Tourism minister pressing ahead with "Step by Step" reopening of Thailand

[rott]

5 minutes ago, shdmn said:

That's a pretty heavy lift.  It's just so hard to find whining in this thread and on this board.  Boy howdy you sure have me in a corner on that one.

Well get busy then, prove yourself. 

And you did specify hypocritical whining, not the standard sort. 

[shdmn]

6 minutes ago, rott said:

Well get busy then, prove yourself. 

And you did specify hypocritical whining, not the standard sort. 

Sure, I will get right on compiling a list of things that are right in front of your face.  Just as soon as I complete the numerous requests for internet links that people can find themselves by spending 10 seconds doing a google search.  Would you like anything else sir?

Edited September 9, 2021 by shdmn

[drenddy]

23 minutes ago, rott said:

Speaking of "rainy", whereabouts in Thailand are you.? 

Stoke on Trent

[WhiteBuffaloATM]

AZ DOES provide 3/4 protection against “getting sick” and FULL protection against Hospital & Death.

AZ Vaxxed CAN infect others but only with much reduced viral load very unlikely to kill or hospitalize.

AZ does NOT provide Immortality.

[rott]

1 hour ago, drenddy said:

Stoke on Trent

Lot rainier here than there at the minute. 

And you can go for a pint without sneaking in hoping you haven't been spotted. 

But I get your drift. ????

Edited September 9, 2021 by rott

[rott]

1 hour ago, shdmn said:

Sure, I will get right on compiling a list of things that are right in front of your face.  Just as soon as I complete the numerous requests for internet links that people can find themselves by spending 10 seconds doing a google search.  Would you like anything else sir?

You are the one who spoke of hypocritical whiners and when you are called on it the best you can produce is bluff and bluster. Possibly a look in the mirror could produce the first name for the list. 

[roo860]

2 hours ago, drenddy said:

Stoke on Trent

Up Hanley duck?

[reflectionx]

Step by step, I cancelled my 5 weeks trip around XMAS this year.

 

Until there is zero chance of being forced in a tropical jail for 2 weeks with 2 small children, we ain’t putting foot in Thailand.

 

I don’t mind all the useless paperwork, but until the my get rid of the testing requirements, I seriously doubt that any rational being (farang with money) would risk it.

[reflectionx]

On 9/8/2021 at 8:25 AM, DogNo1 said:

COVID-19 is now an endemic disease meaning that there is no such thing as permanent immunity from it.  Yesterday on Youtube, There was a video featuring a healthy young doctor with no risk factors who contracted COVID, received two doses of Moderna and then got COVID again.  Recovering from the disease AND getting double vaccinated doesn't prevent you from getting COVID again, especially if it is a newer variant.  People who have recovered and/or have been doubly vaccinated can contract the disease again because antibody levels decrease over time.  Thailand has no choice but to doubly vaccinate everyone with an effective vaccine even if they have previously recovered from COVID.  Only then may it become an acceptable tourist destination again.  I think that all tourism will be down in the future.  The BIG question is what variants or new pandemics will appear in the future.  We may be wearing masks for the rest of our lives.

COVID is here to stay for few years. Get vaccinated, move on - eg Spanish flu. 

There a lot of people who are sitting on plies of cash (that they couldn’t spend due to pandemic) eager to travel. But they dont want to be poked in the nose and possible being forced in quarantines during their vacations. The first few countries to reopen will emerge winners. Sadly, It doesn’t seem that the Thai government understands this.