Uncertainties with opportunism, despair and risk-taking in full swing

[snoop1130]

 

The prime minister is taking a big gamble with his future, something intertwined with the national course. The opposition has proposed an ironic and controversial way to handle COVID-19. The real stakeholders, meanwhile, are probably not too sure what scares them more, real threats of an outbreak or the game Thai politicians are playing at this moment of truth.

 

Great uncertainties are plaguing Thailand, and obviously, the coronavirus is not the only one to blame. Politics is crippling and blinding the nation at the worst possible time, when Thais absolutely, unequivocally and most crucially don’t need propaganda and prejudices at the national level.

 

Divisive politics can damage a nation in many ways, but the worst of them is that it takes away a unified ability to determine right and wrong, something that can give birth to, and drive, truly good governance, and genuine eradication of bad weeds. As it turns out in Thailand, morality goes out the window because the first question on everyone’s mind when something bad happens is: What “colour” does it involve?

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/uncertainties-with-opportunism-despair-and-risk-taking-in-full-swing/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2021-05-05

 

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[keith101]

Plenty of 6,000 baht fines there + a 12,000 second offence for Prayut .

[Justgrazing]

9 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

What “colour” does it involve?

 

Money .. most aspects of Thai life ultimately have a price attached .. 

Including the unfurling vaccine debacle .. 

Edited May 5, 2021 by Justgrazing
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[Trujillo]

"How much credit should the government get for last year’s “success” in keeping COVID-19 at arm’s length...."

 

 

"...the single most important factor has been early border controls - as of January or February 2020 - something all low-covid countries indeed did. There are two overlapping groups of countries with successful early border controls: islands and countries neighboring China.

Border controls are easiest for islands , which most low-covid countries indeed are, including Taiwan, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Cuba, and also, essentially, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore. Many other, smaller islands also did well, including Iceland, Greenland, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Mauritius and Haiti, but not complex island states such as Indonesia and the Philippines, which 'despite' extended lockdowns could not contain the coronavirus.

 

In addition, countries neighboring China - many of which already had experience with the 2003 SARS-1 epidemic - also introduced early border controls . This group includes Thailand and Vietnam, and in extension Laos and Cambodia, plus Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan, and also Singapore . Thailand, in particular, appears to have been very lucky, as some Chinese tourists could enter the country until March, although requiring a 'health certificate' since January."

 

Source (hyperlinks active in link): The Zero-Covid Countries

 

So according to at least one analysis, Thailand was "very lucky." Does the government get credit for luck? You decide. 

[Stormfish]

Observing the 2mtr rule again,good to see.Hopefully this behaviour could thin out the herd.

[Albert Zweistein]

6 hours ago, Trujillo said:

"How much credit should the government get for last year’s “success” in keeping COVID-19 at arm’s length...."

 

 

"...the single most important factor has been early border controls - as of January or February 2020 - something all low-covid countries indeed did. There are two overlapping groups of countries with successful early border controls: islands and countries neighboring China.

Border controls are easiest for islands , which most low-covid countries indeed are, including Taiwan, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Cuba, and also, essentially, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore. Many other, smaller islands also did well, including Iceland, Greenland, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Mauritius and Haiti, but not complex island states such as Indonesia and the Philippines, which 'despite' extended lockdowns could not contain the coronavirus.

 

In addition, countries neighboring China - many of which already had experience with the 2003 SARS-1 epidemic - also introduced early border controls . This group includes Thailand and Vietnam, and in extension Laos and Cambodia, plus Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan, and also Singapore . Thailand, in particular, appears to have been very lucky, as some Chinese tourists could enter the country until March, although requiring a 'health certificate' since January."

 

Source (hyperlinks active in link): The Zero-Covid Countries

 

So according to at least one analysis, Thailand was "very lucky." Does the government get credit for luck? You decide. 

Is Greenland a smaller island ? As far as I know it's the largest in the world.

[Grusa]

10 hours ago, Albert Zweistein said:

Is Greenland a smaller island ? As far as I know it's the largest in the world.

Australia, according to my American friend!

[Enzian]

I'm just curious, does Thai PBS normally deal primarily in pro-administration propaganda, or is this article an anomaly? 

[Albert Zweistein]

12 hours ago, Grusa said:

Australia, according to my American friend!

We call Australia a continent.

[Grusa]

10 hours ago, Albert Zweistein said:

We call Australia a continent.

Only some of, it seems. Exact quote, American Expat wife to Ozzie,  "Geek honey, what's it like to live on an island?".

 

True story!

[herfiehandbag]

12 hours ago, Albert Zweistein said:

We call Australia a continent.

Well I understand that Tasmania, with an elderly population (20%+) is sometimes regarded as incontinent...

 

Sorry!

[herfiehandbag]

On 5/5/2021 at 5:26 PM, snoop1130 said:

The opposition has proposed an ironic and controversial way to handle COVID-19

 

Just out of interest, what are the oppositions' "Ironic and controversial" proposals?

[Albert Zweistein]

12 hours ago, Grusa said:

Only some of, it seems. Exact quote, American Expat wife to Ozzie,  "Geek honey, what's it like to live on an island?".

 

True story!

Oh American.