of all the congratulations and well wishes! One thing that is a concern, the NHS needs donations, when it should be funded adequately by the government.

What is the nefarious global agenda for Russia and the African countries locking down? Russia's case especially as Putin had to delay the referendum to make him President for life. With the rising deaths in Moscow and many other parts of Russia his popularity is decreasing, it was against his interests to implement the "fake" lockdown. You seem to forget that in past pandemics, the quarantine and social distancing, mask wearing (during the Spanish Flu), were all done too, but not on a global scale, but as each country got hit. Were those global conspiracies?

That sounds promising - herd immunity won't be that protective until around 70-80% of the population become immune. However if you have around 50% or slightly more immune, it makes preventing the swamping of hospital resources easier.

Most Thai lbs advertising as escorts say don`t contact them unless you are in country. What Quinn and blind boy grunt wrote is 100% accurate. Thai pay for play lbs don`t want to be contacted by people outside the country, as 99.9% of these guys will never show up to meet them. Pdoggg`s comment about Filipina lbs is accurate - most Filipina lbs are looking for someone to take them away from their lives of poverty, lack of opportunity and discrimination. It is very interesting that very few Thai lbs want to leave their countries, but many Filipina lbs do want to leave.

Good news that your hospitals have not been overloaded! I have a question for you - while Sweden did not impose a lockdown it did recommend that citizens and residents practice social distancing, etc. So it was voluntary. What percentage of Swedes and residents do you think actually did what the government asked? I think it had to be a good percentage as the % and rates in Sweden did not get as bad Italy, Spain etc, but were higher than nearby countries. I am not so sure that such a high percentage of people would comply in other countries. Also - is there a shortage of COVID-19 tests? It would have been a good idea to test the health care workers and long term care workers all along, rather than waiting until now. That may have helped prevent the increased number of elderly deaths in the long term care centers from happening.

And now for something completely different a few videos by Vic Dibietto about his opinions on things in the US (some of it could apply to Canada too). If you don't like swearing be forewarned. The Definition of Insanity Nurses, Curses, Steaks and Planes A Message to the Government

Another excellent video uploaded by Asian Boss - interview with Dr. Jerome Kim, Director General of the International Vaccine Institute. Highly recommended viewing for facts about vaccines.

The last activity Ernesto had on The Ladyboy Forums and Ladyboy Review Forum was December 2013. He is certainly legendary, not only for the exploration of the less traveled places looking for lbs, but also in the way he treated them - in some cases paying for their medical expenses (while he was with them), treating them with good food, etc. I recall in one of his posts saying that he had to give his lb adventures up because the love of his life (not sure if that is his wife), caught him out, and he did not want to lose her.

There are a number of people who think all this is fake and a conspiracy. If this is the case would Russia be having problems? Russia is now having problems with the pandemic as reported a few days ago by the CBC.

All the Gulf Arab countries are currently in lockdown. This Includes no mosques open. Saudi Arabia announced there will be no Haj this year. All these measures are first time events in recorded history in this area.

For something completely different - a remote control airplane flying with KFC buckets for wings. Amazing, based on aerodynamic science principles.

The real problem is the response of countries to future pandemics, which are certain to come - it won't always come from China - they could originate from any country. I am not saying it did not originate from China, but why don't they have all 3 types of Covid-19 commonly, if it did originate there? The mutations are most likely going to come off the original type A strain. Anyhow, as I said I will not spread another conspiracy theory. Most experts say there are many more facts to come out about this, and research will continue for years. When a lot of people start jumping on the bandwagon and blame China for deliberately spreading COVID-19 it reminds me of the Iranian Weapons of Mass Destruction. What needs to happen is a full investigation to determine the facts of what happened both in China and the countries slow to respond. When those FACTS are out, then measures can be developed to avoid or reduce the severity of future problems. If the facts do show China deliberately started this, then they should face consequences, just as governments slow to react show face the same, especially if they were sitting on all this recently "leaked information" of the labs, which are not yet confirmed to be true. If the slow acting countries responded like Taiwan, Korea, etc., would the problems would be as bad as they are now? Blaming everything on China conveniently eliminates their responsibilities so they don't have to change, and increases their chances to stay in power.

Back in 1916 the Spanish Flu was determined to originate from the USA, in 2009 the `Swine Flu`originated from Mexico. Is there any blaming of those countries? There is no doubt that China covered up the reporting of the seriousness and timing of this current outbreak - it is an entirely different thing saying they caused it deliberately. Also don`t you think it is strange that the COVID type A virus strain, which is considered to be the original strain, is not the predominant strain in Asia, but it is the type B strain? The type C strain is common in Europe, and the US happens to have all 3 strains active. I am not going to indulge in repeating another conspiracy theory, but look at some facts. The speculation about the labs in China - if it was true, how does that information get out? Who would benefit from that information being released right now if it were true, and if it was fake who still benefits? Why aren't more people asking for accountability for the late actions of their own governments who wasted the two months, while apparently having all this information in their hands from their intelligence agencies and analysts? Yes, China needs to be investigated for the FACTS, and so do many other countries. The fact of the matter is, if there is a war, Trump would benefit the most.

I posted a Young Turks video about an opinion of a Fox host calling for war with China over this ``conspiracy`` plot. If more people keep pushing this then we will get war which would be much worse than what is happening now. Here`s the Fox Clip Here`s the Young Turks opinion on it:

Most likely mandatory surgical masks too, then they don't have to have empty rows. The Canadian quick test is 15 minutes and costs around $30 Canadian dollars a test.

Thanks for that seven - although the statistics aren't translated into English, I can see enough to make out what most of them mean. I guess the proof will be if the hospital system doesn't get overwhelmed, as that is one of the biggest concerns with COVID-19. You should check out notime2bsad Youtube videos. Chuck is an American living in Thailand and describes the process of his quarantine, and how people were getting checked on - and the kind of attitude the Thai have making this control effective even though their resources are limited

I suspect that another president in office would not be focusing so much on blaming another country until after the crisis in his own country was addressed. Remember the "Weapons of Mass Destruction?" It is a very convenient distraction to the question of why 2 months of time was wasted by many countries. If China did tell the truth another month would have been gained, and this is assuming they would have acted immediately on that information, instead of what actually happened. I am not making excuses for China, but you should note more criticism is coming now when it is clear how badly the US is dealing with the situation. Distractions are needed from the criticisms the Trump administration are facing, and the same for other countries who had a slow response.

I was comparing Sweden's statistics to Finland, Norway and Denmark. So what you are saying is Sweden is over reporting deaths, and also the percentage of elderly deaths, as compared to Finland, Norway and Denmark. The reporting may not be 100% accurate, and I do hope that Sweden's choice was correct. I would be sad to see the Swedish hospitals overloaded as we've seen in France, Italy, Spain, and some US cities.

There is no doubt world economies are going to fall off a cliff, but if we did nothing would that have a similar effect? All the ICU's packed, doctors, nurses, ambulance staff, police and firemen exhausted and overloaded, businesses with around 30% absenteeism due to people sick for 2-3 weeks. The ones modeling economic disaster death and destruction don't take those possibilities into account. No, I don't advocate lockdown for several months - but there will be a way to open things up gradually without overloading the medical system and essential workers. Testing has to be part of it, and many countries are on that path, a vaccine is probably the best solution, the next thing would be an effective proven drug treatment, but those will take time. Contact tracing and isolation of actively sick, positive tested , and exposed people will have to be the most effective way forward until the vaccine and/or drug treatment comes around.

I feel that 6% figure is inaccurate as there are only a few countries that have 6% GDP growth. The US has been around 3.2% and Canada around 2% with no increase in death rates. The only thing that can come close to this situation is the great depression in the 30's, that lasted 10 years, and the next closest was the great 2007 financial crisis. Here's an abstract of an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America October 13, 2009: Makes for very interesting discussion - plus we don't know if this depression will last for 10 years, if there is world wide cooperation, (however unrealistic that may seem), the recovery could be a lot less than 10 years.