Thai Prime Minister urges the public to understand living with Covid-19 Coronavirus safely under preventive measures

[webfact]

 

By Nop Meechukhun

 

Bangkok – Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O’Cha urged the public to understand a new way of living safely with the Covid-19 Coronavirus, a government spokesperson stated today, February 7th.

 

Spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said that the Prime Minister had been watchful on the Covid-19 domestic situation in Thailand and ordered all related departments to closely monitor the infection situation after the number of daily infections have reached over ten thousand for three consecutive days.

 

The Public Health Ministry reminded the public that although the Omicron variant spread quickly, the symptoms were not more severe than the Delta variant as seen in the stable number of deaths and critical patients and that the vast majority of cases were mild or asymptomatic. 

 

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[smedly]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The Public Health Ministry reminded the public that although the Omicron variant spread quickly, the symptoms were not more severe than the Delta variant as seen in the stable number of deaths and critical patients and that the vast majority of cases were mild or asymptomatic. 

I sneezed

 

enough of this B S .....................lets get back to living again - move on

[mike1967]

Does this include a ten day holiday in prison, sorry hospital?

[daveAustin]

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The Prime Minister then ordered the government to create a public understanding that people could all live with Covid-19 safely under strict preventive measures. 

No. People can just LIVE with it and get busy living freely. Please shove your controlling, dictator rhetoric. 
 

 

[ezzra]

Anyone, who after 2 years, didn't get it so far, that Covid is something we have to live with for now will never get it no matter how many time the government will say it...

Edited February 7, 2022 by ezzra

[madmitch]

The Prime Minister then ordered the government to create a public understanding that people could all live with Covid-19 safely under strict preventive measures.

 

In other words normality is a long way off.

[Inala]

17 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Anyone, who after 2 years, didn't get it so far, that Covid is something we have to live with for now will never get it no matter how many time the government will say it...

I read a few times that there is an element of the population that have a high innate immunity from past similar type infections (colds, flu etc) and just won't contract covid no matter what. I hope I'm one of those as I haven't picked it up yet despite not really taking any additional precautions. Then there are also some who didn't get it so far because they radically modified their lifestyle to hide from it. Maybe they will get it when they finally come out from under the doona and barfine their first skinny little bar girl in a couple of years and then she's dripping sweat and panting all over them upstairs in the short time room. Ahh, the good old days are nearly here!

[IAMHERE]

He probably doesn't understand the fear Farang have of taking a covid test that may easily result in being frog marched off to a prison/hospital that'll cost  upwards of nearly two years salary of the average Thai.  

[Thaiwrath]

2 hours ago, smedly said:

Prayuth - catch up with the rest of the world, it's a cold, time to follow the west and put this behind us, we got a lucky break with Omicron why is Thailand still restrcting - there is no new normal just normal, lets get back to it NOW

I totally agree.

As to "why is Thailand still restricting" ? I imagine it is the only way left to keep his unelected leadership, and to stop the populace showing their hatred towards him via mass demonstrations, illegal under the draconian "emergency decree", 

Edited February 8, 2022 by Thaiwrath

[Chosenfew]

Time to get rid of the masks, by the way, if masks work, why don’t they?

[Zack61]

Mr P. We can’t learn to live with it if you keep changing the rules. All this flip flopping is on you. 

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O’Cha urged the public to understand a new way of living safely with the Covid-19 Coronavirus, a government spokesperson stated today, February 7th.

Tell that to the thousands that have been unemployed since you shut their business down...

Have you had your life shut-down.... are you "out -of-pocket" ??

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The Public Health Ministry reminded the public that although the Omicron variant spread quickly,

Really.... that's not what the daily figures indicated?

[AhFarangJa]

30 minutes ago, Thaiwrath said:

I totally agree.

As to "why is Thailand still restricting" ? I imagine it is the only way left to keep his unelected leadership, and to stop the populace showing their hatred towards him via mass demonstrations, illegal under the draconian "emergency decree", 

Spot on Sir............

[jacko45k]

2 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Really.... that's not what the daily figures indicated?

I am inclined to disregard those and put it down to limited testing..... the reality surely must be more like the experience of neighbours....but their numbers too are also surprisingly low and do not show the sharp omicron spike we would expect, and that European countries experienced. I hope it is not yet to arrive.

[nickmondo]

its more like 100,000 every day, minimum

dont panic, its a cold.

2 shots prevents serious illness and hospitalisation

3 shots even better

just live normal............see Denmark.

[vandeventer]

21 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Tell that to the thousands that have been unemployed since you shut their business down...

Have you had your life shut-down.... are you "out -of-pocket" ??

Rules are for thee and not for me, this must stop. There must also be a  mandate! [If You Want to Wear The Mask Than Wear It, If You Don't, Don't Wear It]. And that goes for Everywhere you go whether by car, bus, flying,, walking, in schools EVERYWHERE. If we must learn to live with Covid this is the only way

[sammieuk1]

What a difference a year can make to an idiot Anutin must be thinking ????

[dinsdale]

So why the need for a State of Emergency one may ask.

[koratkarlos]

Maybe it is time to lift the emergency decree.  But then Prayut loses some of his control.  So what is more important, power or the Thai people.  I think actions speak louder than words and little will change.

[JonnyF]

Not for me.

 

I've had 2 AZ and 1 Pfizer. That's it, I'm done. Screw this new normal barlucks. It's old normal for me.

[chilli42]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The Public Health Ministry reminded the public that although the Omicron variant spread quickly, the symptoms were not more severe than the Delta variant as seen in the stable number of deaths and critical patients and that the vast majority of cases were mild or asymptomatic. 

So why not just let ‘er rip and be done with it?  Sure there will be deaths, there are deaths now.  They are trying to hold back the tide and sooner or later they are going to have to bite the bullet.  May as well do that now when the virus at large is the weakest so far.

[stephenterry]

Live with it because we are opening the doors to every tourist under the sun, and blaming them if it all goes pear shaped, and forcing us to lock down every restaurant, bars and entertainment areas.

 

Piffle to the lot of you. 

[Bangkok Barry]

I have a nephew living with us who has barely been to school during the past year. And there are no plans yet to re-open his school. None. Good way to keep the population dumbed down.

[Kenneth White]

Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida USA has it right. Encourage good hygiene, wash your hands often, use hand sanitizers. Stop imposing fear. Lets get back to work.

[realfunster]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The Public Health Ministry reminded the public that although the Omicron variant spread quickly, the symptoms were not more severe than the Delta variant as seen in the stable number of deaths and critical patients and that the vast majority of cases were mild or asymptomatic. 

What a load of ridiculous double-speak. It is abundantly clear, now around 3-4 months since Omicron took hold globally, that it is objectively much less severe than Delta.

[Enzian]

Reading Il giornale I just realized that the top guy at the Italian Ministry of Health is named Roberto Speranza, literally Bob Hope, funny on a couple of levels. Sounds good to me. Let hope be the plan and stumble forward, it will all sort itself out. 

[raccos21]

I guess everyone already live with C19 last 2 years.

[lujanit]

4 hours ago, smedly said:

it's a cold

It is not a cold which is a rhinovirus.  Covid is a coronovirus.  Very different beasts.

[maxcorrigan]

2 hours ago, IAMHERE said:

He probably doesn't understand the fear Farang have of taking a covid test that may easily result in being frog marched off to a prison/hospital that'll cost  upwards of nearly two years salary of the average Thai.  

And from what i read no second opinions allowed, if the first test proves supposedly positive!