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Hold the meeting in Portland in the USA and then they would have the right to be scared!

20 hours ago, micmichd said:

And that means the "hordes of Chinese tourists" in Thailand are in fact Thais. 

An idiotic comment!

18 hours ago, ChouDoufu said:

 

i'm not sure who to believe.  either the chinesers are shopping in richy-rich businesses laundering their loot, or spending absolutely nothing on zero baht tours other than mama noodles at 7-11.  but then we're told they're coming to buy up all the condos and businesses.  it's so confusing.

A very small percentage of the Chinese tourists are buying expensive condos as a bolt hole in case things go tits up in China or possibly to launder their money. 

19 hours ago, Traubert said:

So are they Thai or Chinese? China doesn't allow dual Nationality.

Many Thai people are descendants of Chinese families they don't have dual nationality. In ancient times many Chinese merchants set up shop in Thailand and married into rich Thai families to get status. The Thaksins are one such family.

I can't see the 250 appointed Senators voting for Christmas. They would be voting themselves out of power and influence. The Charter rewrite will not happen particularly any watering down of the powers of the appointed Senators. 

1 hour ago, Sheryl said:

 

Not necessarily. If the traveler is vaccinated plus has a negative antigen test and proof of antibodies, that would make them safe to come even if the Thai population is unvaccinated.

 

 

I agree with you but I don't think that the Thai Government will. 

2 hours ago, Pedrogaz said:

I haven't ever seen what "effectiveness" means in these studies? Are that all using the same standard definition....for example does 90% effective mean that if people 10 people out of 100 taking placebo would catch COVID vs only 1 taking the vaccine or does it mean that if 100 people take the vaccine only 10 will catch the disease which is of course not very impressive? Are the studies done in a lab or in a real life situation?

These are the statistics released by the first company Pfizer that has trialled the vaccine. Frankly it can only be a broad estimate as it hasn't been properly tested yet.

According to Air Visual the air quality in Bangkok will be extremely bad from Saturday to Monday and of medium quality before and after that period. 

2 hours ago, Sheryl said:

 

How can you possibly think, given all the regulations in place that in effect prevent tourism, th

 

Domestic political concerns, certainly a driving factor. Tourism - no.

You are probably correct that domestic concerns figure high in the Government's concerns. I am amazed that the bulk of Thai people are taking covid19 seriously but still they don't wear crash helmets. Nearly as many people die on the road every day as have died from covid19 over the last 8 months!

2 hours ago, Natai Beach said:

You might have missed it, but the idea of quarantine is to stop the Thai population being infected with covid. 10,000 worldwide deaths yesterday and again zero in Thailand. Hasn’t been a covid death here for more than six months. 

Cant get more effective than that. 

 

A total of 60 covid deaths since the beginning of all this. 
USA, UK, France, Italy, Belgium etc had more than that before breakfast today. I don’t want them coming here until they sort themselves out. 
 

 

Yes those are the published figures but it's strange that the only extra people found with covid19 are people who have come out of quarantine or who have returned home from Thailand. Thailand has done a great job in keeping covid19 under control but the figures are not completely accurate. 

3 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

Not for a negative review, for a full on slander campaign.

The word negative was changed to vindicate before you replied to my answer. 

Facebook continues to abuse its political views and censorship of the Internet. This abuse should lead to the break up of this behemoth. 

I happen to bank with Bangkok Bank and transferwise has a box to tick saying "funds for long term term stay in Thailand" these transfers are shown as international transfers by Bangkok Bank. I have no idea if your bank does the same. 

1 hour ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

That didn't just happen today.

 

80%+ of Thais don't actually care as long as their country remains virtually CV19 free.

They don't work in the tourism industry. Those who do are out of work and suffering badly.