ukrules

They will, eventually but probably when they realise that everyone booked holidays elsewhere due to their time wasting restrictions at which point it will be far too late for this year....better luck next year maybe? People don't like to waste time. It will cost the country billions and maybe they learn from their mistakes.

Of course it's not, the USD is rallying at the moment, hence the change.

You may be right, I guess we will need to see what COVID brings as we head into the winter months. I'm pretty sure the situation won't be the same as it is now, and nearly every single one of the potential tourists will not have been vaccinated for a year by then. All or nothing - my money is on nothing - this country deserves to pay for its incompetence.

Maslow was a buffoon.

Only for the over 75s

The western governments are going to be in for a shock later this year when nobody bothers with going for another vaccine after having conracted covid multiple times. People are done with them. They travel to places which don't require any kind of documentation or testing as it's too much hassle, even if they're fully vaccinated. There's plenty of such places. The free market will force this issue as millions of people go the route of least resistance. If that means hardly anyone comes to Thailand then so be it.

Sure, if you're over 75 you can get a booster right now in the UK, my parents are booked in for a booster in May - anyone else (younger than 75) is out of luck unless you're immunocompromised or have a special condition and won't have had a shot since last winter some time.

It was a reasonable kill because I'm assuming that even though he missed there was more than one round in the weapon and more shots would follow. Maybe they should prosecute the corpse, after all he started it ????

In a way they were, he's not coming back to pay and I bet they upgrade the CCTV.

You're talking about something completely unrelated to my post yet quoted me anyway. But I'll chime in anyway. I agree that COVID was an emergency. I'm using 'was' in the past tense there.

Declaring something 'endemic' is an admission that there has been a complete and total failure to control it during the pandemic stage. So, endemicity is failure yet also inevitable with one variant or another which will also likely change over time.

The same thing happens to me when I exercise, should I stop exercising?

Yes, they will arrest tourists for 'smuggling' the devices prescribed to them by their Doctors in some countries. This will fail like everything else they touch.

They've done such a great job, promotions and bonuses all around ????

So 'macho man' pulled the gun out, the tourist told him to go <deleted> himself and he ran away. Non event.

You don't need permission to move your own vehicle.

Sausages often use nitrates in tiny quantities as a preservative, too much can cause methemoglobinemia Here's a link with far more details on this problem https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40013361 The only question is - how common is this? Based on the above link - it's pretty common.

I'm sure more tourists will come to Thailand with these now reduced restrictions but I know for sure this 'Thailand Pass' is a step too far for a lot of people who just want to get on a plane and go on holiday. For example, my Mother, she's not coming again until she can just turn up at the airport and get on the plane and she's not going to any country that has hoops to jump through - ever. She won't be alone in this view.

It used to be, tax crimes were not something you would typically be extradited for in the past but that appears to have changed over the last few decades. All depends on the treaty and when it was signed. Of course adding in a couple of other spurious criminal charges as well gets rid of that problem if it arises.

I'll keep an eye open for this one too, thanks for the heads up

He was pardoned, that carries a lot of weight does it not?

Why? Is he going to make bail? ????

What's happening in Europe is without a doubt going to happen in the US, it's just delayed a little, these things take time to spread over great distances - but it's coming, there is no doubt about that. It's not really that bad in Europe anyway and numbers are coming down. The real test is going to be what happens in September / October 2022.

Yes, that's exactly the situation. This way they can be seen to be keeping the numbers down and by extension blame it on the foreigners. Lots of foreigners came to Thailand and over the next 2 weeks there's a going to be a lot more covid Obviously it was the foreigners, so ban them. I know their game. It's a game of deflection and face saving.

"Common knowledge"