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Loved flying around the Maldives on the DeHavilland Otter Planes, but not so sure about these retrofitted Cessna's, one flipped over during landing while we were there.

good news, but saying only 4% of Chinese tourists still have covid on departure doesn't tell us anything about infection rates for arrivals

just how many times do you have to say no to this? It should be a one time only thing subscribe or don't

Yes yes, but how many "high quality" tourists they keep going on about?

It’s a bizarre thing to want to reserve for Thai’s isn’t it?

Hairdressers beware!

Thought all service age men weren’t allowed to leave?, assumed all the Russian arrivals were much older

Thai baht is doing all the hard work, making exports too difficult and too expensive. suspect most foreigners are fed up with Thai rules, flip-flops and u-turns as well

900 million cases of COVID in China. Some provinces have a 91% infection rate. Any big rise in Chinese tourists will inevitably lead to an increase in infections here.

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Ha ha! God almighty you lot are desperate! You all keep grasping to whatever stupid facts you can and string them together like you actually understand anything at all. you almodt never get the virus expelled on its own, it’s almost always contained in water droplets. Masks work, it has been proven time and again. Don’t want to believe it fine, but stop telling others lies and bs

The KF94 masks that are 10bt for 10 are sold everywhere and very common. KF94 is the Korean version of N95 but 94% effective surgical masks do not do much but still stop transmission by stopping particles being expelled in coughs etc

Dear god, why are people like you still trying to convince others that masks don’t work? you need to be banned for good for spouting this BS. The N94 masks most people wear in Thailand and else where do exactly what they say, stop 94% of particles up to 500nm and 99.5% of those up to 750nm.

Vaccines prevent transmission by about 80%.

BBC this morning, Chinese official states 90% of residents of Henan province have or has had Covid. 90%! ! That’s how effective Chinese vaccines are Thailand will be inundated and there’s just one guy to blame

China is having the mother of all covid outbreaks because they only relied on Chinese vaccines like Sinovac, this though is enough for entry into Thailand. Airlines will now have to quickly roll back to COVID measures including mandatory masks on flights. Anutin is not competent to be in charge of any of this.

Ha ha! All the Chinese have had their 2x Sinovac so can come in freely!

Covid outside China is at a level which is manageable. Most people have been vaccinated with vaccines that work. China on the other hand currently has covid levels beyond anything any other country has experienced, and while most variants are not the killers they were once were, that does not mean there isn't the possibility something worse could emerge in a country with almost zero effective vaccinations. This surge of infections coming from China will definitely destabilise all of the current covid management policies of countries that let in without testing new Chinese arrivals. Anutin has already stated Thailand will do nothing

My earlier post was removed so here we go again! Welcome to Thailand! We want your money so will take the risk https://nypost.com/2022/12/28/half-of-the-passengers-on-2-flights-from-china-had-covid/

According to forum experts there is nothing to worry about. Covid is over, is just like flu or a cold, etc etc On the other hand this could cost Thailand a lot more in the medium term than a few greedy hotel owners will make in short term.

It is not alarmism, it’s pretty basic stuff, the most populous country on Earth is going to suffer and if China suffers, the world suffers. Drug shortages in China will very soon impact Thailand and other neighbouring countries. The chance for this variant BF.7 to escape into Thailand is great. BF.7 has an r number of over 18 compared to any other omicron variant with maximum r number of 5. governments need to think the worst in case it actually happens

Oh that's ok then, because we know it can't spread across borders. Do you have any idea what is going to happen if China implodes? The garbage that gets written in this forum is hilarious, hasn't anyone learned a single thing about covid?

That is the funniest thing I will read today. Have you been living under a rock? China is about to experience the motherload of all covid surges. 10% of the planet will catch covid in next month or two. It is not finished, it is still very dangerous and millions more could die https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/12/15/1143002538/china-appears-to-be-facing-what-could-be-the-world-s-largest-coronavirus-outbrea

“⚠️THERMONUCLEAR BAD—Hospitals completely overwhelmed in China ever since restrictions dropped. Epidemiologist estimate >60% of ???????? & 10% of Earth’s population likely infected over next 90 days. Deaths likely in the millions—plural. This is just the start—????” https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1604748747640119296?s=46&t=Jq3cV4_b3wChQJQCAY2kNQ

Another BS story. The amount of water needed to displace a vessel of this size would have to be huge, a broken exhaust would have to have been flooding for hours on end without anyone noticing