Cherrytreeview

Thanks.

Must admit this is worrying on a number of levels. Not least for those in hospital.

If history is anything to go by, then restrictions will be increased.

Looks like 20% boosted just isn't good enough and seemingly no urgency.

8 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

As posted earlier in this thread, that's getting harder and harder to do in Thailand lately...

 

Thailand COVID hospitalization (real ones, not "hospitels" and such) -- tripled:

 

Jan. 4 -- 17,280

Feb. 1 -- 40,590

Feb 10 -- 51,435

 

Are these hospitalisations with covid or because of covid?

The UK's hospitalisations due to covid where relatively low with omicron.

Many patients where admitted for other reasons and just happened to test positive for covid in hospital.

Would be interesting to know.

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/are-hospital-admissions-still-best-way-gauge-covid-crisis-2022-01-19/

48 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

No, Omicron is not endemic in Thailand. 

 

Here's a hint: endemic diseases do not cause hospitalizations to triple in a month. 

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Here's a hint.

Take off your rose tinted glasses, turn on a TV and see what's happening in the developed world.

The real spread of covid in Thailand is as limited as the testing and reporting allow.

You keep your tin hat on, the rest of us are moving on.

2 hours ago, sawadee1947 said:

Could I read some envy that I live in Spain? And envy that I don't need a visa once and then?????

When you own a couple of properties outright in the UK, you can live pretty much anywhere you want.

The rent alone would support that, let alone the capital value increases.

The secret is not selling the asset and giving yourself a world of choices.

Spain, Thailand, wherever.

I like options.

1 minute ago, thisisrascal said:

He’s right though. As a Brit I’d rather live in Spain than the UK right now. It’s also not his fault if he can’t afford a place in the UK. I’m on an average salary and needed my parents help - not everyone is so fortunate. 

And not everybody burned their bridges and sold property in the UK on a whim to go live in Thailand.

Don't blame the UK for your own decisions.

One poster was complaining is UK state pension had been frozen for 15 years when moving to Thailand.

Well guess what? Your UK state pension is frozen if you become an expat in Thailand.

The financial illiteracy on this forum is staggering at times.

4 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

What is your point?

https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/travel/travel-bans-red-list-countries-waste-time-uk-omicron-cases-1339335

Let me know if there's anything you don't understand.

2 minutes ago, tomyami said:

The T & G is a further reign in of foreigners living in thailand making it harder to leave/return

If this is a suptle new order how would one be able to unload a condo or 2 if invested, who would ever want to buy?

 

Speak to Harry, he seems to have bought lots of Thai property.

Possibly in the top ten worst investments ever but Harry seems like putty in the hands of those pretty Thai real estate agents.

No fool like an old fool and all that.

9 minutes ago, HashBrownHarry said:

If it's not for your liking don't come.

 

All i'm saying is the new T and G is 1000 times better than 2 weeks quarantine, or are you suggesting it's not?

 

The process is easy, i applied 14 minutes and got TP in 40 hours, what's so difficult?

 

I hope Songkran is cancelled and hope thailand remains quiet, could n't care less if tourists come or not.

 

Is it too difficult for you and that's why you're not coming or have you been here the whole time so have no idea how the re-entry process works?

Thinking of your fellow adopted Thai citizens again Harry.

Think most people on this forum worked out long ago you couldn't care less about anyone but yourself.

I know it takes a few attempts to explain things to you but here's a clue.

"Test-Wait-Maybe-Go-Hospital"

Do you understand?

Seems everybody else does.

27 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said:

Before I would return to UK I would rather try North Korea instead.

But honestly go for SPAIN. 

That's because you couldn't afford to buy or rent a property.

Not the UK's fault you haven't got a pot to p*ss in.

5 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Only about 24% of Thailand has receive the third booster dose of COVID vaccine that the medical authorities say is necessary to fully protect against Omicron.  Right now, there are 50,000 plus people hospitalized in Thailand with COVID, and a slightly larger number in field hospitals or other alternate facilities (dunno if that counts home quarantine or not).  Only about 66% of Thailand's age 60 and older population has even received TWO vaccine doses thus far.

 

I  believe I saw in a news report the other day regarding Sweden dropping a lot of their COViD restrictions, they said something like 70% or so of their senior citizen population had received 3 COVID doses (largely mRNA in their case).  Thailand is nowhere close to that.

 

Thailand's shambolic vaccination campaign unfortunately coming home to roost.

In the UK covid now has a similar mortality rate to seasonal flu.

That's what happens when omicron hits a fully boosted population wall.

43 minutes ago, HashBrownHarry said:

My last 2 CoE's and my last 2 Thai Pass applications were not from my home country.

 

With Thai Pass you can apply from anywhere, does n't matter, it will not complicate anything.

 

The embassy has no part in TP process.

The Test-Wait-Maybe-Go-Hospital cheerleader is still at it.

Good for you Harry.

25,000 "tourists" projected to arrive in February to "no quarantine" Thailand.

A drop in the ocean.

Looks like people are not seeing things through your rose tinted delusional glasses.

With the CCSA discussing increasing, yes increasing, restrictions for Valentines Day and Songkran, most normal people will be giving Thailand a wide berth.

Meanwhile, the UK and the developed world are accepting covid as an endemic disease.

No one's buying the "welcoming foreign tourist" scam anymore.

With the changes in asymptomatic insurance definition looks like your Lord Haw-Haw proganda routine just got even harder.

33 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

... or by what you are saying... going to school and not reporting it. Rock on to all those who want to get rid of the safety measures... As far as I am concerned the only way to overcome this is to keep the safety measures in effect. People who don't even have a stake here keep crying to open up the floodgates... Selfish mongers who only think of the party side of life in Thailand.  

 

anchadian said:

"Despite increasing covid infection numbers due to the Omicron variant, Thailand is unlikely reimplement a nationwide lockdown or close its borders to international travelers, a senior doctor told Thai Enquirer on Thursday."

 

Proof of mongers is in the pudding... because if the numb skull tourists who want to come on vacation here are covid + they will have to isolate and pay for treatment through the nose. I'm just sitting back watching what will unfold and when the time comes I will have a great big somnomna smile for the ones who rushed to open up.

Omicron is already endemic in Thailand.

Do you understand the words "horse, stable door and bolted."

2 minutes ago, alextrat1966 said:

Very nice tactic, discussing about one topic reply back with a very different one which has nothing to do with the original topic.

 

High school level, really. 
 

Is this really the level of brainwashing among Americans? ????

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10353843/Why-Americas-COVID-death-rate-higher-UKs.html

I'm not American.

Have a read of this to get your answer about the US.

Now I've sent you a link about the high levels of covid deaths in the US.

I'll wait for you posting your links about the Thai government support for their impoverished citizens.

56 minutes ago, rudi49jr said:

Lot of people here have a lot of weird rules about who is or isn’t “allowed” to post here. Just ignore them. 

I do.

You'll find a lot of them have ended up in Nakhon Nowhere without a pot to p*ss in.

Their trapped.