Foreigners in Thailand warned about not wearing face masks

[blackprince]

4 minutes ago, tigerfeet said:

What I cannot understand is the Thais wear a mask when riding a motorcycle at 100 kilo per hour just in case the virus is traveling at that speed just to outrun it .but no crash hat afraid of a virus at 100 k an hour but not comming off without a crash hat what a load of wallies .

Thais wear a mask on motorbikes to avoid brathing in the fumes from the cars in front. They've been doing this since long before covid.

[richard_smith237]

Just now, blackprince said:

6 minutes ago, tigerfeet said:

What I cannot understand is the Thais wear a mask when riding a motorcycle at 100 kilo per hour just in case the virus is traveling at that speed just to outrun it .but no crash hat afraid of a virus at 100 k an hour but not comming off without a crash hat what a load of wallies .

Thais wear a mask on motorbikes to avoid brathing in the fumes from the cars in front. They've been doing this since long before covid.

Thai's ?... all of the? some of them?  truthfully, hardly any person (Thai or otherwise) wore a mask when riding their motorcycle (pre-covid times) - the very few I saw wearing a mask were a handful of cyclists on ‘real bicycles’ navigating their way through gridlock. 

 

tigerfeet is quite correct - I see many many Thai’s on motorcycles wearing a facemask while not wearing their helmet....   he logic is completely upside-down and inside-out... mind-boggling. 

 

 

[atpeace]

6 minutes ago, tigerfeet said:

What I cannot understand is the Thais wear a mask when riding a motorcycle at 100 kilo per hour just in case the virus is traveling at that speed just to outrun it .but no crash hat afraid of a virus at 100 k an hour but not comming off without a crash hat what a load of wallies .

Because they believe they are at risk! Unbelievable but it is a real fear.  They see me running and cover their their mask with a hand to offer further protection.  

[richard_smith237]

1 hour ago, Thaijack2014 said:

Ummm.... it is their country? They live here? There we go again... foreigners coming to Thailand, thinking that everything is all about them and around them and they are the greatest. If a Thai doesn't wear a mask, then the foreigner too doesn't need it, right? If a Thai jumps off a cliff, the foreigner does what? Jump too? They come to visit Thailand and so they have to accept the rules. 

And for the most part, they do accept the rules, the vast majority of foreign visitors are very respectful of the rules and regulations. 

 

What we do see is a small minority of both Thai’s and foreigners who do not respect the rules - so why single out foreigners in reports such as this ????

 

The answer is obvious - because ‘netizens’ are not interested in responding with ‘outrage’ at a factual report outlining that ‘some people’ are not wearing their masks... but as soon as ‘Foreigners’ (or even worse ‘Farangs’) are mentioned its cat-nip to those with a hair-trigger on their computer mouse....

 

.....the replies fly in, we get 7 pages of comments on a story which is deliberately inflammatory, attention grabbing and designed to dupe us (the reader) into outrage so we continue reading and commenting... 

 

The reality is.. there’s not much to see here !!!! some people are not wearing their masks when they should be - big deal. 

 

 

 

[daveAustin]

As a tourist, you’ve got to have your head read going to Thailand at this time. For what? Reams of paperwork and restrictions, big expense, long flights, having to wear a mask everywhere, no entertainment. 

[orchidfan]

5 hours ago, mjakob007 said:

Hub of differential rules & laws...

 

Did we not have anutin feature in public appearance with no mask on!

Thai nationals not required to have covid test before boarding a flight to thailand, but foreigners should have one and risk being infected.

 

Covid related measures have further exposed double standards here

Please share the current link to Thai nationals (who are double vaxed )not needing PCR test before departure and after arriving in Thailand. 

My wife returning from Hong Kong does !!

All she is exempt from if the Insurance requirements 

[PB172111]

19 hours ago, pattjock said:

What about all the Thai people not wearing masks?

Don’t be a sheep.

respect the law in the country you are visiting

[Fujionrye]

5 hours ago, atpeace said:

Does anyone know where I can locate information on wearing masks while exercising outdoors?  I think I am OK but not sure and I do get some that think it is the same as not wearing a mask at Lotus.  Really no understanding of risks and how this virus spreads.

 

  I am in rural Thailand and practically everybody  are wearing masks other than while at home.  I think it is excessive but might be wrong.  I hear  others stating Thias are not wearing masks and I find this hard to believe.  90% of people on rural roads are wearing masks here!  Farmers on tractors that are alone are wearing a mask probably half the time.  Just weird but nothing I can do and hope they aren't too upset with me running without a mask.

 

 Kristen K. Coleman has a video explaining her experiment on Covid19. Concludes it is air born and small microscopic particles, produced by talking and singing, contain the most covid (85%) and larger droplets have the least.These small particles float and linger in the air like cigarette smoke in poorly ventilated areas. 

 

 

 

 

 

[jollyhangmon]

12 minutes ago, orchidfan said:

Please share the current link to Thai nationals (who are double vaxed )not needing PCR test before departure and after arriving in Thailand. 

My wife returning from Hong Kong does !!

All she is exempt from if the Insurance requirements 

 

[orchidfan]

3 minutes ago, jollyhangmon said:

 

I think what you've highlighted is Thai nationals returning to do 10 days AQ Quarantine. 

Not those fully vaccinated who will return doing the arrival PCR test and one night in the hotel awaiting result.

Exactly the same as foreigners. 

But I agree if the 10 dayers or on the same flight it's a bit stupid. 

Also, I believe that certain (most?) airlines like Thai and Cathay, Emirates etc require it anyway. 

[Skallywag]

20 hours ago, pattjock said:

What about all the Thai people not wearing masks?

It is their country and their rules of course.  Always has been, always will be. TiT

[Moti24]

59 minutes ago, atpeace said:

Because Covid is an issue in rural areas?  I don't live in Bangkok but hard to believe they take it as serious as rural Thailand.  It is extremely rare to see Thais not wearing a mask in groups in all the places I've been.  You can drive down a road and see what you want and not sure which one of us is delusional.  We see what we want to see is what this pandemic has taught me.

You either need to get out more, or your lucky to live where you do.

[sandyf]

4 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

They've been saying that for years

Check your maths, the UK did not acknowledge covid was a threat until late March last year.

"years" is plural noun, meaning more than one of that noun.

Fortunately your opinion will have no bearing on how things transpire.

[Skallywag]

Love how Jay and Natty on Thaiger news talk daily sitting at arms length not wearing masks. 

Today talking about fines for not wearing masks, while they themselves are in violation 555  TiT

 

[blackprince]

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

Thai's ?... all of the? some of them?  truthfully, hardly any person (Thai or otherwise) wore a mask when riding their motorcycle (pre-covid times) - the very few I saw wearing a mask were a handful of cyclists on ‘real bicycles’ navigating their way through gridlock. 

 

tigerfeet is quite correct - I see many many Thai’s on motorcycles wearing a facemask while not wearing their helmet....   he logic is completely upside-down and inside-out... mind-boggling. 

 

 

Tigerfeet and you are just the usual farang xenophobes. God knows why you come here - that's what's mind-boggling.

And you are both wrong about wearing masks on motorbikes, it's common all over SEAsia . You need to get out more or open your eyes.

Edited November 23, 2021 by blackprince

[NanLaew]

2 hours ago, tomacht8 said:

The foreigners are often used as scapegoats here. Are to blame for plague and cholera. Are to blame that there is no more money. Are to blame for moral decline and much more. This is then always regularly injected into the minds of the normal population through the government-controlled media. Goverments like to use this tactic to distract attention from their own wrongdoings. The dilemma, on the one hand the foreigner with his unloved presence, and on the other hand as a necessary evil to get his money.

The thread is about mask wearing, not the weight of Thai opinion that you think is resting on your much maligned shoulders.

[NanLaew]

2 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

2 hours ago, NanLaew said:

Advising the majority of newbie foreign arrivals to mask up is neither xenophobic or racist.

 

(see earlier post on common sense)

 

If it's common sense, the foreigners would have masked up for their own safety and protection without being advised.

My mistake.

 

(see earlier post on LACK of common sense)

[Bkk Brian]

1 hour ago, blackprince said:

Thais wear a mask on motorbikes to avoid brathing in the fumes from the cars in front. They've been doing this since long before covid.

Not in the part of Thailand I live they'e not

[blackprince]

Just now, Bkk Brian said:

Not in the part of Thailand I live they'e not

Yeah, the part of Thailand called the UK or USA.

As I said, it's common all over SEasia.

[NanLaew]

2 hours ago, Moonlover said:

3 hours ago, NanLaew said:

1 hour ago, Moonlover said:

Wearing a mask should, IMO be optional, allowing the individual to make his or hers own risk assessment according to the circumstances they find themselves in.

 

3 hours ago, NanLaew said:

Doing a 'risk assessment' on yourself is easy. Have you tried doing one on behalf of the people you come across?

My 'risk assessment' includes 'how close am I likely to come to other people?' If the answer is 'not close enough to be of concern' then I go without wearing a mask.

 

In other words, a risk assessment on behalf of others is just as easy as doing one for my own benefit.

Epic risk assessment fail.

 

And I'm not even an HSE specialist.

 

How about the farang in the Thai domestic lounge 10 days ago, not a mask on his person and glaring balefully at anyone who cared to notice the results of his flawed risk assessment. I mean it was major eye contact like, 'I dare you to say anything'. The lounge wasn't too busy but there he was, the only maskless person in the building, making his statement.

 

I wonder how he got on once he boarded his flight?

[Bkk Brian]

7 minutes ago, blackprince said:

Yeah, the part of Thailand called the UK or USA.

As I said, it's common all over SEasia.

You said Thai's. I said not where I live. Simple enough for you.

Edited November 23, 2021 by Bkk Brian

[NanLaew]

2 hours ago, DefaultName said:

Perhaps the tourists think they're on holiday in Open Thailand.

It's as open as any other that's dipping a toe in the moribund tourist business.

[Exilerunner]

Must be fun to be at the beach and in the ocean with the mask

[NanLaew]

1 hour ago, daveAustin said:

As a tourist, you’ve got to have your head read going to Thailand at this time. For what? Reams of paperwork and restrictions, big expense, long flights, having to wear a mask everywhere, no entertainment. 

I know I'm not a tourist but TBH, I have  had a blast since I got back here 10 days ago. After a year of dodging the vagaries of Thailand's Covid response, the most recent 6-months working and traveling outside Thailand has been a huge reality check.

 

TP paperwork amounts to 4 sheets (no reams were hurt in this endeavor). Cheapest business class (upgrade) I've ever had. The flights are only long if you live on the wrong side of the Atlantic or Pacific and, get this, they won't be any shorter after Covid either.

Edited November 23, 2021 by NanLaew

[NanLaew]

20 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

1 hour ago, blackprince said:

Thais wear a mask on motorbikes to avoid brathing in the fumes from the cars in front. They've been doing this since long before covid.

Not in the part of Thailand I live they'e not

I bet your girlfriend is different too.

[blackprince]

1 minute ago, NanLaew said:

I bet your girlfriend is different too.

I assume you're trying to make a homophobic joke. You must be comfortable with the attitudes displayed by the 2 xenophobes.

 

People all over ASEAN have been wearing face masks on motorbikes for years, since well before covid, to avoid breathing in the fumes from the traffic as far as possible.

 

 

[richard_smith237]

25 minutes ago, blackprince said:

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

Thai's ?... all of the? some of them?  truthfully, hardly any person (Thai or otherwise) wore a mask when riding their motorcycle (pre-covid times) - the very few I saw wearing a mask were a handful of cyclists on ‘real bicycles’ navigating their way through gridlock. 

 

tigerfeet is quite correct - I see many many Thai’s on motorcycles wearing a facemask while not wearing their helmet....   he logic is completely upside-down and inside-out... mind-boggling. 

 

 

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Tigerfeet and you are just the usual farang xenophobes. God knows why you come here - that's what's mind-boggling.

And you are both wrong about wearing masks on motorbikes, it's common all over SEAsia . You need to get out more or open your eyes.

IF you are trying to imply that before Covid the majority of Thai’s would be wearing masks when on their motorcycles then you are simply wrong, very wrong. 

 

Run any image search for street-shots of roads in Thailand - look for any taken before 2020 where many people are wearing a face-mask on their motorcycle. 

 

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

14 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

I bet your girlfriend is different too.

Don't have one, just my wife. 

[richard_smith237]

8 minutes ago, blackprince said:

I assume you're trying to make a homophobic joke. You must be comfortable with the attitudes displayed by the 2 xenophobes.

 

People all over ASEAN have been wearing face masks on motorbikes for years, since well before covid, to avoid breathing in the fumes from the traffic as far as possible.

Calling people xenophobes for pointing out that in general Thai’s riding motorcycle were not wearing masks before 2020 is an extremely weak accusation....   and now you are accusing a guy of making a homophobic joke....

 

Are you just throwing out random accusations hoping something sticks ???

 

 

[Exilerunner]

Easy guys, I think it depends on the time of the year. In winter with bad air I agree, lots of riders and pedestrians will wear masks already before Covid including me. With an AQI above 150, anybody would be stupid not to do so ...