Covid no match for Thailand, govt has enough vaccines, no need to go private: Anutin

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

Extraordinary comments were made by Thailand's Minister of Health and DPM on Thursday evening at a function in Chiang Khan, Loei in the north east, notes ASEAN NOW.

 

Comments that may one day come back to haunt the outspoken minister not well known for being a shrinking violet. 

 

Nearly two years ago he was shouting at a "farang" for not accepting his gift of a mask. Now he was boasting that Thailand was much better than the rest of the world in keeping Covid-19 at bay.

 

Daily News used his nickname "Sia Noo" in their headline. Sia is a name for a rich businessman - Anutin is a billionaire. Noo means mouse (or rat).

 

Mighty Mouse might be an accurate translation though as he presided over an event celebrating the opening up of Thailand it appeared more like Mighty Mouth!

 

Here's what he said.

 

He called Covid "krajork". This is a word for a sparrow but is generally used to mean "inferior" or low class. Visitors to Thailand are sometimes teased with this word if they don't spend much.

 

He said that Covid-19 had devastated the whole world but claimed that Thailand had stood up to it.

 

He dismissed the threat of the new Omicron variant adding that in time people would just need one jab as Covid would be just like a local infection, just like 'flu.

 

He said that Covid couldn't beat the Thai health service that he heads. 

 

"It's no match for our doctors", he boomed.

 

Next year there was tons of vaccine available, he said. You'd be able to get 3, 4 or even five doses of "government vaccine". 

 

There was absolutely no need to "go private" (and pay for it) he spouted in his speech. 

 

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[Thaiwrath]

4 minutes ago, webfact said:

He said that Covid-19 had devastated the whole world but claimed that Thailand had stood up to it.

Judging him on his past comments, he'd be better keeping his <deleted> trap shut !

[mokwit]

So was there any need to close everything down and bankrupt people?. Luckily for Thailand people with lots of cash are taking over the closed businesses and restarting them.

[lujanit]

Whether you believe this or not is entirely dependent if you believe the daily covid figures put out by this so called government.  I don’t.

[CRUNCHER]

There is a saying that goes that when people think you are a fool it is best to keep your mouth shut and keep the guessing rather than open it and remove all doubt.

[poohy]

We are doomed!

[meechai]

37 minutes ago, webfact said:

He said that Covid-19 had devastated the whole world but claimed that Thailand had stood up to it.

 

Says the Health Minister<sic> who was barred entry into Switzerland as he was found lacking in vaccine quality 555

Edited December 18, 2021 by meechai

[mahtin]

We all get drunk and make fools of ourselves, don't we?

Or not.

[itsari]

23 minutes ago, meechai said:

Says the Health Minister<sic> who was barred entry into Switzerland as he was found lacking in vaccine quality 555

Nothing to do with quality of the vaccines Anutin had . Check your facts before you spout .

[happy me]

When people paid for the private hospitals vaccination there were very few options available..what should have been a sensible rollout within a month or so of ordering was hampered by petty government officials like Mighty mouth..what a donkey..eee oooing!

[RedRoadRunner]

The clown at its best ????????????????

 can someone remove this dips**t ?

 Please…….

[klauskunkel]

Being boastful may have awed simple folk 1 or 2 generations back, and politicians have overused this particular speech tool to drone out critics and make them superior to anyone else.

Nowadays it just shows how outdated this kind of mindset is.

Anutin, your shelf life has expired.

[Sametboy2019]

So its a lockdown after the New Year then!

[tomyami]

omicrom will evade vacs why you think europe is locking down again

[bluemoon58]

How the <deleted> does this man keep his job...??? 

[jacko45k]

Just now, tomyami said:

omicrom will evade vacs why you think europe is locking down again

We probably need new and improved vaccines (or the current ones engineered) to be more specific to Omicron. That will take some months...... Omicron is not going to wait.

[outsider]

Wow. Such a blatant display of stupidity and ignorance. It is precisely this kind of unintelligent ignorance, idiotic arrogance and general dumb<deleted>ery that gets you in deep sh|te, Anutin. Not dirty farangs.

[khunpa]

LOL… this will not age well. Anyway let him enjoy the few remaining weeks until Omicron takes off. Then of course it will be the blaming speech…

[wensiensheng]

A speech for a domestic audience that is too cowed to speak or think for itself.

Afterwards everyone feels good except for those with more than two brain cells who wonder at the audacity of the man.

Edited December 18, 2021 by wensiensheng

[cnx101]

6 minutes ago, bluemoon58 said:

How the <deleted> does this man keep his job...??? 

You forget where you are

[Virt]

The billionaire might have the vaccines ready, but does the warehouse have enough doses of the ones that provides the best protection?

[spidermike007]

Thailand stood up to Covid, says the imbecile. Really? So, if that is the case, why can't millions find work? Why is homelessness exploding like never before? Why are suicides skyrocketing? 

 

You and Prayuth will likely go down in history as the two goons who destroyed tourism, a once vital industry, and ran the economy into the ground. Sabateurs. Goombahs. Creeps. Dunces. Do you even realize the extent to which you are despised? 

[Stocky]

"Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it."

~ Pope John Paul II

 

Anutin is clearly much blessed.

[Saanim]

22 minutes ago, bluemoon58 said:

How the <deleted> does this man keep his job...??? 

 

8 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Thailand stood up to Covid, says the imbecile. Really? So, if that is the case, why can't millions find work? Why is homelessness exploding like never before? Why are suicides skyrocketing? 

 

You and Prayuth will likely go down in history as the two goons who destroyed tourism, a once vital industry, and ran the economy into the ground. Sabateurs. Goombahs. Creeps. Dunces. Do you even realize the extent to which you are despised? 

 

Do you truly believe that your views are the same as the views of Thai people? 

[Dialemco]

Extraordinary comments look back to the beginning of the Pandemic when Thailand was boasting a safe country free of Covid and then what happened. Let's hòpe history does not repeat its self with comicron and that he was not under the influence of something else freely available in the Golden Trangle.

[Farmerslife]

I think this is what's known as tempting fate.

 

It almost certainly won't end well.

[4MyEgo]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Nearly two years ago he was shouting at a "farang" for not accepting his gift of a mask. Now he was boasting that Thailand was much better than the rest of the world in keeping Covid-19 at bay.

After 20,000 plus deaths thanks to his inability to get his citizens quickly vaccinated with good quality vaccines, nothing short of manslaughter IMO.

 

He also stated, " There was absolutely no need to "go private" (and pay for it) he spouted in his speech. 

 

I always want to throw up when I hear Mighty Mouse speak his total BS.

 

Edited December 18, 2021 by 4MyEgo

[kensisaket]

That sounds like an open challenge.  Meanwhile Omicron is doing the "hold my beer" thing.  

[robsamui]

2 hours ago, CRUNCHER said:

There is a saying that goes that when people think you are a fool it is best to keep your mouth shut and keep the guessing rather than open it and remove all doubt.

There's a similar saying . . . "sometimes people are sooooo stupid that they don't know just how stupid they are and think they're normal."

Take your pick of which one applies to this bombastic self-aggrandizing braggart.

[robsamui]

46 minutes ago, bluemoon58 said:

How the <deleted> does this man keep his job...??? 

He's the  long-time chum of a Very Important Person indeed.