19 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Five people have been confirmed with Covid -19 over the past weekend in Pattaya after a raid on two restaurants

if ever there was any doubt in my mind its "everywhere" its gone now.

5 minutes ago, James105 said:

 

Well the UK was recording 50-70,000 positive cases a day back in January.   What exactly do you want to do with the people testing positive should Thailand get to even 50% of these numbers?   How do the logistics work of even feeding and accommodating this many people if you do not just send them home if they are not sick?   

i have no idea, i was just stating its been tried before and i see no reason the result will be different here. my thesis has always been TH is effed once it hits 3K per day. now it doesn't matter what they do, they don't have enough vaccine

a short sharp lockdown was needed nationwide 2 months ago, instead songkran was allowed, multiple fronts were opened up and now we are here. effed.

2 minutes ago, Susco said:

 

You do notice that this is a TRIAL just started a few days ago, so no results know yet, though other countries trials have shown that ivermectin does NOT work.

 

yes i do, which is WHY I SAID "should know soon"

maybe brush up on your reading skills before throwing out the insults eh?

1 hour ago, wensiensheng said:

In England that have just started setting up “pop up” centers in football stadiums, shopping malls etc.

 

the thing is that the public needs to have a certain mind set that testing is good. It tells you about your health. Do it weekly, stay informed about your body. Take isolation measures if positive. Then people WANT to be tested.

 

in Thailand you have the opposite. Testing costs money, testing positive means you are punished.

 

leadership is required to get the nation pulling together because everybody is in the same boat. Consistent messaging re: Covid prevention behavior, testing, isolating if positive, vaccination. Over and over. 
 

nonsense about tourists coming, opening in 120 days etc, just promotes the wrong message that everything is ok and that the nation is not in a fight against a virus that can wreak havoc if not checked.

 

 

yup. people do what they are incentivized to do if they feel its in their own interest.

my family recently all came down with a cough. faced with 4 x 3500 baht test cost + likely family split up, toddlers god knows where, mom and dad likely somewhere else.. we decided to man it out & self-isolate at home. and we have money, i fear those without will run miles rather than be tested.

but who knows? maybe they want it like that.. it does afterall keep the numbers down (in the short term anyway..)

and who said allowing alcohol in restaurants would be a good idea?!

lol - humans be humans ????

just remember peeps..

gathering in a bar BAD ❌

gathering in a factory GOOD! ????

carry on.

so the plan is:

lock them in.. after a month.. let the survivors get back to work?

sounds a little bit heartless if you ask me.

4 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

he advised everyone in Bangkok to consider it their duty to look after themselves

that sounds a lot like "you're on your own" ????

1 hour ago, webfact said:

1. Forty amulets worth 5,265,000 baht

2. 103 designer bags worth 2.7 million

3. Gold jewelry and bullion worth 1,920,000 baht

4. 15 watches worth 3,710,000 baht

5. 17 bankbooks

6. Seven electronic communication devices

7. Three cars worth 8.4 million

8. Investment policies and life insurance worth 75 million.

9. Four land title deeds.

10. 158,000 baht in accessories

11. 606,000 baht in cash

12. Other documentation. 

enough to make a General blush this little haul!

36 minutes ago, webfact said:

..and hotels are being strict on this said Manager

lol course they are ????

17 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

They really do not want any genuine tourists, thats the only logic I can think of.

 

Phuket reopening getting up holidaymakers noses with no less than 5 Covid-19 tests to be paid for

 

There is growing scepticism about the outcome of Phuket’s reopening after it emerged n Wednesday that already fully vaccinated travellers on a two week holiday to the island will be subject to no less than five Covid-19 tests at their own expense and will have to wait in their hotel bedrooms for the results to come back from the processing laboratory.

 

https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2021/06/24/phuket-reopening-getting-up-holidaymakers-noses-with-no-less-than-5-covid-tests-to-be-paid-for/

just had a look how deep that swab goes and there is now way i would do ONE never mind 5 of them

and as for my kids.. forgeddaboudit..

yeah, it will boost the economy right up until the point they have to shut it all down again.. then it will destroy it.

ya can't fix stupid.

either, entrance bar will be too high so no-one comes

or

the bar gets lowered and the unvaccinated masses cop it

58 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

vaccines must be prioritized for Pattaya

the other 99% of thailand (that doesn't sell beer or p*ssy) begs to differ.

f f s prioritize those who risk their lives, not their wallets.