Huge crowds at Bang Sue vax center: Health minister Anutin says "it can't be helped", sources

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

Thai media Sanook and Daily News reported on online posts from two of Thailand most recognised celebrity presenters and journalists.

 

Both posted pictures of huge crowds lining up without a hint of social distancing outside the Bang Sue Grand Central Station vaccination center in northern Bangkok yesterday morning. 

 

Sanook said there were walk-ins who were elderly, 12 weeks pregnant and people weighing over 100 kilograms. 

 

They focussed on a post by TV presenter and celebrity Sorayuth Suthassanachinda.

 

His post was rife with comment about the danger of Covid-19 clusters and people asking why vaccinations could not be moved elsewhere in Bangkok or to the provinces. 

 

They cited their sources as saying that Thailand DPM and Health Minister - the much villified Anutin Charnvirakul - as saying that the mess could not be helped.

 

Picture: Sanook

 

They would have a meeting about it in the afternoon. 

 

Meanwhile Daily News used a similar post from veteran journalist and former stalwart at The Nation, the much respected Suthichai Yoon who said:

 

"The situation at Bang Sue is continuing - is there no one there sorting it out?"

 

ASEAN NOW reported earlier that calls had been made to organizers at Bang Sue to alleviate the overcrowding problems by coming up with a better crowd control system. 

 

This clearly had not been done.

 

Our reporter there on Sunday reported scenes of some haphazard confusion but nothing like the pictures in the media yesterday. 

 

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[Thaiwrath]

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

the much villified Anutin Charnvirakul - as saying that the mess could not be helped.

 

About as much as you could expect from this clown.

Incompetence at the highest level.

Edited July 28, 2021 by Thaiwrath

[worgeordie]

7 minutes ago, webfact said:

as saying that the mess could not be helped.

Oh yes it could ,if only you had ordered the vaccines last year,

regards Worgeordie

[fondue zoo]

get your cluster!  get your cluster here!

Edited July 28, 2021 by fondue zoo

[champers]

Panic has set into Bangkok and neighbouring provinces and Government cannot or will not deal with the consequences. Scary.

[Shuya]

If you keep your masses uneducated, that's what you get. 

15 minutes ago, webfact said:

the mess could not be helped.

 

[mickyr55]

1 minute ago, fondue zoo said:

get your cluster!  get your cluster here!

Upon visiting Ban Chang hospital to enquire about a Covid jab I was advised "Falang go to Bangkok" when I pointed out that Bangkok was a covid infestation waiting to spread and the idea of standing for hours surrounded by many possibly infected throngs, I was met with a baleful stare and a shrug of the shoulders, suffice to say I still await my vaccination. Those pictures tell me that I made the correct decision. 

[Thailand]

Let them eat cake!

[Denim]

There were two queues. One to get infected and the other for the vaccine

[IamNoone88]

Very sad situation, that was entirely preventable.

[ourmanflint]

They want to send a man to space, but they can't even work out how to put 2m spacers on the floor to help social distancing? 

[AhFarangJa]

47 minutes ago, webfact said:

They would have a meeting about it in the afternoon. 

No doubt this meeting's main agenda will be to choose the personnel who will plan the formation of a committee. Sole purpose of this committee will be to identify a future time and place to form a committee to examine the problem. This committee will then report its findings to another group of select politicians who will have to go abroad on a fact finding mission, in order to ascertain the way forward. oh, almost forgot, there will be a sub-committee to oversee the distribution of expenses.

[TheFishman1]

 Guy needs to resign he’s a complete joke if you would’ve got the vaccine and given everybody the job this would not be happening this country is totally let down the public CIT 

[mancub]

Good luck with the ensuing Contact Tracing.

[sammieuk1]

Anutin the minister of vectors ????

[tukadadoll]

 

1 hour ago, Thaiwrath said:

About as much as you could expect from this clown.

Incompetence at the highest level.

So Thailand finally becomes the hub of something. ????

[david555]

And that is the reason i just keep myself in Pattaya /Jomtien "house arrest" safe isolation ...., safer than become vaccinated in "that crowded packed to each other" situation ...  as your jab is only  effective 2 weeks later ... mean time you have much chance to attract  the virus in that crowd 

 

I do not understand that the high risk /aged vulnerable farang , risk the travelling to  deep red Bangkok area  to mix in that ????

Edited July 28, 2021 by david555

[itsari]

Can not be helped because of your own incompetence and denial of the facts

[sapson]

Dont the USA and other European countries have a huge surplus of vaccines.

 

If we forget the lunatics need for back handers and buying the Chinese gunk for a moment.

 

Isnt it possible otherwise to procure enough decent vaccines for 70 million within a month get them distributed around the country and job done........if it means saving lives and stopping the thousands waiting for hospital care from increasing.

 

May be real logistical reasons why this is not possible as in their simply arent 70 million vaccines available right now anywhere for immediate shipment.

Edited July 28, 2021 by sapson

[AndyFoxy]

26 minutes ago, ourmanflint said:

They want to send a man to space, but they can't even work out how to put 2m spacers on the floor to help social distancing? 

Or have an online appointment system.

[Pedrogaz]

26 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

No doubt this meeting's main agenda will be to choose the personnel who will plan the formation of a committee. Sole purpose of this committee will be to identify a future time and place to form a committee to examine the problem. This committee will then report its findings to another group of select politicians who will have to go abroad on a fact finding mission, in order to ascertain the way forward. oh, almost forgot, there will be a sub-committee to oversee the distribution of expenses.

Brilliant....thank you.

[PETERTHEEATER]

36 minutes ago, Denim said:

There were two queues. One to get infected and the other for the vaccine

There is another queue for tickets on the Covid Express to Isaan.....

[PEE TEE]

Today over 15500 next two weeks maybe 30.000 its getting scary 

[Pedrogaz]

17 minutes ago, tukadadoll said:

 

So Thailand finally becomes the hub of something. ????

What's that? the hub of incompetence....and a couple of weeks back Mr Uncle General 'Big Too' Chan-o-Cha took 100% responsibility for all things Covid, which in Govtspeak means telling other people to do stuff then not following up on whether it has been done, a sure way to ensure nothing ever happens.

[WorriedNoodle]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Sanook and Daily News reported on online posts...

 

They cited their sources as saying that Thailand DPM and Health Minister - the much villified Anutin Charnvirakul - as saying that the mess could not be helped.

Not sure what's worse, the state of affairs at Bang Sue or the state of affairs at Sanook And Daily news who just report from online reports?!

[Jimbo2014]

Things seem to be going so well since the PM took over the vaccine program and distribution, that is if the intent was to spread covid like crazy.  Anutin is an engineer placed there to sell weed.  No-one ever expected this keystone kop would have to deal with a pandemic.  He should never have been there in the first place.

[geisha]

Complete confusion and no organisation at all. Stupidity at its best.

cant they follow logic and set up centers in different areas and work by age group., the eldest, and most vulnerable first week, etc etc etc. 

[trainman34014]

Ah yes; the same Cretin that said the Viruis had 'peaked' back in May !

[trainman34014]

4 minutes ago, geisha said:

Complete confusion and no organisation at all. Stupidity at its best.

cant they follow logic and set up centers in different areas and work by age group., the eldest, and most vulnerable first week, etc etc etc. 

That would take people with Brains and firstly they would need several Decades to grow them !

[MaiDong]

28 minutes ago, Jimbo2014 said:

Things seem to be going so well since the PM took over the vaccine program and distribution, that is if the intent was to spread covid like crazy.  Anutin is an engineer placed there to sell weed.  No-one ever expected this keystone kop would have to deal with a pandemic.  He should never have been there in the first place.

Anyone got his phone number?

Edited July 28, 2021 by metisdead
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