I also am admittedly puzzled by the authorities speaking as though they can open and close venues of different sorts, without any relation to the reality out there, when there are multiple places that have never closed and a ton that recently opened. I know TIT, but this is getting bizarre even for Thailand. There is a newish makeshift complex of 20 or more tiny bars jammed together on a certain soi in the Nana district of Sukhumvit, with a few hundred people at night, more than half of whom would fit the description of "bar girl", the rest (besides the operators) farang men. Mask use at maybe 10 %. And it's all invisible? I don't want to rain on the parade, but this could be a news story very soon; if I'm wrong and it doesn't happen, then the coast is clear to rush to the finish line of the pandemic.