Change of Thai attitude since Anutin Twitter outburst

[Kadilo]

Appreciate it’s early days but has anyone else experienced or noticed any changes towards them following Health Minister Anutin’s twitter outburst a couple of days ago?

 

My first (and hopefully last) experience was earlier today when my partner called to book a Thai massage at the local hospital. It’s somewhere where I’ve been going for the past 6 years because not only has it been excellent it helps raise money for the Hospital. I always tip well and have helped their fundraising in other ways too. 
 

Today when she called she was informed that from the 14th they were not massaging and ferangs because of the fears of catching Coronavirus. 
 

In isolation although quite insulting, this is not gonna change my world and is no bigee but what next? Refusal to enter shopping malls, cinemas, refusal of hospital treatment? If their attitude is they don’t want to get near to us in fear of what they may catch where could it all end? He may have planted a very contagious seed. 
 

Unless I’ve missed it although the Twitter account has been deleted I have not seen any formal apology from anyone.  To not condemn is to condone in my book. 
 

Thoughts?
 

Edited March 15, 2020 by Kadilo

[Denim]

14 hours ago, Kadilo said:

has anyone else experienced or noticed any changes towards them following Health Minister Anutin’s twitter outburst a couple of days ago?

 

Nope.

 

But I don't live in a tourist area so not many westerners around anyway.

[Kadilo]

Just now, Denim said:

 

Nope.

 

But I don't live in a tourist area so not many westerners around anyway.

I stay in the sticks. This is an Issan Village Government Hospital. 

[RichardColeman]

Only that most of my Thai friends seem to be posting more comments about him being deranged 

[petermik]

7 hours ago, Kadilo said:

I stay in the sticks. This is an Issan Village Government Hospital. 

If they treated me like this I would never set foot in the place again......

[SCOTT FITZGERSLD]

it's not neccasary anti farang thing but a reaction to the change in the course of infected people.

now the epicenter of the pundemic has shifted from china to europe, so the hospital just

react to that.

also some south american countries closed their gates to travellers from europe.

ohh and let's not forget the leader of the free world, so how can you blame the hospital?

[samsensam]

 

on entering a government building on friday i was asked to prove i hadn't been outside thailand in the previous 14 days, which i could. however thais were streaming into the building past me, i asked why they were only checking foreigners as thais travel outside thailand too, and thais can also have the virus. it's 'the policy' i was told. i explained that there was clearly an issue with the effectiveness of 'the policy', but i was simply repeatedly told that it was 'the policy'.

 

on entering the building a senior male approached me and asked why i wasn't wearing a mask, i pointed out that the majority of thais around us weren't wearing masks either, and that masks offered little protection against infection, but he wasn't listening. he then indicated i had to use gel on my hands, which i was happy to do, however he was not requiring thais to use the gel... ho hum...

[CharlieH]

Probably only needed for you or wife to say, he lives here and hasnt travelled anywhere, Its a reasonable assumption if not corrected that a "foreigner" may have just arrived for all they know, and are just being cautious.

[JHolmesJr]

The only silver lining to this is that when this has all cleared up

people will remember all the nasty things the thais said and did.

I am hoping it becomes the centre for China and India tourists.

So the rest of us can enjoy the remainder of the planet.

[ThaiBunny]

2 minutes ago, JHolmesJr said:

The only silver lining to this is that when this has all cleared up people will remember all the nasty things the thais said and did.

Most people have an attention span of 24 hours at best

[garygooner]

That experience at the gov bldg was terrible. I know a few Japanese people who don't enjoy going out as much. I went to the P.O recently, supermarket yesterday, no problem. (Did use the hand sanitizer) Will go to the bank soon & take my passport for sure. 

[JHolmesJr]

1 minute ago, ThaiBunny said:

Most people have an attention span of 24 hours at best

 

you will be surprised how long things last on the internet.

Hint: it's forever.

[sharecropper]

13 minutes ago, samsensam said:

 

on entering a government building on friday i was asked to prove i hadn't been outside thailand in the previous 14 days, which i could. however thais were streaming into the building past me, i asked why they were only checking foreigners as thais travel outside thailand too, and thais can also have the virus. it's 'the policy' i was told. i explained that there was clearly an issue with the effectiveness of 'the policy', but i was simply repeatedly told that it was 'the policy'.

 

on entering the building a senior male approached me and asked why i wasn't wearing a mask, i pointed out that the majority of thais around us weren't wearing masks either, and that masks offered little protection against infection, but he wasn't listening. he then indicated i had to use gel on my hands, which i was happy to do, however he was not requiring thais to use the gel... ho hum...

 

My reply would be if their thieving ministers stopped stealing and selling face masks to China there might be some in the shops, so I could buy them.

[ThaiBunny]

Just now, JHolmesJr said:

you will be surprised how long things last on the internet.Hint: it's forever.

I don't dispute that; human beings have an attention span of 24 hours

[CNXexpat]

I wonder why they are so afraid of sick farangs. There are NO corona cases with farangs in Thailand. Most are Thais. So they should cancel all appointments with Thais.

[Puchaiyank]

I'm sorry your Thai massage story did not have a happy ending...????

[CharlieH]

Inflammatory remark removed

[NCC1701A]

56 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

In isolation although quite insulting, this is not gonna change my world and is no bigee but what next? Refusal to enter shopping malls, cinemas, refusal of hospital treatment?

yes. this is the time for social distancing. stay home.

 

Edited March 15, 2020 by NCC1701A

[Denim]

14 hours ago, JHolmesJr said:

 

you will be surprised how long things last on the internet.

Hint: it's forever.

 

Maybe so , but they can get buried like old porno clips. New stuff buries the old.

[Jingthing]

32 minutes ago, samsensam said:

 

on entering a government building on friday i was asked to prove i hadn't been outside thailand in the previous 14 days, which i could. however thais were streaming into the building past me, i asked why they were only checking foreigners as thais travel outside thailand too, and thais can also have the virus. it's 'the policy' i was told. i explained that there was clearly an issue with the effectiveness of 'the policy', but i was simply repeatedly told that it was 'the policy'.

 

on entering the building a senior male approached me and asked why i wasn't wearing a mask, i pointed out that the majority of thais around us weren't wearing masks either, and that masks offered little protection against infection, but he wasn't listening. he then indicated i had to use gel on my hands, which i was happy to do, however he was not requiring thais to use the gel... ho hum...

 

32 minutes ago, samsensam said:

 

Wow. 

This is getting crazy. 

How did you prove that you weren't freshly infected farang meat? 

[Jingthing]

7 minutes ago, Puchaiyank said:

I'm sorry your Thai massage story did not have a happy ending...????

Not even an unhappy beginning. 

[Drax]

Well my dentist asked me where I’ve been past three months. Later my gf booked for me he asked her to double confirm. 

[mngmn]

I shudder to think what would happen if an senior Australian Minister declared open season on Asians in Australia.

[NCC1701A]

this topic is just the type of thing we DON'T need.

everybody get on board. no more "I will do what every I want" selfishness.

begin social distancing now how ever possible.  

 

BREAKING NEWS: Thai health officials have announced there are 32 new cases of #COVID19 in #Thailand. Many of these are close contacts with recent cases at restaurants and Muay Thai stadium.

 

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1239076185621106688

Edited March 15, 2020 by NCC1701A

[ThaiBunny]

2 minutes ago, mngmn said:

I shudder to think what would happen if an senior Australian Minister declared open season on Asians in Australia.

Like Little Johnny Howard you mean?

[BeltAndRoad]

24 minutes ago, Denim said:

 

Maybe so , but they can get buried like old porno clips. New stuff buries the old.

Reminds me of Huxley's vision: A world where there is no need to ban books because no one can be bothered to read one.

[mngmn]

24 minutes ago, ThaiBunny said:

Like Little Johnny Howard you mean?

Congratulations on a classic 'what about ism' post!

 

As much as I despise John Howard he never called 'Asians dirty little f*ckers that should be kicked out of the country'.  Even Pauline Hanson never had the guts to make her racist beliefs clearly known but fell back instead on all her 'please explain bullsh*t'.

 

It is also more than 13 years since John Howard was booted out of office by Kevin Rudd.  I understand that the whining the little sh*t may have done something to personally offend you, but I would have thought loud mouth Dutton would be a better target?  Oh that's right! He's rather indisposed at the moment.

 

At the end of the day we have laws in Australia about using racist language.  Ministers could only make similar statements using parliamentary privilege but with 3.5 million Australians of Asian descent and many who would find such ranting unacceptable, I assume that the party supporting this view would rather suffer at the ballot box.  Although if you live in Thailand, I expect you have no idea what a ballot box is as they are rather unusual there.

 

Its also worth pointing out that most Australians of Asian descent are able to stay in Australia for more than one year at a time. They are allowed to work, own property and are not charged a Government sanctioned 2 - 4 times the normal price for anything from hospital treatment to tourist attractions.

Edited March 15, 2020 by mngmn

[Dumbastheycome]

21 minutes ago, mngmn said:

I shudder to think what would happen if an senior Australian Minister declared open season on Asians in Australia.

Again?

[mngmn]

4 minutes ago, Dumbastheycome said:

Again?

Examples?

[OneMoreFarang]

I think in the moment lots of people are stressed and lots of people overreact.

And whatever is done (like close this and that, restrictions) some people will think and say it's a good idea and others will think it's a bad idea.

Summary: Nobody really know what should be done and how it would change what will happen in the future.

But somehow everybody things: something should be done.

And it's obviously always easier to do something with people who are easy to identify like "Westerners".

Let's try to stay cool and take it easy. It will get worse before it will get better.