Pattaya: It's full of desperate and starving homeless people who threaten resurgence of Covid-19, says Thai media.

 

Image: 77kaoded

 

Thai media 77kaoded toured Pattaya last night and found many homeless people on the streets.

 

Starving, dirty and desperate people were in business doorways, outside convenience stores and on beach road.

 

This was a deplorable situation, they said, and threatened a rise in crime and spread of the coronavirus after the resort appeared to have things under control. 

 

They gave no evidence as to why their assertions might be thus.

 

Source: 77kaoded

 

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What are the police doing?  Clearly all these people need shelter in a place of safety.  As they, and the photographer may well be breaking the curfew, the Police would be within their rights and doing their duty to assist these poor people! 

I am guessing they would normally be sleeping on the beach?

Of course this is not allowed but it would be more comfortable that hard concrete.

Edited May 16, 20206 yr by ianezy0

Desperate? That dude has a hand truck and a hiso mozzie tent, seems to be doing pretty well!

 

Just reminds me of thais begging me for money to eat when there are 20 thai vendors looking at me..

 

As to the old adage that thais can sleep anywhere.......just an observation, tough times for all...be safe

5 minutes ago, ianezy0 said:

I am guessing they would normally be sleeping on the beach?

Of course this is not allowed but it would be more comfortable that hard concrete.

My thoughts exactly, is there not one safe sandy hidden cubby hole to get some privacy n sleep there?

39 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

threatened a rise in crime and spread of the coronavirus

Maybe those spreading unjustified hysteria should earn themselves some karma points by trying to help some of these people rather than vilifying them. I have had my hand in my pocket daily for some weeks now helping local handouts. I see desperate and hungry people not villains and plague spreaders.

"threatened a rise in crime and spread of the coronavirus"

 

The homeless have got to be least at risk from the virus itself

 

 

26 minutes ago, ChakaKhan said:

My thoughts exactly, is there not one safe sandy hidden cubby hole to get some privacy n sleep there?

Absolutely stacks of empty accommodation in the area. But that may mean that some government department would have to cough up some money. Little chance of that.

Edited May 16, 20206 yr by potless

Just odd, does the store front present safety for that dude?  If it were me at a beach town Id be somewhere private, softer and quiet, maybe hearing the waves crashing....seems pretty open to me....just saying....but guess thais are used to sleeping on the floor on a bamboo mat anyway....nice hand truck, think somebody would swipe it in these trying times and try to sell it....or use it to loot more!

They should come at not Corona times and look what kind of people are hanging around for instance on the Beach Road at night... 

Isn't it the governments job to feed their own citizens...

 

56 minutes ago, ianezy0 said:

I am guessing they would normally be sleeping on the beach?

Of course this is not allowed but it would be more comfortable that hard concrete.

Would be cleaner 

There should be no rough sleepers period yet alone in a pandemic step up you rancid self indulgent government generals and make it go away????

The Mayor of Pattaya voiced concerns 2/3 weeks about the plight of these folk sleeping rough...of course nothing gets done...at least they are getting well fed thanks to the local business (mainly farang) folk..????

26 minutes ago, spiekerjozef said:

Isn't it the governments job to feed their own citizens...

 

Yes it is of course! but Thailand doesnt have a real one just generals and buddies lording it over the land!

 

 

Money for submarines! but they let farang  donations from amazing collections by farang media and bar owners do the emergency feeding of the Thais in Pattaya. 

 

Personally I would like to see the Monks nationwide doing the morning rounds but with role reversal where they take packages of food to their own people who have fed them for many years!

6 minutes ago, sapson said:

 

 

Personally I would like to see the Monks nationwide doing the morning rounds but with role reversal where they take packages of food to their own people who have fed them for many years!

Not  a cat in hell's chance...????

Edited May 16, 20206 yr by petermik

26 minutes ago, petermik said:

The Mayor of Pattaya voiced concerns 2/3 weeks about the plight of these folk sleeping rough...of course nothing gets done...at least they are getting well fed thanks to the local business (mainly farang) folk..????

IMO, the mayor shouldn't be voicing concern, he should be making sure something is done about it.

 

That's his job, that's what he gets paid for.

1 hour ago, Oldie said:

They should come at not Corona times and look what kind of people are hanging around for instance on the Beach Road at night... 

What are you doing there ???? ?

Edited May 16, 20206 yr by Neeranam

7 minutes ago, petermik said:

Not  a cat in hell's chance..

Yes, the monks have been a bit missing during the whole Covid-19 crisis!

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Pattaya: It's full of desperate and starving homeless people who threaten resurgence of Covid-19, says Thai media.

well round them up and test them 

 

another stupid article

2 hours ago, ChakaKhan said:

Just odd, does the store front present safety for that dude?  If it were me at a beach town Id be somewhere private, softer and quiet, maybe hearing the waves crashing....seems pretty open to me....just saying....but guess thais are used to sleeping on the floor on a bamboo mat anyway....nice hand truck, think somebody would swipe it in these trying times and try to sell it....or use it to loot more!

Perhaps the cold air from the 27/7 air conditioning leaks under the door....

I am in Pattaya now and I don't see much if any homeless people anywhere and I have a scooter and cruise around often.  I have been here for 9 days and have had one person ask me for change.   If there any numbers of homeless about they are hiding out from the police that patrol after curfew but it doesn't seem to be an issue.....yet.

 

 

3 hours ago, petermik said:

The Mayor of Pattaya voiced concerns 2/3 weeks about the plight of these folk sleeping rough...of course nothing gets done...at least they are getting well fed thanks to the local business (mainly farang) folk..????

My wifes friend owns a business and she gives out food every morning ,so to be honest do lots of other places ,even immigration have free food .

3 hours ago, spiekerjozef said:

Isn't it the governments job to feed their own citizens...

 

They are doing. It is just that our interpretation of citizens and theirs are vastly different. They are looking after themselves, the hangers on, and the family....

And where has the spectacularly wealthy army been during all this? Where is the assistance for the people in need? The 83% rejection rate of the paltry 5,000 baht handout said alot about where their hearts are, and the bankrupt nature of their souls. These clowns wear a mask of false national pride. Yet, when the most desperate of their countrymen are in their greatest hour of need, they are nowhere to be found. 

Maybe the government should step in and help instead of just asking the rich to do it!

Many of the Wats in Chiang Mai feeding the poor people more than likely in Pattaya as well. People who live there probably see it and farangs see it is well when they leave there upscale condo. Never understand why some people think it is ok to make fun and put down people who are in hard times. 

Edited May 16, 20206 yr by moe666

6 hours ago, rooster59 said:

They gave no evidence as to why their assertions might be thus.

That's because it's a lie. There is no COVID left so these people not only aren't at risk of becoming infected they certainly aren't at risk of spreading it around.

 

When the Chinese come back more COVID will come with them, there will certainly be no herd immunity in most of China as they locked down travel inside the country. In the end there will be one country that's vulnerable to COVID and that's China.

Well I didn't read the article carefully (early first cuppa and I don't really care) but as a part time resident of Pattaya off and on for 20 years I didn't see anything unusual from the pictures.  There have always been people sleeping rough there.  Day and night.

 

Perhaps there are more now but difficult to judge from pictures.

normally the homeless hang out in away/backstreet places,

i havnt seen them stay at shop entrees before,

then again i dont drive around much these days