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08-03-21 00:26 #14343
Posts: 6839Originally Posted by Amanut [View Original Post]
In the past, the LA Phils Consulate has always processed my visa applications in less than 24 hours when I send it to them. Always, regardless of what state I was living in, my passport and new visa was back in my hands within 5 days of my sending it. If I sent it (next-day air express, going and coming back to me) on Monday, it was back in my hands on Thursday or Friday. FedEx / UPS tracking showed it was at the Consulate for about 8 hours each time. The remainder of the several days was spent at sorting facilities or 'In Transit'. Also at the consulate are windows for in-person visa application. This too was fairly efficient; a friend tells me that after dropping it off at the window, the PP and visa was back in his hands in a few hours. BTW, it costs more to send it 'express' than it does to process the visa.
Having said that, its important to note that Phils government offices that are still open (some, such as city hall Makati, close some parts or all during ECQ), are operating at 50% employee capacity since the start of Covid, including the BI. They have reduced the number of clients allowed inside. They have gone to online appointment-only, so you can no longer just show up and 'fall in line'. Its possible that overseas Consulate or Embassy facilities might be required to do the same, so plan on a few extra days to get your visa processed for your upcoming trip.
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08-02-21 21:10 #14342
Posts: 204Changes to Visa Application Process
I enjoy watching Reekay'sLifeBeyondTheSea YouTube channel. In this link he outlines changes coming to the BI which will increase the length of time a visitor can initially stay in the Philippines, but no longer allow for a Visa on Arrival option. Visas must now be approved through a Philippine Consulate prior to arrival in the Philippines. I only hope that the Philippines will be as efficient as Vietnam is in processing their visas but with the Philippines, change does not necessarily mean increased efficiency. Some posts in the comments section following the video may also be of interest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQV_xgEkPl4
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08-01-21 22:17 #14341
Posts: 6839Following along on the vaccine issue.
Headline: About 99.999% of fully vaccinated Americans have not had a deadly Covid-19 breakthrough case, CDC data shows".
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/...224313663.html
From the article:
More than 99.999% of people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 have not had a breakthrough case resulting in hospitalization or death, according to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
SNIP.
The CDC reported 6,587 Covid-19 breakthrough cases as of July 26, including 6,239 hospitalizations and 1,263 deaths. At that time, more than 163 million people in the United States were fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
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08-01-21 00:10 #14340
Posts: 2374Originally Posted by SoapySmith [View Original Post]
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07-31-21 20:16 #14339
Posts: 162Originally Posted by NattyBumpo [View Original Post]
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07-31-21 19:33 #14338
Posts: 1562Originally Posted by AggieDad1 [View Original Post]
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07-31-21 16:24 #14337
Posts: 265Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2021/...atally-flawed/
So there is a lot more to this story than people attending summer concerts.
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07-31-21 16:02 #14336
Posts: 3040Originally Posted by Sammon [View Original Post]
In any case, I have been sending rent money to my longest running favorite Thai girl since April 2020. I have been shagging this girl since 2010 when I first met her, and she was the sexiest little spinner in Baccara Go Go in BKK. She is now a 33-year-old Thai women and frankly she has lost a lot of her youthful sparkle, but I still like her, and we still have good times drinking, shagging, and going out for dinners. This is why I continue to send her 3000 baht a month despite the fact that when I am in Thailand, I enjoy shagging a lot of much younger and hotter girls. Damn the Covid! I wish I was there.
Anyway, I am not trying to get anything more from this one other than what she already gives me. The amount of money I give her is basically pocket change to me. I just know she really needs and appreciates what I send her and that is all the thanks I need. Incidentally, all my repeat favorite girls in MNL and BKK asked for help, but this was the only girl that did not ask and therefore was the only one I helped.
I am looking forward to returning to Thailand and the PI hopefully by March 2022. But in the meantime, I have found a new playground where the girls are smoking hot, the best DFK & blow job artists on the planet, and very passionate in bed. I love my new Brazilian acquaintances and I am going back to RJ & SP for my 2nd visit this year in September. The sporting life is still good if you know where to go.
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07-31-21 14:23 #14335
Posts: 3281Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]
COVID vaccine is godsend. It has improved the economy of many countries who are not much affected by tourism. Lots of countries are opening up for tourists except for Thailand and Philippines.
Sooner they open up it will be better for suffering people.
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07-31-21 10:58 #14334
Posts: 6839Originally Posted by AggieDad1 [View Original Post]
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news...125324207.html
Though effectiveness varies by vaccine brand, most are quite potent against infection and exceptionally so at preventing the kind of infection that causes serious illness. Of the 833 people in the Provincetown cluster as of Wednesday, only seven had been hospitalized. And zero had died.
SNIP.
Of those 346 people with breakthrough infections, 79 percent reported symptoms, but those tended to be mild, such as cough or headache. Nearly everyone recovered at home. Of the few who had to go to the hospital, several had underlying conditions.
Of 800 infected, only 7 hospitalized and no deaths. That's great and a vax tribute. But if 79% of vaxxed breakthrough infections reported symptoms, that means 21% are asymptomatic. We have both vaccinated and unvaccinated, some of each showing symptoms and others with no symptoms.
Previously on this board there was discussion of opening up countries to vaxxed travelers. This information flies in the face of that. Can you risk allowing in asymptomatic, infectious vacationers?
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07-31-21 02:24 #14333
Posts: 265Oh shit
Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]
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07-31-21 00:57 #14332
Posts: 6839https://www.marketwatch.com/story/cd...?siteid=yhoof2
As per previous discussion of vaccines and covid, this one on breakthrough infections, showing large numbers of fully vaxxed having high viral loads of covid. From the article:
A federal investigation into a COVID-19 outbreak earlier this month in a Massachusetts county thats home to Cape Cod found that 74% of the 469 infections were among vaccinated people, a finding that raises questions about the prevalence of breakthrough infections.
SNIP.
274, or 79%, of the fully vaccinated people who tested positive for the virus were symptomatic.
301, or 87%, of the people who had been vaccinated and tested positive were men; their median age was 42.
Earlier this week, the CDC director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, also said that new data had revealed that people who are vaccinated and test positive for the virus can carry the same viral load as people who are unvaccinated and test positive for the virus. This research found that cycle threshold (Ct) values in samples from 127 fully vaccinated people and 84 unvaccinated people were similar.
High viral loads suggest an increased risk of transmission and raised concern that, unlike with other variants, vaccinated people infected with Delta can transmit the virus, Walensky said in a separate statement on Friday. This finding is concerning and was a pivotal discovery leading to CDCs updated mask recommendation.
Back in May, the CDC said that there had been fewer than 10,000 breakthrough cases among the 95 million or so Americans who were fully vaccinated at that time. However, data out of Los Angeles County has found that in June one-fifth of all new cases are breakthrough infections among the vaccinated.
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07-30-21 22:45 #14331
Posts: 1056Algerian Judo
Originally Posted by Goferring [View Original Post]
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07-30-21 22:03 #14330
Posts: 3401Originally Posted by PedroMorales [View Original Post]
Nothing unusual here.
Daily Mail: Covid: Scott Morrison is stumped by Caitlin Jenner quarantine question.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9812359/Covid-Scott-Morrison-stumped-Caitlin-Jenner-quarantine-question.html
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07-30-21 16:34 #14329
Posts: 3262Originally Posted by PedroMorales [View Original Post]
Otherwise they will wait for their respective rowing team for transport.