Thailand reports 18,027 new COVID-19 cases, 133 deaths

[dinsdale]

2 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Confused.  The box in the graphic for Malls says restaurants can only open for "takeaway services", yet the post said strictly delivery pick-up only, not takeout?

Yep and we're back to maximum and strict control rather than dark red which if I remember correctly was deep red at one stage and also red I think and of course also maximum and strict control. Failrly sure I've missed something. There is something I've noticed (among many things) is dentists are open. The big 'lockdown' they weren't. It seems to me that the big lockdown with the weakest of all variants was harsher than now with the strongest. Also of course and it worries me to say this there was the alcohol ban. Again this hasn't been done and I'm happy about that. 

[anchadian]

20 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Confused.  The box in the graphic for Malls says restaurants can only open for "takeaway services", yet the post said strictly delivery pick-up only, not takeout?

The CCSA has decided to ease restrictions on eateries in malls and department stores by allowing them to open, but for take-away orders only. Read more: https://thaip.bs/SZb13FQ

[brewsterbudgen]

21 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Confused.  The box in the graphic for Malls says restaurants can only open for "takeaway services", yet the post said strictly delivery pick-up only, not takeout?

@anchadian Presumably you're just quoting the syndicated press report which is no doubt a translation.  Why would the infographic say restaurants in malls can open for "takeaway service only" if that is not the case?  Is the press translation wrong, or is the infographic wrong?

Edited August 1, 2021 by brewsterbudgen

[anchadian]

3 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

@anchadian Presumably you're just quoting the syndicated press report which is no doubt a translation.  Why would the infographic say restaurants in malls can open for "takeaway service only" if that is not the case?  Is the press translation wrong, or is the infographic wrong?

The infographic is correct, restaurants and malls for takeaway services only.

[dinsdale]

10 minutes ago, anchadian said:

The infographic is correct, restaurants and malls for takeaway services only.

Can't be bothered scrolling back but didn't I see online only. Kitchens open but no takeaway. Takeaway and online are of course two different things. Pizza Company in Lotus was online for last couple of wks. I'm confused. Tighter restrictions means it goes back to takeaway or remains online which it was before this new round of tighter restrictions. Confused?

Edited August 1, 2021 by dinsdale

[brewsterbudgen]

7 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Can't be bothered scrolling back but didn't I see online only. kitchens open but no takeaway. Takeaway and online are of course two different things.

Yes,  but it appears that was a mistranslation which was then repeated by all the syndicated news sites. The infographic is clear.

Edited August 1, 2021 by brewsterbudgen

[ukrules]

9 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

So why aren’t the prisons at 100% infected?

Give it time....

[dinsdale]

Just now, brewsterbudgen said:

Yes,  but I would think that was a mistranslation which was then repeated by all the syndicated news sites. The infographic is clear.

I added to my post.

[anchadian]

6 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Can't be bothered scrolling back but didn't I see online only. kitchens open but no takeaway. Takeaway and online are of course two different things.

Yes, you are correct but this has since been updated to say restaurant and malls for takeaway service only.

[anchadian]

Top 10 arrivals by nationality for #SamuiPlus during the first two weeks. Most people were British, French and German #Thailand

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1421804872672768004

 

[dinsdale]

8 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Yes, you are correct but this has since been updated to say restaurant and malls for takeaway service only.

If this is this case then going from online only to takeaway is infact a lessening of restrictions. Ahhhhhh!

edit: Just thinking that Pizza Company online only may be a directive from the Governor and not the Empty Heads. 

Edited August 1, 2021 by dinsdale

[anchadian]

22 minutes ago, anchadian said:

The infographic is correct, restaurants and malls for takeaway services only.

Just received a response from Barrow (TNR) .

 

You mean in the English Infographic? That is wrong. The correct one is the Thai one which says deliveries.

 

Sorry, no lunch for you tomorrow.

 

 

[brewsterbudgen]

9 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Yes, you are correct but this has since been updated to say restaurant and malls for takeaway service only.

Just to confuse matters, Richard Barrow is now saying (on Twitter) that the CCSA have made a translation error on the infographic as the announcement (in Thai) did say delivery only, no takeaway!

Edited August 1, 2021 by brewsterbudgen

[Neeranam]

Still 71 deaths in the UK even with nearly everyone vaccinated. 

Are vaccinations the answer? 

[brewsterbudgen]

3 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Just received a response from Barrow (TNR) .

 

You mean in the English Infographic? That is wrong. The correct one is the Thai one which says deliveries.

 

Sorry, no lunch for you tomorrow.

 

 

To be honest, I guess it doesn't make a whole lot of difference as all the restaurants in the mall where I work have been closed anyway. It will be interesting to see what really happens when they re-open for "delivery only"; if I phone them while standing outside will they deliver my lunch to me?  Oh well, there are other places as the supermarket sells lunch, but I miss the variety of choice.

[dinsdale]

1 minute ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Just to confuse matters, Richard Barrow is now saying (on Twitter) that the CCSA have made a translation error on the infographic as the announcement (in Thai) did say delivery only, no takeaway!

Wet markets still open? Safer going to the local pizza place for takeaway than a wet market surly.

[anchadian]

 

UPDATE: For those eligible to register for free vaccination at MedPark Hospital, there’s some good news. You are now allowed to choose which vaccine you want: AstraZeneca, Sinovac or Pfizer. However, Pfizer will only be available from 10th August https://medparkhospital.com/page/covid19-vaccine-expatriates… #Thailand

 

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1421808995019288581

 

Edited August 1, 2021 by anchadian

[dinsdale]

1 minute ago, Neeranam said:

Still 71 deaths in the UK even with nearly everyone vaccinated. 

Are vaccinations the answer? 

They are part of the answer. I believe everyone in the entire world should wear masks and wear them properly when leaving home for the next six months. Masks have always been the number 1 line defence.

[robblok]

8 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

To be honest, I guess it doesn't make a whole lot of difference as all the restaurants in the mall where I work have been closed anyway. It will be interesting to see what really happens when they re-open for "delivery only"; if I phone them while standing outside will they deliver my lunch to me?  Oh well, there are other places as the supermarket sells lunch, but I miss the variety of choice.

I think most restaurants can be ordered from with line man or grab or food panda. I think that that is what is allowed.

 

just a guess not 100% sure.

[Danderman123]

9 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Still 71 deaths in the UK even with nearly everyone vaccinated. 

Are vaccinations the answer? 

Given the hundreds of thousands of lives saved worldwide by vaccines, if you are some sort of pathological type who wants to see people die, then vaccines are not the answer.

 

For normal people, saving lives is a good thing. And promoting anti-vax “questions” is trolling.

[brewsterbudgen]

Just now, robblok said:

I think most restaurants can be ordered from with line man or grab or food panda. I think that that is what is allowed.

 

just a guess not 100% sure.

Yes.  Seems silly if I'm standing right outside the restaurant as it's in the mall where I work, but can't pick up a sandwich for lunch.  Good for the delivery drivers though!

[RayOday]

4 hours ago, jerrymahoney said:

hat was also the position of others including two Yale University virologists in the NY Times and Dr. Brown of WHO/Bangkok who stated 24 JULKY BP that they didn't anticipate the rapid mutation of the virus.

 

Also July 28, 2020

The study also suggests that coronaviruses with these anomalous spikes are no more prevalent than those with other genetic backgrounds, said Christopher Barnes, a structural biologist who is collaborating with the study team on new work. And real coronaviruses carry proofreading machinery that makes their replication process less error-prone.

“You can get these mutations,” Dr. Barnes said. “But I don’t think these mutations are going to be driving events that we have to worry about.”

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/health/coronavirus-mutation-spike-treatment.html

 

Also JULY 31, 2020

 

Among the viruses that have become endemic in humans, some have also figured out ways to dodge the adaptive immune system: H.I.V.-1 mutates rapidly; herpes viruses deploy proteins that can trap and incapacitate antibodies.

Thankfully, SARS-CoV-2 does not seem to have evolved any such tricks yet — suggesting that we still have an opportunity to stem its spread and the pandemic by pursuing a relatively straightforward vaccine approach.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/31/opinion/coronavirus-antibodies-immunity.html

I lost all respect for Yale long ago. It still holds. They fired one of the few stars they had in Dr. Bandy X. Lee MD, MDiv - a forensic psychiatrist whose expertise is violence and is the President of the World Mental Health Coalition. She is also the author of "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump" they fired her because she spoke up when he was running for president and without flaw predicted just about everything that has occurred, The Yale administration and a good number of their professors seem corrupted by group think and money. No respect for Yale anymore and I triple verify my sources these days. Willing to provide backup. Good information is available at many U.S. medical sources. Try Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Case Western Reserve. The only semi-decent education at Yale these days is Law and possibly History, I know I sound opinionated yet like I said triple verification backs my impressions. Not flawless better better than blind belief.

[brewsterbudgen]

14 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Still 71 deaths in the UK even with nearly everyone vaccinated. 

Are vaccinations the answer? 

Presumably the 71 deaths are people who were not vaccinated?

[Neeranam]

2 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Presumably the 71 deaths are people who were not vaccinated?

Maybe, However, they still have thousands of more new cases than Thailand. 

[worrab]

5 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Maybe, However, they still have thousands of more new cases than Thailand. 

I get the feeling you are on an agenda here having read so many of your comments over the past couple of days or so. The fact still remains that the virus is not going to go away anytime soon. But vaccines do stop the severity of illness and deaths! They may well have more cases and the deaths could well be from unvaccinated people. But what you must also bear in mind is that testing is on a totally different level in UK than Thailand and is a great deal more transparent!  You cannot really compare in that case.

[retsdon]

10 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Maybe, However, they still have thousands of more new cases than Thailand. 

Unless the world is going to live in perpetual lockdown it has to ge like that. Vaccinate everybody you can and trust the vaccines do do their job. Ideally, they would prevent initial infection, but failing that if they prevent hospitalization or death then it will have to do.

[Kadilo]

15 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Maybe, However, they still have thousands of more new cases than Thailand. 

You do know the vaccine doesn’t stop you getting infected. 
 

 

[DrJack54]

Very relieved that the most important topic of the day has been settled..

 

That being the question as to take away/online orders being possible from malls. 

 

[anchadian]

3 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Very relieved that the most important topic of the day has been settled..

 

That being the question as to take away/online orders being possible from malls. 

 

Confusion.  PBSWorld are saying malls for takeaway service and not delivery.

The CCSA has decided to ease restrictions on eateries in malls and department stores by allowing them to open, but for take-away orders only.

https://thaip.bs/y5vivMm

Edited August 1, 2021 by anchadian

[anchadian]

And their link doesn't direct you to the article?

 

The CCSA has decided to ease restrictions on eateries in malls and department stores by allowing them to open, but for take-away orders only. Read more: https://thaip.bs/y5vivMm

Edited August 1, 2021 by anchadian