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4 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

If I read it right, this is just the written account of his previous meeting with consols and honorary consols.

 

If so, the only thing new learned is that his command of English is particularly poor.

If I was a bureaucrat writing to foreign dignitaries, I would make absolutely sure that my correspondence were reviewed by a translator who was capable of both editing and translating the document before it was publish. Why?  Doing otherwise would make me look incompetent.
I know in the US especially in muli-ethnic communities like in California, the government issues Covid related documents and news in 18 languages and 10 indigenous Latin American dialects.  I doubt those documents are written in a pigin form of the target language. 
The fact that Thais in the upper crust of the power elite can't produce a simple letter in English really shows their own ethnocentrism: Thailand is the center of the universe.  English may be the international media for business and official communication but English speakers who visit Thailand should all be fluent in Thai.  If they refuse, then broken English is what they'll get.  That's rather embarrassing. 
I don't expect governors to have a good command of English, but I do expect them to know where to find a competent translator so their message to foreigners, especially foreign embassy staff, doesn't get lost in translation.

1 hour ago, Jaggg88 said:

All the vaccines have shown protection against getting seriously ill even if you catch the virus so these figures are not different to studies elsewhere.

And I won't believe these assertions until there is 5 years of data backing the claims.  Until then, this all is a live trial experiment with too short of a time line to make accurate observations no less accurate predictions. 

If they really wanted to save lives, they would adjust their overall manpower and shift staff to address the slaughter on Thai roads which make's the 850 total Covid deaths since 2019 pale in comparison.  Long Covid is scary?  How about the thousands who are permanently injured and disabled annually on Thai roads not to mention the tens of thousand who are outright killed.
Hate to say it but the priorities here are truly mixed.  I can discern what is truly deadly scary against what has a high probability of not causing more than an inconvenient sickness for most.  "Covid will get you for sure."  Probably not.  I'm much more afraid of the roads.  I wish there was an mRNA vaccine for Thai drivers that could inoculate them from their driving stupidity.  If it was only 50% effective I'd rejoice.  But it would have to be over 95% effective to drop the road death to something comparable with Covid deaths.

Minority Report.  Next up they will arrest you for pre-crime.  You'll be put in IDC tomorrow and deported for overstaying your visa in 2025.  "Sayonara Mr. Yamagusha."

Now a half a dozen universities will create their own expert studies in order to back the Prayut's talk about safe and effective Sinovac vaccines.  When the data doesn't fit, make your own.

The OP is just trying to ruffle some American's feathers.  ????

4 hours ago, webfact said:

One was the importance of what he called "City Marketing".

 

This was needed because if foreigners looked at the total virus numbers in Thailand they might be scared and put off visiting.

 

So it was important that Phuket figures were reported separately to inspire confidence that the virus was under control.

So they openly admit that they are attempting to deceive potential tourists into believing all is well in Thailand in order to entice them to travel to Phuket (where it may or may not be under control) where they will quickly find that the situation on the ground throughout Thailand is different then they were led to believe by the marketing. 
Now, what could possibly go wrong by using thinly veiled lies to promote tourism?

What happens in six weeks when they get to Phuket and are arrested or harrassed by police the first night here for gathering with a few traveling companions and family member while having a beer or wine next to the hotel pool or on the beach?  What happens if they are told they can not leave Phuket for their own safety?  What happens when they get here and the island is essentially closed.  Then the tourist sit in their hotels (or jail) and contemplate the marketing that brought them to Thailand in the first place???

8 hours ago, webfact said:

The petition, which highlights that only 1-2% of Thailand’s population has been fully vaccinated, was created on Wednesday and had attracted almost 20,000 signatures by mid-day today (Friday).

 

Only Sinovac and AstraZeneca vaccines have, so far, been acquired and administered in Thailand. More than 2.64 million doses have been administered since February, with 921,825 people having received two doses.

Pretty pathetic testament for those who created the local epidemic in the first place.
If the Indian variant creates a new epidemic on top of the current one - they'll need those extended "emergency decree" orders in place for a long time to come. 
These doctors are just voicing the mood of the general public.  The ineptness of those ruling with a iron rod is wearing thin based on my interaction with Thais I know well.