sandrew33

Extremely narrow focus of Baht v USD. AUD was almost 33 Baht a decade ago it’s now 25 baht. Perhaps remove the focus on USD and take a bigger picture view?

LOL. Lovely pre Omicron information there mate. It also requires a well fitted (I.e fit tested) N95 mask, in a lab, to achieve anything like those numbers and that’s with less transmissible versions of the virus. Given those days are gone and that about 3 odd folk on earth wear fit tested N95’s in real world settings then I’m unsure what you think your religiously held mask views are achieving?

But the right masks properly worn isn’t happening anywhere in mass population settings. Fit tested N95 masks worn once without being removed, handled or adjusted will have some impact - although medical staff doing this have still been infected in large numbers - cloth or surgical masks are doing nothing even moreso if taken on and off routinely throughout the day. Non fit tested n95 masks are similarly achieving nothing. There is ample real world data showing that places with mask mandates go through the same wave profile as outbreaks hit as those without. And it is endemic. So unless you plan to mask up forever then you need to make peace with reality and accept their futility

This is false information but oddly hasn’t been deleted by admin ????????‍♂️

LOL. That’s not the disincentive champ. I love you self appointed farang policemen on here ????

The rule is a significant disincentive to travel there for many prospective visitors. So it’s worth raising in a discussion about visiting.

So masks forever? Cos Covid isn’t going away. It’s absurdist thinking.

Feel free to provide your proof. ???? (As long as it’s not that long discredited Bangladesh “study”) https://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/infdis/jiac195/6582941?login=false

It’s a massive pain the <deleted>. You being in the “just pop one on” group are those who either are used to them or aren’t bothered by them. They are a pain in the <deleted> and definitely impact on my travel choices.

It’s hardly helping though. The idea of going to Thailand and then having to go back in time to mask wearing everywhere isn’t appealing. Even moreso in hot season.

Anutin having no idea about anything will condemn the tourism sector to more pain. Westerners are not choosing Thailand for leisure with arbitrary non effective mask Rules in place.

As a regular in Thailand for business and recreation from 2005 to Covid I often booked the day of or the day before travel and often arrived into Swampy 3-4 times a month. The current rules are hopeless for regular travellers. Couple that with the mask mandates which extend to outdoor as well as indoor mask rules and early closing bar rules + limitations on activities and you have a pretty unappealing mix to offer travellers who can travel in Europe, the US and other places with much less drama.

None of this will slow Omicron. Like various other places in the World have learned nothing really will stop it. Its going to surge, the overwhelming majority of people (particularly the vaccinated) will get a nothing or a solid cold and they’ll have enhanced natural immunity as a result. But it’ll be a crazy month to 6 weeks. These steps just cripple business even harder on way through.

The largest operator of bars/clubs in Thailand expressed surprise and disappointment at the announcement yesterday. It was their understanding that venue reopening was imminent and that was based on advice from government. This if a negative extension of existing restrictions that damages the people and the tourist sector. Why people would defend that is beyond me.

Good luck Mike! As an aside, I lived in Patts from 2008 to about 2017 .. what are things like now? Is it truly a ghost town? I’m trying to imagine the place without international tourism it’s hard to get one head around it