BBC report Thai Covid crisis latest - who's going to visit Thailand after reading that?

[IamNoone88]

Thailand has been bigging up the prospect of having tourists return to their country and some analysts in Thai tourism circles suggested British nationals were some of the largest numbers who just couldn't wait to come. 

 

With out of control UK infection rates, they won't pass a PCR test either before departing or after arrival! The whole of the UK should be a massive RED zone if we cannot even visit Ubon domestically! 

[Bluespunk]

3 hours ago, Keesters said:

BBC & Truth are two words that can't go in the same sentance. 

Nonsense 

[khaowong1]

If this don't put a damper on tourists coming to Thailand, I don't know what will. 

[Call]

Count the dead, thats what matters! And according to the around the world accepted John Hopkins institute data:

dead per million (capita). In this, Thailand is placed as number 157 among the worlds reporting countries, with it´s 50 dead / million!

UK have 1.886 dead / million and placed number 20!

Count the dead, period!

 

[The Hammer2021]

10 hours ago, JonnyF said:

In July 2021, yes they have done much better. 

 

A higher vaccinated population and far less deaths. Coming out of lockdown. That's better. Who cares about the number of cases? Covid is like the Flu now in the UK. That's pretty much the end game.

It's just beginning! More lockdowns are planned. The PM is in isolation. Half a million people have been ordered to self islolate. Vaccine passports are to be enforced without parliamentary scrutiny, possibly illegaly..There is travel chaos ruining lives, business and commerce. New variants are developing almost weekly. An estimated 130k deaths already..The virus is winning

[Devlin]

If it’s reported by the BBC, then take with a pinch of salt. Once exemplary, their journalism now sadly lacks integrity and balance. What they report in the UK bears little resemblance to the normality most Brits experience! 

[geisha]

3 hours ago, keithkarmann said:

Yes the UK has more money than the UK but I can think of one of the richest families in the World who are Thai that could have paid for vacinnes for all the Thai population and not miss the money. But the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. But what a opportunity missed to change the way the population feel about the rich Thais.

The way the Thai government have treated their own people is abominable, I’d go so far to say criminal. 

[DoctorB]

1 hour ago, The Hammer2021 said:

It's just beginning! More lockdowns are planned. The PM is in isolation. Half a million people have been ordered to self islolate. Vaccine passports are to be enforced without parliamentary scrutiny, possibly illegaly..There is travel chaos ruining lives, business and commerce. New variants are developing almost weekly. An estimated 130k deaths already..The virus is winning

What rubbish! More lockdowns are not being planned; they are being prophesied by a small group of SAGE dramatists. Half a million people have not been ordered to self isolate; they have been advised to do so by an anonymised app that is now seen to be inappropriate and is shortly to be discontinued. There is currently some travel and business disruption due to this app but to say lives are being ruined is a gross exageration. Requirement for evidence of vaccination is being discussed in the context of high contact inside venues; eg nightclubs; there is currently no plan to enforce vaccine passports. New variants are not developing almost weekly; or at least not identified as problematic ones. Britain is a leader in genome anlysis relevant to the identification of new virus strains, not a breeding ground for such strains. Finally while 130k deaths are far too many, the virus is not winning; the 130k is largely a legacy from mistakes made in 2020.

[bangon04]

12 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Yes, Boris did buy more vaccines but it wasn't as hard for him than it is for Prayud. For starters, the UK has a lot more money, and also the vaccines comes from there. 

oh dear......  "thailand is poor"   again.........

 

[bangon04]

7 hours ago, Keesters said:

BBC & Truth are two words that can't go in the same sentance. 

Maybe many people are sick of the BBC woke whingeing, but I would love to see Prayuth shut in a room interviewed by Laura Kuensberg.........

[Neeranam]

1 hour ago, DoctorB said:

Requirement for evidence of vaccination is being discussed in the context of high contact inside venues; eg nightclubs

OMG, are you serious? Makes me want to renounce by UK citizenship. 

[bangon04]

1 hour ago, DoctorB said:

 Requirement for evidence of vaccination is being discussed in the context of high contact inside venues; eg nightclubs; there is currently no plan to enforce vaccine passports. 

The BBC spent quite a lot of airtime recently interviewing pissheads "partygoers", football louts "fans" and "worshippers" at mosques religious sites.

Of course they are not allowed to ask the obvious question - are you vaccinated? and if not why not?

[XtraFly]

I'm not denying anything but I'm certain numbers can always be manipulated and inflated for the benefits of of few elites over the majority of the public, and I see the whole thing as developed world taking advantage of the developing world to put them under pressure so they buy their vaccine formula. Always follow the money you will find the answers.

 

How come the UK is allowing Americans to enter, while the US is not trusting the AstraZeneca efficiency so they won't let britons in, Interesting.

 

And they announced the Us is donating 500 million vaccines to 92 lower income countries, what are the terms or the price for this donation ?

 

I think Covid is real and deadly but at the end of the day it's a Virus like other vicious viruses.

[Soikhaonoiken]

14 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Just maybe they should have entered in to the Covax program. 

The covax agreement didn't come with brown envelopes, so nothing in it for the top brass.... 

[joecoolfrog]

13 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Yes, Boris did buy more vaccines but it wasn't as hard for him than it is for Prayud. For starters, the UK has a lot more money, and also the vaccines comes from there. 

I dont think Boris had to use Queen Elizabeth as a broker either , that probably helped.c

[joecoolfrog]

13 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

Thailand has plenty of money. The problem is of course, that power isn't the only thing your mates stole in 2014. 

Odd isn't it , when the shills are defending the strength of the baht its all " but Thailand has billions in foreign cash reserves " .

Mention vaccine procurement and suddenly " Thailand so poor , treasury down to last sarang , mia nois have to sell all their gold "

[englishoak]

 

Having a jab won't stop you getting it. eg 47% of recorded cases in the UK last week were already vaccinated. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9790999/Symptom-tracking-app-claims-number-people-falling-ill-virus-day-FALLEN.html

 

Itll last until it burns out and no measures,emergency, draconian r otherwise in a globally connected world will stop it

 

Just saying

 

 

[Laughing Gravy]

14 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Oh dear, if anyone says that Boris better than Prayud, it's time to be elsewhere. 

Boris is far better than Prayut. There you go I am elsewhere already.

[ding]

I couldn't buy a ticket to Samui on the Samui+ sealed route from the US yesterday. "ERROR" when I tried to confirm.

Then, Korean Air could book it but wanted $3,200 a seat, economy - with an 11.5 hour layover in BKK.

I'm just doing the net indicated thing and not married to any outcome. Maybe this delay of a plan I've had since 1993 is for the absolute best. Thailand tried to buy new submarines while it's suffering new cases like it was the USA. smh

 

We'll wait, no problem!

[bristolgeoff]

People are waiting to travel again once the virus and quarantine is stopped and countries open.Thailand is just one of the countries in asia or sth amercia.I would not worry people will go to either and countries know  tourist will return.I hope end of the year things improve

[spermwhale]

16 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Almost as bad as the numbers in the vaccinated UK.

Current daily average UK new infections 37k

Cases in the UK | Coronavirus in the UK (data.gov.uk)

That may be but while infections are growing in the UK, deaths are not. They remain quite low. If you click on the "deaths" link on that site you referred to, you'll see that there are about 10 COVID-19 deaths a day in the UK, compared to nearly 100 in Thailand. That's what the true effect of the vaccination effort. Few people are dying when they get breakthrough infections. 

 

[rickudon]

47 minutes ago, spermwhale said:

That may be but while infections are growing in the UK, deaths are not. They remain quite low. If you click on the "deaths" link on that site you referred to, you'll see that there are about 10 COVID-19 deaths a day in the UK, compared to nearly 100 in Thailand. That's what the true effect of the vaccination effort. Few people are dying when they get breakthrough infections. 

 

Your out of date. 96 deaths reported in UK today, and forty-six thousand cases. UK opening up, what will the figures be in August?

[Damrongsak]

16 hours ago, harada said:

Thai police have been carrying high powered rifles since 1980 that I know of, nothing new here, but seeing a brave Thai doctor on the news in Aust stating that Sinovac was probably given preference over others because brown envelopes would have been involved would make me think twice about returning to Thailand.

In early 1980 I was working with the American refugee program.  Went into a bank in a small town in Nan to help cash a check for a refugee.  A soldier/guard was in there with a Heckler & Koch G3 battle rifle, I believe.  I admired the weapon, so he removed the magazine and handed the rifle to me.  I like firearms, but felt a bit nervous hefting it and aiming it in a frikkin' bank lobby. ???? 

[GrandPapillon]

2 hours ago, englishoak said:

 

Having a jab won't stop you getting it. eg 47% of recorded cases in the UK last week were already vaccinated. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9790999/Symptom-tracking-app-claims-number-people-falling-ill-virus-day-FALLEN.html

 

Itll last until it burns out and no measures,emergency, draconian r otherwise in a globally connected world will stop it

 

Just saying

 

 

told you AZ was not effective ????

 

Edited July 20, 2021 by GrandPapillon

[GrandPapillon]

1 hour ago, rickudon said:

Your out of date. 96 deaths reported in UK today, and forty-six thousand cases. UK opening up, what will the figures be in August?

100K daily next week in the UK, go baby go ????

[Chelseafan]

18 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Almost as bad as the numbers in the vaccinated UK.

Current daily average UK new infections 37k

Cases in the UK | Coronavirus in the UK (data.gov.uk)

Yes but how many are dying ? Around 30 or so a day, tragic as that is, its nowhere near the 1200+ a day back in January when we had similar infection rates.

 

Say what you will about this Government but they've managed to get it right with the vaccine rollout.

 

[Damrongsak]

The US has had an uptick in the last 4  weeks.  From 12,000 cases to 29,000 cases per day on a 7 day average. Another roller coaster ride?  At least it beats 300,000+ cases one day in January.  Deaths are running about 300 per day as opposed to 3,500 per day in the middle of January.

Edited July 20, 2021 by Damrongsak

[RobU]

Travel Insurance has skyrocketed for those wanting to travel to Thailand from the UK. A friend of mine was quoted £800 for 4 weeks. That is more than the most expensive economy air return. It is pure economics that will stop people travelling to Thailand

[Blumpie]

1 hour ago, RobU said:

Travel Insurance has skyrocketed for those wanting to travel to Thailand from the UK. A friend of mine was quoted £800 for 4 weeks. That is more than the most expensive economy air return. It is pure economics that will stop people travelling to Thailand

Of course!  Not to mention that you are travelling against nearly every country's blessing.  I know ours says all non essential travel.  There is no point in getting a quote because i know it's probably 8x what it was if not more.  

 

Who would travel to Thailand for a care free holiday with the family?  Brain damaged people, that's who.  And desperate people who want to be reunited with their family.  More likely the latter, the former very very very very brain damaged.  Stare at the beach and look at all the shuttered businesses.  Fun times.  

Edited July 20, 2021 by Blumpie

[Rampant Rabbit]

12 hours ago, BananaGuy said:

Want to minimise or pay lip-service to  Covid? Go ahead, nobody can stop you … but please think very carefully before you do.

Its  not  lip service, its  fact, 2-3% death rate dragging  in Ebola is  just scaremongering imo, as for  knock on effects, everything has a  price and thats  just rabbit  holing.