Thailand to announce nationwide curfew starting Friday

[Tropicalevo]

2 minutes ago, OneeyedJohn said:

I thought if u bought over 10 litres u could buy anytime - could be wrong

That one stopped years ago.

[metisdead]

Some troll posts have been removed. 

[Jingthing]

This is good news but such measures are not enough. Thailand needs to find a way to do mass testing, preferably with the newly developed SUPER QUICK on the spot results type that don't even need a painful nose swab, and they also need to do massive blood tests for antibodies to begin to understand the percentage of the people here that have already been infected and recovered. Social distancing combined with shut downs combined with massive testing combined with contact tracing and then there is hope to open the country up sooner with fewer deaths and less long term economic damage. You need it all. Not just one part. Also of course it goes without saying get those medical people enough PPE. 

Edited April 2, 2020 by Jingthing

[sungod]

33 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

should i go buy some more stuff?

 

 

Only if you think you are going to run out at 10pm

[totally thaied up]

4 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

You have Makro?

They should have an old people only (over 60) hours from 6-8 am.

But, maybe you are young man.

 

Don't they say you're only as old as the woman you feel

[Vigilante]

1 minute ago, soi3eddie said:

6:30pm to 6:30am curfew would be more realistic. Or better still, impose house 24/7 house curfew with very few exceptions as in the UK (key workers with ID etc.). Here in Hua Hin it's surprising to see so many locals out and about in the areas such as Chom Sim, Bon Kai, Hin Lek Fai etc. but taking a drive by The Hilton this afternoon it was a ghost town.

24-hr curfew?

You are so clever..are'nt you?

The 30% of thais who live hand-to-mouth are gonna dig into their (non-existing) savings to survive...right?

..or you think Thailand is populated by retired farangs with pensions

 

You should get out more.

[fred110]

4 minutes ago, Hockeybik said:

It isn't doubling every 2-3 days, be thankful for that.

And most of them have little or no symptoms 

[bkk6060]

2 minutes ago, Denim said:

Can't remember the last time I was out during those hours. 30 years ago I guess.

Yes ha. I sleep from 9pm to 5am have for about 40 years so perfect.

[Jingthing]

Just now, fred110 said:

And most of them have little or no symptoms 

Based on international mass testing studies, actually it's about 25 to 50 percent that have no symptoms and add to that a significant percentage that have symptoms so mild that they don't have any need to seek medical attention or testing.

[wharria]

You can only buy alcohol in commercial quantities outside licensing  hours if you have a drinks licence

[Shocked]

45 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Here we go.

Sounds like a good idea.

Also this..

No more people coming in.

Better Safe than Dead. Most normal people are in bed at that time anyway. 

[OneeyedJohn]

3 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Yes ha. I sleep from 9pm to 5am have for about 40 years so perfect.

That's 116,800 hours of sleep.

Did u really need it ?

 

[RedPill]

2 minutes ago, ericdiam said:

So <deleted> stupid this dictatorship regime. Zero brain at all. Only army people like curfew and lock up everybody, showing their power. The spreading wont reduce with this. From 10pm to 4am there are nearly no people outside anyway. The biggest spreading happens daily in public transport, BTS, MRT, busses, vans. Thousands of people travel there daily in day and evening, NOT in middle of the night! Same closing convenient stores on the quietest hours of the day. Had someone in this regime any brain that thinks proper and looks whats happening in other countries with mass of people together.

But what about ppl having no money and roam the streets in the night to look for some?

 

As many said, not much savings for the average Thai person ... without a job. This could get ugly.

 

 

 

Edited April 2, 2020 by RedPill

[Davo369]

10 minutes ago, Davo369 said:

 

That is a nice drink ????

The wife said, way do you call mango special? I said because it has vodka in it my dear

[Nip]

43 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

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

Well spotted. I'm waiting for the TAT later today to announce tourist arrivals up again.

[elliss]

26 minutes ago, Creasy said:

Send in the clowns military

 

    Only a matter of time .

     Next three months , big changes ..

[Curmudgeon1]

37 minutes 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

Imo.It's all about the bed count. So far thailand is managing it. That's "the point"

[ParkerN]

1 hour ago, Kadilo said:

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

I note your omission of the word 'genuine' which should have (but did not) appeared between the words 'few' and 'cases'.

 

I do not believe the numbers the Thailand government have released and keep releasing. I believe they are massaged in the same way as the TAT numbers are massaged, and for the same reason; to keep the public calm, uncomplaining and optimistic that they are being looked after as a government should.

[wombat]

56 minutes ago, webfact said:

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

thats no big drama

[GaryAdriaenssens]

37 minutes 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

So time to move out... when and if we can of course, and where to is another good question. Let's all hope for the better in general.

[spermwhale]

35 minutes ago, RedPill said:

As a side thought, maybe it's also to provide security during the night ... many ppl are going to run out of money soon.

 

No idea, they don't mention it ... but I can imagine it.

Security? Hahah . I will buy everybody on Thaivisa drinks the day I see security officers roaming the streets of Thailand to check on people breaking curfew. The lazy cops and military here would never be bothered to do their jobs. 

 

[SLG]

35 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

Very good point 

My thought too.  We are locking things up around our house in the country earlier these days.

[ParkerN]

1 hour ago, GaryAdriaenssens said:

So time to move out... when and if we can of course, and where to is another good question. Let's all hope for the better in general.

 

I seriously doubt that hoping for the best will achieve anything useful.

 

I might be wrong but I don't think I am.

 

 

[ParkerN]

1 hour ago, spermwhale said:

Security? Hahah . I will buy everybody on Thaivisa drinks the day I see security officers roaming the streets of Thailand to check on people breaking curfew. The lazy cops and military here would never be bothered to do their jobs. 

 

 

Well, TVF has a Community Service Volunteer who likes to publicise the fact that he is one.

 

Maybe his time has come.

 

[Kadilo]

1 minute ago, SLG said:

My thought too.  We are locking things up around our house in the country earlier these days.

Sadly I think the foreigners may bear the brunt of this if it goes that far, especially with the rhetoric previously spewed out by the Health Ministers twitter account. 

[RedPill]

1 minute ago, ParkerN said:

 

Well, TVF has a Community Service Volunteer who likes to publicise the fact that he is one.

 

Maybe his time has come.

 

<deleted> are you talking about?

 

Edited April 2, 2020 by RedPill

[Kadilo]

1 minute ago, ParkerN said:

 

Well, TVF has a Community Service Volunteer who likes to publicise the fact that he is one.

 

Maybe his time has come.

 

Really? 

[ukrules]

55 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

should i go buy some more stuff?

 

 

I'm hearing things about panic buying inside China as people stock up on rice to last them 6 months.

 

Why would they be doing that?

[Kaopad999]

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. 

[RedPill]

6 minutes ago, spermwhale said:

Security? Hahah . I will buy everybody on Thaivisa drinks the day I see security officers roaming the streets of Thailand to check on people breaking curfew. The lazy cops and military here would never be bothered to do their jobs. 

 

Don't know, I do remember military, sand sacks and road blocks on the street in Thailand ... not so long time ago.