Koh Phangan: Foreigners continually breaking the Covid-19 rules test the patience of district chief

[Nabby]

If tourists cannot enjoy the beach in Thailand, then Thailand needs to be completely shut off to foreign tourists. Enjoy your destroyed economy, Thailand. You'll need 10 years to get it back, and China will own half of you. 

[kennw]

6 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

wait a minute.. a difficult spot to reach, no access for vehicles, a group of 5/6 foreigners.... What is the problem? They are not sitting in a bar, but in open space, they can not infect someone , because no one will come there. In  other places like the hotels in Panggna or Phuket it seems more dangerous than on a desolated beach... But of course foreigners, not even tourists ..... not allowed.. but Thais sitting together under  a tree in or around a village ... no problem

until they go home and become spreaders.

[Mywayboy]

7 hours ago, Kaopad999 said:

When will they learn? 

Never

[thanaka]

pretty sure none of the people giving their nasty remarks even life here nor do they have any idea on the situation here. Don't get me wrong I'm isolating for months now but come on 6 people on the beach.. lawl.. meanwhile there are groups of thais gathering at every mom&pop shop. not saying any of it is right but 6 foreigners at the beach worth a news article? come on dude.. theres parts of the Island who couldn't give less of a <deleted> about covid, rarely anyone wearing mask etc. again not saying right or wrong, just saying there is worse than 6 foreigners enjoying their time on the beach even on this tiny island

[ukrules]

If you encourage and allow people to come on holiday then don't be surprised when they do holiday related things and simply don't care about the rules.

Complete compliance will only happen with zero tourists.

Arresting the tourists is not a good look, it will be remembered and used maliciously against Thailand by the 'perpetually annoyed' on the internet forever.

 

[smudger1951]

6 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

wait a minute.. a difficult spot to reach, no access for vehicles, a group of 5/6 foreigners.... What is the problem? They are not sitting in a bar, but in open space, they can not infect someone , because no one will come there. In  other places like the hotels in Panggna or Phuket it seems more dangerous than on a desolated beach... But of course foreigners, not even tourists ..... not allowed.. but Thais sitting together under  a tree in or around a village ... no problem

Here in the UK we have never been obliged to wear masks outside, only to abide by social distancing and use a mask in shops and public transport etc.

Its just OTT hunt down the farang as usual.

[ikke1959]

29 minutes ago, kennw said:

until they go home and become spreaders.

How many spreaders are there that you don't know???In fact everybody can be a spreader because there are a lot of non symptomatic cases... non symptomatic for me can make you very ill

[ThailandRyan]

Wait, aren't they just being typical tourists who want to enjoy themselves?

[LongTimeLurker66]

This Covid business has been going on for eighteen months and people are sick of it. They haven't seen piles of bodies in the street which would justify these extreme measures which have changed the way we live.

 

When you get the cops to enforce stupid laws people lose respect for them and they lose respect for the law.

 

Obviously there is no sign that any of these measures are ever going away. So you can expect people to work around them.

[LongTimeLurker66]

21 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

How many spreaders are there that you don't know???In fact everybody can be a spreader because there are a lot of non symptomatic cases... non symptomatic for me can make you very ill

Where have you seen research on “asymptomatic spreaders.” It was previously considered impossible (or near enough to impossible) for someone to spread a viral infection that they have no symptoms of.

 

Basically, if you have enough of a virus in your system to spread it, it is going to manifest as symptoms. That is why Children were never seen as a risk for spreading Covid. Children have very powerful immune systems, so even if the virus enters their system, it is attacked and destroyed very quickly.

 

When did that change in germ theory?

 

 

 

[Thingamabob]

Jail, then deport. This is not our country. Follow the rules, or get out.

[Jorgendk]

7 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

Indeed. Yet dozens of locals will gather in close proximity with no social distancing at the local wet market.

 

7 hours ago, Kaopad999 said:

I think their reasoning is because when people are  drinking in groups they can spread very easily to one another. and then when they leave their bubble they could spread further afield. 

But when people are  eating in groups they don't spread ????

[EricTh]

Today I saw a farang not wearing mask walking in Chiang Mai. Where's the enforcement?

[RafPinto]

5 hours ago, crazykopite said:

OMG I didn’t realise we had 6 policemen on the island the most I’ve ever seen is 3 maybe 4 in the local coffee bar

The other 4 are at the bank. On a daily basis, updating their bankbook.

[Amdesign]

Samui Sandbox! 3 foreigners in, 5 foreigners out!

 

What a success! ????

This is what happens when idiots run the country...

[Sig]

39 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

Jail, then deport. This is not our country. Follow the rules, or get out.

So you want it to become a totalitarian State now? The law doesn't call for jailing over this offense. Do you want to become a dictator or something? Or just hate your fellow foreigners? Your comment speaks volumes of your mental state.

[RobU]

7 hours ago, smedly said:

nothing much to say really the pictures speak 1000 words

 

 

 

Photograph 1 Tourists not wearing masks Photograph 2 Thais all wearing masks what is your point?

[RobU]

3 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

Yes, deport every foreigner that bends the rules. Wrong.  Simple, fines. Fine everyone, including locals, who break the rules also daily, and when you hit the wallet, people learn, with the exception of the very rich, who think they can, and do, get away with most everything, including ruining our planet for profit. If police here wrote tickets for every infraction I see daily, most people would go broke. Yes, the air would be cleaner,(rampant unnecessary burning), many less will die from scooter accidents (helmets wearing), beaches would be cleaner,(proper disposal of trash), but then you take money from the millions of poor, most of whom were never taught proper drivers ed, garbage trucks being non existant in the country.  Other, more dangerous offenses where some officials turn a blind eye because of profit will never stop.

The problem is that the 'Tourists' consider themselves amongst the 'Very Rich' with special privileges because their income although low in their own country is much higher than the average local income

[johnarth]

a hard to get to beach could the couple 50 m away have thought they were going to have the beach to themselves

[gearbox]

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

Wait, aren't they just being typical tourists who want to enjoy themselves?

Quite likely not....probably foreigners living there. There are quite a few "enlightened thinkers" living around Sri Thanu, and many are anti vaxxers believing that a few yoga asanas, detox therapy, or an hour of meditation are better than any vaccine. 

[EricTh]

14 minutes ago, RobU said:

Photograph 1 Tourists not wearing masks Photograph 2 Thais all wearing masks what is your point?

Can't really see whether the tourists were wearing masks with their faces digitally removed.

[chalawaan]

Make the rules, and break them all cause we are the best.

[LomSak27]

8 hours ago, CrunchWrapSupreme said:

The Pattaya Taco Bell guy. Refused to wear a mask, then proceeded to verbally assault and threaten violence upon the other patrons. Was videoed and spread all over the Internet. Was then let off with an apology.

And that somehow relates to this on Koh Phangan?! Uh huh right. 

 

[chalawaan]

1 hour ago, EricTh said:

Today I saw a farang not wearing mask walking in Chiang Mai. Where's the enforcement?

You should have run up and kicked him in the back, bonus points if he was over 80, and he knocked over some motorcycles, then skip along to police and apologize or something. ????

[EricTh]

5 minutes ago, chalawaan said:

You should have run up and kicked him in the back, bonus points if he was over 80, and he knocked over some motorcycles, then skip along to police and apologize or something. ????

I don't need to do anything. Wait till the police find him.

 

[robsamui]

7 hours ago, crazykopite said:

As of today phangan has gone into lockdown from 9 pm until 4 am Can only get takeaway meals , gyms , massage tattoo shops as well as bars closed until further notice . Everything was fine here prior to this years SONGKRAN and since then we have have had Covid cases on a daily basis. . Living on a small island can send people a little stir crazy 

Ah . . . yes . . . Songkran. 
Wasn't that the one where the Minister for Health very kindly told all the Thai people to travel en masse, tens of millions of them, all over Thailand to visit their families -  as long as they did not go out and party for the new Year?
Yes . . . I remember that . . . 

[n00dle]

9 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

Look like modern day Hippies to me.

I think the 5 star accommodation should be set fire too or removed, and then they should be removed from the Island as well.

Your misery is palpable.

 

Do you yearn for the days when men wore hats and suits and women wore dresses and matching shoes to the beach?

[Noah K]

As a foreigner living in Thailand, just like so many other foreigners, I understand the frustration we all must endure during this pandemic, I do feel the rules, no matter how bad you may think they are, are set to protect everyone. While the government's long term plans have been slow, and maybe over cautious, and at times seem useless, this is their country. I can only speak as an American looking back at the country I came from. I should not have to explain the irrational behavior of some Americans. But if that is how I felt, I would return back to the US where I can carry on at will. I have made Thailand my home. I am grateful to be allowed to live here. And while I could complain about the visa renewal process, or the seemingly unnecessary TM47, if I add up all the days up I spend working on staying up to date with my paperwork (let's say 10 days total) that still leaves me with 355 days to enjoy myself each year. I can live with that. I may not however, be able to live if I catch covid. Since the article states these foreigners may be from the UK, Austin Powers comes to mind, "Oh Behave!" 

[Deli]

Fun busters in action. Well, it's not HiSo from Thonglor or people in uniform with tinsel this time, so they dare to act. When will these clowns learn that it is time to give people their live back ?

[n00dle]

6 hours ago, malibukid said:

time to take away dada's credit card

Because nobody under the age of sixty could possibly earn their own living, right?