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All over the western world, and with 90% of the populations applauding for having their freedom taken away.... And of course anybody who does not want to follow the main masses is an idiot, he is a selfish bastard, and is the cause / reason why covid has not been solved yet.... Alleluhia... Hopefully the people will wake up and throw a mayhem or revolution... Because mask, lockdown and social distancing has been tried since 9 months now and it simply doesn't work. When something doesn't work you change the approach. But hey, I don't give a hoot !

I suppose you mean "this year" is 2021 ?

How can anybody take those clowns seriously ?

Yes, looks interesting. I will read it in details later at the pool ! Without going off topic, this confirms what I said in the political thread, i.e. that USA's biggest issue is the racial problem. It impact everything from health, chances of prosperity, safety, etc... But that's another subject. Just F.Y.I., this kind of sensus, study, data collection or even poll is not allowed in France. It is against the law to do any of these based on race or ethnicity. It is allowed, within certain limits, based on religion I think. It's may seem hypocritical, but equality amongst all French is one of the pillars of our society. Written on the front of every city hall : Freedom, Equality, Fraternity. This was one of the motos of.the French Revolution. Hence you will never hear speaking about "Arab French", "African French" or "Asian French". There is only FRENCH. Now, it may deprive us from doing some interesting social studies like the ones you linked, but that's the way it is, and personally I agree with it. Mods : no T.F. intended, just clarifying a point further to an (interesting) link provided by @lazarus.

Dinner at the French cantine yesterday. The foie gras, homemade by the owner, was absolutely superb ! And perfect matching "pain de campagne" was served with it. Not cheap (120k IDR / 250B) but worth every rupee of it. The Miss loved it as well. Lamb shank with semolina as main dish. Very nice as usual. The Miss had her usual steack. All in a friendly French atmosphere of hand shaking and chatting. Normal life...

Spot on. Was just going to answer that. The general consensus from what I have read (not much, as government are very reluctant to communicate on this ..) is that the vaccine doesn't prevend the virus to hit you, bjt it prevents you falling sick. Meaning you can carry the virus, have no symptons, y ou dont become sick, but you can transmit it to others.... So, in that case till at least 70% of the population have been vaccinated (and can not become sick) you haven't stopped the disease. Good luck with that. Anyway, we should know more in 6 months !

Definitively a major factor ! Good point.

Many other factors intervene. Look at the numbers here under, origin is an U.N. study dated 2019. World Mortality 2019: Data Booklet (un.org) Scroll down to page 13 and followings The crude death rate between UK, France and US are rather close. But look at the columns at the right (Percentage of death by age). The date rate in the Age 15 to 65 in the US is shockingly higher than the UK and France rate. And I don't think guns are the only cause. Maybe a general health issue like obesity, or problem like drugs and "stimulators" abuse ? The infant mortality an in the US is double that of France and 50% higher than that of UK The "under five mortality" in the US is 75% higher than UK or France (7/1000 vs 4/1000) For those could the health care system be the reason ? This study is very interesting.

Which is one every 12 seconds....... Numbers need to be put in perspective. Always. Which rather matches the numbers of excess deaths in France 2020 2019 2018 2020 vs 2019 : + 25.898 (+ 16%) 2020 vs 2018 : +29.186 (+ 18,5%) Of course the population of France being much less than the US, the number in volume is less shocking. But you have to compare %.

The ones with the masks, and considering themselves a mix between a sheriff and the Messiah ? Yep, I agree, bunch of idiotic cunts ! For the one without mask, shouting about he bought a drink, well done, bloody good joke ! Hell, if you can't even have a bit of a laugh about stupidity of the world...

Hey, I'll need to see watch that one. Saw some interesting docus on that story a year or two ago.

Cheers !

A few "special Christmas" mini donuts creations by Miss T.S. junior. She sure has a more creative and artistic mind than me 🤔🤔 LINE_MOVIE_1608852278880.mp4

Breakfast anyone ?

Chips are not very popular here. In fact last week we ordered some KFC, and I was surprised to see that every item was offered only with rice, chips or french fries being not even mentionned.....

Haha, my brother (Belgian) made the same comment. Ok for me, I dont eat chips with fish, and I wasn't feeling for plain rice neither. So, the salad was enough.

Well, well, things getting better and better.... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3115208/hong-kong-fourth-wave-impromptu-covid-19 "All overseas arrivals into Hong Kong will have to quarantine in designated hotels for 21 days, starting from Friday – up from the current 14 days – as city authorities further tightened control measures in their bid to contain the fourth wave of coronavirus infections. The only travellers exempted are those coming in from China, Macau and Taiwan, who will continue having to serve home quarantine for 14 days. With a new variant of the virus reported to have surfaced in South Africa, Hong Kong authorities are also banning those who have stayed in that country for more than two hours within 21 days of boarding flights to the city." Love the second paragraphe.... speaking about discrimination ... Anyway how can you practise social distancing in places like HKG or Tokyo ?

Yesterday evening at the beach cantine. Prawns for the Miss (120k IDR, 250 Thb) Fried fish for me. The fish was particulary fat, with plenty meat, a nice change from the usual stuff that is 70% bones. Very reasonnably priced at 85,000 IDR (180 b)

There is already a Brexit thread in the Political Club. And it's rather well civilized ! So don't be scared, and hop in. Note : stay away from the MULTIPLE US politics thread which are mainly garbage....

At the beach cantine. Relax, life as normal.

What a load of bollock and plain stupidity... Another genius had a dream ! https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2040315/chiang-mai-green-lights-ny-countdown#group=nogroup&photo=0

Merçi ! Not to be confused with "mercy" .... 😌😌😌

No real spelling issues, but more the use of some "tricky" nearly similar words : The use of either / neither (not to speak about the pronunciation, different in English and American) . The use of "nor" The use of quiet and quite And probably a few more

What a bunch of clowns .... And still some people will believe and defend them. Thailand is doing a great job of not testing and not counting....

Old people die. It's nature. Old people are more fragile than young people, take broken bones for example. If a old, fragile person catches anything he is in trouble. It's nature. If live till 82 in decent shape, I'll consider myself lucky. No point trying to extend life by a few years laying on a hospital bed, without memory and without realizing what's happening around you.