charmonman

What exactly are the “new measures “ for foreign arrivals? Test and Go still in place, Sandbox still in place, 7 day quarantine for fully vaccinated who don’t qualify for either of those two programs. What exactly has changed? Clear as mud, as usual.

I haven't been to one in years, but the ap op nuat was a full experience, very difficult to replicate at home. I drove by the old Chao Phaya place on Sri Ayuthaya Road the other day and it looked like they are either renovating it or getting ready to demolish it. Probably the latter. I think it has probably been there since the 1960s.

There is a difference between a conspiracy that is real and conspiracy theories, most of which depend on tenuous and impossible to prove connections between unrelated events and people. Obviously there are real conspiracies as well as lunatic fringe conspiracy theories. Don’t muddle the two.

Yes. I can safely say Bill Gates is not the “devil’s seed” and that he is not implanting chips in us through vaccines. If I believed otherwise, you could safely say I was completely deranged. It does not require “insider information” to know these things. It simply requires basic sanity. If you are trying to argue that there is no such thing as objective reality then have at it, but it will not lead to any achievements in what most of us consider the real world. Good luck to you.

Of course an easier solution would be to simply eliminate the 90 report entirely. Does it have any real purpose other than being a make work project?

Not one that they want anyway.

Loitering

I think his master also dyes his hair; a weird shade of orange.

For crying out loud , I am talking PER CAPITA, which is the only number that really matters. Do I have to spell everything out? Let me rephrase, Thailand will very soon exceed the USA in terms of the percentage of its population that is fully vaccinated. This according to statistics available on ourworldindata.org and other sources. Is that clear enough?

Thailand is set to surpass the USA in number of fully vaccinated people in a week or less as far as I can tell by the numbers. Yes, a lot of it is the less effective Sinovac and Sinopharm, but still a major landmark.

The first thing I would scrap is the covid-19 insurance scam, at least for the fully vaccinated. The chance of any of these people having covid-19 or having to be hospitalized for it is minimal.

It does stop you from catching or transmitting it in 85 to 90% of cases. Just because something isn’t 100% effective doesn’t mean it’s pointless. Why is this so hard to understand?

Where did he say he was afraid of her? He disagrees with her decision to not get vaccinated and wants to incentivize her to get vaccinated. How did you jump to the unreasonable conclusion that he was afraid of her?

He should be the PM!

I, for one, will now start to exercise the neck muscles around my pharynx so that I can more effectively block covid. Seriously I’ve heard more logical things coming from even the most stupid anti-maskers and anti-Vaxxers out there.

So, in addition to SHA+ they now have to have Thai Stop Covid Plus? Can they not just get their story straight and stop all this BS? These people couldn’t organize an orgy in a whorehouse <deleted>!

So, who’s the “dirty” foreigner now?

It is unfortunate that people who have legitimate medical exemptions from mask wearing like yourself have to bear the stigma created by people who do NOT have legitimate reasons but don't wear them because they are just stubborn, stupid, or irresponsible. If I were in your position, I'd try the face shield, with a loose fitting mask. That should eliminate most people misjudging you.

Wow. They were given two whole days.

Exactly. People talk as if Thailand is the only country in the world that curtailed the opening of bars and restaurants during the pandemic. Many if not most did or still do. I don’t like it anymore than anyone else and the government should provide some sort of financial relief to the businesses they have forced to close.

It is possible to despise the Shinawatra clan and their corruption without being supporters of the current government. Yes, millions of Thais are avid supporters of the narcissistic former PM, but Thailand is not the only country that has had a self-serving populist leader who managed to con a large portion of his countrymen. That has been clear since 2016 at least.

Ivanka Trump, Marie Antionette come to mind. Pathetic.

And what about the millions of tourists that are about to come in after November 1 and were vaccinated outside Thailand. I wonder if they’ve put any thought into that?

Why don't you "do your own research" as so many anti-vaxxers like to suggest? You could start with a google search for something like "chance of infection after covid vaccine".

The data apparently show that the vaccinated are 90% less likely to become infected, and even if infected far less likely to infect others. So, yes it is a overwhelmingly a problem of the unvaccinated and Thailand is only allowing the vaccinated in without quarantine. Yes, there is a small risk of a vaccinated person being infected and infecting someone else, but do you think the country should be locked down forever?