The Farang

I doubt many people will want to come to Phuket, pay for an expensive hotel that they are forced to stay at for 14 days, then pay 3000 baht for COVID-19 tests.  Lets not forget the COVID-19 insurance you have to buy as well.  Most locals in Phuket don't want foreigners there because they're afraid of the COVID-19 spread. 

They forgot to mention you also have to pay for your covid tests which is about 3000 baht.  Pay for the expensive resort room.  Pay for covid insurance. On top of that stay quarantined in a room for 14 days?  Total waste of money. Nobody wants to come to Thailand that bad.  Only ones will do that are the ones have family there.  

Meanwhile,  people struggling to eat because they can't get work with the borders closed.

Their cases are low because no farang are there except expats and most Thais have gone back home to the village because there is no work as a result of the COVID-19.  Most Thais will wear masks also. So I halfway believe they're in control of it just based on who I talk to there and the fact I know they all have gone back home. Also, a lot of Thais go to free government sponsored hospitals and I am not sure if they test or report cases there.

36 minutes ago, OneeyedJohn said:

If I am honest in all the years I have been in Thailand ( more than 10 less than twenty ) I doubt I have ever seen an African.

 

English, Welsh,Scottish, Irish, Dutch, French, Scandinavian, Icelandic, Danish, Belgian, Italian, Spanish, German, Australian, New Zealand, Portugese, Swiss, Korean, Laotian, Cambodia, Vietnamese,Japanese, Russian and American, but not African.

Bro, there's plenty of Africans in Thailand 

They always ban alcohol,  this is nothing new.  If they regularly ban alcohol,  then there is obviously an alcoholism problem in the country. 

39 minutes ago, bbi1 said:

 

 

 

How can they tell the difference between a person who's a white African from a white Yank, European, Aussie, NZ, etc.? I sure couldn't! Unless they started speaking.

Can tell by the way you dress

5 hours ago, Chang_paarp said:

Can anyone offer a scientific reason for this decision?  I am struggling to understand the logic behind these bans. I know the "being seen to do something" reaction, but this does seem to be a little beyond the usual level of incomprehensible.

No, it makes perfect sense as many people there like to sit around, eat and drink.  People are less likely to party as much without alcohol.  Beer or Hong Thong is the first thing I ask about before getting together.

16 minutes ago, BobBKK said:

If true it's moronic behaviour but I see Thais daily spitting on the floor. Never seen a farang do that yet but if they did round them up and deport them.  BTW seeing TV footage of USA, UK I don't see anyone wearing masks at all.

In the States it's not something that's ever been done till now.  So people are slowly adjusting.   But makes it worse when the president downplays the pandemic.

Didn't 150 Thais just fly in from overseas to Bangkok and ignore the orders to quarantine for 14 days?

7 hours ago, rasmus5150 said:

Maybe it could also be because the epicenter of the virus is in Europe and US (Farang Lands) and not in neighboring  countries. They are just trying to track down potential virus bearers.

 

TiTV = This is ThaiVisa

How do you know that.  The rate of reporting is based on that country's ability to report or lack therof.

2 hours ago, GeorgeCross said:

trat immigration also want to interview the house owner!!

 

This is how it always is when you get an extension that brings you to the 90+ day mark.  They do love paperwork.   Truth is they don't care if you're stuck or don't come back.  They don't like foreigner's staying there for extended periods of time.   I haven't figured out where the disdain comes from but it is just how it is.  Starts from the top in the government and trickles down to the immigration.   One thing I will say is they do get a lot of shady people that come there and do bad things while they are there so maybe that's why.   I lived there for over a year and thats just how it is.  Just know when you're sitting there <deleted> off because you overstay and its out of your control they're are laughing at you.

Not only was it stupid, it is selfish of them to go on a cruise when you know many other cruises had been grounded because of the virus.   They would risk infecting everyone else when they get to their destination just to go on a holiday then play victim when they get stuck.  Not sympathy from me.  

6 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

Our Phoo Ya Ban has made it very clear apparently. Anyone returning from the infected areas must go into self isolation.

 

And we won't be needing any officials to police it. She seems to have put the proverbial 'fear of god' into the villagers to ensure compliance. Policing will come from within.

They get paid to snitch on foreigner's.  What's the number to call again? 1179?