Bkk Brian

1 minute ago, Cake Monster said:

One very sad aspect of this horrible situation that has occurred to me, is that there may be many children involved in these " Lock ins " . Children also being held in the Factories.

I sincerely hope not.

I  am sure UNHRC and other NGO will be keeping a very close Eye on the situation as it develops, and surely Thailand will have some explaining to do to the EU and US over Human Rights abuses in the Fish Canning Industry, which already has a very poor reputation in the West.

We all know that Covid has to be controlled in some way, but surely this is not the answer, the answer would be to lock out all the Workers and close the Factories, while locking down the entire province.

That was one of my thoughts also, even if children are not locked in the factory their parents may be while the kids are stuck in the migrant camps? Overall its a dire situation that shows a complete lack of emotional and physical well being for fellow humans particularly the the vulnerable.

16 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

What would you do? Are you volunteering to pay all these thousands of workers 14 days in 5 star hotels? 

Flippant and shows your true lack of empathy to the migrant workers who are now locked in the factories.

27 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

Factories normally have their own canteens, post offices, GP offices, etc. Probably they would turn some unused area into sleeping area, but all the rest is already there.

Really, you know that do you, can you provide some evidence? Yes throw a few pillows and a couple of mattresses in an unused area job done...........

You sound like one of the officials who made this negligent decision.

"Dr. Kiatipoom said that, in the past, health officials had focused on pro-active screening to find infections in the factories and communities in Samut Sakhon but, from now on, he said that the focus will be shifted to controlling the spread of the virus in risk areas, like factories, and among at-risk groups."

Quick lesson on how to stop mass testing 101. Let it spread in a contained area, forget human rights

4 hours ago, webfact said:

In case of more serious side effects, Dr. Thawee said sufferers must be admitted to hospital for treatment, adding that about 0.7% of those who develop serious side effects die or experience some disability, for which the state will provide compensation.

Touch of scare mongering by the Dr there. If you're going to discuss side effects and percentages then give the whole picture for gods sake. Plus cite where you got these figures from.

1 hour ago, Sheryl said:

Vast majority of the positive cases are in Myanmar workers.  Their numbers are very large and not all have been tested yet. We will keep seeing these sorts of numbers until they all have been.

No despite the high numbers still testing positive in the other thread they've just announced that they are reducing the tests from 10,000 a day to 2,000 a day as of tomorrow. So expect a nice looking graph heading downwards soon. Its a great way to get that shrimp market back up and running. 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1204370-community-testing-continues-in-samut-sakhon/?tab=comments#comment-16218587

4 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

Personally, I'd put deputy agriculture minister Thammanat Prompao in charge of vaccines.

 

He has the requisite experience.

 

 

His mates have already been busted.

Police departments in Jiangsu, Beijing and Shandong have arrested more than 80 people involved in producing more than 3,000 fake Covid-19 vaccine doses, Xinhua News Agency reported

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/01/asia/china-fake-covid-vaccines-intl/index.html

4 hours ago, webfact said:

“If any vaccine company contacts us, it will go through the system immediately.

Seek and you shall find, wait and you will be last in the queue..............again

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The minister said that he will ask the prime minister for 5 million doses of anti-COVID-19 vaccine

???????????? sorry, how can we take this seriously

16 hours ago, ukrules said:

Both of my parents who are in their mid 70's have been vaccinated at some point over the last 2 weeks and they had no side effects at all.

 

It was the AstraZeneca vaccine commonly known as 'the Oxford vaccine' - the same one Thailand has ordered tens of millions of doses of and will then at some point manufacture under a technology transfer deal for onward distribution throughout Asia.

 

My 91 year old mother in the UK received her second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech shot on the 6th Jan. Sore arm for a few hours thats all.

Prediction:

Tomorrows numbers in Samut Sakhon will reduce by 50% as mass testing ends with the introduction of antibody tests

Just reported on BBC, soldiers are out and all communications including the internet has been cut in Yangon.

Looks like that coup is on the way. 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

21 cases were among 281 Thai, Myanmar and Cambodian workers at a factory in Samut Prakan, who were screened

As expected its not just Samut Sakhon

Around 8% infection rate. Now lets see some rapid action and mass testing in all surrounding factories not just this one.