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On 4/10/2020 at 5:04 PM, DoctorG said:

Although I mostly live in Australia I have spent quite some time in Canada and see many similarities between the two.

I am trying to understand why Canada, with 1.5 times the OZ population (25/37), has 10 times the death rate(50/500).

Any ideas?

Shared border with USA. Australia is an island. 

Surat Thani has ban from April 11-20. Im on Koh Samui and that ban effects the island.

This makes things tricky on a number of levels.

This is Thailand. What happens in one part of the country does not hold water in other parts of the country. Anyway for Thailand to extract bahts out of a tourist, they will. There will be check stops and opportunities for the powers that be to collect some "tea money" from the tourists. 

I was at the sh!t show on March 25. There was no seperation happening. It was very disorganized event. This event told me that Thailand does not care for the welfair of foreigners. As it stands now, i will have to do the whole thing again on April 25.

Does that March 1 include people who renewed visas after that date? I renewed for 30 days on March 26. Entered the country on Feb 26.

On 3/25/2020 at 12:29 PM, dabhand said:

Why are the Embassies not making protests to the Thai government on this serious matter?

 

Instead they are merely scuttling around to provide Immigration requested paperwork, rather than firing back at yet another example of completely unnecessary red tape.

 

Yes, I am looking at you, the British and US Embassy.  Once again you are failing your fellow citizens. 

 

 

Include the Canadian joke of an embassy.

I just heard through the grapevine that Thailand is going to shut down it's airports starting March 24 at 12am. Has anyone else heard or seen this information. Just looking for confirmation either way.

Its not going to end anytime soon. A lot of businesses will go under and never reopen. Millions of jobs gone but it was happening before the virus hit. The virus just speed up the process.

Insurance companies have a clause which state pandemics are not covered under the policy. So when WHO declared the carona virus was a pandemic, the insurance companies were let off the hook for any claims. So how can one get insurance against the carona virus? You can't, plan and simple. So the Thai goverment is shutting the door without saying they are shutting the door.

Letters, proof of valid visas, originals, etc, etc. LOS stands for land of smercks. It would be easier to find a milk run back to your home country than to put up with the B S.

11 hours ago, ColtenSloan said:

Interested to see what will happen exactly. I've always had tourist visas for the last 3 years. 

Now I'm just on a visa exempt, which I am due to EXTEND next week for 30 days. 

Been curious what I will do once that time is up, as my flight has been cancelled to Singapore, my travel plans to Vietnam are currently not possible due to Vietnam suspending visas, and now Laos has just stopped issuing visas, so I couldn't even potentially go to Laos for a Thai visa, or border hop. Even the thought of going to Laos for a month or two is now not possible. 

(Canadian citizen btw) 

And no not travelling back to Canada. 

Hmm ????????????

Cambodia.

I see flaws in this plan. The major one is not everyone has a smart phone. Second flaw is not everyone has data plan on arrival. Third, not everyone has the room on their phone for a big brother app such as this. Etc, etc, etc.

16 hours ago, Traubert said:

Pictures taken at 5.30am?

 

Like the ones taken of the Chinese airlines check in zone last week that claimed to be immigration?

Clock on wall says 11:05. I would say it is in the am because of the natural light from the sky lights.

On 3/3/2020 at 5:59 PM, Yorkshire Tea said:

What's the point of quarantining in a high risk country (Thailand) if you show no symptoms?

 

We are in a high risk country!

To prevent further spread of virus.

Heat scan is only good after the 14 day incubation. An infected person who is within the 14 day incubation period will not show any signs of infection. Which makes for a pandemic a real possibility. When I think of how many places I've been and people I've been in contact with in the last 14 days the numbers a staggering.

By the way, I flew through Beijing on the way to Thailand. I am past the 14 day mark now from my china flight so i should be a-ok. 95% of the people were wearing masks at Beijing's international airport. Several check points in the terminal flying in and out had detection stations. That airport was very very empty.  

Just how can know if infected if incubation takes up to 14 days. To think of how many people I've come in contact in the last 14 days is staggering. It is just another way thai authorities can collect tea money from people.

I was on Samui and it seems there are more people than last year at this time.

On 2/10/2020 at 5:28 AM, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

propably he saw too many times the movie: "when it's time to shoot , shoot. don't talk".

From "The good, Tha bad and The ugly".

What a pompous a$$

Masks are a very small part in prevention. Mostly washing hand, covering cough in arm, hygiene, etc are why the virus spreads.

Sampling the goods down walking street.

Where are the affected living/employed? Bangkok, Phuket, etc, etc?

11 hours ago, Tug said:

Cause and effect ,trump Welching on the nuclear treaty attempting to strangle a nations ecomemy = trashed embassy= trump killing a foreign general (personally I’m glad he’s dead)=a response from Iran = a trigger happy scared Iranian= an airliner shot down = a big fat unessary mess cause and effect my deepest condolences to all affected by this foreign policy fiasco 

_{you forgot the steps that started it all. 1 Obama signed the Iran nuclear deal with Iran and the rest of the world. 2 tRumplethinskin hell bent on dismantling Obama's legacy pulls the USA out of the deal.}