Govt plans handout of 30 million masks in major cities

[snoop1130]

Govt plans handout of 30 million masks in major cities

By THE NATION

 

Industry Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit

 

The government plans to give away 30 million reusable cloth masks to 10 million people or three per person, said Industry Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit today (March 5) after a meeting with related parties on ways to solve the problem of supply shortage amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

 

The meeting was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak.

 

Suriya said he had asked for collaboration from the Federation of Thai Industries' Textile Industry Club to produce 30 million standard washable cloth masks for a give-away to 10 million people, or three masks per person.

 

The handout will focus on densely- populated major cities, including Bangkok.

 

The government will subsidise production cost and Industry Ministry will propose the plan to the Cabinet next week. It plans to hand out 300,000 masks daily.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30383442

 

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[scubascuba3]

but we know these masks are of little use unless you have the virus

[YetAnother]

30 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

but we know these masks are of little use unless you have the virus

thais dont; it is all more feel-good govt BS

[Laza 45]

8 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

but we know these masks are of little use unless you have the virus

..interesting that in Japan where mask use has skyrocketed.. the 'flu rate has plummeted.. 

[scubascuba3]

4 hours ago, Laza 45 said:

..interesting that in Japan where mask use has skyrocketed.. the 'flu rate has plummeted.. 

have you got any evidence/article it's the masks? 

[Jingthing]

Reusable? 

Hmmm. 

[Grumpy John]

6 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Reusable? 

Hmmm. 

Yes, that is right.  At the end of the day you urinate on the mask and hang it out to dry.  The next day you wear the mask and when coming in contact with the virus the virus thinks it's at the wrong part of your body to enter your lungs and it moves away!

[twocatsmac]

You’d be just as safe wearing one of these.

[BestB]

This is really insane. It is already proven these masks do not work and Anutin already stated wearing one is not necessary yet here we are about to give out 30 million. What about another 37 million ? 

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Govt plans handout of 30 million masks in major cities

Does this mean the governments been hoarding????

Because I can't buy one in any of my local shops?

[Yadon Toploy]

Profitable.

[Darkside Gray]

Why?

[NCC1701A]

[johng]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

masks to 10 million people or three per person

All of a sudden Thailand has a population of only 3.3 million ???    perhaps only Bangkok ?

[neeray]

9 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

These guys have been hiding behind a mask since 2014.

[Yadon Toploy]

1 hour ago, Yadon Toploy said:

Profitable.

Oh, and look, CP Group are about to open up a factory making millions of the things.

[Snow Leopard]

Are these for the onset of the coming air pollution? Because they are no use against contracting a virus. 

[NCC1701A]

masks are the least of everyone's worries.

i hope everyone gets through this.

i am still stockpiling supplies at my house.

doubling drinking water and non perishable food today.

good luck.

 

"US economic growth could halve this year in even the softest coronavirus scenario, top research firm says"

 

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/coronavirus-economic-outlook-gdp-fall-half-virus-outbreak-worsens-brookings-

2020-3-1028961316

 

"As the coronavirus spreads, one study predicts that even the best-case scenario is 15 million dead and a $2.4 trillion hit to global GDP"

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-death-toll-global-gdp-loss-australian-national-university-study-2020-3

Edited March 6, 2020 by NCC1701A

[NCC1701A]

and now this:

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-singapore-idUSKBN20T0A0

 

"Singapore minister says coronavirus outbreak emerging as pandemic.

 

The coronavirus spreading around the world from China is “starting to look like a global pandemic,” said Singapore minister Lawrence Wong, who co-heads the country’s virus fighting taskforce."

[Misab]

17 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

but we know these masks are of little use unless you have the virus

No, they are not, if you are nearby a person there have the virus and that person sneeze, a surgeon mask will help protect you.  But you cannot use the same mask several times. 

 

Edited March 6, 2020 by Misab

[Laza 45]

3 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

have you got any evidence/article it's the masks? 

...you have a better explanation?

[Is this real]

Since these masks are only any good if you have the virus, does this mean that

Thailand admits to 30 million with virus infection!

[JeffyInBkk]

Yeaap...and people have to queue for hours in crowded sites and risk getting infected!!!!! Buffoons running the show!  Sadly, It s only a matter of a few more weeks ...just wait to see the catastrophe waiting to happen.

 

Was reading the news and even got more worried: https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/breaking-news-coronavirus-can-also-attack-the-nervous-system,-causing-neurological-conditions-and-even-viral-encephalitis

[jak2002003]

Are these masks rapped in plastic bags?  Are the masks themselves made of plastic or are the eco friendly?  There is going to be a lot of pollution from millions of used face masks.

 

But, its OK, they stopped giving out plastic bags in supermarkets.  

 

 

[scubascuba3]

4 hours ago, Misab said:

No, they are not, if you are nearby a person there have the virus and that person sneeze, a surgeon mask will help protect you.  But you cannot use the same mask several times. 

 

little benefit, ask the experts, not the guys selling them

[mancub]

Dutifully wear your mask,  go to the airport and then be asked to share your fingerprints with thousands of others at Immigration/passport control !

[sqwakvfr]

This is South Korea’s new attempt at selling face mask in a fair manner(doubt anything like this will work in LOS)

 

The last digit of your birth year will decided your day. 

If it ends with either 1 or 6, you can buy masks on Mondays.
Those ending in 2 or 7 can buy on Tuesdays; 3 or 8 on Wednesdays,… 4 or 9 on Thursdays and those with years ending in 5 or 0 can buy their masks on Fridays.
People unable to purchase masks during the week can do so at the weekend.

The price of the masks is fixed at 1-thousand 5-hundred Korean won or roughly one U.S. dollar per mask.

 

This was reported by Arirang News.  

[Tayaout]

22 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

have you got any evidence/article it's the masks? 

I have partial evidence: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440799/

[Tayaout]

19 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

This show why mask won't work for most peoples. 

[gk10002000]

but the masks are good for a few days at best and even then they don't do much.  People keep breathing into them, their own saliva and mucus and aerosols make the mask literally a germ factory each time they are used.