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How about the Ministry of Tourism and Sports being renamed as "TAT"? (The Tosh and Twaddle Department) Another new day, another new scheme that will no doubt be replaced by another new scheme tomorrow!

The statement should have given credit where credit is due i.e. "My thanks go to DPM Anutin for his inspiration in compiling the above ...............etc etc"

There is a showbiz saying that "all publicity is good publicity - however this is not the case here". This will make people who read the story wary of using TUI in the future!

And is it still "under control" as promised by Mr Anutin to the PM a couple of weeks ago? And is he still going to "kick its butt"? ????

Did I not read a while ago that a bill had been passed in Thailand to actually INCREASE the speed limilt on certain roads?

"Pay the fines or go to jail." And who pays for the cost of keeping them in jail? Better if they were made to work somewhere to pay the fines off - possibly on the roads? That would serve a dual purpose as it would reduce the need to import cheap labour from Myanmar, for instance.

"Thais urged not to drink drive this New Year" Wonder if that is "copied and pasted" from previous years? (Don't answer that!) "the country would have a campaign to limit accidents for the "Seven Deadly Days" from December 29th to January 4th." And what exactly will this campaign consist of? Loudpeaker vans going up and down the freeways saying "Don't have an accident for the next seven days"?

And Anutin "admits" that some cases "may" be brought in by foreigners! How about him admitting that some Thais "may" have already brought it in to the country? Hmm?

Must be different in your neck of the woods then - here nearly everyone wears a mask in a shop, and in large supermarkets like Macro there is even a security guard at the entrance to remind you! Having said that, there are many smaller shops where the staff do not bother with masks, and 95% of them are Thais!

How can you talk as much with your tongue in your cheek?

No, the hospital think they are not doing their job properly without sending people home with 4-5 different drugs, you should know that Thai people aren't going to argue with a DOCTOR! And it will be interesting to see how the current policy of hospitalisation of ALL Covid cases plays out - as a previous poster put it "There isn't enough room in Anutin's castle" ???? Personally, I think if they carry on with this stupid money making scam, we are going to be seeing a lot more "esapees" going on the run!

Like, that's gonna happen! (Not!)

"Anutin admits some foreign tourists will bring in Omicron.........." Not much option to say otherwise as it's already here! But he has to get in the racist insinuation somehow - note that he didn't mention that some Thais have brought it in already! There's going to be the need for a new movement shortly "Farang Lives Matter"!

Not weird at all! There are a lot of "farangs" married to Thai ladies, and have to leave the country to work. And to follow that statement up with the "insinuation" that his wife is a prostitute, I find your post thoroughly distateful, and will be "blocking" you from further posts, so that I do not have to read your rubbish!

"I know, heresy." Ithink you mean "hearsay"! But I agree with what you say - if the incubation period is only 3 days there is a strong possibility that he caught it at the market, and unknowingly took it home with him.

It hasn't been proved that he "brought virus"! As we have already heard from an "expert" it is quite possible that he caught it in Thailand if it is the Omicron strain, and the incubation time is only 3 days. Unless of course, you know otherwise - that it is the Delta variant? So you want to publish a story about everyone that has been infected from a dirty farang eh? (Oh, and by the way, it's "sympathy"!)

It seems that markets are indeed the source of many "clusters". There were a couple of them found on Koh Samui a couple of weeks ag o that were traced to markets. I know everybody has to eat, and not everyone can shop at Macro/Tesco/711 etc, but those places seem to be pretty good at enforcing the rules re masks etc

See previous Post from IAMHERE!

Bit selfish really - could he not have let just ONE person in his homeland know that he was OK?

You say "it's likely he spread it here" and then you say "it was already here"???

And you know this for sure? How?

"Most expats who catch covid do not cooperate with the Thai authorities because they believe they are superior to Thais." I think that is rubbish, but it would be intersting to know where you got your "facts" from - an outburst by Anutin perhaps?

Can you explain to me the logic of "mucking about" on a motor bike with a mask, or travelling with your wife in a car and having to wear a mask? Also explain how the doctor is going to enforce not speaking to your family while having a meal at home at your own dinner table? I can understand the logic of having to wear one in supermarkets etc, but really...?

'we have to learn to live with the virus' We also have to learn to live with Prayut and Anutin by the looks of things!

'He told Thai Rath that it was only a temporary suspension of new applications to visit from now until January 4th.' I think that's how they originally described the "State of Emergency" decree!