ttrd

2 hours ago, ttrd said:

In Norway for intstance we do not get a certificate, but if you can prove that you have had covid and show a negativ test not older than 6 months when you enter the border (as a Norwegian citizen back from a red zone abroad) you do not need to be quarantined as you are not considered as contagious - so yes, in this matter a kind of a certificate ... 

... what I ment to say was showing a positive covid test not older than 6 months meaning you still have immunity and is not considered as contagious during a 6 months period.

45 minutes ago, sandyf said:

I wasn't aware that people got certificates saying they have had covid and are now immune.

 

The idiots are those that believe you can't get it again or that those that have had the vaccine are incapable of spreading it.

 

Unlikely policy will change much before the majority of the Thai population has been vaccinated.

In Norway for intstance we do not get a certificate, but if you can prove that you have had covid and show a negativ test not older than 6 months when you enter the border (as a Norwegian citizen back from a red zone abroad) you do not need to be quarantined as you are not considered as contagious - so yes, in this matter a kind of a certificate ... 

12 hours ago, ukrules said:

They're idiots, vaccination is the only way out of this mess and as such it's their ultimate goal yet it's obviously not good enough for them.

 

I suspect they will also be quarantining recovered patients as well, those who are immune to it?

.... what will be the next to keep the hotelrooms occupied- the dead ones and those not born yet ...?....

5 hours ago, YetAnother said:

Beyond delusional dreaming

The dream may come through when the thb is devalued back to where it should be taken the reality into consideration - i.e.at least 40% down the road ... 

12 hours ago, rabas said:

 

Yeah, but he's from the construction business! He should have a hard hat on, not the little green doctor's emblem on his shirt.  If anything gives me a lack of faith in Thailand's response to COVID, it's this guy.

Yeah, there is every reason for skepticism when someone claims theat they have full controll over something no one has controll over ...  ????

RE - Thais far from over the moon with govt plans to launch its own space program

* What else can one expect from a government that does not have its feet on the ground ...

16 hours ago, 86Tiger said:

 

 

".......work out measures to attract visitors......"

 

 

 

I guess if you have no idea why people were coming in the first place, offering a 45 day visa is good a response as any......

it seems like the best way to attract visitors is to shut the <delete> up ...

12 hours ago, Guderian said:

These people must be really desperate to come back with all the hurdles and expense, is life in their own countries truly that awful? My two best mates are stuck in the UK and Canada but they've both said they won't be returning until the quarantine period is done away with. They've both got their own property out here with loads of money in the bank, but the idea of paying through the nose to be locked in a grotty hotel room for a fortnight just so they can drink some overpriced Thai beer doesn't appeal to them.

Well, we will probably as time goes on and conditions worsen in Europe throughout the winter see that more and more people gladly will choose the process of 14 days quarantine and then live almost normally in Thailand rather than having to be locked up in their own home in their homecountry waiting for the virus to disappear which may take years ... ????

9 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Good name? ????

Can it possible be worse than it already is - RTP seems to be facing a lot of selfarrests ... 

11 hours ago, Chelseafan said:

The 1 Million deaths were mitigated by the lockdown back in April, had countries not done that, the figure would have been a lot higher. We're already starting to see the number increase because people are stupid hence another lockdown.

What else do you think we should do?

 

The sad and scary reality is that the virus will always need a new host to survive and if we will end up with no proper vaccine or antiviral treatment then the experts have said that around half of the earth's population must be infected before the virus dies out. I repeat 50% of the earth's populaton and so far only 0,5% has been infected so do the math. The lock down solution doesn't kill the virus - it only prolongs the timeframe towards a covid free world and in the meantime the world economy will be destroyed in the effort to try to save the very weakest with underlying diseases which in any case are vulnerable also to all other types of viruses - even a regular flu may be enough. 
Don't get me wrong - no life is worth more than others, but no one is benefited by the fact that everything and everyone will fall at the expense of a few and that reality will probably force itself forward as time goes on ...

RE - The Covid-19 pandemic may take about two years to slow down

* A good opportunity to use that period to clean the air and beaches which create places of work  instead of continously spending time on  new visa and quarantine rules for a tourism that maybe kicks in after 2 years or later .... 

RE - “We want to confirm with the local authorities whether he is in the UAE or not. If he is, we will coordinate with them to extradite him to Thailand so he can face trial,” he added"

* Coordination/extradite/trial - They have already proven and that to the fullest multiple coordination failures, extradite failures and trial failures so the only thing they for sure will achieve is continously failures where loss of face seems to be non-existing when big brown envelopes changing hands - a realy sad and shamefull never ending story ...

12 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Sadly, there is neither the money, but more importantly the will to deal with the problem. Thais because of the Buddhist attitude won't put them down, leaving mass sterilisation as the only real long term solution, but that only occurs in meaninglessly small numbers. This is a story set to repeat itself again and again.

Around Thailand there are invested in hundreds of thousands of posters saying "Safety First" and still it seems that no one has read them and far less understood the meaning ...

1 minute ago, Susco said:

I know more than one well off family which have a second home in Phuket, and are waiting eagerly for months to return, but they plainly refuse to pay for a 2 week prison sentence.

 

They rather stay in their current less favourable location, where they have to pay monthly rent, but at least they have freedom of movement

The tourists are planning vacation - The Thai Govern are offering prison and cannot understand the lack of tourists - tragicomic... 

15 hours ago, JusticeGB said:

First realistic report. What tourist would want to come with the current paperwork hurdles and prison like expensive quarantine. Also most tourism centres don't have many decent restaurants left to eat in. Over half of the restaurants in Pattaya are shut down many for good. 

If so, then it can be a real challenge to sell all inclusive packages ...

11 hours ago, SVC Porter said:

Here we go again!

What else to expect from Lo(F)S - Land of Failed Strategies ... 

On 9/8/2020 at 6:52 AM, Bender Rodriguez said:

how did he get past customs with 10 million baht cash ?

Easy - He arrived with 11 ... 

On 9/4/2020 at 10:11 AM, DirtyHarry55 said:

Question is where did he get it?

Yes and preferably more specific - from who ... 

1 minute ago, Bangkok Barry said:

One obstacle they put in my path was saying I had to get my entire UK passport translated into Thai, and to do that I had to go from Kalasin Province to Bangkok to get it done at their approved translator. I do often wonder what my life would have been like, how different it might have been, if I hadn't come to live in a corrupt, third world banana republic.

One thing is for sure - you wouldn't need to translate your entire passport into Thai, but that alone wouldn't have been any life change of importance ... 

32 minutes ago, bert bloggs said:

Always use my driving licence or pink card ,never have a problem ,always get THAI price.

Me too - I always pay in thaibaht like every thai do, never need to ask ... 

59 minutes ago, Leaver said:

Vietnam is already Thailand's main competitor in the region.  They are progressing very fast.  They have already captured a percentage of Thailand's lost western tourism market.  The numbers are growing, exponentially. 

 

Whilst Thailand persists with its tired old way of doing things, Vietnam is building it bigger and better.     

..... but at the end of the day Vietnam is Vietnam and Thailand is LOS - a small but significant difference ... 

5 hours ago, edwinchester said:

Why on earth not just end dual pricing then there is zero need for an 'Expat Card'?

Well, it's not a tourist card so dual pricing seem to be ending for expats and expats only ...

22 minutes ago, freestyle said:

Let me get this:

Taking a dive, and touch a fish to make a selfie => jail time.
Because: "We need to respect our hosts and behave as good visitors when visiting the sea - not create trouble and not disturb life there".

But: Standing by the water with a fish line, dragging fish out the water with a hook, kill it, eat it => no problem.

And let's not forget tons of fish that get dragged out of the sea with nets every day.

Instead of focusing on what should be done to get the tourists back, you try to get rid of the few that are left - it may be this what is called the peak of creativity ...

On 9/1/2020 at 4:18 AM, keith101 said:

Yes they picked them up and then they PUT THEM BACK DOWN AGAIN not harming them which is something Marine Biologists do .

The question is he angry because they handled them or maybe they are farang ?

Hmm, I wonder what is most harmful to the sea life - dive at night with careful touching or feeding the sea with plastic all year round and not to forget the increased development of shrimp farms in mangroves ???? ...