COVID-19 in Samut Sakhon: Hunt on for two Myanmar workers - people not wearing masks face 20k THB fines

[djayz]

"Hunting them" A tad OTT in my opinion. What have they done? Raped and murdered somebody? 

[connda]

11 hours ago, anchadian said:

Deputy provincial police chief Pol Col Phatpakorn Chanprasert ordered all people in the province to wear masks when out of doors or face fines of 20,000 baht under regulations to cover the spread of the virus. 
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Will never happen to Thais.  What a ridiculous comment to make.

However, put a set of cross-hairs on the backs of foreigners in the area and draw a bulls-eye.

[Derek B]

11 hours ago, internationalism said:

In theory those bluewish face masks are also PM2.5, but because they are flimsy there are always some holes. So would partially protect from viruses, bacteria, but not smog. There was no smog on Thursday, because of earlier rainfall. There was smog for several days before Wednesday.

I think the masks are designed to capture droplets upon which the virus is attached.

Edited December 18, 2020 by Derek B
Reduced quoted text.

[billd766]

12 hours ago, Liverpoolfan said:

Sounds like a right racket.

just yesterday in the big smog i counted about 50 Thais on one road without masks. 50x20,000 is a million baht on one street alone out of how many???

 

the government are definitely on to a winner here ????

In the big village near me in rural Kamphaeng Phet more than 50% of the people don't wear a mask unless they are going to 7/11 or the bank. I wear one most of the time when I am out and about but not in the car or around the house.

 

In KPP about 90% do wear masks, though at BigC yesterday there was nobody checking temperature or any other checks.

 

Makro OTOH, does have security doing temperature checks.

Edited December 18, 2020 by billd766
Added extra text

[billd766]

6 hours ago, brucegoniners said:

Wear a mask "when out of doors" or face a 20K fine??? <deleted>?????

 

I don't believe that's the law.

That won't be a problem. They will just write a new law and backdate it.

[SupermarineS6B]

It's quite funny isn't it, everytime one of these lot pops up with a statement to make they always look the same..... One guess where the governor and his family hail from...... Er....... begins with "C"........ See the picture forming ?     I wonder if they're still eating dogs up there, it's a hard habit to break coming from the old country......... 

Edited December 18, 2020 by SupermarineS6B

[Elkski]

Its coming.   They need to start washing all markets like this once a week. 

[herfiehandbag]

Hunting Burmese, 20K fines for not wearing masks; how ****** is policing and law enforcement here!

 

Last night an M6 pupil at my school was killed, driving a motorcycle after drinking at a friend's 18th birthday party. Yes it was his own fault. Yes he had been drinking. If there was any, any, effective proactive routine policing the chances are he wouldn't have done it. As it is an 18 year old is dead, a family is devastated, and his friends are hurting. And all these buffoons can do is ponce about stroking there pathetic priapic egos with these ridiculous anouncements.

 

Sorry to rant. It really boils my <deleted> sometimes

 

 

[ThaiFelix]

3 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Oops! Hope the kids are ok.

 

My comments only apply to the town. Out in the sticks where we live no one's worn a mask for many months. I was at a large gathering last Friday of at least 300 plus catering and entertainment staff. Not a mask anywhere.

Kids were damn lucky, jumped off before it went over, not a scratch.  Luckily the m/c got jammed up in a palm tree at the side saving it from a further 3 meter drop to the khlong floor.  It too survived without a scratch.  very lucky all round.

 

Yes in our nearest town the only masks seen are around 7/11 and Tesco because they were banning entry without for a while.  The contact log and temp checker's desk has been deserted and gathering dust for months and now even the staff dont wear masks. 

 

I am worried there might be a hell of a shock coming soon.

[KhaoYai]

Nothing in the entire TV article mentions the relevance of the 2 Myanmar workers. The Daily News source is in Thai - anybody care to scan that and see if the information's there?

[DavisH]

4 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Oops! Hope the kids are ok.

 

My comments only apply to the town. Out in the sticks where we live no one's worn a mask for many months. I was at a large gathering last Friday of at least 300 plus catering and entertainment staff. Not a mask anywhere.

went to a weddign party a few weeks ago in Kanchanaburi - 300 people crammed under a marquee - not a mask either. Masking only seems to be a thing in large cities - in particular, shops. Even photos from a local international school on their facebook page show many students participating in activities unmasked (which is still against government guidelines). 

[smew]

Thailand:

 

ALL Total Chinese disease related deaths: 60

Daily average deaths related to vehicle accidents:  aprox. 60-75

Need i say more  

 

[Morty T]

17 hours ago, anchadian said:

Think before you type.

Searching for 2 Myanmar workers, meanwhile 100's is not 1000's of Thai's pass along illegal travel routes between the 2 countries uncontested.

[dcnx]

Those pesky Burmese once again. Go out at night, 95% of all Thais and foreigners are not wearing masks. COVID19 doesn’t go out after dark here.

[dcnx]

5 hours ago, KhaoYai said:

Nothing in the entire TV article mentions the relevance of the 2 Myanmar workers. The Daily News source is in Thai - anybody care to scan that and see if the information's there?

It’s just more Thai propaganda to keep Thais hating the Burmese. You can’t have Thais treating them like actual humans. It’s so much easier to always have a scapegoat around when they can’t blame a foreigner, plus, they are great labor slaves.

[DB58]

19 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

 

So he's spreading fake news?

 

I've searched a bit, can't find anything re: laws/rules/punishments/fines for mandatory masks.

 

Yes, certain places can require masks for entry/use.

 

 

Pretty sure that a government official can not spread fake news that would be an oxymoron. They might get miss quoted. ????

[daveAustin]

21 hours ago, anchadian said:

Will never happen to Thais.  What a ridiculous comment to make.

I like your comment but always think 'total bollllox!' is the best way to describe such tat.

When tools in power carry on like this - and I hate to say it - it chucks me a little bit toward the conspiracist, new world order side of the equation. Let's have everyone wearing masks everywhere for all time lest some poor fwit catches a F cold! Stop using this horrible disease as an excuse to further your agenda/political career.

[bodga]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

The governor

wearing  no mask and preaching  that   all others must do so

[bodga]

1 hour ago, DB58 said:

oxymoron

Half  right about them

[ThailandRyan]

34 minutes ago, bodga said:

Half  right about them

Half right? Oh yes half on Oxy, the other half Morons....yep sums it up High and moronic.

[smudger1951]

16 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Sounds like paranoid xenophobia to me. There us absolutely no evidence in this story that these devious Myanmar deviants eve actually have the virus !

Paranoid xenophobia started on 23rd March 2020 and it is'nt ending anytime soon.

[hotchilli]

On 12/18/2020 at 7:44 AM, RotBenz8888 said:

But when people are eating in the overcrowded foodmalls, the masks come off. Is it 20.000b fine if you sitt on an X marked chair too? 

50% off if you confess.

[herfiehandbag]

5 hours ago, dcnx said:

Those pesky Burmese once again. Go out at night, 95% of all Thais and foreigners are not wearing masks. COVID19 doesn’t go out after dark here.

True, but then neither do the police force!

[drenddy]

IMHO Thailand will not open to mass tourism any time soon, the overly paranoic approach to Covid-19 is way too deep in thais mindset. 

If they much such a fuss about two guys with Covid-19(in a country of 68 millions?), only God knows the level of paranoia and fear, when borders will be open, which, undoubtely, will lead to a surge in new infections. 

 

This Government has used the pandemic in a brilliant way, for their benefit, of course. 

 

They look strong in the eyes of many thais, but, most important, they can control them using Covid-19 pandemic. 

 

 

Edited December 19, 2020 by drenddy

[dinsdale]

 

Previous post not right.

Edited December 19, 2020 by dinsdale

[ThailandRyan]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

50% off if you confess.

But not if you confess to a priest....

[internationalism]

12 hours ago, KhaoYai said:

Nothing in the entire TV article mentions the relevance of the 2 Myanmar workers. The Daily News source is in Thai - anybody care to scan that and see if the information's there?

those 2 were illegal workers employed by her - so in very close contact, like family. From 16 tested there were family and workers, not clients, neighbours.

They were not her customers, as one article stated (to cover the truth), as she had hundreds clients daily.

Most probably it's herself, who told them to run away and don't come back, before visa sorted.

This town has a large Burmese population, legal and illegal workers/slaves

Edited December 19, 2020 by internationalism

[bermondburi]

13 positive from that outbreak now. 

[johnarth]

should not the man in the photo be fined, sorry he is inside, wait is that his home?

[BobinBKK]

On 12/18/2020 at 7:38 AM, anchadian said:

Deputy provincial police chief Pol Col Phatpakorn Chanprasert ordered all people in the province to wear masks when out of doors or face fines of 20,000 baht under regulations to cover the spread of the virus. 
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Will never happen to Thais.  What a ridiculous comment to make.

Don't worry, they will only impose fines on all the "dirty farangs" ????