Thailand faces national lockdown by March if COVID-19 guidelines not followed: CCSA

[rupert the bear]

15 minutes ago, polpott said:

AZ vaccine will be marketed at $4 per shot. $280 million to vaccinate every man woman and child in Thailand. How much a submarine? One individual recently took $40 bn out of the treasury. That's enough to vaccinate every man, woman and child in the world 5 times over.

yep u got it,we are on the same page here ,as we say its amazing that with all this dough theres no vaccs!!!

[polpott]

6 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

100% agree, and not blame it on the migrant Burmese workers as this Government is trying to do. 

it clearly was the migrant Burmese workers (plus returning Thai prostitutes) who initiated the 2nd wave in Thailand. However, I don't blame them, I blame the corrupt Thai officials who shepherded them over the border in order to make a quick buck.

[foreverlomsak]

6 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Looks like the provincial governors will be locking down their provinces when they decide it needs to be done. This is now spreading rapidly and the government does not have it under control as they said. Just look at Ratong now and the latest info is they are now in lockdown.  

Of course the government has it under control, they have passed the buck to the Provincial Governors who can be blamed for over-reacting or under-reacting, the spin being it's not the governments fault if they got it wrong.

[vandeventer]

5 hours ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

Vaccines will be for sale from the Sukhumvit Road vendors soon enough. 

This is the Thai black market? Does the Government know that you have to place the order first before you get the vaccines?

[Pattaya Spotter]

3 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

This is the Thai black market? Does the Government know that you have to place the order first before you get the vaccines?

They'll be selling illegal Chinese knock-offs of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines rignt next to the boxes of fake Viagra ????????????

[tandor]

23 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Why talk about March now? If this accelerates, lockdown has to be implemented much sooner. 

..exactly..why mention any month..how about tomorrow.

[tandor]

31 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

This is the Thai black market? Does the Government know that you have to place the order first before you get the vaccines?

...and do you think foreigners will be eligible to receive it...hmm!

[Rockhound]

The first wave last December through March came and went without intervention or panic.  That is the best policy.

[foreverlomsak]

14 minutes ago, tandor said:

..exactly..why mention any month..how about tomorrow.

Because tomorrow never comes, as midnight arrives tomorrow becomes today, the day after becomes tomorrow!

[foreverlomsak]

16 minutes ago, tandor said:

...and do you think foreigners will be eligible to receive it...hmm!

Only if their home Government or themselves will pay for it (home government preferred as more can be skimmed reallocated off it.

[JimInPattaya]

The problem is now, not March. Lock down now while there is a chance to control the next wave.

 

I drove past some bars last night that are popular with farang. They were busy and almost everyone was without a mask. and zero social distancing. Some farang were kissing the bar "workers".  <deleted> were those idiots thinking?

 

Now 90%+ of the local Thais and farang are only wearing masks when they have to go thru a temperature check point.

 

It is probably hopeless to prevent the big wave because you can't fix stupid!

[bristolgeoff]

If lockdown happens then  no will be returning in a hurry.Just more waiting before the gates open

[aussienam]

13 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

How can they vaccinate if there are no vaccines available in Thailand?   Where do you want them to get vaccine?  Other countries have the manufacturing capability or were developing and financing the vaccines so they have priority.

 

European Union pop. 450 million ordered 1.4 billion doses 

United States pop. 330 million ordered more than 1 billion doses 

Canada pop. 38 million ordered 358 million doses

United Kingdom pop 63 million ordered 350 million doses

Australia  pop 25 million ordered 140 million doses (after CSL 50 million does order cancelled)

Covax purchasing group (Thailand is a member) pop. 5.3 billion approx. has ordered  2 billion doses

(Expected to rollout end of 2021 ongoing to 2023)

 

Thailand will get after the countries who took the risk and invested in R&D get their vaccines.

 

Do you think there is a lesson in this? Maybe instead of buying new submarines or mercedes benz fleets or mia noi holiday, that paying salary of medical researchers, and paying for laboratory and manufacturing capability is a better investment in country. Maybe time to put tax on Chinese tourist to help offset cost of Covid19?

 

 

 

Quick Google search and it seems Thailand does have plans for orders of vaccine.  

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thailand-has-three-runners-in-global-race-for-covid-19-vaccine/

 

[aussienam]

2 hours ago, Asquith Production said:

Didnt I hear they had already signed a deal with AstraZeneca to purchase a vaccine.

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thailand-has-three-runners-in-global-race-for-covid-19-vaccine/

[Percy P]

17 hours ago, dcnx said:

The truth.

Yes the truth, if people don't carry out the preventive measures  asked to carry out.  It only wants a few irresponsible people not observing the advice. 

[Snig27]

2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

I hate to be sarcastic with my response here, but A space shuttle, submarines, new Stryker vehicles, bailing out an airline about to fold in bankruptcy as well as a high speed railway unfortunately take precedence over the Thai people

There is also a guy with an estimated $90billion who perhaps should be asked to contribute some of his vast unearned wealth to "love them all".

[Snig27]

25 minutes ago, Rockhound said:

without intervention or panic

There was actually quite a bit of intervention in the form of community health workers. But, yes, it worked.

[5633572526]

22 hours ago, from the home of CC said:

yes this tiered approach works so well in other countries lol.. shut it all down and **** the whiners...

If you are worried about it lock yourself down and leave the rest of us to live our lives

[Chriss77]

Goodbye MotoGP ????

[Phulublub]

1 minute ago, 5633572526 said:

If you are worried about it lock yourself down and leave the rest of us to live our lives

If that's how you feel, please depart these shores for USA or UK. 

 

Do let us know what it is like there after you arrive and settle in.

 

PH

[5633572526]

15 hours ago, ukrules said:

They're in the 'Zero COVID' trap right now, the only way out is by failing to control it.

 

Lets not kid ourselves here, someone has made a choice which explains why New Year hasn't been cancelled......yet.

 

If no action is taken then there will inevitably be a huge outbreak in the first two to three weeks of January.

Public new year’s celebrations have been canceled however I will be at one of the many private celebrations so cheers ????

[Almer]

Easy, be tough on those not conforming, after all if this goes pear shaped it is the man at the top will be the fall guy, after he has blamed everybody else.

[Seeall]

On 12/26/2020 at 3:12 PM, RotBenz8888 said:

Why talk about March now? If this accelerates, lockdown has to be implemented much sooner. 

good point, yes where the hell do they dream up timeframs, such a joke.....  like trump and the ITS ALL OVER BY EASTER....

lol, nobody knows.. just hot air BS

[shackleton]

Seems to be conflicting reports one says by March other before March

The way things are going with more Corivirus  cases  going up each day

Could be looking after the New Year maybe even before?

[Lingba]

hmmm...waiting till March?

[SupermarineS6B]

What a handy little weapon this C19 is turning out to be........  I can't wait for the installation of sirens to warn us all to get inside before the nasty monster comes for us........  All getting a bit HG Wells Time machine at the moment.......  The Eloi.....  

[capriole]

13 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

How can they vaccinate if there are no vaccines available in Thailand?   Where do you want them to get vaccine?  Other countries have the manufacturing capability or were developing and financing the vaccines so they have priority.

 

European Union pop. 450 million ordered 1.4 billion doses 

United States pop. 330 million ordered more than 1 billion doses 

Canada pop. 38 million ordered 358 million doses

United Kingdom pop 63 million ordered 350 million doses

Australia  pop 25 million ordered 140 million doses (after CSL 50 million does order cancelled)

Covax purchasing group (Thailand is a member) pop. 5.3 billion approx. has ordered  2 billion doses

(Expected to rollout end of 2021 ongoing to 2023)

 

Thailand will get after the countries who took the risk and invested in R&D get their vaccines.

 

Do you think there is a lesson in this? Maybe instead of buying new submarines or mercedes benz fleets or mia noi holiday, that paying salary of medical researchers, and paying for laboratory and manufacturing capability is a better investment in country. Maybe time to put tax on Chinese tourist to help offset cost of Covid19?

 

 

 

 

Someone would think that with thai govermement being the sidekick of the chinese they should have been already getting the chinese vaccine (see sinopharm) but for some reason (finances?) they choose not to do so. Here in Bahrain where I live the goverment already made the vaccine available to public (citizens and residents) free of charge, and since two days ago people now have the choice between the sinopharm or the pfizer vaccine. I already had my first dose (sinopharm)  on the 23rd Dec and waiting for the second one on the 13th Jan, haven't expireicend any side effects at all so far.  

 

 

[chilli42]

In view of this, it’s hard to understand why new year celebrations are being allowed to go ahead (bars and clubs open).  Seems reckless.

[Mister MXYZPTLK]

Thailand has been quite fortunate not to have the massive outbreak felt in other countries. Vaccines are in limited supply and are being distributed to areas in critical condition.

 

once enough vaccines has been manufactured (2 billion is the goal for worldwide) Thailand will start to see arrival in the country. Our supply will most likely come from China as they are the only country that has the capacity to generate 1.5 billions doses. The USA, Europe, Russia, India are all trouble. Expect deaths Worldwide to easily 350,000 possibly reaching 500,000

 

it ain’t going to be pretty folks. 2021 will be a very bumpy ride until August

[Percy P]

15 hours ago, ukrules said:

They're in the 'Zero COVID' trap right now, the only way out is by failing to control it.

 

Lets not kid ourselves here, someone has made a choice which explains why New Year hasn't been cancelled......yet.

 

If no action is taken then there will inevitably be a huge outbreak in the first two to three weeks of January.

Not if people observe and carry out the safety rules advised.