Govt considers lockdown for Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chonburi and Prachuap Khiri Khan

[Hoppyone]

1 hour ago, Ireland32 said:

Maybe dentist won’t serve you like last lockdowns 

 Phones work well for dental appointments 

[bert bloggs]

2 hours ago, MasterBaker said:

ever heard of reporting by mail? i am doing it for 7 years already

To be honest never even heard of it ,by computer,nightmare gave up trying also immigration is not far to drive ,so just pop in when we are out shopping.

[Caldera]

"Also on Wednesday, Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Ministry of Public Health's Department Disease Control (DDC) said inter-provincial travel should be discouraged and urged people to remain in their current location rather than returning home from their Songkran trip."

 

That is insane. They should have been told to stay at home instead of embarking on a Songkran trip.

 

[Dogmatix]

The economy will take a bit hit from the upcoming lockdowns while there is still no realistic prospect of tourism reopening for the foreseeable future.  This time there will be little or no stimulus for the unemployed.  The government has already used up about 70% of its debt ceiling only half way through its fiscal year and the remaining 30% is already spoken for.  Amending the law to raise the debt ceiling would be a political nightmare, they will not even bother to try.  Another coup to scrap the law would be easier and preferable for them. 

 

[ChrisKC]

This sketch is getting far too silly!

[Ddbanksy]

5 hours ago, Excel said:

Too late

"We're doomed" captain Mannering

[Cake Monster]

3 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

Fairly obvious they will decide Friday so that all those people they let out but never should have done will have got home first !

Correct.

By waiting till Friday to make any decision, they are saying to the people who traveled to isaan " get your AR5%s back home before we lock you out for 2 weeks , or possibly more.

But during the few Days they have e enjoyed up Country, the Love has been spread to many, who before were safe

[holy cow cm]

3 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Think about it a few more days hey, can't ruin Songkran.  Putting a few bucks in peoples pockets yet creating a much worse financial situation with sickness and death.  

Shameful

CM is absolutely quiet like a morgue. there is no way this holiday put any money in anybody's pockets in any province. 

[Excel]

1 minute ago, Ddbanksy said:

"We're doomed" captain Mannering

Its Captain Mainwaring Pike

[Yorkshire Tea]

2 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

CM is absolutely quiet like a morgue. there is no way this holiday put any money in anybody's pockets in any province. 

 

We're all laying low, until them Bangkokkers have <deleted> off ????

[aBigSmile]

2 hours ago, brucegoniners said:

Nobody wants a lockdown, but at least it will avoid further sickness and death!

 

Sounds like CNN...

 

In the USA, states the have shunned lockdowns,  e.g. Florida and Texas, have been faring better than strictly bolted down states such as New York and Michigan. 

 

Now go and explain that. 

[Surelynot]

2 hours ago, mike1967 said:

The simple fact is, the Thais won't get tested because they don't want to be put in hospital. Don't shoot the messenger. This is direct from the horses mouth.

I would agree 100%...especially if it means you then have no income...........in the UK I read 80% don't isolate if that means they cannot work (zero hours contracts).

 

I will not get a test unless symptoms become worrying.......I hate to think what these field hospitals might be like........toilets...showers...food.....surrounded by a thousand people (some with TB) coughing up their insides....no thank you.

[Dirk Z]

Thailand did very well in containing the disease. We had an almost normal life for a long tome when the rest of the world was locked down and considered ourselves fortunate to be here. But the only way out is vaccinating and where even countries like Chilli have a high rate of vaccination Thailand is lagging far behind and I don't see this changing soon. Without vaccination the disease will flare up time and time again and we will always be running behind it.

[Road Warrior]

should close immigration re 90 day reporting totals waste of all concerned time wise !!!

[holy cow cm]

8 minutes ago, Yorkshire Tea said:

 

We're all laying low, until them Bangkokkers have effed off ????

Well the Bangkok travelers are certainly here in their cars. Easy to tell them when they drive, as they drive like a...h...s! But in all honesty, there is no one in CM at this point. My family who lives in BKK are with us. Anyway we have been out to temples the other few days ago and today furniture and knickknack shopping, and the fact of the matter is everything is shut tight and there are nor tourists for the 99% of that. Now we will probably go into some sort of a lockdown or curfew and this is going to decimate the Thai folk so much more here. 

[animatic]

3 hours ago, Sheryl said:

I need to make a dental appointment on Tuesday in Bangkok. Any thoughts as to likelihood of being able to make a day trip in and out for that purpose?

I would go to your dentist tomorrow and sit on standby if you are in pain. Otherwise do some shopping for 2 weeks and stay home.

[Sametboy2019]

14 minutes ago, aBigSmile said:

 

Sounds like CNN...

 

In the USA, states the have shunned lockdowns,  e.g. Florida and Texas, have been faring better than strictly bolted down states such as New York and Michigan. 

 

Now go and explain that. 

It's all about discipline and common sense. If you don't wear masks, social distance and be conscious of touching surfaces and your face then it's more likely you will catch it.

[MisguidedPangolin]

2 hours ago, mike1967 said:

The simple fact is, the Thais won't get tested because they don't want to be put in hospital. Don't shoot the messenger. This is direct from the horses mouth.

I personally know of multiple cases of this; people who know they are infected and know that if they get tested they'll test positive and be forced into one of those nightmare holding facilities, and they'll have their workplace closed down and everyone will be resentful of them, bosses and workmates alike.

Why the heck would you get tested when it will make you a pariah and a prisoner, when you can just carry on with a slight cough? Sure, a few people might be willing to do this, but the vast majority won't. For every person I personally know with sterotypical symptoms who is too terrified to get tested, I know second hand of many more cases, and I can only imagine there must be a huge percentage of the population in this boat.

But does it really matter anyway? It's just the equivalent of a very bad flu season. If there was no scare campaign or attempt to control it, we'd all just say "Gee, nasty flu season this year!" and that would be the extent of it. If anyone is severely sick they'll seek medical attention, and if they don't, it's only because they were too scared of being forced into going to one of those hideous camps I'd only wish on my very worst enemies and do anything to avoid myself. All the Thai people I've known who have had it, plus the second hand accounts I've heard, have been very mild. If we put half the effort into dealing with tuberculosis or Heaven forbid road safety that we have into this Chinese virus, we'd have saved far more lives and improved many more. All the efforts in Thailand over the last year, which have been utterly devastating, have been completely wasted now that the virus is entirely out of control anyway. The inevitable was merely delayed and is now happening after crippling damage to the country.

Great job! 555

[ThailandRyan]

1 hour ago, 4MyEgo said:

I believe the simplest solution is to stop people being tested by RT-PCR and have them do blood tests as antibodies will confirm 110% if they are positive.

https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/science/false-negatives-and-positives-how-accurate-are-pcr-tests-for-covid-19-1.1113187

 

The above article reports that RT-PRC tests are not 100% accurate.

 

China did a trial on 10 million people to see if those that were asymptomatic could spread the virus and the results are interesting.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201130131511.htm

 

I mean once people are tested and diagnosed, is anyone following up on their symptoms, do they have the influenza or some other virus, what are their symptoms, deep harsh cough or a runny nose ending up in hospital with many others in the same boat taking up hospital beds and making things worse than they are, just a question, I mean how many have died since Covid first landed here, 97, how many made full recoveries, tens of thousands, just stating the facts.

 

Don't shoot the messenger.

 

The study was done last May. So it is almost a year old. Newer studies have been done that find the opposite is true now. Look at a prior post of mine for the citation and link.

[MisguidedPangolin]

1 minute ago, Sametboy2019 said:

It's all about discipline and common sense. If you don't wear masks, social distance and be conscious of touching surfaces and your face then it's more likely you will catch it.

Have you even visited Thailand? Have you seen a typical Thai home environment? Have you been to a Thai market? Ridden on a Thai bus?

You can talk about the hypotheticals people could do, but if they have no chance of actually happening, they're irrelevant.

[Surelynot]

24 minutes ago, aBigSmile said:

 

Sounds like CNN...

 

In the USA, states the have shunned lockdowns,  e.g. Florida and Texas, have been faring better than strictly bolted down states such as New York and Michigan. 

 

Now go and explain that. 

 

[saintbangkok]

So, if i drink alcohol in a bar or restaurant I am at risk, but if i sit on the beach with loads of others and drink, I am fine? Blimey, what a clever little virus this is.

[Surelynot]

5 minutes ago, MisguidedPangolin said:

It's just the equivalent of a very bad flu season

Have you any notion of how bad a flu season it might have been without a ban on Chinese tourists, a ban on international travel, no masks, no lockdowns and no social distancing ...................?????

[ukrules]

45 minutes ago, Dogmatix said:

This time there will be little or no stimulus for the unemployed.  The government has already used up about 70% of its debt ceiling only half way through its fiscal year and the remaining 30% is already spoken for. 

 

Perhaps they could 'mint' a couple of Trillion Baht coins, it worked for the US?

[Pattaya Spotter]

Glad I'm in Phuket the past couple months. 

[overt2016]

4 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

If you run out just holler, my wine refrigerator is stocked with 48 bottles and I have more in dark storage as well as the whiskey bottles that are in the bar

What's your address?

[fondue zoo]

Out of curiosity, what were the covid numbers when they first declared an amnesty to keep people away from the immigration centres?

...and no, I'm not suggesting they will announce another amnesty.

[Chongalulu]

3 hours ago, mike1967 said:

The simple fact is, the Thais won't get tested because they don't want to be put in hospital. Don't shoot the messenger. This is direct from the horses mouth.

If this escalates- Songkran might well prove the catalyst- then there simply won’t be the capacity to hospitalise asymptomatic COVID cases,so that’ll simply go out of the window in an unplanned chaotic manner as usual. 
Thailand has been very fortunate in terms of its circumstances and demographic re COVID but the incompetents became complacent and wasted the advantage doing nothing about addressing the only real solution,vaccination and is at the very bottom of the heap in terms of countries vaccinating. No holistic planning skills.

[Pattaya Spotter]

4 hours ago, madmen said:

Thailand will have border closure eventually, it's how they do things a little bad news at a time not to freak out the natives 

 

My advice IMO only is anyone who needs to get out they should do so immediately. 

Get out to where...for what...I'm retired and having too much fun scuba diving in Phuket

[Excel]

57 minutes ago, Dogmatix said:

The economy will take a bit hit from the upcoming lockdowns while there is still no realistic prospect of tourism reopening for the foreseeable future.  This time there will be little or no stimulus for the unemployed.  The government has already used up about 70% of its debt ceiling only half way through its fiscal year and the remaining 30% is already spoken for.  Amending the law to raise the debt ceiling would be a political nightmare, they will not even bother to try.  Another coup to scrap the law would be easier and preferable for them. 

 

But last time the stimulus was to keep the natives happy and stop a potential rebellion.  With no stimulus I just wonder what may happen. I hope not another Myanmar