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Post by mak » March 21, 2021, 1:18 pm

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After 4 aborted attempts, my wife and I made it back. After a few hiccups in the early COE stages, the Thai embassy in DC sorted things out and helped us through 4 COEs, 2 Certificates of Identify, and a temporary passport. I'm confident I can fill out any form they have, in Thai, in English, blindfolded. I lost small amounts on some airline rescheduling, but overall, US and international airlines were very cooperative. We should have taken it in the shorts for the last minute hotel cancellation (due to Texas snowstorm), but Grande Centre Point rescheduled us without penalty.
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All the hullabaloo about Fit to Fly paperwork........I'm not saying anyone could fill one out, but if anyone did, I doubt anyone would notice.
Getting through 14 more days of quarantine will be a cake walk after waiting for so loong.
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Post by Giggle » March 22, 2021, 10:46 am

An Israeli-American pharmaceutical company is preparing to launch a Phase I clinical trial for what could become the world’s first oral COVID-19 vaccine.
Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company based on technology developed by Hadassah-University Medical Center, announced over the weekend a joint venture with Premas Biotech to develop a novel oral vaccine.

https://www.jpost.com/health-science/is ... way-662712
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Post by Doodoo » March 22, 2021, 1:00 pm

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Post by noosard » March 24, 2021, 5:15 pm

Giggle wrote:
March 22, 2021, 10:46 am
An Israeli-American pharmaceutical company is preparing to launch a Phase I clinical trial for what could become the world’s first oral COVID-19 vaccine.
Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company based on technology developed by Hadassah-University Medical Center, announced over the weekend a joint venture with Premas Biotech to develop a novel oral vaccine.

https://www.jpost.com/health-science/is ... way-662712
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Post by jackspratt » March 24, 2021, 5:18 pm

Have they named the unfortunate and brave soul that drank the bat's piss to give us a basis for comparison?

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Post by samster » March 25, 2021, 3:07 pm

jackspratt wrote:
March 24, 2021, 5:18 pm
Have they named the unfortunate and brave soul that drank the bat's piss to give us a basis for comparison?
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Post by Whistler » March 25, 2021, 4:12 pm

On a more serious note. There may be some spin-offs with Covid, a silver lining on a very dark cloud.

Recidivar (various spellings apparently) has been used for a long time as an anti viral tablet to control HIV. It is also been used in Thailand. I know of one case of a Udon resident testing positive to Covid while in quarantine in Bangkok. He was treated with anti viral Recidivar tablets. Beyond my area of knowledge, but it seems it is regarded as an option in a few parts of the world. What I do know is the drug is very effective in stopping HIV from developing into full blown AIDS. and before Giggle latches onto this, I have neither HIV nor AIDS.

Are we on the cusp now of getting better at producing anti viral drugs? The massive amount of R&D that has gone into defeating COVID must have taught our scientists a lot about anti viral treatments. I suspect we are a step closer to dealing with other viral infections using different techniques based on COVID research.

Wars have always had spin-offs in science. WW1 apparently was a major driver into developing anti bacterial drugs, WW2 saw accelerated progress of radar, rocket technology, the jet engine, aviation in general, new metal alloys, better prosthetics etc, etc. We have been waging war on COVID for more than a year.

Fingers crossed that we have made some real medical progress driven by our war on COVID.
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Post by bluejets » March 26, 2021, 7:07 am

Is there any direction from the government in Thailand as to any idea when general population vaccination will begin?
I see plenty on when certain tourist areas are expecting to re-open but not much on the former.
In Aus I had notice to roll up for first jab in 3 weeks time with Astra.
Perhaps the Thai government may see the effect down under and follow suite..? No..?? mmmmm maybe
I did see a registration application displayed for somewhere, Phuket was it..??
Just curious on behalf of the wife's family there in Issan.

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Post by Doodoo » March 26, 2021, 8:40 am

The government is concentrating on Vaccines in teh border areas (as they should) to start with . The Plan is in 3 stages April 1 July 1 then October1

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Post by sometimewoodworker » March 26, 2021, 10:22 am

Whistler wrote:
March 25, 2021, 4:12 pm
On a more serious note. There may be some spin-offs with Covid, a silver lining on a very dark cloud.

Recidivar (various spellings apparently) has been used for a long time as an anti viral tablet to control HIV. We have been waging war on COVID for more than a year.

Fingers crossed that we have made some real medical progress driven by our war on COVID.
There is no drug named Recidivar, source for information MIMS Thailand (https://www.mims.com/singapore/drug/search?q=Recidivar). There are no alternative spellings for drugs, there can be alternative brands that may have different ingredients . A drug may have a patent name or trade name and the active ingredient will usually have a different name (example Viagra Pfizer originally, active ingredient [drug] Sildenafil citrate).

There is a Spanish word Recidivar that means “Suffer a relapse”

You may mean Remdesivir that is a drug, however
According to international experts from the British Medical Journal, remdesivir "probably has no important effect on the need for mechanical ventilation and may have little or no effect on the length of hospital stay". Because of the high price, the authors point out that remdesivir may divert funds and efforts away from other treatments against COVID‑19.
There is no war on covid19 and variants there is a public health campaign to reduce its effects to a minor problem. It isn’t a war.

There is an very economic drug, ivermectin, usually used to treat many types of parasite infestations that has been shown to be effective both as a preventative drug and useful to treat infection
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Post by Whistler » March 26, 2021, 10:52 am

Yes you have the name correct for the drug, I did not make any comments on its efficacy, I did say it was being used in Thailand to treat Covid victims. However, studies have concluded it can be effective in treating Covid victims.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa2007764

The Cambridge dictionary includes this as an example of the word war. "

A war can also be any situation in which there is strong competition between opposing sides or a joint effort against something harmful' Time magazine also described the effort as a war on Covid 19.

https://time.com/5879086/us-covid-19/
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Post by pipoz4444 » April 7, 2021, 11:08 am

This may interest those who are contemplating getting the Pfzier vaccine. As I said in another post, I have the first jab of Pfzier in mid-March and then 3 weeks later my second jab, yesterday. :wave:

I hardly even knew that I had the first jab. There were no side effects whatsoever. No headache, no soreness in the arm and no nausea, no nothing. Just a normal day in the sand dunes.

The after effect from second jab was a little different. Two hours afterwards, I had a mild headache and I don't have headaches, ever. Also felt a little bit tired, but there was no nausea, no dizziness and no vomiting. Went home ate a light meal, laid down and the headache soon disappeared. As I said it was a mild headache.

A day later, I still have a tenderness and ache in the arm, where they jabbed me, but other than that, I feel OK and am into my third cup of coffee for the morning, which is very normal for me .

I realize everyone may react differently and some with no effects whatsoever, but as I indicated there was a slight but noticeable difference for me, between jab 1 and jab 2. :guitar: :wave:

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Post by samster » April 7, 2021, 3:08 pm

From what I hear reactions to the 2nd Pfizer jabs are worse and vice versa with the AZ one. I had a mild reaction to the first AZ one but nothing too debilitating

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