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On 6/12/2020 at 8:48 AM, Pilotman said:

yes it has changed and from what I can gather, Asia as a whole thinks that the western countries have all gone stark raving mad. Seeing the massive over reaction and violence in the UK with the BLM issues, they may well be right.  Thank Goodness I am not in the UK/US/Any western country, right now. Thailand is a model of calm and rationality in comparison. 

...and under emergency law.

You forget that Europe isn't a country. But many countries with different governments and laws and people.  In my neck of the woods we have nothing like UK, Italy, Germany etc. All statues are standing, no covid deaths for weeks and a handful of new infections now and then. We have efficient testing and tracing. 

9 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

T.A.T. man must have come out of Covid-19 self isolation, and now his proposed figures are even more propesterous ! 

Wonder where these 7 mill tourists come from.

2 hours ago, Bender Rodriguez said:

so husbands & fathers stuck abroad can go f.... themselves and do the expensive 60.000 baht quarantine while...

You can get quarantine for 30.000 THB.

Most EU countries which are now opening up exclude Britain, Sweden, Spain, Portugal. Brits better plan for a holiday at Blackpool beach.

6 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Come on now. There is very limited testing here. Therefore those numbers are highly questionable. 

 

Therefore I think such a low ranking which will be shocking to many is quite fair and realistic. 

Whatever they based their study on, there is an agenda behind it. I'm stuck in Austria. Next door Germany (Bavaria alone) with approx. same population as Austria has more infections/deaths than Austria has. We had no deaths for a few weeks, very low new infections, and Germany is better? Forget this study done by an investment firm.

5 hours ago, chilly07 said:

You can use the Government Gateway with a foreign address

Doesn't work with no UK address. Tried recently.

11 hours ago, tonymontana32 said:

I have held credit cards here for over 9 years, one of the cards increased my limit automatically by 160,000 in november as i've always been in good standing with my credit. My total on just 3 cards stands at around 1.2 million owed. Yes they need to get a court order and need to do that within 2 years of me defaulting.

 

This is not my question though, I'm asking if anyone knows if they can seize my car if they ever do get a court order, due to the car still being under finance i technically do not own it, the finance company do.

How on earth do you accumulate such an amount? Don't shop if you haven't got the money.

12 hours ago, tonymontana32 said:

Yes in thailand but no work permit or job as I quit about a year ago. 

Normally companies require a security deposit. Singapore at least does. You default and amount gets taken off your deposit. In general, it may not be a good idea to default as a foreigner.

6 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Nonsense. And panic mongering. Thira should be arrested and locked up now. The only way we will get a second wave, is if the government is careless about letting in infected international travelers. Covid is gone from Thailand. Zapped. DOA. KIA. Let it go. Let the people get back to work, and stop the goons who are collecting full salaries from preventing this from happening. 

Not every "international traveller" is

a) infected or

b) a tourist and

c) Covid19 is alive and well around us. 

On 6/6/2020 at 7:16 AM, ezzra said:

Any one with cash at hand can make a killing now buying properties at rock bottom price and when things will look up, and they will, will at least double their money...

I doubt it. Who do you want to sell to?

On 6/6/2020 at 3:11 AM, Trillian said:

Assuming this is covid19 specific insurance.....It's difficult for me to imagine that the USD 100k insurance policy will be required by all tourists for very long, very few people would come and tourism would never recover, I don't know where a person would by it anyway.

100,000 $ is not a lot of cover.

Travel insurance covers more. So far no tourists are allowed.

Doubt Thailand will throw their doors open any time soon but to a few select Asian countries. 

On 6/2/2020 at 2:36 PM, Puccini said:

Yes, you will need all that.

With a work permit he can travel now with permission from nearest Thai Embassy. Look up on Richard Barrow's blog. He clearly describes the process.

8 hours ago, steve187 said:

so what are the countries that have lots of potential travelers that fit this description

 

edit New Zealand springs to mind

 

Taiwan, Hongkong, Japan, China

If Thailand wants to avoid a serious infection wave then they should keep most European tourists out. I'm stuck in Austria which got a grip on things early and avoided high infection rates because people were disciplined. With bit by bit opening too many think the virus has gone away. Too many ignore rules which are still in place, like no masks in public transport, shops, no distancing. 

Does Thailand want tourists with this attitude? 

If Thailand is concerned about importing infectious cases, why even consider countries like e.g. UK, Sweden, Russia. 

Well done. Good to know that there are some caring people out there. In Europe ppl complain that governments don't do enough. Yet they all have 3 meals/day.

On 6/2/2020 at 3:53 PM, Malawi said:

A mask with glasses is impossible.

Glasses just fog up.

I now stay home and don't go anywhere until these stupid rules stop.

Not holding my breath with this junta.

A mask and glasses are no problem. The mask needs to fit tight around your nose (just shape the metal wire accordingly. I see ppl with fogged up glasses and notice the mask is open around the nose. It also helps to direct your breath downwards when exhaling. I have no problem.

16 hours ago, 473geo said:

Age of death, majority not of working age

Majority is still of working age unless you retire everybody at 55. It may vary from country to country but in my neck of the woods the oldies are a minority. 

17 hours ago, cyril sneer said:

it'll eventually weaken and die out like SARS did, no vaccine needed

Too late for this. Too many people have been infected, and the virus spread too far. Different situation to 2003 ans SARS.

10 hours ago, ezzra said:

Meaning that the Thai tourism industry will continue to be in the crapper and millions who depends on it for their survival will continue to suffer and lose their life's works and investments witch will take years to recover from, way to go PM...

Just like anywhere else in the world. Except Sweden, UK  of course. But nobody wants to go there anyway.

1 hour ago, Bender Rodriguez said:

0.2 percent death rate for people with bad immune system, old, sick, chronic diseases

 

rest of the world: 99.8 percent safe

 

let's all continue to panic, be afraid, social distance, use the same pen for everybody in big c, tesco, 7/11 or get spied upon where you go , spend your money, etc...

Why does UK have such a high fatality rate then? And a good no. of no risk cases died. 

6 hours ago, smedly said:

said it a few times these last couple of weeks 

 

told I was talking rubbish by a few very smart people on TVF

You were not talking rubbish at all. Aerosols escape from under this shield. The statement of this Thai doctor is exactly what doctors worldwide say. You need a mask as well. Singapore school kids wear shield and mask.

43 minutes ago, tribalfusion001 said:

The only cases of covid-19 and people with high fever are imported, makes perfect sense to keep the ban on incoming foreigners for longer. London has the lowest R infection rate in the UK, so where did these Thais get their "high fever" from, the same applies to South Korea.

 

It would seem that the Thai government is still playing the "fear of the virus" card.

No, they don't play the fear card. They are cautious. Same here in Europe. Why are borders closed? I can't go to  Germany from Austria unless I'm German or have PR. To go to Austria I need neg. test and quarantine. If I come from non-EU country, I can't enter Austria. Don't just pick on Thailand.