Don't know if it's a requirement ,   but   2 ears would definitely help

time to lighten up people    

10 minutes ago, thai006 said:

Wear a mask on motorcycle but helmet is mandatory.    Amazing Thailand ????????????

The mask is in addition to the helmet..........just like I ride now.

Don't know if it's possible to catch Covid whilst riding, but it sure improves the quality of the stuff you take into your lungs.

I see a few riders without their mask pulled up, but, as soon as they stop at their destination, they always pull the mask up.

 

One of my pet hates is seeing someone wearing a mask that only covers their mouth and not their nose. Might as well not wear one. Every instance of this has been a foreigner.

 

 

On 10/17/2021 at 3:02 AM, XtraFly said:

I'm guessing you may actually be from a RED state like myself or at least you are one of the lions if you know what I mean. lol

 

I had the same question on mind but was planning to figure it out when I land there. glad to hear it's getting more relaxed with that non sense.

Hummm....most deaths in the US are coming from red states. What does that tell you....

 

Masks are required in some establishments. Not when walking around. Though it's entirely up to the cop nearby. Sadly.

On 10/17/2021 at 12:55 PM, Leveraged said:

 

Just as long as you keep all those feelings & pent-up rage to yourself, up to you. Just dont walk around with a chip on your shoulder and pretend to be the mask police, judging people. 

 

Just enjoy your holiday. You're vaccinated and have nothing to worry about. 

That's not true. Vaccinated can still spread the virus and can still get sick from the virus. Though no where near as bad as the unvaccinated.

16 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Please quote one valid recorded incident of someone being assaulted for not wearing a mask.

Just Google it. Happens all the time. Including being fined.

Must wear when taking a dump

Must wear when sleeping

Must wear when kissing your favourite GF

Must definitely wear when going boom boom 

Must wear when drinking your favourite cold bevy

must wear when inside the car with all the windows shut

Must wear when on any deserted beach

Lol ????????????????????

 

46 minutes ago, KarenBravo said:

One of my pet hates is seeing someone wearing a mask that only covers their mouth and not their nose. Might as well not wear one. Every instance of this has been a foreigner.

 

 

Agreed! These are saddos as well. They don't care if they spread the virus shlt about, they just care about themselves. ????

 

3 hours ago, Chris.B said:

Ohh I can. It's because they are selfish, 'me me' type people who only think of themselves. You see them everywhere, panic buying in the supermarkets, parking in disabled bays, using disabled toilets, doing u-turns on the High road, double parking close to an atm machine, going on foreign holidays during a pandemic, ignoring the 2m rule. Now refusing to wear face masks, pathetic people. I don't want their virus loaded breath droplets in my air! ????

See, this is a perfect example of what Ive been talking about this whole thread. Silly people dreaming up fictitious scenarios in their heads and then getting ridiculously and unreasonably angry about them. 

 

And the entertaining part is that it consumes their lives whole as soon as they leave their homes. 

 

So much easier to get vaccinated and not give a damn what other people are doing. You know why? Ill tell you: No matter what you do, no matter how obsessed you are, and no matter how much you want to police people around you, you will eventually catch covid. Its not going away just because people put a piece of cloth over their mouth & nose. 

 

So you can either live your life and not care about what other people are doing (because its not your responsibility or your business anyway) or you can live in a perpetual state of fear and anger and still catch covid. 

 

1 hour ago, KarenBravo said:

One of my pet hates is seeing someone wearing a mask that only covers their mouth and not their nose. Might as well not wear one. Every instance of this has been a foreigner.

 

Your last sentence is simply nothing more than confirmation bias. You pay more attention to foreigners than you do locals because you already have it in your head that they are the problem and you're fixated. The reality is that mask religious mask wearing like you describe is the minority rather than the standard. 

28 minutes ago, Leveraged said:

 

Your last sentence is simply nothing more than confirmation bias. You pay more attention to foreigners than you do locals because you already have it in your head that they are the problem and you're fixated. The reality is that mask religious mask wearing like you describe is the minority rather than the standard. 

Mainly because it's true, the Thais are really sticking to the mask rule, say what you like about other stuff but it's very rare to see a Thai with out 1.

so you need to be told what is good to do or not ?

 

forced or not I will wear my mask for the rest of my life because I am not an idiot, I wonder why some people cannot think the correct way, or even think at all....

 

9 minutes ago, beechbum said:

Mainly because it's true, the Thais are really sticking to the mask rule, say what you like about other stuff but it's very rare to see a Thai with out 1.

Maybe you guys don’t get out much, and when you do it’s only to lotus or 7-11. I’m out all day long at the beach and eating at restaurants and mask wearing by everyone is probably sub 50%. I see it all day long every day. 

41 minutes ago, Leveraged said:

 

Your last sentence is simply nothing more than confirmation bias. You pay more attention to foreigners than you do locals because you already have it in your head that they are the problem and you're fixated. The reality is that mask religious mask wearing like you describe is the minority rather than the standard. 

No it's not.

I now know you don't live in Phuket. Do you actually live in Thailand?

Confirmation bias..............or, the truth.

STOP the tedious bickering or be removed.

18 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Please quote one valid recorded incident of someone being assaulted for not wearing a mask.

oh my, it happens all the time in the USA... on both sides of the debate... 

 

Funny sometimes when people refuse to put on a mask because nobody has the right to tell them what to do about their body, then the same person is angst abortion... 

On 10/17/2021 at 6:54 AM, sniggie said:

I don't really understand what the problem is here. I was stuck in the UK for a year until April and complied with all the mask requirements there. Now I am back in Thailand I have a box of masks in the car and we all wear masks whenever we leave the car. It's not a massive imposition, is it? Then we don't have to worry what others do.

 

What amazed me this year is how quickly the majority of the UK populace dispensed with their masks as soon as they were no longer mandatory. if I was still there I'd be wearing a mask in public places. Apparently there are problems getting passengers to wear masks on public transport <deleted>.  I do hope that the more relaxed environment in the UK does not result in problems this winter.

You mean England not UK. England.

 

53 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said:

oh my, it happens all the time in the USA... on both sides of the debate... 

 

Funny sometimes when people refuse to put on a mask because nobody has the right to tell them what to do about their body, then the same person is angst abortion... 

It's not surprising. It happens between opposite political parties I believe.

Bottom line, anywhere in Thailand requires the wearing of masks outside of your home in any and all circumstances except when actually eating/drinking at restaurants.    People can argue about the merits or not of wearing masks, but here it's a legal requirement and not optional.   Don't like it?   Don't come.

2 hours ago, Carrbhoy said:

You mean England not UK. England.

 

No, people who live in England say England! Expats, not the Soi Buakaow farang type, but real expats always say UK! It's like a rite of passing when you truly become a real expat. ????

 

Myself, I come from the UK ???? I suppose you are from England?? ????????

 

On 10/17/2021 at 1:41 PM, Leveraged said:

 

What exactly are you so scared of that would compel you to look over at a stranger and make demands of them? 

 

 

are you really serious ?.. you make demands to PROTECT your self .. duh   not to hard to understand .. think of other people not just yourself ..  so put on your frigging mask when in public 

3 hours ago, Leveraged said:

Maybe you guys don’t get out much, and when you do it’s only to lotus or 7-11. I’m out all day long at the beach and eating at restaurants and mask wearing by everyone is probably sub 50%. I see it all day long every day. 

BS

On 10/17/2021 at 9:45 AM, KarenBravo said:

Just wear the mask everywhere that isn't your accommodation.

Masks are taken off if you have to eat, or drink.

 

Enforced? By the general public and they WILL use violence and you won't get any sympathy from the police (or, from anyone else, for that matter).

Thank god I don't live where ya'll live.  The beauty about rural living - anywhere - is that most people haven't lost there minds. 
The urban dwellers and Bangkokians, especially farangs, would be stopping their BMWs and yelling from the side at the roads at hot, sweaty, hard-working rice farmer in the middle of sun drenched fields to "obey the law" or else get hit in the mouth.  <head-shake>  Working farmers don't mask up.

I'm not wearing a mask on my exercise walks in the middle of Boondockburi, Thailand. 

9 minutes ago, ArcticFox said:

Thank god I don't live where ya'll live.  The beauty about rural living - anywhere - is that most people haven't lost there minds. 
The urban dwellers and Bangkokians, especially farangs, would be stopping their BMWs and yelling from the side at the roads at hot, sweaty, hard-working rice farmer in the middle of sun drenched fields to "obey the law" or else get hit in the mouth.  <head-shake>  Working farmers don't mask up.

I'm not wearing a mask on my exercise walks in the middle of Boondockburi, Thailand. 

And I have have no desire at all any longer to domestically tour in Crazy-Land.  I'll stick to the Amphur   - less drama - until the terminal fearful in Thailand (and the world) finally understand that that the only way back to 'normal' is accepting Covid as any other flu or seasonal illness (There at that point in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark)  There is no vaccination our way to herd immunity.  That doesn't work with non-sterilizing, "leaky" vaccines.  Covid is a fact of life.  Most people will eventually get it.  The human species immune systems will adapt like they have done since the dawn of mankind..  Then if everyone can get over their trauma, we all can get back to living life as before.

 

https://inews.co.uk/news/health/covid-mask-wearing-outdoors-cuts-risk-catching-covid-cold-windy-research-scientists-1245339

1 hour ago, ArcticFox said:

the only way back to 'normal' is accepting Covid as any other flu or seasonal illness (There at that point in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark)  There is no vaccination our way to herd immunity. 

The reason some countries are there at the moment is the vaccines.

 

1 hour ago, ArcticFox said:

Covid is a fact of life.  Most people will eventually get it.  The human species immune systems will adapt like they have done since the dawn of mankind.. 

The problem, of course, is the way the human species immune system adapt. Only the fittest adapt and survive, some of them with long term consequences. And the rest die.

Here are some numbers of my day here on phuket yesterday without judging. Maybe this is giving a real pic about the mask situation.

 

Morning beach/beach road run Patong

75% no mask 25% mask

 

Small Patong fish market

20% no mask 80% mask

 

Lotus Kathu

100% mask

 

Maikhao

30% no mask 70% mask

 

711 Maikhao

10% no mask 90% mask

 

Central Phuket Town

100% mask

 

Restaurant in Central

100% no mask ...staff 100% mask

 

SuperCheap pharmacy

100% mask

 

Gym patong

100% no mask ... staff 100% mask

 

On motorbike in patong

10-20% no mask 80-90% mask

 

In car no mask.

 

Btw had early appointment at hospital last week. Came to xxx center. Not one nurse or a doctor had a mask on. Said to my doctor that she looks much better without mask they all start to run like chickens for their masks lol.

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4 minutes ago, KarenBravo said:

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Oh don't hold back KB, let them have it with both barrels, then re-load and finish the job. ????

 

8 hours ago, ArcticFox said:

And I have have no desire at all any longer to domestically tour in Crazy-Land.  I'll stick to the Amphur   - less drama - until the terminal fearful in Thailand (and the world) finally understand that that the only way back to 'normal' is accepting Covid as any other flu or seasonal illness (There at that point in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark)  There is no vaccination our way to herd immunity.  That doesn't work with non-sterilizing, "leaky" vaccines.  Covid is a fact of life.  Most people will eventually get it.  The human species immune systems will adapt like they have done since the dawn of mankind..  Then if everyone can get over their trauma, we all can get back to living life as before.

 

In my wife's village, don't wear a mask and you'll be yelled at. Your 100% wrong about Sweden. They are typically used by covid deniers incorrectly due to their source of news.

 

Covid is a fact of life. And our way out is the vaccine. Along with educating the deniers.

2 hours ago, Bert got kinky said:

Oh don't hold back KB, let them have it with both barrels, then re-load and finish the job. ????

 

No point. They are like Trump supporters and live in a fact-free world, though one of them is reporting on conditions in Phuket when they don't even live here. There is a word for that and it begins with the letter L.