Thai Prime Minister says drinking booze does not help prevent Covid-19 after fake news goes viral in Thailand

[snoop1130]

 

No, says Thai Prime Minister (PM) Prayut Chan O’Cha, drinking alcohol does not help prevent Covid-19 or limit symptoms, responding to fake news that went viral across Thailand on social media this week.

 

According to his spokesman, Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, the rumors that went viral across social media were completely wrong and the PM has asked for people to stop sharing the fake news or they could face potential legal issues under strict Thai laws designed to stop spreading fake news.

 

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[poskat]

drinking doesnt prevent or limit covid symptoms, you just dont care about them.

[bkk6060]

Some in Treetown will tell you booze and smoking kills it.  But, I guess that is why they hang out in Tree Town.

[zzaa09]

15 minutes ago, poskat said:

drinking doesnt prevent or limit covid symptoms, you just dont care about them.

A much greater chance that any Covid infection will amount to nothing short of a bad cold - 

Real numbers and science don't lie.

[billy54]

It just shows just what he thinks of Thai people. 

That they actually believe this <deleted> 

[pokerface1]

1 hour ago, billy54 said:

It just shows just what he thinks of Thai people. 

That they actually believe this <deleted> 

The joke is on him he’s fallen for it again. Thais might not have much to smile about but there laughing their heads off right now. 

[herfiehandbag]

He does give a face ( 

I nearly said personality) to the old saying that stopping drinking may or may not mean that you live longer, but it certainly feels like you do!

[Puccini]

23 hours ago, Thailand said:

 

An alcoholic beverage containing the same 85% alcohol as hand alcohol dispenser can be equally effectice for the disifection of the skin.

 

I suggest strongly, though, that hand alcohol solutions should not be imbibed, not even when diluted, because in Thailand they probably contain denatured alcohol, which is toxic.

[meatboy]

it does work when the drunken bar stewards go out on the roads.????

[rwill]

It has to be at least 140 proof to work.

[jacko45k]

12 hours ago, zzaa09 said:

A much greater chance that any Covid infection will amount to nothing short of a bad cold - 

Real numbers and science don't lie.

Odds are nowadays, in the times of omicron domination, that will be the case...... it just is taking time for societies to accept that change, and still remember the more deadly strains. 

[jacko45k]

Just now, rwill said:

It has to be at least 140 proof to work.

It worked on convicts!

[keithkarmann]

11 hours ago, pokerface1 said:

The joke is on him he’s fallen for it again. Thais might not have much to smile about but there laughing their heads off right now. 

Ditto

[Andycoops]

So the anti alcohol drinking Czar the biggest spreader of f*** news in the country is threatening action against others for doing the same. Muppet.

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

No, says Thai Prime Minister (PM) Prayut Chan O’Cha, drinking alcohol does not help prevent Covid-19 or limit symptoms,

But it does take your mind off the daily drivel.

[dallen52]

But it does help bottom line profits of the companies. 

[spidermike007]

While we know that drinking does not prevent Covid, we also know it does not cause Covid. So, why did you shut down so many restaurants, and prevent restaurants and hotels from serving booze for so long? You crippled tens of thousands of businesses, when they needed the help the most. It was pure sadism. 

 

Nobody has ever defined that the booze prohibition intelligibly. I can understand crowded bars, and clubs, where you have to shout to be heard, and in the process you release alot of spittle. But a restaurant? Why? It only appears to be an additional hardship for hundreds of thousands who are only trying to make a living, and patrons who are only trying to let off a little steam and enjoy some much needed recreation. If anything, allowing drinking in restaurants brings down the national crime rates! Beer does not cause Covid. Neither does wine. But, prohibiting acholol sales does sabotage an industry and contribute to the continued destruction of the nation's economy. 

The CCSA continues to prove on a daily basis how lost in space they are, how out of their element they are, how in over their heads they are, and how extreme their denial of science based facts is.
 
Idiotic politicians who institute highly selective shutdowns, while favoring their cronies and the rich developers and factory owners, and allow corrupt border officials on the take, to ply their trade, does cause the spread of Covid. So much more could have been done to prevent the spread, and even possibly the entire 3rd and 4th wave. 
 

At this time, the nation would really benefit if there were some intelligent and compassionate adults in the rooms, where these decisions are being made.

Woe is Thailand with leaders like Prayuth, Anutin and Phiphat. Where do they find these clowns? 
 
 

Edited March 12, 2022 by spidermike007

[Foghorn]

I will stop coruption 

lottery tickets will be 80 baht

free fare election 

drinking doesn’t stop covid 

etc

etc

[johncat1]

So Prayut is now taking advice from Anutin the health minister ? But of course Anutin with no qualifications in the medical profession is an expert on this matter.

[Skeptic7]

I don't know...it's served me well thus far! ????

[jacko45k]

30 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

While we know that drinking does not prevent Covid, we also know it does not cause Covid. So, why did you shut down so many restaurants, and prevent restaurants and hotels from serving booze for so long? You crippled tens of thousands of businesses, when they needed the help the most. It was pure sadism. 

You still do not grasp why? Amazing. 

[Skeptic7]

22 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

While we know that drinking does not prevent Covid, we also know it does not cause Covid. So, why did you shut down so many restaurants, and prevent restaurants and hotels from serving booze for so long? You crippled tens of thousands of businesses, when they needed the help the most.

Spot on as usual Mike. They closed ALL dine-in restaurants in BKK, even those that did not serve booze. Put my friend Tammi, who had a wonderful, niche healthy food restaurant in On Nut, OUT OF BUSINESS. She survived on delivery and carry out for a while, but her main customer base was dine-in and these ridiculous covidiots put her out of business. Been a FUSTERCLUCK here for 2 years and counting.. 

[Henryford]

Well it worked for me. I have been drinking loads the past 2 years and not got Covid.

[klauskunkel]

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Thai Prime Minister says drinking booze does not help prevent Covid-19

however, it does make the droning of your voice more tolerable.

[Dibbler]

"Drinking alcohol does not help prevent Covid-19 or limit symptoms" 

 

... but apparently some are concerned alcohol consumption on voting day may lead to adverse results, hence needs to be banned ...

[Iamfalang]

Believe what you want. 
 

not working will get you rich

 

sex will increase your IQ especially in Pattaya

 

drinking scotch for breakfast will guarantee you go to heaven 

 

many people are stupid…..you can’t fix stupid

 

 

[brianthainess]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

No, says Thai Prime Minister (PM) Prayut Chan O’Cha, drinking alcohol does not help prevent Covid-19 or limit symptoms

As he has told so many lies why would you believe this even though its true

[farangroby]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

drinking alcohol does not help prevent Covid-19

Also the ban of alcohol in the restaurants did not help prevent Covid-19

[Guderian]

He should also advise them that taking Thai traditional herbal medicines is ineffective too, as is buying a more powerful amulet. As he won't say those things, that must mean he actually believes them himself, proof if it was ever needed that the guy's a complete dope, lol.

[stephenterry]

2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

But a restaurant? Why?

While I support your view, I think the PM is relating to Thai society who descend en masse to those huge buffet open-air 'restaurants' who can hold hundreds of clientele throughout an evening. 

 

Whether or not the same emphasis on 'a one cap fits all' approach affects all smaller restaurants has never been discerned - albeit many Farang pseudo bars have turned their drinking premises into a so-called restaurant. 

 

As for more Covid fear-mongers amongst the medical community citing that new variants will become more deadly, so be it, there are worse things threatening the planet.