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13 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

As the interprovincial checkpoints were to operate until further notice. 

Did the interprovincial checkpoints relate to a new respiratory virus, as contagious as the measles, that could impact hospital capacity?

Any other examples? Parking fines not be implemented maybe?

Do you actually think before you type?

What a carefree holiday.

14 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

For a few days, yes. Then this will all disappear.

Did you read my second post?

The Chonburi governor has said this is until further notice.

The Pattaya News have published the officially signed document. That's why I posted the link.

If you can't be bothered to read it, then don't bother replying will ill informed nonsense to me.

Looks like their serious about regulating Pattaya.

https://thepattayanews.com/2022/01/02/chonburi-public-health-setting-up-three-major-covid-19-screening-points-in-pattaya-for-free-covid-19-rapid-testing-for-restaurants-that-sell-alcohol/

Not so funny.

https://thepattayanews.com/2022/01/02/chonburi-governor-releases-late-night-updated-orders-around-covid-19-and-food-and-beverage-establishments/

Looks like the party is over for Pattaya.

Tightened  the rules again.

- all staff must be tested daily

- all customers, irrespective of size of venue or number of customers, must show negative ATK test taken no longer than 72 hours ago

- any venue that cannot comply will be closed

- the order has no end date

More costs and hastles for the long suffering farang business owners.

Omicron hospitalization risk upside, vaccine protection is good: U.K. study 

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/31/omicron-hospitalization-risk-upside-vaccine-protection-good-uk-study-.html?__source=androidappshare
 

41 minutes ago, Oracle2022 said:

It needs time and the right conditions to mutate.  Why do you think Spanish Flu in 1918 was done in 2 waves ?????

 

No lockdowns.......spread........burn itself out. All over.

 

This is now a 4th wave for Covid - so actually lockdowns are driving more mutations by keeping the virus hanging around. Giving it time to mutate.

 

If you take the very basic and of course, not politically correct, view that had Covid simply been allowed to spread and kill in 2020, its very possible it would all have been over by now......the weak would have perished and the human race would now be stronger.  This "weak" perish has happened many times over in the past many thousands of years.........and has proven effective in the survival of the human race.,

 

 

Another day, another series of posts by someone who hasn't a clue what he's talking about.

Bashing the keyboard, giving us all the benefit of his ignorance.

The 1918 pandemic was officially a 3 wave pandemic.

Although some people think it was actually 4, with the fourth wave being the exit wave.

Some people, who actually know what they are talking about, hope this bodes well for this fourth covid wave.

The narrative of viruses always becoming weaker is a false one. I have heard many epidemiologists say that there biggest concern is a mutation as contagious as omicron but much more pathogenic.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/three-waves.htm

Feel free now to fill up these cyber pages with more of your "knowledge".

14 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Personally I don't believe a word of that positivity rate. The PCR testing rates are currently only around 36,000 daily.

https://djay.github.io/covidthailand/#testing

UK about 1,500,000 PCR and the UK government have just ordered 300 million lateral flow tests.

Lateral flow tests are available free from pharmacies or for home delivery.

This doesn't look as if it will help.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3161714/covid-19-vaccines-sinovac-recipients-may-need-two-booster-shots

27 minutes ago, Virt said:

I think that's a wee bit to pessimistic.

 

When this annoying virus is under control and we then learn to live with it, people will want to travel like crazy.

 

So if Thailand drop all their restrictions, mandatory masks, tests on arrival, quarantine, special insurance and open up everything, then i can't see why tourists will not still want to come to Thailand.

 

It's still a wonderful country.

 

I know i will be back, but not until everything is open and most of their restrictions are gone.

 

The only one i personally would accept is a mandatory insurance.

Totally agree.

The only problem is all the hoop jumping they have put in place, plus Test-Wait-Maybe-Go-Hospital on arrival and departure.

I think it will be a while, with the Thai Pass system infrastructure in place, that passport stamping at BKK will be reinstated.

How many times a year will the sausage fest sex desperados even come with this hoop jumping?

I will be so fed up, even i might risk it to get to Thailand this time next year.

But do it 2 or 3 times a year?

No chance.

5 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

Are you for real or forget the appropriate emoji? 

Unfortunately real. On a daily basis.

30 minutes ago, HAPPYNUFF said:

Unless my Chinese calculator is wrong,  adding  up the  numbers given here comes to  109,801  arrivals..... What was the nationality of the missing  141,194   from the total of   251,00   quoted, or is  Tourism Thailand using an even  older  Chinese calculator??

And as a Brucie Bonus sent home with Covid and a 2 week quarantine.

11 minutes ago, MarcelV said:

If you put any value in that man's words you are a fool.

 

Have a look at the Triangle Bar Facebook page.

If you don't believe omicron is rife, in a close personal contact town like Pattaya,

i would suggest you are the fool.

You don't need to believe Pattaya bar owners, you just need to turn on the news.

10 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Then you'd have to include a lot of other countries, including the U.S., on your "complete failure" list, since the U.S. with 61% at present has a lower fully vaccinated rate (shown by the dark green bars below)  than Thailand and its 64% rate.

 

 

 

 

https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations

 

Sure.

Include all the countries you want in it.

I am talking about Thailand, on a Thai forum, and my home country the UK.

Thailand said they would vaccinate 70% of their population by the end of this year, i didn't.

Graphs are pretty though.

1 minute ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Well, I'd probably be a bit more measured in my criticism here...

 

No one really knew earlier in the year that the various vaccines would, varying by the different types, have such relatively steep drop offs in preventing infections once people were 3, 4, 6 months out -- even though the mRNA vaccines still did better over time in preventing hospitalizations and deaths.

 

It was interesting to see in the latest vax charts from the government that they actually are doing more 3rd dose shots per day right now than they are 2nd dose shots. Which kinda suggests they've run up against a segment of the population that simply don't want to get vaccinated with what's being offered for varying reasons.

 

From the chart @anchadian posted above:

 

 

 

You can be as tactful and measured as you want.

I'll call it for factually what it has been.

A complete failure from start to not nearly finished.

I saw this clown being interviewed on the daily Sky business programme.

When bars and entertainment where closed, he stated everything was opened.

"It's not all open up yet but is it?" asked the presenter.

"Yes, everything open" the TAT guy replied.

Knowing the facts on the ground at that time, I wouldn't believe a word that comes out of TAT or anything a Thai agency said.