Petey11

They got it the wrong way around, should have kept PCR before arrival and get rid of the other tests and Thai Pass.

Only difference from a bar is that these "Restaurants" have to close early, and from what I hear that isn't adhered to. The whole thing is a save face for the authorities and tea money maker for BIB.

Shows how little testing they do regards the true amount off infection in the community.

End the test and go and day 5 test if you want to boost tourism. Obvious now that it's all about trying to keep the COVID hotels/hospital going. PCR before arrival is not a problem for most as you can normally reschedule flights/acommodation. Test positive in Thailand and then you have a problem.

Positive in your own country you can reschedule, positive on arrival or day 5 your done for. If those in charge of Thailand don't realize that this is the reason tourism won't take off, then nothing will change. Do away with arrival and day 5 test and I would seriously consider returning even with PCR before flight.

With or of is a good point, heart attack death and they had COVID, definitely with but a lot of conditions like diabetes etc, COVID can likely be a contributing factor. A lot of underlying conditions can be lived with for many years but COVID just pushes them over the edge. Must remember COVID does not just cause lung problems, it can cause many other problems leading to organ failure.

I think most people are not worried about COVID itself, it's the enforced testing and then hospitalisation at expense that worries them. If it was fully vaccinated, PCR before flight I would seriously consider coming back. UK now quarantine is only recommend, not compulsory, hence most people I know of don't even test anymore, myself included.

Think some common sense is needed, don't get in front of a harvester machine. Darwin's law RIP.

Expect the Thai government are thinking of ways to exploit the huge trade opportunity that has opened up with all other countries imposing sanctions

Will this be available to tourists??????

Just do away with the second test unless you're going start testing the population as well. More chance of catching covid in Thailand. Oh forgot the private hospitals/hospitels would object.

1. There will be many times the number of infections in children than reported. 2. Probably find those2.2% have severe underlying conditions. I posted on Saturdays thread about BBC radio programme I had listened to on covid and children. Outcome was the risk is very low indeed for healthy children. This news also coincides with the push for vaccination of young children, coincidence?

Stop talking clusters, it's widespread. Omicron spreads like wildfire, measures put in place will only slow it's spread. If they tried contact tracing proper the system would be overwhelmed, days of doing that are done with unless you want go Chinese style mass city lockdowns.

Listened to that show tonight driving back from dropping my daughter off and found it interesting and enlightening. Think they said there were 136 deaths of children (sub 18yrs) within 28 days of positive test and 76 of those were from covid, and hospitalisations were nearly all from children with quite severe co-morbididity factors. This was over the last 2 years, but child excess deaths over the last 2 years we're 15% less than expected, due to the lower amount of other viruses circulating like flu, etc. Plus they were also throwing into the mix the high probability of covid cases been greatly under counted in children due to the fact that a large percentage are in fact asymptomatic and have never tested for it. Another figure I heard reported was that they estimate 73% of children in the UK have had covid since the pandemic begun. My overall take on it is that the risk to healthy children is extremely low. Personally I'm leaning towards the non-vacvination of my own daughter. A pro vaccine advert from NHS England quoting 1 in 100 children who have covid are admitted to hospital was withdrawn with them saying the data was out of date. In reality a pediatrician said that figure came from incidental admissions where children were testing positive after been admitted for traumas, etc, totally unconnected to covid.

Have to remember every tourist is tested twice, whether they have symptoms or not. Locals are probably only testing if they don't feel well or they are forced too with regards to close contacts or employment.

Need to look in their own backyard before looking over the fence and pointing at other peoples yards.

Its because they only really test people who come to hospital or test because they feel ill enough to want to seek medical attention and Omicron been very mild disease in most people they never seek medical attention. The Thai way of isolation puts people off testing as well I believe. Test positive, isolate, who's going to put food on the table and pay the rent?

It could be that a low number of people have had a booster and others have only had two shots of the sino vaccines. As stated by medical professionals evidence shows that a third shot is required to give greater protection to those who are vulnerable.

Just let tourists visit and still lock them up in quarantine when they test positive. You stop counting the infections then you have to stop testing the tourists as well or it really shows the true intentions of what they see the tourists as, a cash cow.

Think of the money they will lose from hospitalising tourists.

Unlikely to close borders but want to stop reporting infections whilst still having restrictions on incoming tourists. You want to stop reporting numbers, then remove all restrictions for incoming tourists, maybe just a negative test before flight. No more test on arrival, 5th day test and no enforced hospital quarantine. Removing daily reporting of infections whilst still having restrictions and hospitalisation of tourists is not going boost the tourism numbers, will have the opposite effect in my opinion.

So if I visit Thailand as a tourist, rent a condo for maybe 3 weeks and test positive on day 5 I will be allowed to self isolate in that rented condo? Really? Please enlighten me. I'm talking about tourist visitors, not expat residents

Covid itself would not worry me, it's the enforced hospitalisation if testing positive when visiting Thailand. I'm UK and as everyone knows it was rampant here in January, difference is if I caught it in the UK I can hole up in my own home.

All good but personally if I was visiting a country I would want to know the prevalence of covid in that country, especially as Thailand has a policy of enforced hospitalisation for any tourist who tests positive on day five after mixing with the local population.

My daughter's been a very close contact 3 times now, tested everytime for a week, all negative. Told I can't fathom why she hasn't picked it up. Must be natural immunity as she is still a junior and no vaccination.