Just now, n00dle said:

Thailand, bangkok.

So you've moved from Chonburi to BKK?? and you think that's made you a lot safer?

57 minutes ago, Tingnongnoi said:

where did you go to?

 

 

To a country that still got some kind of personal freedom left (Sweden) , and not run by some crazy uneducated corrupt generals, drug dealers and clowns. 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The clarification comes

Not clarification but contradiction.

34 minutes ago, Guderian said:

Well that's it, it's over, as in the resistance is finished. The first outbreak was handled successfully by Prayut heeding the advice of the CCSA, in spite of a great deal of criticism.

The CCSA supported the new lockdowns, but Prayut has overruled them. And that's after refusing to take the blame for the restrictions, that's all been delegated to the provincial governors, who also won't take any notice of the CCSA's advice because they don't like criticism and being unpopular any more than Mr P does. So the CCSA, the only body here that actually knows how to deal with the virus, has been completely sidelined.

 

Game over, the virus wins hands down. Poor old Thailand, let down in your hour of need by a PM who bottled it. 

Lockdowns have limited efficiency when the borders are not properly secured. I was surprised that it took that long the virus to jump from Myanmar to Thailand. I think now it's a matter of time for the virus to spread to Laos and Cambodia from Thailand.

38 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Now, Prayuth is so obsessed with the optics of this thing, he is blinded from doing the right thing. Samut should have been locked down like San Quentin, from day one. That is WHY it spread so quickly. Dumb and dumber. 

 

Will this nation ever have qualified leaders and ministers? Or is it doomed to mediocrity, or worse, for all time? 

Still can’t beat the good ole president of the US. Now there is a piece of work. 

1 hour ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

I am happy that I left the madhouse after the first lockdown.

So what planet do you live on now?

Lockdowns don't work. They also destroy people's livelihoods and inflict poverty on millions. 

 

Prayuth is right to oppose the lockdown. 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The clarification comes after Deputy Public Health Minister and MP for Rayong province, Satit Pitutacha, posted on Facebook on Monday evening, thanking the PM for approving the proposal to lockdown the aforementioned provinces. 

 

I trust that this particular individual is, as we speak, being transported from Rayong to the Bangkok Hilton for propagating fake news in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic!

 

3 minutes ago, TSF said:

Is that good or bad?

I'll let you figure that one out. 

6 minutes ago, Wuvu2 said:

So what planet do you live on now?

Still on earth

21 minutes ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

To a country that still got some kind of personal freedom left (Sweden)

Looks like those personal freedoms sadly caused a lot of death..

 

 

Sweden’s death rate of over 80 per 100,000 people is among Europe’s highest and is around 10 times as great as those of Norway and Finland, and over four times Denmark’s. COVID-19 hospitalizations are now rising faster there than in most European countries, and Sweden is caring for more patients in hospital now than it did at the height of its first wave. By Dec. 21, Sweden had surpassed the United States and all major European countries in its daily confirmed cases per million. Things have gotten so out of control in Sweden that neighboring Norway, for the first time since World War II, put troops on the border to prevent Swedes from crossing over.

1 minute ago, bkk6060 said:

Looks like those personal freedoms sadly caused a lot of death..

 

 

Sweden’s death rate of over 80 per 100,000 people is among Europe’s highest and is around 10 times as great as those of Norway and Finland, and over four times Denmark’s. COVID-19 hospitalizations are now rising faster there than in most European countries, and Sweden is caring for more patients in hospital now than it did at the height of its first wave. By Dec. 21, Sweden had surpassed the United States and all major European countries in its daily confirmed cases per million. Things have gotten so out of control in Sweden that neighboring Norway, for the first time since World War II, put troops on the border to prevent Swedes from crossing over.

 

Not more than UK, Belgium, Spain, France and Italy who had their freedom taken away.

1 hour ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Someone hinted it could happen in March. 

 

There will be a lockdown soon! And it will happen as soon as the students announce their next big demonstration.

The virus is the Media. 
The Media is the Virus.

Guess what...this is the Media...

 

 

They have been taking communications lessons from Boris and his team

42 minutes ago, HashBrownHarry said:

So you've moved from Chonburi to BKK?? and you think that's made you a lot safer?

What? 

 

Wherever did I mention Chonburi?

Totally unclear to me whether he's saying that the measures were not approved after all, or that the measures were approved but should not be described as a lockdown.

 

Especially unclear whether people are allowed to travel out of the worst affected provinces.

 

The number of migrant workers who've tested positive is still being counted separately. Does that mean that all those migrant workers are in quarantine or isolated in some other way from the general population?

 

So many question marks it's impossible to tell what's going on.

general FLIP FLOP

1 hour ago, brucegoniners said:

This country is absolutely crazy!

 

Is that your final answer???

Maybe he wants to ask a Friend 

7 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

Maybe he wants to ask a Friend 

Don't for goodness sake ask this audience! ????

30 minutes ago, Badger18 said:

Totally unclear to me whether he's saying that the measures were not approved after all, or that the measures were approved but should not be described as a lockdown.

 

Especially unclear whether people are allowed to travel out of the worst affected provinces.

 

The number of migrant workers who've tested positive is still being counted separately. Does that mean that all those migrant workers are in quarantine or isolated in some other way from the general population?

 

So many question marks it's impossible to tell what's going on.

Just driven from Bangkok to Rayong provence and all was clear all the way through, so, no lockdown on travel

Breaking news! After further inspection, PM confirms there are no COVID-19 cases in Thailand whatsoever, this is just a conspiracy theory! /s

1 hour ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

 

Not more than UK, Belgium, Spain, France and Italy who had their freedom taken away.

Thailand is in much better shape and don't be so quick.

Your government I believe today, is trying to pass a law to allow them for stricter measures including lockdowns.

Sweden and Japan are the poster child's of failure with minimal restrictions and now many cases and deaths.

So, enjoy your freedom while you can because I bet it is all coming to an end soon.

 

Sweden’s government hopes to have the power to impose lockdowns from Jan. 10, if a bill submitted on Monday passes parliament.

 

 

The temporary laws, if enacted, will give authorities the legal clout to shut down businesses and fine those infringing the restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the virus, according to the Minister of Health Lena Hallengren.

20 minutes ago, overherebc said:

Just driven from Bangkok to Rayong provence and all was clear all the way through, so, no lockdown on travel

 

Update.

SWMBO is telling me Bangkok to BanChang route 7 will close 2200 to 0400. From Thai news.

2 hours ago, FarFlungFalang said:

That's what happens when marionettes run the country into oblivion, too many strings being pulled every which way.

 

Thailand is absolute essence of a crony nation, and everything about governance here is the polar opposite of a meritocracy. My heart goes out to the Thai people. May they be blessed with leadership and talent eventually. 

Wow, just wow! So you can take the virus with you anywhere in the country but can't have a beer or glass of wine with your meal. Makes perfect sense ????

5 minutes ago, overherebc said:

 

Update.

SWMBO is telling me Bangkok to BanChang route 7 will close 2200 to 0400. From Thai news.

They forgot maybe the governors could decide individually ...... so also the PM could wash his hands in innocents about being responsible deciding a lockdown ...?

3 hours ago, Mattd said:

To be fair there has been no u-turn, just inaccurate reporting, at no point was there a total ban on travel to or from the 5 provinces, restrictions yes, total lockdown no.

Thank God there is at least 1 sane intelligent person left on this forum. Would the Thai bashers/haters kindly just leave? It's tedious wading through the same swill day in, day out.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

No lockdown in Samut Sakhon, Chon Buri, Rayong, Chanthaburi and Trat: PM

 

REUTERS FILE photo for reference only

 

Thailand’s Prime Minister on Tuesday confirmed there is no lockdown in Samut Sakhon, Chon Buri, Rayong, Chanthaburi and Trat.

 

The clarification comes after Deputy Public Health Minister and MP for Rayong province, Satit Pitutacha, posted on Facebook on Monday evening, thanking the PM for approving the proposal to lockdown the aforementioned provinces. 

 

However, on Tuesday morning, the PM said no lockdown is in place in the five provinces or anywhere else in Thailand, TNA MCOT reported.

 

This was reiterated by Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) spokesperson Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin during the daily COVID-19 briefing.

 

Dr Taweesin said that while the provinces were operating at the “highest and intensifying level of control”, no lockdown was in place.

 

Late on Monday, Chonburi governor Phakthorn Thianchai announced a number of provincial restrictions aimed at helping to limit the spread of the virus. 

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2021-01-05

 

- Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you

- Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

..Excuse me for asking; just how many Official Government spokespersons do you have, and which one do we, for want of a better word 'believe' ?

3 hours ago, internationalism said:

the PM did another u-turn within several hours.

Boris Johnson, known as U-turn Man, does change his mind within days, rather then hours.

 

if the general was running the real military war, his tactic would confuse his opponents and gave him victory.

 

Now, nobody will listen to any official announcements and follow them.

Look's like the government is an panicky mode, just random, contradicting decisions.

BINGO. He would win over his enemy. It would disorient them to the point of absolute confusion.  ????????????