Bars should be allowed to reopen, opposition MP argues

[webfact]

 

By Natcha Patanasophon

 

An opposition parliamentarian on Thursday responded to the ruling Palang Pracharat Party’s condemnation of those who have pushed for the reopening of entertainment venues and said that government support to the sector was imperative.

 

Taopiphop Limjittrakorn, a Member of Parliament from the Move Forward Party, told Thai Enquirer that the government should not neglect the difficulties night entertainment business owners are facing.

 

“Many business owners are willing to follow the government’s Covid-19 restrictions. They should be allowed to open with strict measures,” he said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/35301/bars-should-be-allowed-to-reopen-opposition-mp-argues/

 

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[RichardColeman]

32 minutes ago, webfact said:

Taopiphop Limjittrakorn, a Member of Parliament from the Move Forward Party, told Thai Enquirer that the government should not neglect the difficulties night entertainment business owners are facing.

And the response was ? 

[fredscats]

Covid is returning,gatherings will surely be a disaster

[CrunchWrapSupreme]

It's really a joke at this point. My entire school came to take their Covid test the other day as they'll be returning to school soon. Other than spreading each level out to come at different times of the day, few other protective measures were taken. Before and after the test kids were congregating, talking, playing as normal. Somehow everyone tested negative. Perhaps there were some positives no one's talking about as they want to open. Yet they seem to be accepting the risk.

 

Crowded shopping malls are open, the schools are opening, the BTS is packed everyday. This hanging onto the bars staying shut is just teetotaling, puritanical nonsense.

[daveAustin]

They’re not open because they don’t want them open. If you know the mind of the mob that took the country, you’ll know that the pandemic was convenient for their agenda. 

[Kerryd]

3 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

And the response was ? 

Especially if it means that the bars in Pattaya can open as well. Which is what Prayut is trying to prevent.

[thailand49]

The answer thereafter was move forward with the meeting from the Parliament.????

[CANSIAM]

I heard from a local the Phuket Governor shut down 10 bars in Patong Bangla road, I believe there was some sort of random testing raid recently, if its true I'm sure BKK is not opening bars anytime soon........

[Rocking Robert]

They’re trying to keep the bars closed as long as they can and when they cannot keep them closed being a bar Owner will not be the same. They think of you as nothing more than pips

[Crusader]

I can feel for the owners of places that are still not able to open, but it seems like some places can just get away with anything.

Pubs open in Bangkok now...the ones I have visited over the past couple of weeks (quiet times)...no social distancing / no check if vaccinated or not / some customers not checking temperature on the way in etc. etc.

[CANSIAM]

1 hour ago, daveAustin said:

They’re not open because they don’t want them open. If you know the mind of the mob that took the country, you’ll know that the pandemic was convenient for their agenda. 

So true...........

[Captain Monday]

What is the arrival "positive" covid-19 test rate for the various programmes

such as Sandbox and Test and go?

[soi3eddie]

1 hour ago, daveAustin said:

 If you know the mind of the mob that took the country, you’ll know that the pandemic was convenient for their agenda. 

The pandemic has been very convenient for mobs in charge of many other countries too. It's not just a Thailand thing. Control, control and control the populaces into submission and into being thankful of small freedoms.

 

[soi3eddie]

17 minutes ago, Crusader said:

I can feel for the owners of places that are still not able to open, but it seems like some places can just get away with anything.

Pubs open in Bangkok now...the ones I have visited over the past couple of weeks (quiet times)...no social distancing / no check if vaccinated or not / some customers not checking temperature on the way in etc. etc.

Shame on you if you didn't turn around immediately and depart those premises ????. If you are not a part of the solution...

 

[Gsxrnz]

6 minutes ago, soi3eddie said:

The pandemic has been very convenient for mobs in charge of many other countries too. It's not just a Thailand thing. Control, control and control the populaces into submission and into being thankful of small freedoms.

 

As Winston Churchill famously said, "Never let a good crisis go to waste".

 

Colditz-19 fear mania is a politicians wet-dream come true.

[mjakob007]

1 hour ago, CrunchWrapSupreme said:

Crowded shopping malls are open, the schools are opening, the BTS is packed everyday. This hanging onto the bars staying shut is just teetotaling, puritanical nonsense.

You hit the nail on the head

 

BTS & malls have more transient head count. BTS is way more packed than any bar.

If BTS has been functional, wonder how bars are more risky. unless, alcohol is the covid medium.

 

 

[tomazbodner]

11 minutes ago, mjakob007 said:

You hit the nail on the head

 

BTS & malls have more transient head count. BTS is way more packed than any bar.

If BTS has been functional, wonder how bars are more risky. unless, alcohol is the covid medium.

 

 

So to make sure, open bars but ban alcohol. Would that work?

[Reigntax]

4 hours ago, fredscats said:

Covid is returning,gatherings will surely be a disaster

Covid is here for decades. Vaccinations and learning to live with it or lockdowns, restrictions and social and financial destruction.

but when you have the elite making the decisions with little affect on their lives, the poorer the majority become, the more they be used in the future

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

“Many business owners are willing to follow the government’s Covid-19 restrictions. They should be allowed to open with strict measures,” he said

The problem is history has shown that in fact they don't follow restrictions, and within seconds of opening it's back to the old free-for-all.

The mind-set being bars are open Covid is over.

As noted in Phuket the opposite is true, which has shown a marked increase in infections related to bars/entertainment venues.

While I'd like to see everything open people can't be trusted... and that's the truth.

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, CrunchWrapSupreme said:

Crowded shopping malls are open, the schools are opening, the BTS is packed everyday. This hanging onto the bars staying shut is just teetotaling, puritanical nonsense.

The difference being everywhere you mentioned masks are warn... bars they get put in the pocket.

Not saying masks are the answer but ... just saying.

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, CANSIAM said:

I heard from a local the Phuket Governor shut down 10 bars in Patong Bangla road, I believe there was some sort of random testing raid recently, if its true I'm sure BKK is not opening bars anytime soon........

Phuket is seeing an increase in infections in the entertainment venues..

Bangla road being one location.

[hotchilli]

45 minutes ago, mjakob007 said:

You hit the nail on the head

 

BTS & malls have more transient head count. BTS is way more packed than any bar.

If BTS has been functional, wonder how bars are more risky. unless, alcohol is the covid medium.

 

 

Non mask wearing in bars is the medium.

[fredscats]

1 hour ago, Rocking Robert said:

They’re trying to keep the bars closed as long as they can and when they cannot keep them closed being a bar Owner will not be the same. They think of you as nothing more than pips

Who is they?

 

Ever had covid?ever suffered?      Bars will never open again in immediate future,if they did covid will rocket up there again,even more restrictions,banned from leaving home

 

[Gsxrnz]

6 minutes ago, Reigntax said:

Covid is here for decades. Vaccinations and learning to live with it or lockdowns, restrictions and social and financial destruction.

but when you have the elite making the decisions with little affect on their lives, the poorer the majority become, the more they be used in the future

Colditz-19 will technically be here forever and until the end of the universe.  Mankind in all his (hers/zers/zim....insert your pronoun of choice to suit your self identified gender) wisdom and modern medical science has only ever eradicated one virus (smallpox) and that was only because the virus was not a zoological virus and shared by animals.

 

Colditz-19 is a zoological and can never be eradicated with current known science.

 

But otherwise you are correct - Colditz-19 is the current fear du jour being used by the oligarchs to control us.  Climate change wasn't working as well as they'd hoped as  a control mechanism so they used the colditz-19 event as a more tangible, immediate and imminent crisis as their weapon of fear.

 

Meanwhile they're ramping up efforts on climate fear and the new hatred towards energy and the powerhouse of the world's economy.  The shift away from colditz-19 fear to a heightened climate fear and energy outrage will be almost seamless.

 

Coldita-19 is the ultimate weapon of Pavlovian "conditioning". The "conditioned" normies that are now so fearful of colditz-19 will be easily convinced to adopt the climate fear mantra.  

 

Unfortunately the world is run by those that know how gullible and fearful the Pareto's 80% of the population are.  Always have and always will.

 

 

[Farmerslife]

Well that's just put the reopening back. 

If the opposition are in favour of it, then there's no way the Government will allow it to happen anytime soon. 

[Mr Meeseeks]

3 hours ago, daveAustin said:

They’re not open because they don’t want them open. If you know the mind of the mob that took the country, you’ll know that the pandemic was convenient for their agenda. 

Correct.

[Clarkey611]

There are three types of bars open in Bangkok at the moment:

 

1) SHA+ bars functioning as a restaurant

2) Bars functioning due to the provision of tea money in a large brown envelope

3) The Krystal Club Bangkok

[Clarkey611]

59 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Phuket is seeing an increase in infections in the entertainment venues..

Is it due to the influx of dirty unvaccinated people?

[dave moir]

3 hours ago, daveAustin said:

They’re not open because they don’t want them open. If you know the mind of the mob that took the country, you’ll know that the pandemic was convenient for their agenda. 

Exactly!

[mjakob007]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Non mask wearing in bars is the medium.

are masks worn in restaurants, where alcohol is consumed?