BangkokReady

Since many schools have gone back, I'd expected there to be major breakouts within weeks and schools going through a rolling open-cases-close-open-cases cycle, but it doesn't really seem to be happening. I think one issue might be that a lot of info comes from countries where it's so cold people don't do much outside, while in Thailand people often do things outside or simple under shades, with a tremendous amount of through draft. So much so that a lot of Thai people are effectively not far from being outside all the time.

Interesting points. Haven't things been kind of silently relaxing gradually? It seems that many places have been reducing covid restrictions gradually over time. People are sick of the restrictions, less scared of Omicron and generally try to see what they can get away with. Also, most things built in Thailand have a very short period of durability and effectiveness, generally just take the photo then leave to collapse in a number of weeks. It could be the shelf life of the recent Omicron protections has been reached. It wouldn't surprise me if most people were of the mind "let's just get it over with, we've seen what happens in other countries, that seems OK" regardless of what the top people are saying.

Teachers and students get extra time in bed. There is no extra studying or preparation.

I believe most students see it as holiday time. It just isn't really compatible with the Thai approach to education. Or perhaps it matches the Thai approach to education precisely. Either way it's bad.

It's not that so much as "rules don't actually need to be followed outside bare appearances".

This is related to everything that it means to be Thai. To solve this problem you would have to address how Thai people think on a far deeper level than to simply tell them that they should stop on Zebra crossings and if they don't people will get hurt. You're honestly not going to solve any of this unless you change Thai people from the ground up. Might happen in the future, but no adult is likely to change so drastically.