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31 minutes ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

Even if Thailand tries to reopen the tourism, the airlines have cancelled their

international routes, and will not be starting up very quickly.  It may be China

and India that  go back for their vacations,  but I believe  they have also

cancelled their airlines.  People are still trying to get back to their home

countries and are still stranded abroad.  Good luck to all who are living or are

stranded in Thailand.

Geezer

My home and family are in Thailand, where my wife and daughters stay, while I live and work in Myanmar.  I came home for a visa run (Myanmar visa, not Thai) but am now stuck here as well!

Unable to return means unable to work.  Kinda screwed.

9 hours ago, ukrules said:

I wonder if this alcohol ban also includes hand sanitiser, not that there's any available anyway?

A house in our village was raided by scores of RTP yesterday.  The house owner was hoarding 10,000 litres of 99.9% alchohol gel, ready to cash in!

Insane. 

They had the barrels in plain view at the front of the house so the neighbours informed RTP.

That could have made a pretty bonfire!

2 hours ago, Pravda said:

 

Yep, stopped reading after this

I think they meant high charging "dancing" girls!

1 hour ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

What is the definition of the hackneyed phrase 'heavily armed' Do they have howitzers on their backs?

Well now, for one certain general, it refers to the 20 or so fancy watches being worn on each wrist!

34 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Must be hard for the parents back home too... 

Never mid the parents.  Think about how many buffalos are going to die from their lack of emergency cash infusions!

I was planning to drive (in our car) with my family to our place outside Lampang tomorrow.  Just wife and two daughters in the car and then self-isolate in our house once we get there.

Will this still be possible?

We have been monitoring our temperatures twice a day now for over a week and are as confident as we can be that we are virus  free at the mooment.

Should we go?

"the aim of the move was to re-establish people’s confidence in the government"

How do you re-establish something that has never existed in the first place?

The space cadet silly little general lives in a world of his own!

4 minutes ago, Curt1591 said:

How cool is cool !?!

...dead cold maybe?

9 minutes ago, Russell17au said:

You have made a false statement when you said that no spray is going to help. 99.9% alcohol spray will kill any virus or germs on your hands and it is easier to carry than your cake of soap and your sink and water to wash your hands

 

I totally agree!

I am spraying the inside of me with 43% alcohol as I type, so no worries!

This is the way the world ends.

This is the way the world ends.

This is the way the world ends.

Not with a bang, but a whimper.....................................................................

2 hours ago, NanLaew said:

On the other hand, maybe some have issues comprehending what asymptomatic transmission entails and the varying medical estimates relating to Covid-19 incubation and related quarantine that have been universally ballparked at 14-days for the best part of two months already. That and the fact they regardless of what any country has done up until now, this will keep spreading.

 

But yes, this is a Thai forum so I can see why those here that are either scared or have no viable backup plan tend to lash out at what they see as local incompetence.

Local competence seems to be even harder to find than new cases of Covid-19 in Thailand!

Who cares?

This guy is a joke on the world stage (for those few who have even heard of him) and he lacks any credibility whatsoever.

He is simply another unintelligent, emotionally immature, under-qualified mouthpiece for this joke of a government.

Simply another bootlicker for the silly little general.

2 hours ago, LomSak27 said:

Playbook tactic #1 If it is bad, try and drag the USA into it. However  .. 

 

In 2016 Thailand's rate of violent gun-related deaths stood at 4.45 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. In comparison, that of the Philippines was 7.42; the US, 3.85; Cambodia, 0.96; Myanmar, 0.56; Malaysia, 0.46; Indonesia, 0.10; and Singapore, 0.03.

 

Coconuts had this story on TV a couple years back back

 

NPR ran the data from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation after the recent mass shootings in California, and found Thailand had 7.48 violent gun deaths per 100,000 people in 2013. That’s over twice the gun death rate in the US, which had 3.55 deaths per 100,000 people in the same year. Thailand also has the highest gun death rate in Asia, the data shows. It had 50% more deaths than the Philippines, which also beat the US gun death rate with 4.64 deaths per 100,000 people.

 

Maybe they should not have included ... but the USA is worse
 

You are assuming that Thais either understand or care about ratios.  It is way over their heads!

19 hours ago, Kelsall said:

I saw lots of Chinese tourists in Cm during the flower festival which ended Monday.  Hopefully they're all gone now.

They were probably allergic to the pollen!

19 hours ago, BritManToo said:

And everyone else stopped coming because the the extreme air pollution.

That's it!  Thailand is the home of extreme tourism.

Extreme pollution.

Extreme yellow peril

Extreme road dangers

Extreme rudeness

Extreme price gouging

etc.

etc.etc.

Extremely!

17 hours ago, Chelseafan said:

I think they call that an oxymoron.

 

On account of all the morons in government stealing oxygen?

1 hour ago, Geoffggi said:

Without stiff penalties it will change nothing, all of these so called captains should be made to complete a professional boat handling course, pass a certified test then receive an appropriate licence which can be taken away if they fall foul of rules or regulations - What am I saying, this is Thailand where rules and regulations mean nothing........LOL 

make comprehensive, passenger covering, insurance madatory and make that insurance cover contingent on the skippers having an internationally recognised qualification for handling these baots.

5 hours ago, ozz1 said:

I guess if they  arrived by air it would be ok I don't understand their logic but it is Thailand

This is the Thai equivalent of allowing the Chinese to sell tainted meat from an infected abbattoir, whilst refusing to sell canned meat from a period prior to the abbattoir's infection!

Thai logic at its best!