Thailand will be very choosy about who can visit, insists Anutin

[Patts]

3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

 Europeans and Americans are going to be the most radioactive people on the planet for the next year or two. So, all of that makes sense.

What are you talking about? Have you seen the cases reported each day for Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Netherlands, Denmark etc they are all well down and seem to have things under control. Even the UK has shown a sharp decrease in cases and deaths over the past couple of weeks. Results of the Oxford Vaccine are due next month so we may well have a solution that is ready to administer from August/September.

[spidermike007]

2 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Anutin's worth a few $$ too, heir to a major construction company fortune. His family's company, Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction PCL, built several government mega-projects such as Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport.

This entire administration could not possibly be more out of touch with the people and less competent. True BOB (bottom of the barrel) appointments. From Prayuth right on down. An astonishing lack of talent and ability. 

[natway09]

China should be a no no for at least another 2 months.

My little lady bar owner says if the Chinese are allowed in she will open her bar & go to the

highest court in the land if she is closed down 

[Patts]

5 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Anutin's worth a few $$ too, heir to a major construction company fortune. His family's company, Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction PCL, built several government mega-projects such as Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport.

The name of the company "Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction PCL" confirms why he sucks up to China and the CCP:

 

Sino meaning: Chinese

[DrTuner]

3 minutes ago, Patts said:

Results of the Oxford Vaccine are due next month so we may well have a solution that is ready to administer from August/September.

Already some preliminary results that aren't very promising: https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2020/05/16/did-the-oxford-covid-vaccine-work-in-monkeys-not-really/#6c9a3653c712

 

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.13.093195v1.full.pdf

 

It's more likely some of the antibody therapies will come first. You'd still get it, but have good chances of recovering. At that point it makes sense to open the international traffic.

[Patts]

17 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

Already some preliminary results that aren't very promising: https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2020/05/16/did-the-oxford-covid-vaccine-work-in-monkeys-not-really/#6c9a3653c712

 

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.13.093195v1.full.pdf

 

It's more likely some of the antibody therapies will come first. You'd still get it, but have good chances of recovering. At that point it makes sense to open the international traffic.

Yes, I saw the initial results of the animal testing a few weeks ago and if I'm honest I wondered how on earth it was approved for phase 1 trials as there seems little hope of it being successful. 

Edited June 16, 2020 by Patts

[Sydebolle]

Well, the electorate chose to put tantruming little sweet heart Anutin in charge of the Public Health Ministry. If this can happen, then let him chose and be picky. 

Unclear are a few things though:
access to Thailand is facilitated overseas by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
border control is done by police, reporting to the Ministry of Interior
how can he accept a multi million THB donation by a Swiss pharmaceutical company via the Swiss Ambassador, if all this is coming from "dirty farang" country. 
 

So, dont take him serious, the only trump card keeping him in his ministerial posting is his political party member- and ownership which are possibly the decisive balance of political power. 

[choff56]

1 hour ago, Mac98 said:

China is perfect for providing tourists to Thailand. They arrive packed on a charter flight, travel together on packed buses, stay together in packed hotels, sightsee together in packed marching order, and return home the same way. If there is COVID-19 about, they will infect each other.

Yes, but how is Thailand going to work out the food buffet dilemma?

[sambum]

“I have spoken with the ambassadors of Singapore, New Zealand, China and South Korea. We have to see which nationalities Thais are happy to welcome,"

 

Who's he kidding? As if he gives a t**s about "which nationalities Thais are happy to welcome,"

 

Most Thais that I speak to did not like the Chinese before Covid-19, and this has only confirmed their dislike for them.

 

However, what's the bets that our beloved Health Minister will be trying to convince everyone that every Thai would welcome the Chinese with open  arms! Forget about the other 3 countries mentioned - not enough numbers to be had in comparison.

[Lambou69]

A Nut he's still here? Where's his facemask? Hahaha

[metisdead]

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[Ketyo]

How does this moron keep his job? Pays money for it?

 

Isn't China a country with a large outbreak? How about Australia, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar? Haven't they all had small outbreaks? Maybe he makes more money personally from China. 

[sandyf]

5 hours ago, SupermarineS6B said:

Come on !  " Dirty Farangs should be deported ".......  Say that in any civilized country and you'd be up to your rear end in lawyers for the next twenty years....... 

Nothing like a bit of distortion as a distraction.

[Dap]

11 hours ago, impulse said:

 

You need to read up on surveys and uncertainty.  In order to be 99% certain that you're within 25% of the right answer, you only need to survey 27 random people in a population of 60,000,000. 

 

Don't believe me?  Enter your own numbers... 

 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/sample-size-calculator/

 

It would be one thing if the survey said 52%, but when it says 75%, you'd have to be surveying people right outside the Thai equivalent of a Young Republicans pep rally to get it that far off.

 

You can be 99% sure that you're within 4% of the correct answer if you survey 1000 random people in a population of 60 million.  Meaning it's a safe bet that between 70-80% of Thais would prefer to keep foreigners out for the time being.

 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/margin-of-error-calculator/

 

 

I see a lot of numbers that mean nothing without pollster credibility  

[BobBKK]

Thailand : death toll on the roads yesterday (ONE DAY) = 68

 

Total Covid deaths since January = 58

Total lock-downs, masks, temp checks and untold people losing jobs and businesses for 99% recovery rate and 58 deaths???   MADNESS

[Swedenlars]

Beggars can't be choosers.

[Don Mega]

2 minutes ago, BobBKK said:

Thailand : death toll on the roads yesterday (ONE DAY) = 68

 

Total Covid deaths since January = 58

Total lock-downs, masks, temp checks and untold people losing jobs and businesses for 99% recovery rate and 58 deaths???   MADNESS

Thinking that the lockdowns, mask and temp checks had nothing to do with keeping the covid number low.

MADNESS

[GAZZPA]

1 hour ago, DrTuner said:

US and UK I'd say. Most of Europe now has a grip on it and are on their way to containment. We'll see how Spain manages opening up, will be interesting with the inflow of tourists.

 

EDIT: Forgot about Sweden. They are now a pariah even among the nordics. Others are ready to open while they must stay in isolation. Great strategy for the "herd immunity" there.

You need to check the numbers, the UK is on a rapid decline now, it is estimated to be 2 weeks behind Italy so by the end of June most of Europe will have negligible infection rates. Europe are coming out of it now, as long as there is not a second wave. The places that are getting worse are in South America such as Brazil, Peru, Mexico and India is looking like a tough ride ahead,,, Europe will recover soon, the virus is however still not done yet.. 

[BobBKK]

1 minute ago, Don Mega said:

Madness.

I agree Australia top of the list for recovery and not a mask in sight. 

[tifino]

seems like MrA plans to be the first face you see when finally arriving at swampy! 

 - your acceptance, and avoidance from being big brother styled voted out of the house; depends on whether this time around - you take a mask off of him?

[sandyf]

3 hours ago, JonnyF said:

It seems the race to the bottom is almost over for Thailand. 

 

You really think they will be landing on the UK shortly, bit of a cushion with the US on the lower level.

The problems that Brits will have travelling to Thailand is down to Bojo and his goon show, is it any wonder most will stay in their own back yard.

 

At the end of the day, international travel as we knew it has been consigned to the history books and everyone will have to learn to live with it.

[Don Mega]

8 minutes ago, BobBKK said:

I agree Australia top of the list for recovery

Based upon what ?

[BobBKK]

2 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

Based upon what ?

https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/australia-nz-have-world-s-best-covid-health-and-economic-response-20200430-p54ofs

 

Washington | Australia's "novel" coronavirus pandemic response is being hailed as one of the world's best for both containing the virus and preserving the nation's economic fabric without throwing millions of workers into potentially permanent unemployment.
 

A preliminary study of leading advanced economies by the highly-regarded Brookings Institution in Washington said Australia, New Zealand, Denmark and Germany have been "the most successful".

Edited June 16, 2020 by BobBKK

[overt2016]

15 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

Thinking that the lockdowns, mask and temp checks had nothing to do with keeping the covid number low.

MADNESS

I think you are mis-interprenting what he is saying.

The fact is that if the powers that be put as much effort into taking action to the carnage on the roads

as they have on this pandemic quite a number of Thai lives would be saved EVERY day.

[KhunFred]

It's going to be very humiliating for Thailand , when it is once again on its knees, begging for handouts from the west. The country could have been made a colony at the end of World War 2, but the USA had to be magnanimous. We have been funneling them cash payments for decades with no return on investment. Imperial hubris.

[Keyser Soze666]

7 minutes ago, overt2016 said:

I think you are mis-interprenting what he is saying.

The fact is that if the powers that be put as much effort into taking action to the carnage on the roads

as they have on this pandemic quite a number of Thai lives would be saved EVERY day.

Exactly. Mr Mega just loves to disagree, though.

[nausea]

What the hell, he acts like people are begging to come here; you'll take what you can get and be bl#$dy grateful.

[elliss]

 

     Any Expats like too predict their future, in the Land of Smiles.

       

      

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[KhunFred]

The cheapest, chintziest, stingiest and most obnoxious are the tourists of choice. None of those free-spending Caucasians that don't take enough showers. Gotta protect the Kingdom against too much filthy lucre flowing into the Land of Smiley.

[Don Mega]

22 minutes ago, nausea said:

What the hell, he acts like people are begging to come here; you'll take what you can get and be bl#$dy grateful.

They are begging, read some  of the replies in other threads.