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4 minutes ago, bangon04 said:

by the way..  how is the social distancing on the skytrain these days? Is that going well?

It was until the markings wore off

5 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

If I was a tourist it would have been the last time I would have set foot in the country. No doubt about it. 

 

As you state international airports are meant to be regarded as relatively safe and less experienced travellers would have really been intimidated by this. I have travelled extensively as I worked offshore for many years and been to West Africa, Timor, PNG, South America etc. and this was up there with one of the most unpleasant experiences I have had in any airport globally, and I include incidents of being extorted taking expensive equipment into Equatorial Guinea, having no luggage on arrival in a remote airport in Cameroon and being stranded among armed militia in Nigeria when I lost my bodyguards. 

 

Fortunately I had already been in Thailand on and off for 14 years and so knew the lay of the land and how to play the game.

 

Bet if I had been travelling with my Thai gf it wouldn't have happened. 

Fake security guards have been caught in NZ outside supermarkets, accusing shoppers of stealing, then if you fall for the search, they grab the bag and run. Usually they pick on women. 

Sadly these bad asses are worldwide, and with the pandemic it's only going to get worse. 

On 7/13/2021 at 3:42 PM, JoePai said:

I've found the worst people impersonating immigration officers are the immigration officers themselves !

My wife said the sewing business is going well in Thailand,lots of orders for uniforms. 

3 hours ago, Bernietravelling said:

Seems, he never looked into the endpoints of the Phase 3 studies:

 

The endpoints to get the emergency use approvals were:

           Prohibiting Severe Covid 

 

And NOT:

           Achieving sterile immunity.

 

Therefore: no matter, what some journalists say, the vaccines were never designed and proofed to stop transmission in the clinical studies.

 

Achieving sterile immunity is just wishful thinking.

They are talking now of giving booster shots to the elderly, giving a third shot to boost immunity and some virologists saying that vaccination is causing mutations, whatever happens it is not looking good. 

NZ government has just put out an email for workplace vaccination. 

The big pharma boys are on a mad mission, and now news media and politicians have become experts at advising people to rush out and be jabbed, line up the pregnant women and young children here comes your needle. 

17 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Your experience is no record. My Thai GF met a friend she had not seen for a couple of months at Maya shopping mall in Chiang Mai. She asked me to go away, have coffee, have lunch, whatever. They talked for six hours.

Back on topic, free chlorine is not only in a pool, it is in the atmosphere above the pool. When you are breathing while you swim, you are also breathing a miniscule concentration of disinfectant. It's probably enough to knock over any virus aerosol in the vicinity.

That's quite good, my wife talks on the cell phone almost 24 seven 

20 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Won't be long before anyone is not allowed to speak to each other at home; on Social Media, Emails, etc etc as then there can be no freedom of speech whatsoever, exactly what the Junta want !

They will have to carry pen and paper, to order food from the vendors getting on and off at every stop. 

Forget about the trains spreading covid, just sit silently, write your orders clearly, and if you or the vendors can't read or write, you must use sign language, or just point to what you want. 

Solved. 

On 7/13/2021 at 2:14 PM, Pattaya Spotter said:

Sounds good...carry on Sandboxers.

What beats me is how infected passengers can get on planes, maybe with bodgey Mumbai covid certificates. 

On 7/9/2021 at 6:40 PM, robblok said:

No curfew but then what does this mean

 

Significantly, people in the maximum control zones will be asked for their cooperation in not leaving their homes between 10pm and 4am. 

 

if its not enforced then what is the point, even worse if its arbitrary enforced.  Love to see more clarification.

My wife's brother called yesterday from BK, said he was going home to Korat, as everyone was being kicked out of BK, which translates to, I'm off home beggar this place. 

He has been vaccinated, but what about the hundreds of thousands that will also run home and potentially spread the virus more. 

Brain dead government. 

20 minutes ago, John Drake said:

From the governmental standpoint, you could be correct. But at the individual level, the first time around, people at least in Bangkok were willing to abide by the social distancing, store closures, and mask wearing. (Remember, right before Covid, people here were already wearing masks because of PM 2.5.  That might have given Thailand a built in advantage.)

my wifes brother just rang from BK he said he is going back to Korat, as they were being kicked out of BK.

He has been vaccinated through his company ,but really I think the job has closed down and he is going home.

So that's what Thais think of Bangkok lockdown, were being kicked out and have to go home.

Stupidity from the people and the idiots locking BK down, people are just going to run and spread the virus, and I thought my wifes brother had more brains as he is a jeweler, sorry state of affairs in Bangkok.

42 minutes ago, klauskunkel said:

Wasn't there a Covid Czar appointed 3 months ago?

"The Thai cabinet today (Tuesday) designated Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as the sole authority in charge of all responsibilities and duties, previously vested in his ministers, to deal with the current COVID-19 pandemic."

What happened to him? Oh yes, he is quarantining at his favorite barracks...

 

Anyways, time for Anutin and the Czar (and the rest of the clowns) to roll over and disappear.

I'm just amazed at the resilience of the Thai people who are still coping despite the best efforts of their government.

be carefully not to read any fake news this will make the pandemic stronger.

If your there Ubon Joe I am trying to help an 86 yr old friend get back to Thailand from NZ on a Non immigrant O 90 day.

You sent me a link which will issue him a 90 day covid cover for 90 days but the Thai embassy says he will need to have a health cover as well.

They wont accept the 90 day covid cover to enter they require both.

Do you know of ,or anyone reading this the name and link to a company that will insure this man.

I found one company only on a link sent from the Thai NZ embassy and that was for about 90,000 Thai Bhat for one year, they were the only company on the list of over 20 thai insurance companies, most have a cut off of 75 years old.

Urgent replies appreciated

Cheers

Kiwi Keith

21 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Charts looking ugly and reflects an even uglier reality that the virus has overwhelmed Thailand having been left to spread by poor control measures. Lets all hope the new semi lockdowns that are now coming into effect do something to flatten the curve. They should certainly help to do that but my fear is that Thailand is now stuck in a dark tunnel and has a long way to go yet.

 

Keep safe everyone and RIP to the increasing number of those dying each day from covid.

 

Covid deaths are now more than double those of road accidents each day.

 

Rolling 7 day average (up to 8th July only) which includes prison cases and bar chart of community cases.

https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/thailand

Nice presentation, but would they seriously want to stop the slave labor trade and employ Thais?? 

And what about the poor prisoners stacked in to cells by the dozen x

Will this pandemic rid the country of prisoners, wipe out people living in the streets, who cares they are only numbers in todays rat race. 

And then there is granny and booh, at present they are terrified, because they don't believe pinnochio is going to vaccinate them, they are truly terrified, that's the message passed back to me from my family and also my mates wife who is a high ranking school teacher in the North East. 

My wife said pinnochio ordered rain the other day to put out a fire, I must say what a cracker of an Idea. 

21 hours ago, J Town said:

Give all the priority you want, if there are not actual vaccines to give then you're just pi$$ing in the wind.

1 million won't go far but you

Should start at one of the 2 hostpitals, USA has said 20% must go local expats from their donation.. 

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Instructions 

Hold your breath when traveling to one of these hostpitals. 

Speak with American accent and say 20% for us, I complain. 

If not successful return home, holding your breath or carry a oxygen bottle with you. 

17 hours ago, wprime said:

Well that's just downright pessimistic. Thailand probably doesn't even have the testing capacity to reach 10,000 cases per day.

I'm afraid, to say, you are correct!

Aussie, and I'm not giving them any credit cause I'm a Kiwi, half Aussie, they have been testing 90,000 per day now and they are freaking out about 30 odd new cases of delta today, 20 out in the community.

Today in Pinocchio's land over 200 in Hua Hin at Dole. And the whale hasn't even coughed yet.

Comment from my Thai wife when I said your Mom should be taking care now she said , I tell her 2 many times, as though she wont get infected.

With the return to Alcatraz field camp of the woman who escaped from Dole, on the Hua Hin south train, I await to hear how many got infected when they caught her, transferred her to a carriage full of other passengers , then disconnected her carriage and sprayed it------- great work Dr Watson. 

Meanwhile with numbers of delta expected to hit 10,000 per day this week Thailand needs to get Pinocchio well from his sandbox experience where he might have caught delta even though being vaccinated, what a shame one of his boys screwed up and came along infected, bet some one took his spade away  when they found out..

Meanwhile chaos , not Maxwell smarts opponents, but real chaos is developing rapidly in BK without the leader on the job.

get well soon .

5 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

poor woman, driven mad with boredom. 

 

i have been warning people for years, you can check in to Hua Hin, but you can never leave. 

And you just can't kill the beast.

3 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

Its difficult for us to imagine the conditions under which this " Field Hospital " was established.

Pineapple Canning Factory = Flies ... Millions of Flies and the sour stink of rotten Pineapple juice Etc, and thats without the lack of privacy, and probably basic hygiene.

The place must be a true Hell on Earth.

Well said, and how many other sites, building sites , factories, industrial estates, have their workers full of C19 and given free hospital care in the tent in the field, 2 scarred of loosing their jobs, last train for the south leaving soon run rabbit run.

8 minutes ago, from the home of CC said:

I'm not talking about Thailand. do you need a work permit to work as an Australian in Australia? 

First I need to be Australian, I was just joking about your comment about the Dole movie which was quite funny

Cheers

6 minutes ago, from the home of CC said:

is that about a Brit getting a job?

No work permit no job applies to kiwis and Aussies as well

3 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

poor woman, driven mad with boredom. 

 

i have been warning people for years, you can check in to Hua Hin, but you can never leave. 

Diabolical, we live in Hua Hin, currently trapped in NZ, my mother in law is staying in our house, 76 and still working, we worry about her, then , they take a positive covid worker, who fled on the train, put her into another carriage to spread covid more, then --- decouple the carriage and spray it.

Plan B--- leave all those in the carriage until decoupled, put all in isolation then sprAYYYY and walk away. 

Reverse  engineering thats how they figured out the UFO supposed to have crashed at area 51.

Thailand uses reverse logic to deal with escaped factory workers.

The movie escape from Dole coming soon.

48 minutes ago, mikebell said:

He's hiding from the wave of criticism sweeping Thailand.

That is a tsunami, wave, everyone whos interested in LOS is watching around the world .

Academy award winning act.

11 hours ago, Blumpie said:

Theres a lot of turds in that sandbox.  

The boss shows up to open the sandbox, with his mate who has got Covid 19!

We don't know what strain but if it is delta then maybe rename the box De Elta, Sandpit.

What a circus, and if you don't know 5 elderly people have caught Covid in the Summit rest home in Sydney.

4 of them were vaccinated in April with Pfizer, they are hoping that they don't get  to sick, wait and see hope they r ok.(source channel 9 news Sydney).

So if Delta was present when opening the sandbox with the Boss Man then , according to the Aussies this variant can spread with only 5 seconds of exposure.

Hang on for the ride, 

I hope he recovers quickly the sandbox needs him.

7 hours ago, internationalism said:

from the recent data looks like 1000 new cases per week, now hoovering just above 6k.

So 10k would be in a less than a month.

What is most important, how many people die, how well health service is prepared for that many patients

covid insurance guaranteed, bed/ oxygen, not included.

46 minutes ago, BestB said:

TAT stated last week, 130 000 confirmed, so safe to assume 130 000 CEO has been issued or at least applied for, for them to state 130 000 confirmed

Maybe they are quoting the application fee in BHAT.

But stupid to have to get a CEO after you book your ticket, you would have to be careful that your ticket was refundable.