Just Weird

22 minutes ago, expat_4_life said:

Pretty bold now that arrivals are effectively down to zero.

Statistics of international arrivals at Suvarnabhumi:

28 March: 1,834

29 March: 1,795

30 March: 995

31 March: 1,126

So that would be zero plus the 5,750 arrivals in your figures which isn't zero, it's 5,750.

3 minutes ago, Dap said:

8 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

This is post 14 and it's just z42's subjective opinion...

"What's the point? The numbers of covid19 deaths will be astronomical whether or not a curfew is imposed or not. Plus the numbers given up to now are pathetic and an insult to even the stupidest in society.

This curfew will just squeeze the life out of the people even more. The country is gonna be in a dreadful state when this thing is declared over and borders open, etc again.

If the economy doesn't collapse completely i'll be amazed"

 

How does that provide empirical evidence that the figures are not right? 

I never tried to say it did

Yes, you did: you clearly suggested that post 14 would show some empirical evidence, it doesn't.

1 minute ago, London1boy said:

1 hour ago, Just Weird said:

Perhaps they just want to keep it that way. 

 

If you've got something empirical that justifies your cynicism about the number of cases, let's hear it.  If you haven't. what was your point?

Here's something empirical, the stated 100+ cases per day is incorrect. Thailand isn't testing enough people to get an accurate figure. As an example in Phuket only 1,200 people have been tested where a

That is not empirical evidence that the figures are deliberately false which is the suggestion that I was responding to, that's just your opinion of the number of cases.

12 minutes ago, Dap said:

1 hour ago, Just Weird said:

Perhaps they just want to keep it that way. 

 

If you've got something empirical that justifies your cynicism about the number of cases, let's hear it.  If you haven't. what was your point?

See post #14 

This is post 14 at the moment and it's just z42's subjective opinion...

"What's the point? The numbers of covid19 deaths will be astronomical whether or not a curfew is imposed or not. Plus the numbers given up to now are pathetic and an insult to even the stupidest in society.

This curfew will just squeeze the life out of the people even more. The country is gonna be in a dreadful state when this thing is declared over and borders open, etc again.

If the economy doesn't collapse completely i'll be amazed"

How exactly does that provide empirical evidence that the figures are not right?  Some anonymous poster's opinion is not evidence.

Cargo flights, generally are still operating so, most likely, yes.  If international postal services had been suspended an announcement would have been made to stop people taking post that couldn't be dealt with to the post offices.

4 hours ago, steelepulse said:

Have you seen a mandate that states you can't have a friend over to visit?  What about if they stay 10 metres away at all times?  Please show me where the gov't has said that having anyone over to visit is a crime. 

Apparently the police have seen the mandate, even if you haven't...

"Patong Police Station charged all of them with gathering in a crowded place violating the emergency decree, violating an order from the Disease Control Department which might lead to the spread of Covid-19, and possessing two types of drugs".

"Have you seen a mandate that states you can't have a friend over...?"

This wasn't a case of someone having one friend visit.

3 hours ago, Bangkokhatter said:

Why Thaivisa feel the need to include Brits in the headline, wasn't foreigners descriptive enough ?

Thaivisa didn't write the OP, it's probably the Daily News' headline that they're not permitted to edit.

2 hours ago, cornishcarlos said:

We are in a world crisis and they are humans with families to support.

I'm sure you won't be helping them out

"I'm sure you won't be helping them out..."

And you are?

4 hours ago, Jajazazajaja said:

 

“I cant get a commercial flight from Thailand because Emirates have my money and my passport is nearly full.“

 

Passport nearly full? What has that got to do with anything?

He must be suggesting that Covid-19 filled up his passport and that it had plenty of space before the virus crisis!

17 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Would you like to pick nits somewhere else? I can't be bothered with trolls, even in these times.

Just as I thought!

My comment was certainly not "nit-picking", it was reasonable in view of your assertions about the man. What have "these times" got to do with your odd remarks?

1 minute ago, Lacessit said:

A combination of new riches and a high performance car quite frequently results in this type of outcome.

"A combination of new riches..."

When did the driver or his family, or his business, acquire his "new riches"

"Quite frequently"? 

How many times have similar circumstances happened here in, say, the last 12 months that make it such a frequent occurrence?

59 minutes ago, natway09 said:

Some very wealthy spoilt brat I presume ?

Brat?  Apart from your obvious envy driving your venom, why would you presume that and how would it be relevant to anything anyway?

50 minutes ago, fforest1 said:

Is 57 considered elderly?

What do you think?...

"Makro's decision to reserve special hours for the elderly (60-plus)...".

21 minutes ago, Logosone said:

27 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

Interesting that you know so much about their personal financial situation.  What sort of house did they sell and what car were they driving at the time?  And you know what their mortgage was?  Maybe they need you to be their financial advisor.

Just reasonable estimates. Average house prices and average prices for 7 year old cars not hard to calculate.

 

Also, how much people generally owe a bank when they buy a house is not a magical figure shrouded in mystery.

Oh, I see, bizarre, uninformed speculation, then! 

They had an 7-year old car, did they; how old was their house?  So go on, how much specifically did this couple owe their bank for their mortgage?  Did they have any other debts that they had to pay off from the proceeds of their car and house sale?

5 hours ago, Logosone said:

They sold their home in Essex and their car. So that's 250,000 GBP plus 10000 GP, minimum given the UK's absurd house prices. Okay subtract their existing mortgage, so that's maybe 25,000 GBP left. Less travel costs, leaves 20,000 GBP

Interesting that you know so much about their personal financial situation.  What sort of house did they sell and what car were they driving at the time?  And you know what their mortgage was?  Maybe they need you to be their financial advisor.

10 minutes ago, bearpolar said:

1 hour ago, Just Weird said:

As I said, and as is actually the case, most of those infected do not die, regardless of one selectively chosen and substantially inconclusive Italian doctor's opinion.  Your comment remains baseless and inaccurate.

People like you are why everyone is panicking and not understanding anything.

 

The Italian report AND the quote clearly specifies that regular people that are infected do not die and yet you come back and deny everything said in there while saying its true right after.

Why don't you read what I posted originally?  I responded to kimamey who categorically stated..."Covid 19 Is highly infectious so whilst most who are infected die...".

That is incorrect and I said it was incorrect.  How exactly is that my correcting a false claim by kimamey causing panic?

15 hours ago, bearpolar said:

https://www.epicentro.iss.it/coronavirus/bollettino/Report-COVID-2019_20_marzo_eng.pdf

 

Professor Walter Ricciardi, scientific adviser to Italy’s minister of health said:

The way in which we code deaths in our country is very generous in the sense that all the people who die in hospitals with the coronavirus are deemed to be dying of the coronavirus […] On re-evaluation by the National Institute of Health, only 12 per cent of death certificates have shown a direct causality from coronavirus, while 88 per cent of patients who have died have at least one pre-morbidity – many had two or three,”

 

 

Same thing said in Canada.

As I said, and as is actually the case, most of those infected do not die, regardless of one selectively chosen and substantially inconclusive Italian doctor's opinion.  Your comment remains baseless and inaccurate.

11 hours ago, tifino said:

 and the dee doo dee doo dee doo strange coincidence why single use plastic bags were banned right before they were really now needed!

Plastic bags have never been banned but you can still buy and use plastic bags.   If you're so desperate for the free ones, place an online order with Tesco or Villa for a delivery.

11 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

23 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Twenty-seven Metropolitan Police Bureau officers have contracted Covid-19, while another 326 were ordered to undergo self-quarantine,

That is a lot ...

Whom did they have contact with ...?

This is whom..."“According to an inspection, most policemen who contracted the virus either visited Spain or attended a boxing stadium event in Bangkok or had a meal with an infected person”, all clearly stated in the OP.

1 minute ago, Isaanbiker said:

6 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

It is a recommendation, just because you say that "it's what they want" does not make it law.

“Children under 5 and adults over 70, and those with underlying health problems, are strongly urged to stay home. Public gatherings are banned.”

 

https://thethaiger.com/coronavirus/fortress-thailand-thai-pm-asks-for-co-operation]

 

I'd not cosonder "strongly urged" as a recommandation. I can't find the link where it's better explained but will post it as soon as I find it again. 

What you consider the definition of "strong urge" to be if it's anything other than a strong urge is beside the point, it's not law, it's recommendation (or even "urging").