For how much longer do we have to wear masks in supermarkets for?

[Oldie]

4 minutes ago, Logosone said:

It will continue for at least 8 or 12 months. Then a vaccine should provide a strong argument for ending the mask nonsense, but of course you will continue to have a large contingent of overly concerned snowflakes who will insist everyone has to wear a mask and 60 trillion people will die otherwise.

Your statement is not correct. Most snowflakes are not here yet and so cannot insist that everyone has to wear a mask. Perhaps you also should take into account what Thai people think and want. I don't know it and I guess you don't know it too. 

[Meat Pie 47]

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

I get it, in Europe and the US. I do. But here? No new cases in 90 days and people are still buying into the apocalypse? What is the point of masks, at this stage? What is there to spread? Any remaining cases were gone long ago. Sanity and rationale, please. 

Yes I don't get it either, I live in Western Australia we also had no local infections for months

nobody wears a musk here (unlike Victoria) we are free to roam around we just have an hard

boarder to stop people from the eastern states to enter and spread the virus again.

[Oldie]

6 minutes ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

They make all the women mysterious too...and they're all beautiful when all you see is their eyes ????????????

You are right. In the meantime I like this guessing how she might look like without a mask. I am ready for an Arab country. 

[Henryford]

Just wear it walking through the door, no one cares once you are inside.

[Pattaya Spotter]

4 minutes ago, Oldie said:

You are right. In the meantime I like this guessing how she might look like without a mask. I am ready for an Arab country. 

Yes...there have been so many women who I've wanted to ask "Can I see your whole face...you look so pretty but I just want to confirm?" ????????????

[JimGant]

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

What is there to spread? Any remaining cases were gone long ago.

Yeah, that's what New Zealand thought. Have they figured out how that domestic case sprang up? And was the mask rule still in effect when that was discovered? Just curious, as I haven't seen much about this lately on the news. (Presumably some lessons to be learned applicable to Thailand, assuming  the Kiwis can unravel what happened.)

[polpott]

1 hour ago, Keyser Soze666 said:

You mean like Thai's do on the roads?

Why not set an example to them?

[cyril sneer]

if they were free it wouldn't be a requirement to wear one

 

can't see it ever ending. 'phone/keys/wallet' is a thing of the past

[Kadilo]

1 hour ago, Yinn said:

 

When covid control in the world= no need for mask in plaza etc. 

 

You have had not had any cases for 90 days (they claim). Anyone that has entered has been quarantined and tested before release. 
 

What has world Covid control got to do with wearing a mask in a Thailand Plaza

 

 

 

 

Edited September 2, 2020 by Kadilo

[Yinn]

5 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

You have had not had any cases for 90 days (they claim). Anyone that has entered has been quarantined and tested before release. 
 

What has world Covid control got to do with wearing a mask in Thailand?

 

 

 

 

8 month, 850,000 dead, 25 million sick, economy terrible and have people not understand yet.

unbeleivable.

 

 

[TheFreqFlyer]

1 hour ago, Yinn said:

We not want be same new zeland. 

 

When covid control in the world= no need for mask in plaza etc. 

 

The farang like to say how thailand should control covid. But 200,000 new infection in farang country everyday.

Thailand would be stupid follow that.

 

If your country follow rule for 5 week, can control same thailand. But want to argue, fight, anti mask, anti vaxxer loons make it be impossible. 

8 month, 800,000 die already and still cry/fight/complain/moan/groan about wear mask. 

Is not difficult. Better than loose job, business.

Idiots. 

 

 

You're a "loon". 

 

And you're easy to control. Says more about you than everyone else really. 

 

Anyway, how about Cambodia? No one wears masks there. 273 cases in total. Laos? Ditto. No masks and only 22 cases. 

[scammed]

thailand has become a very boring place,

im also fed up with this farse

[TheFreqFlyer]

58 minutes ago, userabcd said:

I also see many not wearing masks and notice they are aliens.

 

The other day on main sukhumvit rd, 3 foreigners on one motorcycle, no masks and no helmets.

Masks are not needed just to be outside. They're only enforced in businesses, mostly malls, office buildings etc. 

[Kadilo]

7 minutes ago, Yinn said:

8 month, 850,000 dead, 25 million sick, economy terrible and have people not understand yet.

unbeleivable.

 

 

 

I will try again. 
 

Yes I understand where there are still countries with Covid the benefit of wearing a face covering to reduce the spread but Thailand is boasting on a daily basis about how it is Covid free and has been for 90 days. 
 

So who are you stopping the spread from/to?

Edited September 2, 2020 by Kadilo

[polpott]

2 minutes ago, TheFreqFlyer said:

Masks are not needed just to be outside. They're only enforced in businesses, mostly malls, office buildings etc. 

Most Thais where I live wear them outside so I do too.

[Kadilo]

1 minute ago, polpott said:

Most Thais where I live wear them outside so I do too.

 Be careful no one jumps off a cliff. 

[polpott]

1 minute ago, Kadilo said:

 Be careful no one jumps off a cliff. 

Why? Do most Thais jump off a cliff?

[Oldie]

32 minutes ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

Yes...there have been so many women who I've wanted to ask "Can I see your whole face...you look so pretty but I just want to confirm?" ????????????

I think that it works the other way too. Much more people are friendly if I use a mask. And it helps to hide negative feelings. 

[TheFreqFlyer]

59 minutes ago, Logosone said:

It will continue for at least 8 or 12 months. Then a vaccine should provide a strong argument for ending the mask nonsense, but of course you will continue to have a large contingent of overly concerned snowflakes who will insist everyone has to wear a mask and 60 trillion people will die otherwise.

Highly doubtful.

 

In Vietnam they were very strict about it from March to May, but then the masks came off pretty much across the board. The PM even said that they're no longer needed by school students a week into the restart of school. Until they were re-imposed on July 25 in Danang and days later much of the rest of the country, as a result of the "second wave" that started there. The second wave is dying down now, but I suspect masks will continue to be enforced for a little longer, perhaps a month or two. They're getting stricter in Myanmar now (masks first became mandatory in May, but even Yangon buses had inconsistent enforcement until recently) as a result of their second wave, which is taking place now. I think in one month from now their second wave will die down and enforcement will start to taper off. 

 

As for Thailand and other countries in general, the masks will come off when the money from the IMF/WEF/WHO runs out. That's the only reason the country is able to impose/enforce them in the first place. 

 

If I were to take a stab at it, my guess would be max. 2-3 more months of mask wearing before it's discontinued. Assuming we continue on the same re-opening trajectory, there is little reason to keep it going longer. Masks are even coming off in China now - they're still enforced to enter certain types of businesses in some regions, but no longer a general requirement whenever leaving your home as they were back in February-April or May.  

 

Therefore, why would Thailand be any different? China is a Communist country we're all told is really strict and all, and we all know Thailand is rather lax when it comes to enforcement of rules. Therefore I can't see masks still being required for much longer. 

Edited September 2, 2020 by TheFreqFlyer

[TheFreqFlyer]

Just now, polpott said:

Why? Do most Thais jump off a cliff?

Some might if the talking heads on TV told them it cures corona virus. 

[Oldie]

1 hour ago, userabcd said:

I also see many not wearing masks and notice they are aliens.

 

The other day on main sukhumvit rd, 3 foreigners on one motorcycle, no masks and no helmets.

Obviously there is nothing to protect. 

[Meat Pie 47]

13 minutes ago, Yinn said:

8 month, 850,000 dead, 25 million sick, economy terrible and have people not understand yet.

unbeleivable.

 

 

Rubbish again, we don't wear masks in Western Australia we had no local infection

for about 4 months what does that prove you.

[DavisH]

The masks appear to serve little function at this time in Thailand. I guess the only benefit is that if / when there is an outbreak - possibly coming from the borders, that the infection spread will be low as most people are wearing masks. But I doubt people in remote/border areas are wearing them to any great degree, but I'll stand corrected. There is a risk, but it's close to zero at this time. 

But given the insistence on masks, I could almost guarantee we will go to a hard lockdown/shut schools, if there is an outbreak in a a major city. 

 

I don't see the current rules relaxing until there is a vaccine. 

[TheFreqFlyer]

51 minutes ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

Yes I don't get it either, I live in Western Australia we also had no local infections for months

nobody wears a musk here (unlike Victoria) we are free to roam around we just have an hard

boarder to stop people from the eastern states to enter and spread the virus again.

In NSW masks are not yet mandatory, but they're almost ubiquitous now to board public transport and those not wearing them are in the minority. Masks are catching on in Australia, as they are in NZ where a nationwide mandate to wear them on public transport recently came into force. I don't necessarily expect Western Australia to follow suit, but if this nonsense continues for much longer, I wouldn't entirely rule it out...

10 minutes ago, polpott said:

Most Thais where I live wear them outside so I do too.

Not where I am. Looks like you've been successfully brainwashed. By all means wear one to enter a store that requires it, but just to walk around outside...ridiculous. 

 

I've noticed fewer and fewer people are wearing them now, compared to April or May. Which makes sense. Yes, some still are, but it's down to anywhere from 10-50% rather than 50-80% before. 

[DavisH]

1 minute ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

Rubbish again, we don't wear masks in Western Australia we had no local infection

for about 4 months what does that prove you.

Population density for starters....and you lot never had a severe outbreak like in Victoria. A handful of cases can be controlled easily with the correct measures. WA never had daily cases running into the hundreds, did it?

[Flying Saucage]

20 minutes ago, Yinn said:

8 month, 850,000 dead, 25 million sick, economy terrible and have people not understand yet.

unbeleivable.

 

 

Yinn, you should stop to refer to these old and outdated data from March or April. It's really time for this now. The world has changed during the recent 6 months, the knowledge on the virus and how to treat the disease has changed, especially also thanks to specialists in Western countries.

 

Before I went to Thailand last time beginning of February, I (as a farang, oh wonder!), purchased a lot of FFP3 masks here in Europe where I live. It was not easy to get them at this time already, as they were sold out already and the prices rocketed. Also I followed the news from our neighbor France, and there the masks were sold out completely already at that time in February. So, obviously a lot of "farang" were keen to wear masks in public an bought the market empty. Don't blame all Western people as ignorants, please!

 

At the same time, the WHO still announced that wearing masks does not make sense. And shortly later the officials in Europe asked the people to leave the few available masks on the market to those really in need, meaning the staff working in hospitals.

 

Instead of always blaming foreigners, you really should think twice and look what really was the situation, and also you should differenciate among the people you talk about.

 

And please, try to refer to data and graphs which refer to the current situation, when you talk about today and not to outdated data. And also please try to use trustable data, based on transparent sources. Not every number is true only because it is published in the internet. Just saying.

 

 

Edited September 2, 2020 by Flying Saucage

[Yinn]

2 minutes ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

Rubbish again, we don't wear masks in Western Australia we had no local infection

for about 4 months what does that prove you.

Er...prove should listen Yinn.

 

https://www.dw.com/en/australia-outbreak-stokes-second-wave-worries/av-54508626

[TheFreqFlyer]

2 minutes ago, DavisH said:

The masks appear to serve little function at this time in Thailand. I guess the only benefit is that if / when there is an outbreak - possibly coming from the borders, that the infection spread will be low as most people are wearing masks. But I doubt people in remote/border areas are wearing them to any great degree, but I'll stand corrected. There is a risk, but it's close to zero at this time. 

But given the insistence on masks, I could almost guarantee we will go to a hard lockdown/shut schools, if there is an outbreak in a a major city. 

 

I don't see the current rules relaxing until there is a vaccine. 

Plenty of countries where the rules are being relaxed and there may never be a vaccine.

 

I seriously doubt Thailand would be stricter than China or Vietnam on this going forward. Never thought of the country as being more North Korean like than those countries. Therefore, like I said, the masks will come off fairly soon (couple of months at most) and it won't have anything to do with the vaccine. 

 

Masks coming off may or may not be related to the emergency decree. Once it goes, masks will probably come off straight away. 

[TheFreqFlyer]

2 minutes ago, DavisH said:

Population density for starters....and you lot never had a severe outbreak like in Victoria. A handful of cases can be controlled easily with the correct measures. WA never had daily cases running into the hundreds, did it?

Perth is densely populated and most of the state's residents live there. 

 

Governments can and will introduce such requirements as they see fit. NZ introduced a mask mandate for public transport even though they've only had like 200 or so new cases in the last few weeks. 

[TheFreqFlyer]

3 minutes ago, Flying Saucage said:

Yinn, you should stop to refer to these old and outdated data from March or April. It's really time for this now. The world has changed during the recent 6 months, the knowledge on the virus and how to treat the disease has changed, especially also thanks to specialists in Western countries.

 

Before I went to Thailand last time beginning of February, I (as a farang, oh wonder!), purchased a lot of FFP3 masks here in Europe where I live. It was not easy to get them at this time already, as they were sold out already and the prices rocketed. Also I followed the news from our neighbor France, and there the masks were sold out completely already at that time in February. So, obviously a lot of "farang" were keen to wear masks in public an bought the market empty. Don't blame all Western people as ignorants, please!

 

At the same time, the WHO still announced that wearing masks does not make sense. And shortly later the officials in Europe asked the people to leave the few available masks on the market to those really in need, meaning the staff working in hospitals.

 

Instead of always blaming foreigners, you really should think twice and look what really was the situation, and also you should differenciate among the people you talk about.

 

And please, try to refer to data and graphs which refer to the current situation, when you talk about today and not to outdated data. And also please try to use trustable data, based on transparent sources. Not every number is true only because it is published in the internet. Just saying.

 

 

I think Yinn has some kind of strange anti-foreigner agenda. He or she reminds me of Unig, Termsak and Suthin on Bangkok Post.

 

Always making anti-farang statements, The latter two, especially Termsak, is also very authoritarian in his views. Of course Yinn also ignores reality coming out of neighboring countries like Cambodia and Laos, two Asian countries were masks have not really been worn much at all since the start of this crisis. As I understand it, in Cambodia they've tried to enforce them a bit more of late, but most of the time it's still fairly lax. I doubt Laos has altered it's stance since the beginning.