fygjam Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Thai Spice said: FFS, was at the ATM this morning here Did you sanitize your hands after touching the keypad or picked your nose and rubbed your eyes just to make sure? Edited February 3, 2020 by fygjam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painter Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 New game on soi buckhou.... Count how many think this is more likely to kill you than a motorcycle accident. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Second batch of French repatriated from China yesterday. Good to see our government has a sense of humour and chartered them a nice A380, coloured like they were returning from some exotic holiday ! The guys outside the plane at 50 or 100 m distance in full protection gear is a bit exagerating IMO ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 I fully agree with this guy : The modern history of these world-ending pandemics is that they are much ado about nothing from an investment perspective. If anything, they are good short-term buying opportunities. I added some Disney on weakness last week. From a personal perspective, I can't worry about what I can't control. I can pick up the trash from my street and be diligent about recycling, but I can't stop the Chinese from dumping plastic into the oceans. I can do everything reasonable to keep my family healthy, but if there is a tidal wave of coronavirus that wipes out half the world's population there is nothing I can do about it. I suppose I could build a bunker and stockpile ammunition and tp, but why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Thai Spice Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Something not yet mentionned on here is the worlwide economic impact of this event. When SARS broke out, China did not yet had a enormous lever on the world economy. Nowadays it is the world 2nd economy, and through the Belt &Road project is strongly present in many countries. Here after 2 stories of the impact that this virus event could have on the region's and the world economy if it drags on and/or gets worse. Thailand : https://www.asiatimes.com/2020/02/article/cash-over-caution-in-thailands-viral-response/ Indonesia : https://www.asiatimes.com/2020/02/article/indonesia-slams-the-door-on-all-things-china/ The 2 countries have completely different approaches, in Indonesia's case it is explained by the rather recent history and difficult relationship between the 2 countries, going back a few decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Good article on cnn.com about China's attempts to cover up the initial reports of the virus. This Chinese doctor tried to save lives, but was silenced. Now he has coronavirus (CNN)On December 30, Li Wenliang dropped a bombshell in his medical school alumni group on the popular Chinese messaging app WeChat: seven patients from a local seafood market had been diagnosed with a SARS-like illness and quarantined in his hospital. Li explained that, according to a test he had seen, the illness was a coronavirus -- a large family of viruses that includes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Memories of SARS run deep in China, where a pandemic in 2003 killed hundreds following a government cover up. "I only wanted to remind my university classmates to be careful," he said. I only wanted to remind my university classmates to be careful Li, a 34-year-old doctor working in Wuhan, the central Chinese city at the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, told his friends to warn their loved ones privately. But within hours screenshots of his messages had gone viral -- without his name being blurred. "When I saw them circulating online, I realized that it was out of my control and I would probably be punished," Li said. He was right. Soon after he posted the message, Li was accused of rumor-mongering by the Wuhan police. He was one of several medics targeted by police for trying to blow the whistle on the deadly virus in the early weeks of the outbreak. The virus has since claimed at least 425 lives and sickened more than 20,000 people globally -- including Li. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 On 2/3/2020 at 8:47 AM, Thai Spice said: , and out of the bank come 3 tourist with a mask on.....🙄🙄🙄😁😁😁😁 That must have been a tight fit! 😀 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Good to see that the Scotts have things under control ! https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/whisky-cured-my-coronavirus-says-wuhan-based-brit-who-contracted-deadly-flu-1-5084964 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukdave51 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 6 more cases confirmed in Thailand taking the total to 25. two of them drivers who transported Chinese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 UK government advising all Brits in China to get out.One of my best mates lives not far from Nanjing with his Chinese wife,UK says dependents can accompany even if not a UK pp holder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Coronavirus...... so far only 2 things have been found that stop people contracting this deadly virus...... the first is a full biohazard suit with built in respirator and face guard....... and the second........ seems to be a bus drivers license..... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 (edited) It's looking like the number of new infections has leveled off, so hopefully the mass hysteria over the virus will now subside. Edited to add: The final data point is for the 5th which has a ways to go before EOD stats are in, so it's premature to say new infections have leveled off. I also cringe when I see headlines like this, Coronavirus global death toll soars to nearly 500, that feed the mass hysteria. The use of the word "soar" implies an accelerating death rate when that's not the case. https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 Edited February 5, 2020 by forcebwithu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Madness.... But knowing the HKG herd mentality and tendancy to exagerate things, I am not surprised.... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3049082/coronavirus-10000-queue-masks-hong-kong "Thousands of Hongkongers camped out overnight in the cold after a company said it would release 6,000 boxes of surgical masks for sale during citywide shortages caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Luck Well International Holdings in Kowloon Bay urged people to stop joining the queue at 1.30am on Wednesday but within hours the desperate crowd had swollen to 10,000." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan the terrible Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 There is no doubt cases are rising exponentially ..if this continues even with a 1-2% mortality rate it could well be globally catastrophic if it gets out of China and into Africa say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Airbnb, Chinese Big Brother house? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 3 hours ago, Thai Spice said: Madness.... But knowing the HKG herd mentality and tendancy to exagerate things, I am not surprised.... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3049082/coronavirus-10000-queue-masks-hong-kong "Thousands of Hongkongers camped out overnight in the cold after a company said it would release 6,000 boxes of surgical masks for sale during citywide shortages caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Luck Well International Holdings in Kowloon Bay urged people to stop joining the queue at 1.30am on Wednesday but within hours the desperate crowd had swollen to 10,000." Improvise! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 A good mate of mine lives near Nanjing with his Chinese missus.The UK FO has advised Brits to get out of China ASAP but his missus doesn't have a UK pp.I rang the FO in the UK today & they said for him to ring the consular office in China to register with them.Trouble is they(the Chinese) won't let Chinese nationals onto the aircraft without a visa for the destination country.The agency where he usually gets her visa from is closed until the 16th and also the consulate has sent a load of people home so it'll probably take ages to get a visa.The FO told me they are lobbying the Chinese government to allow their citizens to leave without a visa for their destination but I'm not holding my breath. As an aside before I eventually got through to someone who spoke sense at the FO I was sent around the houses & listened to lots of taped messages.One for the `UK visa department said it cost £1.37 per minute to speak to them on top of normal call charges and a credit/debit card was required before you're put through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 A bit of praising the good Chinese..... Bloody ass licking yes... https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1851239/china-grateful-for-thai-support-state-media#cxrecs_s Hahaha, look at the comment section ! And you accuse me of Thai bashing ? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🙄🙄🙄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karon steve Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 "Thousands of Hongkongers camped out overnight in the cold after a company said it would release 6,000 boxes of surgical masks for sale during citywide shortages caused by the coronavirus outbreak." I wonder how many of those freebies ended up for sale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 The Honkies are now in proper panic mode..... figthing over toilet paper FFS ! https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3049410/coronavirus-hongkongers-panic-buying-rice-toilet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 The Dr. who got taken to task by Chinese govt officials for warning the public about the virus has died. As a Dr. I would expect he, out of all the infected patients, would have received first class medical treatment, yet he still succumbed to the virus. Wuhan hospital announces death of whistleblower doctor after confusion in state media Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan the terrible Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 10 hours ago, Thai Spice said: The Honkies are now in proper panic mode..... figthing over toilet paper FFS ! https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3049410/coronavirus-hongkongers-panic-buying-rice-toilet i think you would find the same happening in paris and london if the virus was that close...and the SARS memmories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) 52 minutes ago, Ivan the terrible said: i think you would find the same happening in paris and london if the virus was that close...and the SARS memmories Cant see the relation with toilet paper ? A rush on shampoo or soap, yes. I think the panic originates in the border with the mainland partial closure, which will hamper the import of goods from China. Container ships have been rerouted also. Remember EVERYTHING in HKG is imported. No doubt the SARS epidemie has traumatised them. Is suffices that somebody launches a "warning" on social media for everybody to rush to stores to stock up. And then of course comes in the famous Chinese entrepreneur spirit, meaning you buy 10 boxes, hoard them, and later resell them with a nice profit. Edited February 7, 2020 by Thai Spice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan the terrible Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, Thai Spice said: Cant see the relation with toilet paper ? A rush on shampoo or soap, yes. I think the panic originates in the border with the mainland partial closure, which will hamper the import of goods from China. Container ships have been rerouted also. Remember EVERYTHING in HKG is imported. No doubt the SARS epidemie has traumatised them. Is suffices that somebody launches a "warning" on social media for everybody to rush to stores to stock up. And then of course comes in the famous Chinese entrepreneur spirit, meaning you buy 10 boxes, hoard them, and later resell them with a nice profit. I agree China shutdown with trade grinding to a halt Be the same with Prosecco in the UK if it were isolated !! priorities 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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