Thailand to announce nationwide curfew starting Friday

[henry2109]

Just now, Tingtong2mut said:

Hats off to the Thai government. Some really good decisions being made. I'd rather be here than back home in Australia

Could you elaborate on the good decisions, please?

 

Enough testing? Distribution of free masks? Improve the statistics? Enlarge the hospital facilities with ICU? Or implement overshooting measures and kill the rest of life in the economy?

[pixelaoffy]

So on building sites and other outside places I see people working close together in daytime, but at night when nobody is working there's a curfew .. hmmm

[DrTuner]

And then we wait for the 24h hour one. My bet, next week.

 

To quote a sneaker manufacturer: Just do it.

Edited April 2, 2020 by DrTuner

[lensta]

3 hours ago, Kadilo said:

No doubt they can then show that it was the halting of the “dirty foreigners” solved the problem. 
I look forward to that  graph soon. 

Talking of that, Ai Anutin has been quiet for a few days. I wonder if he has been told to pull his head in

[pixelaoffy]

2 minutes ago, henry2109 said:

Could you elaborate on the good decisions, please?

 

Enough testing? Distribution of free masks? Improve the statistics? Enlarge the hospital facilities with ICU? Or implement overshooting measures and kill the rest of life in the economy?

some people see "curfew" and think Oh thats "good decision".  daytime theres no social distancing 

 

[DrTuner]

Just now, lensta said:

Talking of that, Ai Anutin has been quiet for a few days. I wonder if he has been told to pull his head in

One can hope he's in self isolation. Unfortunately he might pop back out in two weeks.

[JHolmesJr]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand is to announce a nationwide curfew between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m.

 

so partying, drugs, booze, tarts etc only between 4.01am and 9.59pm?

[yuyiinthesky]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

curfew between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m.

just the time when I was enjoying the empty streets, the room to breathe, the virus-free air. Now I have to go to the 7/11 when everybody is going, and fight through the crowds. Does that really stop spreading a virus?

[Almer]

3 hours ago, ChipButty said:

I think it should be 8pm the other night a group of Farang outside 7/11 drinking the sauce looked like a few Russians

Agreed 8 or even 7 pm, PM don't worry about upsetting people, you will be damned if you do and damned if you don't, look at other countries and learn from there delays, the USA would be a good  place to look first.

[Walter Travolta]

1 minute ago, DrTuner said:

One can hope he's in self isolation. Unfortunately he might pop back out in two weeks.

Like a homesick turd

[GeorgeCross]

1 minute ago, DrTuner said:

One can hope he's in self isolation. Unfortunately he might pop back out in two weeks.

i heard he'd been sidelined following the doctor comment outrage

 

[Peterw42]

2 minutes ago, pixelaoffy said:

So on building sites and other outside places I see people working close together in daytime, but at night when nobody is working there's a curfew .. hmmm

Building sites and similar are often a closed loop, the same 20 people work, eat, sleep together etc, so long as nobody steps outside the group and interacts with the broader public, they dont get the virus. 

Nightime is when they may venture outside the group.

[Walter Travolta]

1 minute ago, Almer said:

Agreed 8 or even 7 pm, PM don't worry about upsetting people, you will be damned if you do and damned if you don't, look at other countries and learn from there delays, the USA would be a good  place to look first.

Try comparing like for like and your comments might hold some credibility

[mike787]

tightening more screws....here we GO

[Lacessit]

8 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Where I usually drink they're all university students.

Nimmanheimen? I'd look like a turd in a punch bowl.

[Toany]

soon the only crowded place in Thailand will be immigration,  That and public transport with the thousands going there

[GeorgeCross]

3 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

10pm to 4am is fine for me I'll be asleep but surely they can do more to finish the economy off?

 

well he could just back off and let it burn through but i doubt anyone here could dig a hole big enough to put all the bodies in

 

 

[Toany]

1 minute ago, Peterw42 said:

Building sites and similar are often a closed loop, the same 20 people work, eat, sleep together etc, so long as nobody steps outside the group and interacts with the broader public, they dont get the virus. 

Nightime is when they may venture outside the group.

unless it is the Golden line when they work 24 hours a day

[Sumarianson]

Does anyone go out between 10pm and 4am now anyway? Nowhere to go!!!

[Walter Travolta]

1 minute ago, Sumarianson said:

Does anyone go out between 10pm and 4am now anyway? Nowhere to go!!!

Nowhere to go cos they closed everywhere haha try thinking outside the box. If you have a thai missus I bet shes taking you for a very very long ride

[tandor]

3 hours ago, ChipButty said:

I think it should be 8pm the other night a group of Farang outside 7/11 drinking the sauce looked like a few Russians

..that would be 'Lunatic Soup' then.

[Almer]

I would expect to see many many  Arrests, the feral  youths will not stay in, and there patents/ keeper will encourage them, Thailand you have a chance to salvage this but leave it  any longer and trouble will present itself. I liken-it to a runaway train, a block of wood will stop it early but when it gathers speed, stand back and stay inside.

[IAMHERE]

They must have statistics that indicate many Covid-19 cases are caught during those hours. ????

[pixelaoffy]

9 minutes ago, yuyiinthesky said:

just the time when I was enjoying the empty streets, the room to breathe, the virus-free air. Now I have to go to the 7/11 when everybody is going, and fight through the crowds. Does that really stop spreading a virus?

of course it doesnt but its all about " image" total non-sensical decision 

[Assurancetourix]

17 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Where I usually drink they're all university students.

I've never been there; certainly a serious error on my part;

a journalist friend had already told me this a few years ago,  soi Cowboy .

[fforest1]

1 minute ago, Almer said:

I would expect to see many many  Arrests, the feral  youths will not stay in, and there patents/ keeper will encourage them, Thailand you have a chance to salvage this but leave it  any longer and trouble will present itself. I liken-it to a runaway train, a block of wood will stop it early but when it gathers speed, stand back and stay inside.

And the huge huge Immigration lines are exempt??

[ace000]

3 hours ago, z42 said:

What's the point? The numbers of covid19 deaths will be astronomical whether or not a curfew is imposed or not. Plus the numbers given up to now are pathetic and an insult to even the stupidest in society.

This curfew will just squeeze the life out of the people even more. The country is gonna be in a dreadful state when this thing is declared over and borders open, etc again.

 

If the economy doesn't collapse completely i'll be amazed

A little late coming , but I applaud the decision its is most definitely pointing us in the right direction in this battle.

[Logosone]

26 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

What are you talking about, If I stay home how in hell can I get the virus ????? If I already have the virus and stay home, I cant give it to anyone else !!!!

If isolating the infected stops the spread, then isolating everyone will also stop the spread

 

Obviously I meant in the long term. Like I said, it will buy a short time. But eventually the curfews and lockdowns will have to stop. If you have not identified and isolated the infected by then, what will happen?

 

You will just get further waves of infected.

 

So in the long term curfews and lockdowns will achieve nothing.

 

 

[thurien]

2 hours ago, Kaopad999 said:

I think it should start from 8pm. I'm not really sure if 10pm is going to make a huge amount of difference now that bars and other nighttime entertainment has been closed. But time will tell. 

thinking about a sanitized life up-country it should start 12noon: This is when all the cowboys get drunk watching their cock-fights and else...and, not to forget: one drinking vessel for 12 people...

[wwest5829]

3 hours ago, Kadilo said:

Quite stringent measures for a Country that shows so few cases ????

22:00 to 04:00 OK with me. We are sleeping anyway...