Tonypandy

1 hour ago, dutchweller said:

It's simple.

The corrupt police have been missing out on all the bribes from the red light venues so they needed to come up with something to extort operators and tourists over to keep their Mia Nois happy until they can get back to the regular business...

It's going to be a long wait to get back to normal business. Add a stockmarket crash early in 2022 to what's happening now and then see what happens 

15 hours ago, ukrules said:

All that matters is the paperwork.

 

Without the paperwork and the rubber stamps, nothing happens, ever.

Don't forget the money

4 hours ago, Oblomov said:

One problem - we come from free countries with transparent and accountable governments and we don't get led around by our own governments let alone by those of places we visit freely

LOL and you don't think covid and all the new government restrictions that are just starting to take place is not going to change your freedoms in the near future worldwide 

5 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Alcohol banned, schools closed but lets open up to over 60 countries, welcome one and all we are ready for you. Crazy times.

Parents have already paid thier school fees, tourists bring in new money. 

11 hours ago, Chris.B said:

Not really, the Chinese may own them by way of an investment and to get money out of China but it doesn't mean they live there. Apart from that they would be hard pushed to fit one of their tour groups into a condo. ????

 

They may not all live there, but may do. Check the population of Chinese children attending international schools in Chiang Mai. The biggest attendees are Chinese. 

5 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

that's an unfair comparison - those other mentioned countries had more pens, fax machines and even old telex machines to order vaccines from

And what would the fully vaccinated number be if the sino vac and Sinopharm were not included? 

10 hours ago, Chris.B said:

You should look up Chinese Zero Dollar tours. I suspect the local economies got very little from the Chinese.

 

You should check the condo registration at the various land offices, you will see 52% of all foreign owned condos were bought by Chinese or 730,000 units owned by them. So local economies got a lot. 

15 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

I know I shouldn't but I just gotta bite: Can you back that FACT up with any hard, verifiable data?

You can check for yourself by looking at the amount of Chinese that was coming to Thailand pre panademic and the billions this brought to the economy. This will not return, you will see in time 

52 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Not quite but try again.  Your reaching conspiracy theory territory now.

Anything that doesn't suit you sir is conspiracy. Have a nice evening 

Just now, ThailandRyan said:

Your initial post I responded to meaning what then?

They are asymptomatic cos the more than questionable test tells them they are. Your not ill but the test tells you you are 

3 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Asymptomatics still have and carry the virus and thus can transmit it still.

And so can the fully vaccinated 

19 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

So it’s not the fact that “it’s not very good” as  it is in fact currently preventing deaths and a huge increase in new infections as the data posted each day shows, its may just not be as good as some other vaccines being used.  

There are so many people on here who have stated negative reports about sinovac without really knowing how good or bad it is. There are those who have hailed the so called gold standard Pfizer and Moderna from western media and government propaganda. The same comment about the progress with vaccinations in how many completed daily. But if sinovac is so bad shouldn't these be deleted from the overall vaccine total? Just wondering 

6 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Not all countries according to the list, there are a fair number like Bangladesh, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Japan who have a considerable amount more in terms of population but are down below Thailand as far as total cases etc...go.  Again Stats are not always truthful but we use them anyway.  Answer this question.  Had Thailand tested the population as has the bigger countries would they be up higher in total cases, or would they possibly be lower based upon the percentages?  We will never know that answer now will we.

And if there was a test availble that did not give a positive result for people who are not at all sick then things may look a lot rosier 

5 hours ago, mommysboy said:

They should be concerned if not fully vaccinated and feel somewhat cautious otherwise. It's going to cut up fairly rough for a few months.  But there is no other way imo, although waiting a couple more months to reach 80% vaccination would have been better from a public health perspective.

If your vaccinated you can catch and transmit, if your not vaccinated you can catch and transmit. 

7 hours ago, Jaxxper said:

I don’t think it’s confusion that is stopping people booking, I think it’s lack of confidence that the holiday will be all people expect from a holiday, and fear that the rules will change mid stay.

And a good chance the rules will change at a minutes notice 

4 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

They said don't worry when they first found the first original delta in Bangkok and that they would contain it.

Wasn't that when the first vaccines rolled out? 

16 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

sarcasm old  fella

If you say so. 

https://aseannow.com › topic › 1236...

International airlines return 80% of their airport slots in Thailand for ..

4 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

Well now  they know EVERYONE  is  flocking they can up the price for that incredible privelege

Nobody will flock in, according to earlier reports international airlines have handed back 80% of landing slots to the main Thai airports for flights between end October and end of March. 

5 hours ago, TigerandDog said:

I've played every course in CM except Gymkhana, and I play with a golf society, and every course wants to see proof that I'm a resident and not a tourist. As for the courses that wouldn't accept my Thai driver's license, I named them in an earlier post.

This month I have played at Panorama, Khuntan, Attatya, Alpine, North Hill, Hangdong, and I was not asked for any form of ID. Just pay the Thai and Thai residents rate. Its been this way since the start of Covid, Golf clubs need the money to survive. 

On 10/21/2021 at 4:12 PM, TigerandDog said:

some of courses up here won't accept a Thai drivers license anymore. It has to either be a pink ID card, a yellow book or your passport with an extension of stay stamped in it.

Can you name the courses in chiang mai that request those items? Most courses up here are more than happy to take your money and not even ask for anything these days. 

4 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Sure. But "for the time being". It's another 7 weeks until a real season would start.

Patience required.

But this opening could be the start of the end of this real season 

5 hours ago, ezzra said:

This si very commendable, however many virologists around the world warning that once 6 months past since the last injection the so called fully vaxed are not really 100% protected from getting the Covid all over again, a booster shot however might make a different...

And then another, then another just like Israel. 

2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Not quite. I get it from the horses mouth who is a hospital surgical nurse practitioner, my daughter and my former co-workers in the ER's and on the road. Try again with your conspiracy theories.

A conspiracy is when someone states somthing but cannot back it up, he said, she said. What I stated is fact and can be supported by a simple check on who owns which companies on the stockmarket. 

If you are getting your information from the horses mouth, then maybe you should  ask them thier thoughts on Ivervectum.