Farangs who don’t wear face masks should be kicked out of Thailand says health minister

[Somtamnication]

Brings me back to the Thaksin era of anti-farang sentiments. Such loving memories.... (Let's not forget that once he touches the mask, it ain't sterile no mo')!

[mike787]

2 hours ago, Airbagwill said:

It is unfortunate that the minister appears to have little understanding of how coronavirus is transmitted. ...or the limitations of efficacy of wearing a normal mask.
Seeing the problems in terms of race would also seem to indicate a lack of a scientific approach.
Coronavirus is highly contagious and the harm it can do to Thai tourism is already evident.
The ministers comments could undermine international confidence in Thailand's ability to deal with the problem

He does not care about the virus, he cares much more about telling us foreigners how he really feels and his wish to see us either die or get out of thailand...

[Dcheech]

This is a face mask - the minister is handing out face tampons and expects everyone to granjie him for his PR gimmick. Time to wake up and smell the Som Tum 

 

 

[meechai]

Did not read all 30 pages but it seems he cares not about racist remarks

 

So...Why not say the same about Chinese then? The shoe is at least a closer fit

[mtls2005]

7 hours ago, lemonjelly said:

did he say “e farang”?

 

Thailand 4.0?

 

 

[garyk]

15 hours ago, transam said:

He/they never stopped the flights that brought the virus in.....Now it is the farangs fault.....????

Was there ever a doubt who is at fault. 

[RJRS1301]

12 hours ago, notasmartassknowitallfarag said:

How does he know ‘these people’ are europeans? 

 

You know the 2 or 3 who had the audacity to refuse his cheap mask. 

Cheap ineffective mask

[DannyCarlton]

9 hours ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

"moo" means pig, and the thai girls say it because the see how you look at them.

if you, like me, will try hard to never look at thai girls, not in the street at least, you will 

also enjoy never to be called "moo".

Now you're asking the impossible. Guess that I'll have to stick with being called "moo" (which I never have been).

[saengd]

The Health Minister made a public apology, he says he said he became upset because he offered the masks to some European tourists and they responded less than perfectly, as if they didn't care and they were dismissive. You can imagine can you not.....pft, we don't need no stinking masks...that kinda thing.

 

I guess I can somewhat forgive the guy but suggest he might undergo some PR training or attend an anger management course.

 

 

[namatjira]

15 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

Who decided those masks were the ones to be distributed to people?

 

the health minister after the brown envelope hit his hands

[namatjira]

The masks can stop the virus from spreading, if it’s worn when that person coughs, sadly the Chinese girl hacking away at the restaurant yesterday took hers off while she was coughing...the virus is predominately spread from air borne droplets, and they enter through the eyes...so a pair of protective glasses would be the best option......anyway, perhaps the minister should be aware that very few farang actually have the virus at this stage...because they stopped transport of virus carriers into their country.

but he’s right, maybe it’s a god idea if we all get out and western tourists stop coming .....

[DannyCarlton]

9 hours ago, PremiumLane said:

https://www.euronews.com/2020/02/05/which-is-the-real-pandemic-coronavirus-or-the-hysteria-that-follows-euronews-reality-check

 

The world is clearly in the grip of not one, but two pandemics, caused by a new coronavirus, the “novel Coronavirus 2019” or nCoV-2019 for short. The first pandemic is the actual infection caused by this virus. The second is the panic, hysteria, threat inflation, associated racism and xenophobia that are exploding in the shadow of the viral outbreak. The latter pandemic may claim more lives than the first.

All true but I find it strange that, instead of the Thai government aiming their invective at the originators of the virus (Chinese), who they instead continue to court as tourists and extend their sympathies to, they instead aim their invective at farangs. It's a mad world (Thailand).

[RJRS1301]

5 minutes ago, namatjira said:

The masks can stop the virus from spreading, if it’s worn when that person coughs, sadly the Chinese girl hacking away at the restaurant yesterday took hers off while she was coughing...the virus is predominately spread from air borne droplets, and they enter through the eyes...so a pair of protective glasses would be the best option......anyway, perhaps the minister should be aware that very few farang actually have the virus at this stage...because they stopped transport of virus carriers into their country.

but he’s right, maybe it’s a god idea if we all get out and western tourists stop coming .....

Not those ineffetive masks he was handing out, they are next to useless even in hopsital settings where they are frequently used, plenty of reports about the ineffectiveness of them.

They are not particulate filtering

 

[DannyCarlton]

9 hours ago, Traubert said:

Yeah that's amazing hey? Last week they were fiddling the figures and had been bought by China. This week they say only wear a mask if you have a cough or respiratory problems and the sound of masks hitting the bin deafens half of Thailand. Good old WHO, they're the boys for us!!!

 

But when the WHO says don't stop international travel because it doesn't help reduce the spread of viruses.......

 

More faces than a dice convention.

 

 

The difference being that it's not just the WHO saying that masks are innefective (wasn't the first place I heard it):

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/wuhan-coronavirus-face-masks-not-entirely-effective-2020-1?r=US&IR=T

https://time.com/5774521/coronavirus-face-mask-prevention/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/31/our-face-mask-future-do-they-really-help-beat-flu-coronavirus-and-pollution

 

etc. etc.

[ramrod711]

Shows how they lump us all together, tourists and long stayers. Mask or no mask, I'll bet he's traveled outside of Thailand more often than I have in the last ten years. I left once since 2010, that was in 2016. If I have the Corona virus I got it here. If I need a mask it's because I'm here.

[tropo]

4 hours ago, lamyai3 said:

The official Thai WHO advice left him looking like a total buffoon, no other recourse than to apologise... 

 

Not to mention this "total buffoon", (aptly described), did not wear his mask during the media interview. I've seen a number of people over the past few weeks conduct adequate interviews with face masks on, so there's no excuse there. Apart from that, he would have looked a lot prettier with the face mask on.

[sahibji]

16 hours ago, Throatwobbler said:

Openly showing what this government thinks of us. 

throatwobler it is more a case of showing ignorance as the WHO and medical practitioners do not advise wearing a mask unless a person is unwell.

[billsmart]

I assume the minister means "when in Bangkok" or some other large city.

I live in the mountains of Phetchabun, and nobody wears a face mask here unless they are robbing a store.

[sahibji]

Anutin Charnvirakul seems to know better than the WHO. Their advisory is to wear the mask only if a person is unwell.

 

it is difficult to understand the "panic mode" of thai ministers - started of with the tourism minister panicking about lack of  arrivals and now gentleman wants to throw out foreigners who do not don the mask.

 

sure the situation is serious but going in panic overdrive is not going to address the problem. we need to follow the best available guidelines to tackle the corona virus, without panicking.

[DannyCarlton]

6 hours ago, mike787 said:

The dark side of reality has reared its head...truth is out...THere is NO denying what Thailand thinks of foreigners.  People can down play this, but it is what it is.  Time to make alternate plans if you haven't yet.  Wake up!!!

Not at all. It shows what the Thai elite/government think of foreigners, they fear our knowledge, intelligence and education and are terrified that we will pass this on to ordinary Thais who, by and large bear us no ill will.

 

This is the objective of the elite, to orchestrate a propoganda campaign against farangs and persuade the Thai people not to believe a word we say. IME, it ain't working.....yet.

[sahibji]

7 minutes ago, billsmart said:

I assume the minister means "when in Bangkok" or some other large city.

I live in the mountains of Phetchabun, and nobody wears a face mask here unless they are robbing a store.

WHO guideline is to wear the mask only if "unwell".

[happyaussie]

What a horrible human being. And this is coming from a supposed educated Thai.

 

Reality is, Thais do not like us and consider themselves superior. They tolerate us simply for $$.

 

If they had their way they'ed ban farangs.

 

This is why, out of all Asian countries their English is worst, by far.

 

Thais honestly see no need to learn English. Try them on geography, simple stuff like where is USA, Canada, Germany etc.

 

Yes, there are exceptions. But after 15 years there aren't many.

 

Is this virus really the pandemic the media and governments want us to believe. Or a distraction in a relatively quiet news cycle. I read that deaths are no different to usual flu strains. And those contracting are recovering within days, just like a normal flu. The first reported deaths in China were people in their 80's or with preexisting bronchial infections. Media never told us that.

 

 

[Geoffggi]

Som-nam-na, you reap what you sow.......LOL

[DannyCarlton]

5 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Why not pose this question to the Poster Of The Year 2019?

Yes, I would be very interested to have @Yinn's comment on the video.

 

I have already shown the video to 3 Thai friends who are Thai social media junkies yet claimed not to have seen the video. Unanimous comment, "Very rude". All refused to comment further. I got the impression that they were very embarrassed.

[eddie61]

17 hours ago, rkidlad said:

So much wrong with what just came out of this little man's mouth. That was extremely racist and xenophobic. Very ugly to see a person of his stature in the government talking like this. 

 

I'm guessing some 'white people' said no when he offered them a mask. I'm guessing they may have refused to be in a picture. He's obviously lost face and just let words come out of his mouth in a fit of anger.

 

He asked Thai people to help kick out foreigners who don't wear masks. Let that sink in. A man who said this virus is like a common cold, who said stopping people coming in from mainland China won't make a difference, a man who's been seen in pictures with people who were ill not wearing a mask - has the audacity to tell people to help roundup people who don't accept his crappy masks and kick them out.

 

This man is one of the top men helping run this country. God help Thailand. 

 

 

 

 

being remotely intelligent has never been a requirement for public office in Thailand

[30la]

If you needed another proof that foreigners are not welcome and well-liked by the Thai people, here it is!
By the way: the word "FARANG" as it is used very often, is absolutely offensive!
Thanks to you, "smart" hungry for glory ...

[BritManToo]

Just now, 30la said:

If you needed another proof that foreigners are not welcome and well-liked by the Thai people, here it is!
By the way: the word "FARANG" as it is used very often, is absolutely offensive!
Thanks to you, "smart" hungry for glory ...

You're confusing the Thai government with the Thai people.

The first does not in any way represent the second.

If they did, they wouldn't have needed all the tanks and guns to be in charge.

[Dukeleto]

Yes sure...if you can actually find any to buy!

[30la]

Seeing this primitive man I am sure that evolution stopped in Thailand a few thousand years ago!
Go back to your cave, Anutin!

[DannyCarlton]

5 minutes ago, 30la said:

If you needed another proof that foreigners are not welcome and well-liked by the Thai people, here it is!
By the way: the word "FARANG" as it is used very often, is absolutely offensive!
Thanks to you, "smart" hungry for glory ...

Generally not offensive, became offensive when he used the prefix "ai" (not sure of the spelling).