A recent study has found that masks do add protection against the corona virus' so why are so many farangs walking around pattaya and the supermarkets without them'? It is offensive to Thais and ignorance, they shoud remember we are guests here and when in Rome etc etc

Apparently this is a specific problem for Pattaya as it has been talked about many times. Maybe it´s just harder to understand what´s right do do for guests in that city.

 

Anyway, very shameful!

What's the big deal with wearing a mask? For f^%k sake, just wear it. 

20 minutes ago, Matzzon said:

Apparently this is a specific problem for Pattaya as it has been talked about many times. Maybe it´s just harder to understand what´s right do do for guests in that city.

 

Anyway, very shameful!

i was out today and saw many thais without a mask......!!

3 minutes ago, essox essox said:

i was out today and saw many thais without a mask......!!

Where?

On a motorbike or walking on an empty street maybe.

But any public place like a market, 7-11, etc. I have seen 100% of them wearing masks.  Only dumb falang without.

Don't know about Pattaya, but mask discipline in Chiang Rai is pretty good. About 95% compliance, the other 5% is mostly young Thai males. Guess they think they are immortal.

not so many Thais wearing masks in Rayong.

12 minutes ago, essox essox said:

i was out today and saw many thais without a mask......!!

And that makes it better? Good excuse!

It's a panacea - when in Rome ... . As far as I can see we're all gonna get it eventually, they're just trying to flatten the curve. I must admit getting it when ventilators are in short supply is probably a bad idea. Triage and all that. Get it at the start or the end, if you're vulnerable ride it out in self-isolation. Youngsters can probably take this in their stride, like measles, mumps - I laughed in your face. I did have a smallcox innoculation though, to be fair. And maybe they'll develop something similar. I think it's a something a long way away. Whatever, humans will come out stronger, am I the only one who thinks killing off the elderly and sick may not be a bad thing, speaking as someone who is elderly and sick. Ha!

6 minutes ago, nausea said:

It's a panacea - when in Rome ... . As far as I can see we're all gonna get it eventually, they're just trying to flatten the curve. I must admit getting it when ventilators are in short supply is probably a bad idea. Triage and all that. Get it at the start or the end, if you're vulnerable ride it out in self-isolation. Youngsters can probably take this in their stride, like measles, mumps - I laughed in your face. I did have a smallcox innoculation though, to be fair. And maybe they'll develop something similar. I think it's a something a long way away. Whatever, humans will come out stronger, am I the only one who thinks killing off the elderly and sick may not be a bad thing, speaking as someone who is elderly and sick. Ha!

Young ones have also died.

 

Tell me, how many deaths is acceptable.

1 minute ago, Sujo said:

Young ones have also died.

Tell me, how many deaths is acceptable.

Considering the Greens keep telling us the world is overpopulated, and seeing all the homeless in the West.

I'd say around 30% would not only be acceptable but beneficial to the survivors.

1 hour ago, Wardp said:

A recent study has found that masks do add protection against the corona virus' so why are so many farangs walking around pattaya and the supermarkets without them'? It is offensive to Thais and ignorance, they shoud remember we are guests here and when in Rome etc etc

Guests? LOL. More like prisoners unable to leave. These threads are becoming all too common. I might have been one who you saw without one, but I decided to play the game now with pretend masks, just to keep the Thais (and people like you) from freaking out.

I just heard in Vietnam you get a $10 fine the first offence for not wearing a mask in public, second offence up to one year jail. Unsure if this applies at province level, or nation wide.

 

Wonder how many arrogant westerners will get caught out by this, as it seems some would prefer jail before they submit to wearing a mask.

2 minutes ago, jacob29 said:

I just heard in Vietnam you get a $10 fine the first offence for not wearing a mask in public, second offence up to one year jail. Unsure if this applies at province level, or nation wide.

 

Wonder how many arrogant westerners will get caught out by this, as it seems some would prefer jail before they submit to wearing a mask.

Come on now... you're seriously suggesting that some foreigners would risk a year in jail not to wear a mask if such laws existed? That's a stretch.

23 minutes ago, nausea said:

It's a panacea - when in Rome ... . As far as I can see we're all gonna get it eventually, they're just trying to flatten the curve. I must admit getting it when ventilators are in short supply is probably a bad idea. Triage and all that. Get it at the start or the end, if you're vulnerable ride it out in self-isolation. Youngsters can probably take this in their stride, like measles, mumps - I laughed in your face. I did have a smallcox innoculation though, to be fair. And maybe they'll develop something similar. I think it's a something a long way away. Whatever, humans will come out stronger, am I the only one who thinks killing off the elderly and sick may not be a bad thing, speaking as someone who is elderly and sick. Ha!

Small cox inoculation? I admire your honesty.

7 minutes ago, tropo said:

Guests? LOL. More like prisoners unable to leave. These threads are becoming all too common. I might have been one who you saw without one, but I decided to play the game now with pretend masks, just to keep the Thais (and people like you) from freaking out.

Agree, i'm starting to feel more worried of people than the virus.

What is the point? They do not protect.

58 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

What's the big deal with wearing a mask? For f^%k sake, just wear it. 

Why?

They dont work. they make it difficult to breath and they steam my glasses up so that I cannot see.

5 minutes ago, tropo said:

Come on now... you're seriously suggesting that some foreigners would risk a year in jail not to wear a mask if such laws existed? That's a stretch.

I was specifically thinking of Logosone ????. He seriously loathes the idea of being forced to wear a mask.

2 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:

Agree, i'm starting to feel more worried of people than the virus.

I held out until this week, but the hostility toward foreigners is growing stronger by the day, with a health minister fueling the fire.

1 minute ago, tropo said:

I held out until this week, but the hostility toward foreigners is growing stronger by the day, with a health minister fueling the fire.

Jeez, that's not my feeling yet where i am, but i think i can understand.

Stay safe mate, and possibly fit. Wish you all the best, i still hope that this nightmare won't last too long.

A recent study has found that masks do add protection against the corona virus' 

 

It is good practice when making such claims to add a link to the study one is talking about.

 

Do you have such a link?

 

 

1 minute ago, mauGR1 said:

Jeez, that's not my feeling yet where i am, but i think i can understand.

Stay safe mate, and possibly fit. Wish you all the best, i still hope that this nightmare won't last too long.

It's not the feeling I feel on the streets (yet). It's what I hear in the media and the constant harping that foreigners are dirty and spreading the virus.

 

I have been told that thieves are running rampant in Pattaya. Muggings could be a risk as money is drying up.

1 hour ago, EVENKEEL said:

What's the big deal with wearing a mask? For f^%k sake, just wear it. 

Why don't you wear your stupid mask and not tell others what to do?

 

Who are you?

1 hour ago, Matzzon said:

Apparently this is a specific problem for Pattaya as it has been talked about many times. Maybe it´s just harder to understand what´s right do do for guests in that city.

 

Anyway, very shameful!

No it's the same in Bangkok, they won't wear them even if they have one.

3 minutes ago, Youlike said:

No it's the same in Bangkok, they won't wear them even if they have one.

Thanks for sharing. That makes it even more shameful.

not really a surprise is it, an area containing the dregs of society ignoring any advice given

Yes, it is certainly shameful when people don't take advice given:

 

In early February 2020, the Executive Yuan adopted the recommendations of professors Huang Li-min (黃立民) and Chang Shang-chwen (張上淳) of the National Taiwan University Medical School, advocating that healthy people do not need to wear masks in open spaces. On 8 February, Chen Shih-chung, commander of the Central Epidemic Prevention Center, further stated that there was no need to wear a mask on public transportation.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_Taiwan

 

German Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Tuesday that he currently sees "no need for an obligation" in his country to wear masks.

 

https://www.dpa-international.com/topic/need-face-mask-requirement-germany-officials-say-urn%3Anewsml%3Adpa.com%3A20090101%3A200331-99-544600

 

I'll take my advice from the people who're successful in fighting the virus, thanks for your input.

11 minutes ago, tropo said:

It's not the feeling I feel on the streets (yet). It's what I hear in the media and the constant harping that foreigners are dirty and spreading the virus.

 

I have been told that thieves are running rampant in Pattaya. Muggings could be a risk as money is drying up.

As we talk, apparently there will be a curfew imposed from Friday, 10pm to 4am.

It doesn't look good, but let's hope for the best.

Yes so mr Anutin was right....oh now i said it again, will i get banned for 2 weeks again now?