snoop1130 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Facemask sales limited to 10 per customer By THE NATION The Department of Internal Trade has asked 14 major modern trade operators to limit sales of protective facemasks to 10 at a time per customer. Director-general Whichai Phochanakij said while meeting representatives of the sales outlets on Wednesday (February 5) that the aim was to prevent hoarding following a spike in demand while the 2019-nCoV coronavirus remains a threat. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30381651 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-02-05 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 I've yet to find a normal retail outlet in BKK that actually has any in stock, cheap drugstore masks or more expensive N95 respirators... Every pharmacy, shop, store I've asked or checked, the answer has been the same - don't have any, and no idea if or when we'll get any back in stock. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dauu Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 In the provincial capital of LOEI You can't get masks And alcohol disinfectant gel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasThBKK Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 14 minutes ago, dauu said: In the provincial capital of LOEI You can't get masks And alcohol disinfectant gel No better in bangkok really, only place to buy is amazon but now it seems they crack down on importing of masks...so stupid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DLock Posted February 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2020 I posted this yesterday...but this is why... Chinese entrepreneurs... 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwpage3 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 World Health Organization has already reported that masks do absolutely NO Good against Coronavirus! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TallGuyJohninBKK Posted February 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, bwpage3 said: World Health Organization has already reported that masks do absolutely NO Good against Coronavirus! You wanna cite/source the exact language from the WHO that says that? And if that were true, which it isn't, then maybe you can explain why the hospitals in China with staff treating CV patients are begging for more masks, googles and gowns to wear in order to avoid themselves becoming sick? There is a legitimate debate over the value/use of so-called surgical masks (the cheap paper drugstore kind) vs the N95 respirator masks that have an airtight fit to the face and are capable of blocking very small particles. IMHO, health authorities are not recommending N95 masks for the general public not because they don't work (they do), but because if the general public started buying them up (which is increasingly impossible to do), then there wouldn't be any left for the medical staff that desperately need them. Edited February 5, 2020 by TallGuyJohninBKK 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dumbastheycome Posted February 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 5, 2020 Masks may be of limited protection for the uninfected but when worn by the infected can decrease airbourne cross infection. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tomazbodner Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Some new mask entrepreneurs, according to Thai social media... Also in the post about mask manufacturers in Thailand, I noticed on headline photo that employees didn't even wear gloves... How on Earth is that allowed... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gweiloman Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 1 hour ago, DLock said: I posted this yesterday...but this is why... Chinese entrepreneurs... Fake picture. According to some posters here, the Chinese don’t spend any money. Oh wait, they are zero baht tourists and get preferential treatment so they got the masks for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokat Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 I thought packs of 50 were a common format for surgical masks, are they going to gut the packs and put their hands all over the masks to sell them by pack of 10 ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Baht Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 1 hour ago, bwpage3 said: World Health Organization has already reported that masks do absolutely NO Good against Coronavirus! Not no good. Just unnecessary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabas Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 1 hour ago, tomazbodner said: Some new mask entrepreneurs, according to Thai social media... Also in the post about mask manufacturers in Thailand, I noticed on headline photo that employees didn't even wear gloves... How on Earth is that allowed... I would think they must go through a sterilization process before packaging. Many things do, but I don't know for sure in this case. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tops Posted February 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2020 12 hours ago, bwpage3 said: World Health Organization has already reported that masks do absolutely NO Good against Coronavirus! Most Thai can't read English. Next to this it is considered as fake news by the Thai government to keep on selling the masks and helping their friends getting richer. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, Roy Baht said: Not no good. Just unnecessary YES - If you are regularly riding on the BTS or MRT lines in BKK where you're packed in like a sardine with scores of Chinese tourists with unknown points of origin. If Thai taxi drivers can catch this virus from merely carrying Chinese tourists to or from the airport (as they clearly have, among the confirmed cases), then the kind of exposure I've described above re BTS & MRT is to me of equal or greater risk. Or, unless you just believe in living dangerously... This, BTW, is the same WHO that has consistently recommended against travel restrictions, which is probably one of the few steps taken by countries outside China that has kept the non-China outbreaks relatively small thus far. Edited February 6, 2020 by TallGuyJohninBKK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarFlungFalang Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Here you go China here's your ten face masks make good use of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKr Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 13 hours ago, rabas said: I would think they must go through a sterilization process before packaging. Many things do, but I don't know for sure in this case. As we used to call the Petri dishes we were turning out: "Industrially Clean" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarFlungFalang Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, snoop1130 said: The Department of Internal Trade has asked 14 major modern trade operators to limit sales of protective facemasks to 10 at a time per customer. No mention of wholesalers is this new rule for everybody?Will this restrict profits for those trying to make money to feed their families (note the dramatic enhancement) in these troubling economic times? Edited February 6, 2020 by FarFlungFalang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stouricks Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 17 hours ago, DLock said: I posted this yesterday...but this is why... Chinese entrepreneurs... These guys should be re-directed to the freight/cargo dept. It must cost a fortune to send this stuff as excess baggage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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