webfact Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 A small guesthouse in Patong sits empty as the shrouds wrapped around it start to fray. Photo: Chutharat Plerin By The Phuket News PHUKET: Patience is growing thin with the lack of credibility of any government reports about the current state of the COVID situation in Phuket, the vaccines being deployed and of any genuine concern for the people of Phuket during the ever-extended economic crisis. The latest debacle this week comes with the main SuperCheap store in Rassada being ordered closed for seven days over COVID infections. In announcing immediately after the daily meeting of the Phuket Provincial Communicable Disease Committee at Provincial Hall yesterday (Sept 11) that the megastore for cheap shopping located north of Phuket Town was to be closed, official reports gave the dates of the ordered closure as from Sept 11-17. Six hours later the actual order was released and the dates given were Sept 12-18. That announcement came a full day after Phuket Provincial Health Office (PPHO) Chief Kusak Kukiattikoon reported to Deputy Prime Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow that a cluster of infections already had been confirmed at a “large shopping mall”, which remained unnamed in official reports. Ironically, that message from Dr Kusak to Deputy PM Supattanapong was delivered in the very same room that the provincial disease committee sat in yesterday. Discover Cigna’s range of health insurance solutions created for expats and local nationals living in Thailand - click to view Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-opinion-a-dare-to-be-honest-81370.php -- © Copyright Phuket News 2021-09-13 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smedly Posted September 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) the full article holds back no punches and is hard hitting exposing the lies and deception that we all know about and have been discussing for weeks. Based on infection rates in other provences/cities of comparable size and population Phuket should be Deep Red from 2 weeks ago They concentrated gouging fully vaccinated foreign (so called) tourists to take 5 expensive covid PCR tests in Thailand pluse all the other stupid restrictions when they should have been concentrating efforts on the local population Rolling this failed Sandbox nonsense out to other areas in 2 weeks time will result in an even bigger failure. Thailand needs to get its own house in order before starting to entertain foreign tourists and then they need to drop all the B S red tape and money gouging restrictions - either open fully or don't bother, if you can't even open to your own local population how on earth are you ready for foreign visitors - all this is a political message to make the government look good in the news - the truth is something entirely different - "look we are opening up" just doesn't cut it on any level - Thailand is far from open or ready Edited September 12, 2021 by smedly 23 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KarenBravo Posted September 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2021 A local newspaper with balls..........who would have thought it? 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Scrotobike Posted September 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2021 Many on this site have been saying for a long time that the sandbox is now past its sellby date Time for red/deep red and the end to the sandbox madness. Get the elderly/sic full vaccinated with a decent vaccine and open up domestically first. Balance saving the economy with saving health care. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wensiensheng Posted September 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2021 30 minutes ago, Scrotobike said: Many on this site have been saying for a long time that the sandbox is now past its sellby date Time for red/deep red and the end to the sandbox madness. Get the elderly/sic full vaccinated with a decent vaccine and open up domestically first. Balance saving the economy with saving health care. This is Phuket. The elderly and at risk are already vaccinated, allegedly. And not just them, also a high percentage of the young and not at risk. In fact, 80% of the population…allegedly. I posted yesterday that the lack of transparency to Phuket’s Covid status is stunning. I also said that the wording of government announcements calls into question the data actually held by the authorities and their ability to analyze it properly. This article reiterates that. something is badly wrong in Phuket. And I don’t mean Covid cases per se, I mean the way they are being handled from top to bottom. It’s a mess. 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted September 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2021 2 hours ago, smedly said: the full article holds back no punches and is hard hitting exposing the lies and deception that we all know about and have been discussing for weeks. Just read the link myself, a damning report is an understatement. Lies, lies more lies and cover-ups. And Phipat thinks it's a success story to be rolled out across the nation. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk_bwana Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 2 hours ago, smedly said: Thailand needs to get its own house in order before starting to entertain foreign tourists and then they need to drop all the B S red tape and money gouging restrictions - either open fully or don't bother, if you can't even open to your own local population how on earth are you ready for foreign visitors - all this is a political message to make the government look good in the news - the truth is something entirely different - "look we are opening up" just doesn't cut it on any level - Thailand is far from open or ready WORD 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inThailand Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 I doubt they are lying anymore or less than the rest of the country. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Covid-The Kryptonite of Politicians all over the world. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 2 hours ago, KarenBravo said: A local newspaper with balls..........who would have thought it? Doorbell rings at newpaper offices...."Who is it"?...ummmm room service....(chains rattle) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropposurfer Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Sadly the prophetic nature of many in-country posters (and external ones too) about the silly-sandbox, the less-than honest governmental rhetoric and behaviours were,. it would seem to be true, mine included. Despite us (humans) wishing and hopefully thinking there would be (in this country & in other nations as a cohesive global collective) governmental transparency, intelligent, and effective responses to 'the situation', coupled with population demand, belief, and expectation of definitive 100% effective medicines producing somewhat magical-relief from this viral avalanche have proven to be misplaced. I have watched and read in many news feeds, networks, pundits, social commentators, vloggers, and forums across the globe expectations of some sort of pre-cognisance to viral emergence, evolution, and spread. Surely warning signs of viral evolutions was/is known and yet vague e.g WHO CDC and many other world epidemiological bodies is to be rationally expected, and yet until known, a virus is unknown (even when it comes within a group of known viruses with similar features e.g SARS). Epidemiological history shows us this pre-knowing is often/sometimes only partial (as in the case of SARS family of influenza strains). As to any further clear extent or understanding it is rare. Viruses emerge are unknown at emergence (or only fragmentally known), with a scientific, administrative, and sociological chase and more chase in responses i.e (understanding of and effective intervention). Viruses that are dangerous and virile are always smart and elegant and as such make themselves difficult to hunt down and kill. After this observation and comment I return to the only course of action In can see that will preserve life, feed economic engines, and allow (as so many of my colleagues herein have commented) life to become 'normal' as possible again. That is to vaccinate rapidly, thus develop herd-immunity, and learn to live openly with the reality that some small percentage of the worlds population will indeed die from Covid despite mass inoculation, and herd-immunity development as happens with other influenza viruses already known. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post poskat Posted September 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2021 open is not the same as open with multiple hoops to jump through before arrival and restrictions while here open is buying a plane ticket, flying here breezing through immigration as before and the ability to go where and when you want 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uroller Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 8 hours ago, wensiensheng said: This is Phuket. The elderly and at risk are already vaccinated, allegedly. And not just them, also a high percentage of the young and not at risk. In fact, 80% of the population…allegedly. I posted yesterday that the lack of transparency to Phuket’s Covid status is stunning. I also said that the wording of government announcements calls into question the data actually held by the authorities and their ability to analyze it properly. This article reiterates that. something is badly wrong in Phuket. And I don’t mean Covid cases per se, I mean the way they are being handled from top to bottom. It’s a mess. You are very mistaken if you think the elderly and at risk have been vaccinated, I do admit that you did say allegedly????But it’s not happened yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Posts using French language have been removed. English is the only acceptable language anywhere on ASEAN NOW, except within the Thai language forum, where of course using Thai is allowed. Short Thai translation of technical terms is permitted in specialty forums. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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