The "i'm alright jack' brigade haven't understood how this all works from the beginning of the pandemic.
First of all, it was great there was no tourists and they had all the girls and the place to themselves.
Then businesses started to close temporarily and girls left town to go home.
Then businesses closed permanently and girls got other jobs.
Then Soi Made In Thailand got bought and levelled, then all the other desolate beer bar complexes get bought and levelled.
Then the infrastructure starts falling apart. Then those expats that can go home, do go home.
The ones that have burned their bridges and are stuck in Thailand jump on internet forums and say it's business as usual.