Covid-19: Government to impose state of emergency

[cornishcarlos]

4 minutes ago, Matzzon said:

Sure, we have to wait and see. Nobody, can be sure of anything. However, as you seem to complain. Do you rather see them doing nothing for trying to contain the spread of the virus? Or maybe you have some better ideas how to work through this?

 

If they had done it about a month ago, maybe it might have been semi effective but now it's a little too late.. I'm not complaining, I'm making an observation on their motives !! 

[brewsterbudgen]

Just now, Orton Rd said:

Quick to react would have been stopping flights from China 6 weeks ago

That didn't help the situation in the USA much.  

[Orton Rd]

Mrs tells me Pryuth said freelance workers are to get 5k a month for 3 moths registration on Sat

[Chazar]

39 minutes ago, DannyCarlton said:

I send the wife. If not, employ an agent to do it for you.

ever  thought of renting the wife  out?

Edited March 24, 2020 by Chazar

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

No detail given? so thread tells us nothing really

 

It's all in the build-up of suspense... to keep you on edge, never knowing where the next grenade may fall!!! 

[Andrew65]

3 minutes ago, JCP108 said:

So, we'll be in better shape here due to so few Chinese visitors to Thailand and a government which has been quick to react!

 

7 minutes ago, DannyCarlton said:

Just been listening to a doctor in Milan who was asked why the outbreak was so severe there.

 

1. Large number of Chinese visitors to Northern Italy.

 

2. One of the most aged demographics in the world.

 

3. Government tardiness in reacting.

 

No mention of some Italian superstrain. Urban myth based on zero facts.

 

 

According to an Italian virologist, the main reason it took hold was due to political correctness. They were too scared to target Chinese for testing etc in case they were accused of waycism, pilloried & fired. Exactly like what happened in the UK with some child abusers, people too terrified to do anything about it.

[dinsdale]

12 minutes ago, Zikomat said:

Still this is not your country. You are not a citizen. So I advise you to return to your country which has advised you to return according to your own words. Go back home until all this situation is cleared up. Everybody have their own personal circumstances and yours are not more important for me than mine. Vice versa is also true.

Quoting you is enough effort wasted. Suggest all ignore this person.

[Chazar]

2 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

Mrs tells me Pryuth said freelance workers are to get 5k a month for 3 moths registration on Sat

I get lots of  moths here can I get more?

[scubascuba3]

Countries are trying to delay the spread so healthcare can cope but most countries will have no chance. Economically its death also. I'm going to have a drink

Edited March 24, 2020 by scubascuba3

[Zikomat]

Just now, DannyCarlton said:

Big difference. You are here on a tourist visa, I'm here on a retirement visa.

 You Consider yourself entitled to stay in Thailand during these hard times and advise me to take a dangerous 24 hours long trip to my country. Because I am “just a tourist”. Do you consider tourists to be the second class people who should be treated worse than those who , for example, retired in Thailand? Could you explain your reasoning behind those views?

[Chazar]

36 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

I bet he's loving this power

hes  had that same mask on for at least 5  days  now

[vermin on arrival]

11 minutes ago, DannyCarlton said:

Because you are here on a tourist visa. You're gaming the system.

Not at all. Just trying to survive. As soon as travel opens to Taiwan or Laos I am outta here.

Edited March 24, 2020 by vermin on arrival
clarity of thought

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

10 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

That didn't help the situation in the USA much.  

 

Because Trump was busy denying that the CV was going to be a problem, the U.S. didn't impose flight restrictions from China until early Feb., about 2+ weeks after the first confirmed CV cases had already traveled from China to U.S. airports.  The camel already had its nose under the tent at that point.

 

Quote

 

Public health officials have confirmed the first U.S. case of a mysterious coronavirus that has sickened hundreds of people in China, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Tuesday.

A Snohomish County, Washington State resident who was returning from China on Jan. 15 was diagnosed with the Wuhan coronavirus, according to the CDC.

 

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/21/cdc-to-announce-first-us-case-of-china-coronavirus-that-has-killed-6-cnn-reports.html

 

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“We have it totally under control,” Trump told “Squawk Box” co-host Joe Kernen in an interview from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “It’s one person coming in from China. We have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.”

...

CDC officials said they continue to believe the risk of it spreading to the American public is “low.” 

 

 

Edited March 24, 2020 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[tso310]

11 minutes ago, DannyCarlton said:

Just been listening to a doctor in Milan who was asked why the outbreak was so severe there.

 

1. Large number of Chinese visitors to Northern Italy.

 

2. One of the most aged demographics in the world.

 

3. Government tardiness in reacting.

 

No mention of some Italian superstrain. Urban myth based on zero facts.

 

 

In addition Italy, Spain and France are very tactile nations when it comes to greeting each other. How often do you see Thais even holding hands, certainly not in the sticks. Mind you the way the men share alcoholic drinks and cigarettes they probably have more contact than with their wives certainly now the villages are filling up.

[RJRS1301]

43 minutes ago, Andrew65 said:

To keep it in perspective, that's 35000 infected out of 7.5 billion.

No that is 35,000 out of 329,227,746 in USA and rising 

Correction, now 47,000 and increasing

Edited March 24, 2020 by RJRS1301

[Peterbilt]

10 minutes ago, kimamey said:

I don't know how it works here but normally the difficult part is declaring the emergency, particularly in a democracy. Once you've done that you can quickly take the measures that you'll feel necessary at the time. 

 

I don't know if these are the same emergency measures that were used during the red shirt protests. They were existing ones put  in place by Thaksin but they may have changed since then. 

The way its being done is petty normal. The issue is are they used responsibly. 

According to another newspaper not to be named, measures include the ban of interprovincial travel and stricter control of (social) media. In both cases violators will be arrested and/or prosecuted.
Really "good news" for those who lost their jobs and couldn't make it back home yet.
Will be another very busy time at those big bus terminals in BKK.......

Edited March 24, 2020 by Peterbilt
removed a ton of typos.....

[vermin on arrival]

24 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

I just received my letter from the Embassy and will head in tomorrow to see if it will be accepted.

I just got mine in e-mail will go soon. Hope they accept it even though it is a scanned copy, and not the original from the embassy. Good luck to you @FarFlungFalang : )

[Terry B]

7 minutes ago, Andrew65 said:

 

According to an Italian virologist, the main reason it took hold was due to political correctness. They were too scared to target Chinese for testing etc in case they were accused of waycism, pilloried & fired. Exactly like what happened in the UK with some child abusers, people too terrified to do anything about it.

I read the same as well from several sources. Here's one of them: https://truepundit.com/italian-virologist-says-political-correctness-doomed-his-countrys-coronavirus-response/

[Matzzon]

9 minutes ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

If they had done it about a month ago, maybe it might have been semi effective but now it's a little too late.. I'm not complaining, I'm making an observation on their motives !! 

Sure they could have been doing it earlier. I also see it as too late, but I am still positive to that is going to happen. Better that it happens, then not happen at all. Also I read a lot of news, and it looks like I still can see many countries doing much worse than Thailand. Assuming the figures are not fake. As I say, nothing is sure.

[vermin on arrival]

13 minutes ago, DannyCarlton said:

Because you are here on a tourist visa. You're gaming the system.

FYI, I had a confirmed ticket to Taiwan on the 29th and tried to get out before midnight on the 18th when the travel ban was announced but the evening flights were canceled so it was impossible to get out on EVA, but I botched it. Should have run to the airport and gotten on any airline any flight no matter the price. I just wasn't expecting every border to shut at roughly the same moment.

[Zikomat]

14 minutes ago, DannyCarlton said:

Because you are here on a tourist visa. You're gaming the system.

 How exactly do I game the system? I get to the Thai embassy abroad, apply for the visa, pay the fees and get the stamp. Do I provide the fake documents? Or the money I pay the fees with is fake? 
 The same way I can blame you on gaming the system. Who knows what is your real age? And do you really love your wife and not just married her to get more rights for staying in Thailand? 
 

[Don Mega]

The not allowed to leave the province and 8pm to 6am curfews will keep the police busy !!

[jomtien99]

45 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

I'm more worried about this state of emergency to be used as a hammer to get rid of political opponents, restrict freedom of speech, etc than to be used to battle the virus.

The State of Emergency gives the PM more power to control the media (as if it was already free), and I suppose even shut down social media - dangerous indeed

[DannyCarlton]

Just now, Zikomat said:

 How exactly do I game the system? I get to the Thai embassy abroad, apply for the visa, pay the fees and get the stamp. Do I provide the fake documents? Or the money I pay the fees with is fake? 
 The same way I can blame you on gaming the system. Who knows what is your real age? And do you really love your wife and not just married her to get more rights for staying in Thailand? 
 

You went to the Thai embassy and obtained a tourist visa. You aren't a tourist. That's gaming the system.

 

My age is shown on my passport, I'm here on a retirement visa. My wife plays no part in determining my visa status.

[thequietman]

Wifey just said that Thai gov said province to province travel will be forbidden. Curfews for evening time. Delivery drivers/logistics drivers (Kerry) and post office vehicles permitted.

 

Anyone arriving back home between now and the 26th, 14 dats self isolation. Doctor's son from our village just arrived back. Currently in isolation in his room. Pu Yai came to check that he had a health cert and that he was abiding by the rules. Seems they are taking this quite seriously, thank godness. ????

[RJRS1301]

55 minutes ago, Metapod said:

"According to the latest data of the Italian National Health Institute ISS, the average age of the positively-tested deceased in Italy is currently about 81 years. 10% of the deceased are over 90 years old. 90% of the deceased are over 70 years old."

Italy has one of the oldest populations in the world, with a median age of about 46 years old.Nearly 60% of the population is aged 40 and over, about 23% of which is over 65 — heightening the the population’s risk with regards to the novel coronavirus currently spreading through Italy....

[DannyCarlton]

29 minutes ago, vermin on arrival said:

Lol...actually US says both. Don't travel on website and come home on e-mail, but home is not home for me.

If you're here on a tourist visa then neither is Thailand.

 

 

Edited March 24, 2020 by DannyCarlton

[zhounan]

The dream of Army comes true. 

[smedly]

30 minutes ago, Matzzon said:

As usual you do not know what you read. Do you understand the word assume? I used it 2 times in my post. I assume you have your answer there. What do you assume? (More than making a useless post bases upon poor understanding.)

you made statements of fact in your post and some assumed, evidently you are no expert - are you ? 

[glennb6]

56 minutes ago, Andrew65 said:

To keep it in perspective, that's 35000 infected out of 7.5 billion.

Also, many younger & fit people only suffer fairly mild symptoms if they get it.

How many hundreds of millions would we want destitute and massive businesses gone forever?

thankyou, there's a few of us with common sense left on forum, probably soon to be banned or verboten from commenting anything but the hysterical party line per the coming big daddy details thursday