GeorgeCross

didn't they just try this in chiang mai?

then reneged when people caught it ????

18 minutes ago, SupermarineS6B said:

Either fling the doors open now with testing at the airport as Malaysia does or watch the whole shibang go down the toilet.....  It's a sad fact but the individuals in power had no idea how much Thailand relies on tourists.......   And forget the Chinese fairy story, China won't be allowing mass tourism to Thailand in the near future.......  Up to you lads........  Open up, or it'll be the last flight out of Dodge........ 

its too late. china won't allow anyone to travel, uk are talking quarantine hotels or total ban, europe talking mandatory quarantine or total ban non-eu residents, with policy decisions to be made this coming week. the americans never came here in big numbers anyway (and prefer mexico/caribbean). so who does that leave? the russians? indians?

its done. over.

2022 at the earliest. AND that assumes that vaccines won't need to be administered annually! or mutations force multiple shots per year.

good luck getting 8 billion people vaccinated every year ????

this goose is cooked.

25 minutes ago, KarenBravo said:

 

Anything with only two bedrooms cannot be call a "villa".

Just sayin' like......

round here a shed with a bucket outside would be classed as a luxury villa 

1 hour ago, sweatalot said:

Do you believe his successor would be able to do better?

May be just not tell fairy tales - otherwise the same.

of course not. patronage systems do not allow the creme to rise, only the <deleted> to float.

5 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

When 7-11s, Burger Kings, and Starbucks are closing down all over the place, the situation is not just bad its desperate and getting worse all the time.....Only removing all restrictions for tourist 100% could turn things around....

europe tried that last summer..

didn't work out so good

spain just said country will be closed until AFTER the summer this year to stop a repeat and france, austrian and swiss ski resorts now closed to all but locals across the alps for the whole season

so yeah open up, then face the consequences

its done. all going bust i'm afraid, the gov just aren't interested in bailing them out

38 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

author of the failed STV scheme

i assume he'll be doing the decent thing and stepping down?

lol

24 minutes ago, YetAnother said:

so what was that optimistic outlook based on ? no facts, just baseless hope ?

based on the need to look good in front of one's superiors and tow the party line

just like everything else in thailand

13 minutes ago, Ron jeremy said:

What’s the big deal? Stay indoors for the next 3-4 months, turn on the filters, wear a mask and enjoy paradise ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

LOS land of smog 

yeah, everybody's so negative ????

tried a bunch - xiaomi was the best for balance of effectiveness & value

17 minutes ago, Catkiwi said:

I don't really care how many balls he's got, I just want to know who he is. Pray tell? Is this Easter?

oh yeah, sorry! 

here ya go

http://letmegooglethat.com/?q=richard+barrow

wasn't that hard was it? ????????

2 minutes ago, Saraburi121 said:

I hope the rule doesn't apply to visa extensions but won't know until I do it next month. Even if an immigration law/rule is written clearly it can be interpreted differently at each immigration office.  In my province there is no 40K per month for a marriage extension only the 400k method, the office interpretation. Show them he immigration rules they don't look at it.  Folks coming from other countries to Thailand, yes that's a good idea. I hope its not another layer of stress to visa extensions. To those who have good immigration offices that follow the law, peace be on you!

yep, can see the future coming..

"vaccination?"

yes

"sinovac?"

no, pfizer

"CANNOT. sinovac only!"

[..passes piece of paper slowly across table..]

sigh.

16 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

Richard Barrow is a great person and his <deleted> is  bigger than most people on this forum. 

he's got more balls than most people on this forum thats for sure, and god bless him - he does a lot for us and at great risk to himself

19 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Not that immigration rules need to make any logical sense, but this doesn't make any logical sense. 

 

We're dealing with an infectious disease here.

 

So let's say they test 1000 people on retirement extensions.

 

Some of them will have already had the virus and recovered. 

 

Most will not have had it or have it currently.

 

A very tiny number may have current infections. 

 

So they're looking at a very small time window (extension time) when they might detect a very small number of currently infected people. 

 

Surely they're not worried about people that were previously infected, and currently not infectious?

 

I just don't see the logic of testing this group specifically although I do support more widespread testing in general. 

sod logic, think of all that expat baht that can be extracted!

won't be taking my test at a private hospital.. just in case i test positive

can you imagine the bill! ????

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The Health Service Support Department put the figure in the region of 300 million baht annually in unpaid bills, while an article by Nikkei Asia [paywall]  said it was closer to 450 million baht.

ok.. lets do some maths..

450,000,000 / 40,000,000 tourists = 11.25 baht

so where does the other 289 baht go?!

on the other hand..

300 baht times times 0 tourist arrivals = oh, never mind ????

weed infused tom yum was a family favorite from grandma for years according to the wife