British Expats - Search Results

Go Back  British Expats > Search Forums
Reload this Page >

Search Results

 
Search: Posts Made By: Maxima
Showing results 1 to 25 of 378
Search took 0.33 seconds.
Forum: Middle East
Apr 2nd 2022, 7:19 am
Replies: 16
Views: 3,861
Posted By Maxima

Re: Slightly odd expat men

Some of them change their religion as well. Then they post on social media on how their "fiance" needs special permission to marry them and he keeps getting rejected and is there a way out

And if...
Forum: Middle East
Feb 6th 2022, 11:25 am
Replies: 18
Views: 5,138
Posted By Maxima

Re: Dubai - heading back to the sand pit

Abu Dhabi does have some draconian covid rules, better than 2021 when people were fined 5000 for returning from Dubai and even after doing 2 pcr tests

Even now, people get told to test on a...
Forum: Middle East
Jan 21st 2022, 9:14 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,468
Posted By Maxima

Re: What about attending matches of UAE league?

Do you mean Ahli as in ex-merger with Shabab, or the current Shabab Ahli?

I said Wasl because they seemed to have dignitaries from Dubai attend matches more frequently than the rest (pre 2010 era)...
Forum: Middle East
Jan 18th 2022, 4:47 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 1,468
Posted By Maxima

Re: What about attending matches of UAE league?

I spent the first decade of my life living across Wahda's stadium so no doubt I supported them, and also attended dozens of games in the 2000-2010 period...

Al Ain - is definitely the most...
Forum: Middle East
Dec 1st 2021, 4:50 am
Replies: 104
Views: 7,517
Posted By Maxima

Re: Pfizer - Booster or Fully Vaccinated Dilemma

Social media.

When the first blood clot problems with AZ were reported, anyone posting it was attacked with claims of how this was fake news spread by Anti vaxxers

Ditto for Moderna's issues....
Forum: Middle East
Dec 1st 2021, 4:47 am
Replies: 104
Views: 7,517
Posted By Maxima

Re: Pfizer - Booster or Fully Vaccinated Dilemma

No, a portion of the 8% would be those who who are unable to get vaccinated

The rest would be those who voluntarily refuse to get vaccinated.

So far we have no idea about the split between...
Forum: Middle East
Nov 30th 2021, 4:22 pm
Replies: 104
Views: 7,517
Posted By Maxima

Re: Pfizer - Booster or Fully Vaccinated Dilemma

What is the age and health condition of the 8%?
Lets keep in mind that a big % of unvaccinated people are so because they are in a bad medical shape, because of age or other conditions. So if they...
Forum: Middle East
Nov 30th 2021, 4:20 pm
Replies: 104
Views: 7,517
Posted By Maxima

Re: Pfizer - Booster or Fully Vaccinated Dilemma

Before December 2020, when there were no vaccines, what was the hospitalization rate among Covid patients, all of whom were effectively "unvaccinated" ?

I daresay it wasnt any higher than 10%,...
Forum: Middle East
Nov 30th 2021, 4:18 pm
Replies: 104
Views: 7,517
Posted By Maxima

Re: Pfizer - Booster or Fully Vaccinated Dilemma

A lot of seemingly innocent statements will get you labelled as anti vax these days

1) Pointing out that Moderna causes heart issues in many younger males
2) Mentioning the blood clot problems...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Apr 20th 2021, 9:39 pm
Replies: 204
Views: 24,543
Posted By Maxima

Re: Vaccine rollout in the UAE

Pfizer approved in Abu Dhabi
Forum: The Sand Pit
Apr 11th 2021, 1:04 pm
Replies: 204
Views: 24,543
Posted By Maxima

Re: Vaccine rollout in the UAE

But my friend, Sinopharm, number one vaccine, after all why is Sinopharm given if it is not number one?

Sarcasm aside, the sheer number of people, including some westerners who claimed the fact...
Forum: Middle East
Apr 10th 2021, 8:10 am
Replies: 9
Views: 5,354
Posted By Maxima

Re: Opportunity to move to Abu Dhabi

Musaffah, Hamdan, Tourist Club area all beg to differ. Even if you are in a good building, 70% of the towers next to you will have partitioned apartments
Forum: The Sand Pit
Jan 8th 2021, 5:37 am
Replies: 204
Views: 24,543
Posted By Maxima

Re: Vaccine rollout in the UAE

Its popular among those who commute to AD frequently, and also AD Residents who need to travel as the vaccine removes the need for DPI/PCR testing and the 10 day quarantine
Forum: The Sand Pit
Dec 23rd 2020, 10:59 am
Replies: 204
Views: 24,543
Posted By Maxima

Re: Vaccine rollout in the UAE

Those who have been continually cheering for Abu Dhabi to restrict AD people visiting Dubai or Dubai residents from entering AD should not how hope for Dubai to share Pfizer with them......
Forum: The Sand Pit
Sep 23rd 2020, 8:33 am
Replies: 115
Views: 15,747
Posted By Maxima

Re: Post-Lockdown

1) Is a hyperactive testing regime of any added value? How much of this testing is pretty much confined to the same people over and over and over again (mall workers biweekly, law enforcement,...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Sep 13th 2020, 7:17 am
Replies: 115
Views: 15,747
Posted By Maxima

Re: Post-Lockdown

I had been following "cases" in the other Gulf nations over the summer

What I noticed was that Bahrain, Oman, and Kuwait (and the unmentionables) would consistently post higher numbers than that...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Jul 13th 2020, 8:08 am
Replies: 211
Views: 22,425
Posted By Maxima

Re: Global Corona Death predictions

Thousands of young people die of strokes or heart attacks or flu every year....

They rarely make front news, but with Covid, you see headlines on "17 year old sucuumbs to Covid" with the...
Forum: Middle East
Jul 6th 2020, 5:45 pm
Replies: 448
Views: 70,663
Posted By Maxima

Re: Lockdown

During the early stages, some Saudi twitter accounts were active in blaming "expats" for bringing and spreading the disease

And you can imagine that if an area is shown as having less infections,...
Forum: Middle East
Jul 6th 2020, 8:59 am
Replies: 448
Views: 70,663
Posted By Maxima

Re: Lockdown

Wasn't that pool party at the V a one-off? Is Dubai really all that worse off than Abu Dhabi in terms of cases?
The field hospital is supposed to close soon and most of Dubai's main hospitals don't...
Forum: Middle East
Jun 29th 2020, 5:32 pm
Replies: 448
Views: 70,663
Posted By Maxima

Re: Lockdown

In the last week what we have been hearing about the US is how many "cases" they have, that there is a spike and the situation is out of control and so on

The death toll yesterday was less than...
Forum: Middle East
Jun 17th 2020, 8:47 pm
Replies: 448
Views: 70,663
Posted By Maxima

Re: Lockdown

A 3rd factor is that a large number of workers live in shared housing, and one person catching it may lead to the whole flat or half the camp getting it.....
Forum: Middle East
Jun 17th 2020, 8:46 pm
Replies: 448
Views: 70,663
Posted By Maxima

Re: Lockdown

South Africa, India and Jordan had even tougher measures, the first 2 actually lifted their measures predicting it will get much worse, while Jordan had some success
Forum: Middle East
Jun 5th 2020, 6:36 am
Replies: 448
Views: 70,663
Posted By Maxima

Re: Lockdown

The cabin crew donning PPE is actually overkill

Firslty, unless they wear it just before getting into the plane and take it off just before getting out, it defeats the purpose to some extent
...
Forum: Middle East
Jun 2nd 2020, 6:12 am
Replies: 448
Views: 70,663
Posted By Maxima

Re: Lockdown

If you take it at face value 100% then your theory is correct. But, as with so many things, if there is stuff before the scenes, then other possibilities are there

Maybe, since Abu Dhabi did not...
Forum: Middle East
Jun 1st 2020, 6:20 am
Replies: 448
Views: 70,663
Posted By Maxima

Re: Lockdown

This Abu Dhabi news is very interesting.

If it was because situation was bad in one or more areas of Abu Dhabi you would have seen longer "sterilization" hours or areas being shut down, but which...
Showing results 1 to 25 of 378
 


 
Forum Jump

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.