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remobb, on 2012-05-27 12:26:19, said:

You are obviously a very mature person whose opinions are greatly valued by all those who are lucky enough to enter into your presence.

Please put educated in charge of critters. Tardation has spread through the government as well.

theblether, on 2012-05-20 14:39:55, said:

Me too
Hooker shags you the first time you meet her, Lady shags you after a month or two of dating.
If you met a girl on the Internet and took her away for a week of shagging, I'm betting hooker.

theblether, on 2012-05-19 22:14:48, said:

This thread is useless without pics.

surangw, on 2012-05-18 21:18:24, said:

So very much like Thaivisa

agudbuk, on 2012-05-12 17:38:18, said:

Could be, but not the case. You need to look at the history as to why Thailand was selected as the major clinical trial venue. Back in the 90's Thailand was at risk of a  catastrophic HIV epidemic that had the potential of wiping out two generations. It was intense. It was also a country where HIV was also evident in the heterosexual population and where the  researchers had the government's support to deal with the crisis. Unlike other regions with a similar  health crisis, Thailand  was a relatively safe venue for western scientists. It had a communication and logistics support base and a pool of support staff to draw upon. There were health facilities. As well, it was close to regional scientific hubs in Japan, Singapore and Australia. India and China were closed to the international health researchers and Africa was   just too dangerous and too frustrating to get much done. Thailand offered the perfect clinical trial subject  pool as  every year it had a large number of young males conscripted into the military. This allowed large sample sizes to measure  who was sero positive. The wide scale testing possibility is what originally  made Thailand the place to be.

Now fast forward,  the HIV clinical trials are part of the payback to Thailand for its early support of the research. There is a tacit understanding that Thailand is to be first on the list when new treatments are to be considered. This is only fair considering that Thailand helped make the research possible.

In respect to litigation, you should be aware that lawsuits would be brought in the USA. This is what happens now. You might want to look at  what some of the large pharma companies are facing in India.   The involvement of the USA  makes the clinical trials more likely to conducted in an ethical and appropriate manner. There are only two other jurisdictions in the world that have tougher ethical and legal requirements; Germany and the Netherlands. (The Swiss run a tight shop too.)

The use of Thailand is a best fit because of the  large pool of people at risk and the existing infrastructure that allows for testing and data gathering. It is the ideal place to test for a vaccine, although the results will be skewed towards results in "asians". Drugs and vaccines work on different "ethnic" groups.  The immune mechanisms identified  from the Thai research can be applied for the benefit of other groups though.   One of the reasons why the former east bloc countries are now popular for some clinical trials is because of the genetic profiles they offer. It's why India is popular for testing diabetes treatments. Clinical trials have specific specimen needs and an HIV vaccine trial is the right  fit for Thailand.  It is also why Thailand also sees so much funding for malaria research, even though malaria is more of a problem in Africa.
The fact is that the researchers cannot find the large numbers of people they need for a trial like this in the EU or North America.

DanielToddGilbert, on 2012-05-15 14:42:32, said:

For future reference, when copying text from academic research papers, it is considered good practice to provide a citation for your source.

MissChris, on 2012-05-12 20:45:23, said:

You mean Thais seem comfortable about something they've been around since birth.

And Westerners seem uncomfortable about something they've never really been exposed to.


Well, I hope your thesis will be made public when you complete it.

GilesPeach, on 2012-05-15 10:05:20, said:

Are you kidding me???

1. They broke into a car on a parking lot that has SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS without using a disguise.
2. They did the job in a rented car WITHOUT changing the license plates first.
3. They rented the car under their REAL NAME which is how the cops got their names after checking the tapes from the parking lot.
4. Then they switch cars and don't even split up and get promptly caught on their way off the island
and you are saying their not as retarded?

You got to be effing kidding me man. Why didn't they just leave their passports in the car they broke into???

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It's always the large one isn't it?

gand, on 2012-05-13 00:08:32, said:

Asked the lady to get a cut of profits.

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smedly, on 2012-05-12 17:35:10, said:

As long as they ship out the outrageously self-righteous with them, I'm all for it.

w11guy, on 2012-05-09 14:09:12, said:

Why would you want to spend an hour in there??? they sell it as 20 minutes for a reason I would think....500baht for a few vodkas isn't too bad for a gimmick type place, you could go cheaper and sit in the fridge at 7/11 whilst having a booze I suppose if price is a worry for you?

Some con artist is trying to hand him a bunch of BS about he is actually part "Thai", because he keeps paying their bills?

the only thing i can make out from your post is you seem to possess the local talent for moving the air in the vicinity of your mouth without actually saying anything of import.