skorp13

See how this works out. I've seen the map and don't really see much of a difference. Gonna be interesting, still cutting people on the darkside off from some major things

Yup, give officials more time off during an unprecedented pandemic and tell people to rest easy.

Is this a Songkran thing or the new norm? How many think this will end on the 20th? Pattaya is now banning deliveries of alcohol but not the sales. In 1 day what will be the difference? 

Re-Think??? When did they think at all? This was a debacle from the beginning!

2 hours ago, z42 said:

No evidence of masks being effective at stopping the spread of any diseases.

 

An appalling abuse of power if this is put into effect. 

Love how the article solely blames foreigners and only foreigners will be fined. So nice to be so welcome!

Sorry but this needs to be said. Yes lock down the town as it has worked so well for France, Spain and Italy! There is already a curfew in effect here in Chonburi province, 22:00 - 05:00 which is more than what that article stated .All businesses are shut including delivery so there is no reason to be out anyways.. Just more global governmental panic

Idiots! People can stay up all night talking jacked up on caffine but can't have a beer? Where is it documented that booze causes covid 19? Just another ploy to keep up with the Jones's or in this case the Somchai's

Put people out of work and scare the bee-jeez out of them, what a great way to suppress crime!

When a country shuts its airports and suspends all intl flights what they are really saying is all our previous measures were useless and we didn't know what we were doing do now we take drastic measures

Does Thailand really expect tourists to spend their entire holiday in their hotel rooms? Guess tourism hasn't hit rock bottom enough.

23 hours ago, Just Weird said:

Of course, others could have followed but they haven't.   Only Kasikorn has, temporarily, restricted it's service and who is to say that it won't be reinstated soon?

 

 

Looks like someone spoke too soon eh ????

16 hours ago, Just Weird said:

Brilliant!  Bravo, Skorp13!"

 

...they are now moving to not exchange foreign currency..."

Who is the "they" that you are referring to?  One bank, that's all, has decided to temporarily stop currency exchange. 

"They", as in the brain trust at K-Bank, sorry i didn't think that needed to be explained. Also, who is to say others may follow suit?

Brilliant! Bravo guys. To add to their complaining about tourism being down they are now moving to not exchange foreign currency, that ought to bring the tourists flocking in! ????

On 3/8/2020 at 12:37 PM, petermik said:

I,m guessing the driver has never heard of leaving your vehicle in gear when parking ...especially on a hill

Or turning your wheels inward

Maybe if the media stopped putting " the water wars will likely go on" and leave it to : they have been cancelled and will be enforced" they may just cooperate. Then again....maybe pigs will fly LOL.

Musk is exactly right. The media are responsible for causing global terror and panic. We all know about it and what we can do to prevent contracting it. No one is talking about the flu with both A and B strains active this year. last year in the U.S. alone there were over 70,000 deaths related to the flu and that is with free flu shots readily available. 

It is nice to see on the news what measures countries and world leaders are taking to prevent the spread as best as they can but this fear mongering isn't good for anyone.

555 Like the Thai's aren't going to throw any water on Songkran! They would do it 365 if they could

On 2/27/2020 at 9:15 PM, samsensam said:

 

what you need is specially trained armed response units able to rapidly react to situations such as this, many major cities have them, though i doubt bangkok does.

They need to be in the mall. Having them close by is too far away, especially by the time they get to the mall and into the area where a shooter is active. Even more so considering Bangkok's traffic.

What a bunch of crud. The tsunami killed something like 250,000 unsuspecting people in a matter of hours, the corona virus is no where near that and there is plenty going on to stop that from happening. more useless propaganda!

I know too many regular tourists and ex-pats who are leaving or going else where due to the strong baht. Thai's continue to romance the Chinese and Indian tourists who don't spend any money. So long as the TAT numbers at the airport are up the seem to be happy while many businesses that rely on tourism are suffering

It is a mental health issue that is growing and plaguing the U.S in terms of guns and other nations in terms of knife attacks. Things will eventually get to bombs unfortunately as even today in the U.S there was a bomb threat at a local school. Gun laws would have not have stopped the Saugus shooting nor any other. Mental illness must be dealt with or things will only continue to go the direction they are going ....for the worse!