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On 3/23/2020 at 8:32 PM, Skallywag said:

Don't know many Thais, just ex and her family.  Time is money, government hospitals crowded, just a cold, will get better are some excuses I heard in the past. 

Mother used to visit local clinics and witch doctors (i called them) for cheap magical pills and serums that never helped much (likely just vitamins)  Maybe a special massage, head, neck, back etc...

Local pharmacies with old family trusted owners suggesting their wares as cures also acceptable many times.  Herbs to make into tea, etc...  They do love tea.

I used to get special massages till they closed the shops ????

7 minutes ago, Metropolitian said:

Serious measures...

What did it say as much as they talked it seemed like more than was printed. Maybe rooster can post a translation 

On 3/24/2020 at 2:42 PM, keith101 said:

Is doing a 90 day an essential task in order to leave home ?

Just did mine this morning not to many people in that line but the other part of immigration was packed with tables set up outside 

Wear a mask took my wife to the doctor today still no masks some of the hospital staff were wearing them 

11 minutes ago, Andre0720 said:

If someone would like to develop a habit that would irritate others, reduce the longevity of others, let alone reducing their own life be some 10 years or so, I would hope that yes, someone would come and outlaw such a habit or rights...

Caffeine, fat, sugar, alcohol and some other things including too much sleep can be bad for your health do you want a govt or anyone outlawing these? I'm a non smoker 

8 minutes ago, Andre0720 said:

Should be a lesser fine since a fart is definitely less stinky and less dangerous than cigarettes in Thailand. (Anyone would want to make a point that his or her farts are more stinky?)

I don't know but my wife said the one I cut while ago was rotten ????

5 hours ago, Road Warrior said:

i have noticed 7/11 no longer offer seat to eat in but

no 7/11 i have visited has  hand gel  on their counters !!! think about the large customer traffic they receive !!!!!!!!!!!!

I stopped by one yesterday they had hand gel on a table outside didn't see many people using it though 

9 hours ago, tokyoblond said:

• But surely, that is what is hapening already, so how much good will it do? The only good it will do is keep the money where it always has been in Thailand. None of this is helping the lady selling fried chicken at the roadside, or the souvenir seller who scrapes together a profit each day.

The idea that all businesses should close for 2 weeks (or more), which I totally understand in the current situation, is all fine and dandy if you have 10 million baht in your bank account - let's all have a jolly holiday, eh? But the everyday people (yet again) are the ones that will be financially destroyed by this, not the people/insitutions that can afford to be investing in government bonds. Where is the help for the everyday employee now unemployed, or the small business owner, who now has 0 baht income? Oh, there's nothing left for them.... we spent it all on protecting our bonds.

Or buying unnecessary submarines and aircraft carriers ????

Ain't e-cigarettes already illegal so instead of a 5000 bhat fine anyone caught using one should be arrested 

17 hours ago, timendres said:

No question that preparedness is showing a serious gap. Were we prepared for Pearl Harbor? That was war. This is a pandemic. So, I don't want generals, or Mr. Trump, managing it. I want professionals who have some clue as to what should be done going forward allowed to manage that.

I would prefer Trump to hillary or biden 

8 hours ago, Tony125 said:

Well they have no reported deaths in the last 3 days so something must be working.

So they say 

8 hours ago, CGW said:

 

If they close all the local market in rural areas people will have no food, there are no Big Stores locally, not an option, most of the rural areas are the same set up.

It's 20 kilometers to the nearest big store from where I live hard to get there on a tractor or bring back enough on a bike 

8 hours ago, ianezy0 said:

Hi Dinsdale, I wholly agree with you. I also constantly wear a mask when out my condo. The sarcastic comment was because of the differing advice to wear or not to wear one and the pics of the minister not wearing a mask, half wearing a mask or wearing a mask ???? 

I also believe it is respectful to the Thais to wear one.

If you can find one 3 different stores this morning no one had masks or hand sanitizer 

3 hours ago, ThaiFelix said:

The problem with this move is that a lot of people will be out of work and if they dont have a job, or at least for a while, they will travel home to all parts of Thailand thus aiding the spread.  And from what I have seen around here they wont hesitate to have reunion meals and parties with old friends and families in the village.  I'm in a small village in Isaan and witness the effects of this every year with just the common coughs and colds that there is a sudden increase straight after New Year and Songkran after everyone has come home for the holidays.

Passed 2 large parties this morning lots of people 

On 3/21/2020 at 3:04 PM, Silurian said:

 

I was just at Tesco Lotus. There is a lot of people buying stuff. A variety of items but mostly water. Not sure why water is such a hot commodity. There was also a very long line at the pharmacy. I am not sure what they all were getting. The check out lines were fully stationed so the actual checkout time was fast. Probably faster than normal. 

 

I made a quick stop at Dairy Queen to get my last Blizzard for the next few weeks. 

I was at makro this morning parking lot was full inside it seemed like most people were buying meat that area was packed the rest of the store was OK plenty of water long lines at checkout 

9 hours ago, madmitch said:

Here we see the big difference between developing countries like Thaiand and developed countries.

 

Many Western countries are breaking their budgets to compensate people who are laid off work, whether permanent or temporary, as a result of COVID-19 restrictions. Here most of those who will be sent home will receive not a single baht from the Government, whose generosity so far has extended to give a 3% discount on electricity and water bills. It's surely time to dig into the reserves and help Thai citizens.

 

And the situation has now been exacerbated with the closure of shopping malls and markets in Bangkok. How are market traders going to make any sort of living and will stores continue to pay their stay-at-home staff? Come on Prayut, you need to help them....and that doesn't mean giving them a 1,000 baht shopping voucher!

You think he's going to give up his submarine money ????

What else is he supposed to do with the snot he dug out of his nose ????

39 minutes ago, Bigstef said:

I'm really not racist I hate racist but for being in China I can tell you that I'm not surprised about this behavior....For what she did she should have a 1 million bahts fine and a year in the nicest jail of Bangkok...And if she have the covid-19 the penalty should be 100 times more severe..

If positive charged with terrorism 

18 hours ago, bangkokbonecollector said:

Well that's how the all behave back home. They let their children <deleted> and pee in the street. They even have special clothes made to enable kids to do this with ease. Google it and enlighten yourself. 

I've seen the same thing here I was in a side walk restaurant little boy walks out necked starts peeing beside a table in Bangkok little girl cops a squat over a drain in the street so China ain't the only place 

4 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

College in Thailand is not same as University...

In the US high school age is usually 14 to 18 

4 hours ago, noserious said:

Thailand consider 16-day curfew 

 

https://bangkokjack.com/2020/03/20/thailand-consider-curfew/

 

no foreign visitors would be allowed into Thailand

It would be nice to know just what this would entail I'm supposed to do my 90 day report on the 25th my wife has a doctor's appointment on the 24 for her diabetes check 

2 hours ago, manhood said:

I would not be concerned tooo much to stay as not getting anything frim from an embassy nowadays! The only thing they can do to get rid if the mass of people without a valued visa: sit them in a huge boat and set them into the ocean!!

Just give me a 30 foot sail boat and I'll be happy ????

What is the grade structure by age? My wife's grandson just finished school he's 15 she said he graduated college I told her I didn't think so 

11 minutes ago, Steve Vincent said:

Ting tong leave the Lao Khao alone ???????? 555 

You can use it to clean your hands ????

12 minutes ago, zydeco said:

The problem is that the line makes no difference. You get sick. You walk into the hospital and show them your insurance card and they say, "full up."  Now, what are you going to do? I can just the response of Thai news channels, "Farang with Insurance Demands Hospital Kick Out Thai Patients to Make Room for Him."

My comment was more of a joke but look at it this way your in line payute or one of these other high ranked baffoons comes in says he has Covid19 you don't think they won't kick you out to make room for them