Thai PM expresses confidence in Thailand's ability to host major sporting events according to the "New Normal"

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

PM's office spokesman Anucha Buraphachaisri said Sunday that Thai prime minister Prayut Chan-ocha had great confidence in his country's abilities to host high profile sporting events. 

 

The "New Normal" arrangements for international participants at the HBSC BWF world badminton tour event proved this with praise for Thailand's handling of testing, quarantine and bubbles along with all the standard protocols. 

 

Upcoming events that have got the PM's stamp of approval are the Jetski World Cup from April 21st to 25th (in Pattaya), the Jetski World Tour, four events from May to August and the Honda LPGA Thailand ladies' golf tournament from 6th to 9th May, reported Daily News.

 

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[ikke1959]

Sure we can handle everything. Look at our jab program, the control of COVID spread, how good we deal with people who don't agree with our strategies, How we deal we freedom of speech , etcetera etcetera. Welcome here.. we need your money and spending and nothing else

[RichardColeman]

Think he fails to understand Thailand is about to go on a red list

[internationalism]

so there might be up to 28k daily infections, resulting in hundreds deaths daily, and he want's to invite sportsmen and spectators from around the world.

half of his government is in quarantine, including health minister, and the cabinet meetings have to virtual

[ParkerN]

Good grief, the man's got no shame...

[Krabi King]

This term "new normal" gets on my nerves... who ever came up with that, deserves public shaming...

What was normal is still normal, anything new is out of the ordinary.

[mark131v]

Are his lips moving again? I think we all know what that means....

[Jimbo2014]

Thailand - land of confidence!

 

[Burma Bill]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

had great confidence in his country's abilities to host high profile sporting events. 

Oh really! - quotes from another of today's posts:-

 

"Mr Thanet Phetsuwan, TAT’s Deputy Governor of Marketing and Communications, tested positive for COVID19 on 10th April.

According to Siam Rath, Mr Thanet contracted the virus after playing “golf with friends” on 4 April.

 

"According to TAT’s press release, the event was attended by “diplomats of foreign embassies, representatives of foreign chambers of commerce, and high-ranking officials from Thailand’s Ministry of Tourism and Sports”.

[BookShe]

Is this really happening???

 

After one year into the pandemic, what did Thailand do to mitigate the damage other than…..

 

1, coming up with bogus and idiotic ideas every week, such as : travel bubble, Phuket model, STV visa, golf quarantine, ASQs, area quarantine, Hub of everything, target therapy.

After all this brain farting for a year, at least 16 (Sixteen)!!!!! people arrived in Phuket the other week, so I guess it’s a success.

 

2, After one year into the pandemic, and after numerous lockdowns, alcohol bans, curfews, and controversial policies, which pretty much killed an entire industry,

we are back to square one. 

 

3, After one year into the pandemic and a year-long chance of learning from other countries, what is working and what isn’t, they still couldn’t come up

with a protocol for testing people. Charging 3-5000 Thb for a test, admitting the positive cases to a hospital bed, and then refusing to take more tests because of shortages of beds?

I know that is free tests are also available, but there are many articles about people are avoiding being tested, because they are afraid of forced hospitalization and probably huge hospital bills.

Is getting prepared in LOS illegal? One year was not enough to get prepared? It’s comforting to know that Thailand has 3-400,000 test kits available. Really? That’s all they have?

Some smaller countries are testing more than that per day. 

 

4, After one year into the pandemic and the clear message that only vaccination (and not travel bubbles and area quarantines) can bring back normalcy, where is the evidence that Thailand was working hard to sign agreements with all available vaccine producers? (most countries signed these agreements 6 months ago with various companies without knowing who can deliver at the end)

Thailand was opted out of a COVAX program that delivers vaccines to poorer countries. The result? Every neighboring SE Asian country and even Africa is well ahead of Thailand, in terms of vaccination.

 

5, After one year into pandemic Thailand, just allowed the private sector to obtain other available vaccines. The request was made some 5 months ago.

I would be surprised if they could pull this off, as most vaccine producers have limited supplies, and I’m sure it’s been reserved and paid, for the next 6-12 months.

So unless these private companies are willing to pay 5 or 10 times more for a single dose I don’t see this option viable.

Rumors about Astra-Zeneca being produced locally is great news, however being an expat and knowing the way things go in LOS, I have my doubts.

 

6, After one year into the pandemic, is it a coincidence or just bad luck, that the only “Widely” available vaccine is Sinovac? The vaccine which is the least effective of any available jabs.

https://apnews.com/article/beijing-immunizations-chengdu-coronavirus-pandemic-china-675bcb6b5710c7329823148ffbff6ef9

Is it a coincidence that CP group (the biggest conglomerate in Thailand) is a large stakeholder in this company? https://www.kaohoon.com/content/413496

 

7,  Ohh dear Songran. After one year into the pandemic didn’t they learn that human contacts are the culprits of spreading the virus? I’m very satisfied that they quickly found

the new scapegoats “entertainment venues” (awesome work Sherlocks), but the math just doesn’t add up. I’m not an expert, but using only common sense…. 

entertainment venues = few hundred contacts vs. Songran traveling = Millions!!!! I might be wrong though, and I just hope that one year of sacrifice and relative safety was not for nothing.

If it’s really the UK strain that causing this new uptick in cases, we might be looking into a very dark 2021. This strain is devastating Europe even though they are well ahead of their vaccination program.

As of today, Thailand has the wrong protocol of handling test positives, no effective vaccine, and yet encouraging millions of people to travel across the country. 

Why are the borders still closed? What’s the point of that and at the same time letting Millions travel? Why the lie about individual province restrictions? There are NONE. 

People are reporting worry-free travel to any of those provinces that announced restrictions. 

 

8. Only one question left. Are they doing all this on purpose, or they are really that stupid?

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

PM's office spokesman Anucha Buraphachaisri said Sunday that Thai prime minister Prayut Chan-ocha had great confidence in his country's abilities to host high profile sporting events. 

 

[unblocktheplanet]

There's a padded cell ready at Somdejchaophraya for this lunatic!

[Soikhaonoiken]

Mr PM, you need to concentrate on combating this virus,  not looking to hold sporting events in Thailand,...... Oh I forgot its all about the money,,,,, silly me

[Fromas]

Words fail me................ ????

[Damrongsak]

12 hours ago, Jimbo2014 said:

Thailand - land of confidence!

 

And the Hub of Hubub.

[DLock]

That's interesting, because just a few days before this announcement, the Nation said...

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/sport/30404710

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

32 minutes ago, DLock said:

That's interesting, because just a few days before this announcement, the Nation said...

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/sport/30404710

 

 

If there's ever been needed proof of the shambles this government is in then this is high on the list, from your link:

 

Sports bodies told to avoid competitions

The Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) on Thursday told all sports associations to avoid or postpone holding competitions to contain the Covid-19 surge.