47 minutes ago, Ty Hareways said:

Yes, lots of the entertainment venues are open in Pattaya but there's always the chance of being had over (owners and customers) by the BiB if they fancy it as they're not legally open.

I'll be giving it a miss.

Exactly this. I'm seeing a lot of 'normal' nightlife back in places like Patong and Chaweng, which is encouraging. But it only takes a mood swing from the BiB and everything could be shut down indefinitely. 

While the government keep the anti-nightlife / anti-tourist rules in place, the chances of a decent holiday in LOS are still in the balance. 

Just to the untrained eye, it is blatantly obvious that the pressure being applied to the entertainment industry now has absolutely nothing to do with Covid……just my thoughts. 

8 hours ago, darksidedog said:

I have given up long ago, on expecting anything sensible whatsoever to come out of Anutins mouth.

Covid rampant, but that's OK cos its omicron, but entertainment venues have to open under mindless rules?

Welcome to Thailand folks.

Cupid Stunt !

There you have it " not a medical man "  whatever the rules they have just gone off the rails with them no one has a clue including experts.  Everyone pretending sneaking around when it comes to clubs, bars etc.  No dancing in the beginning now slowing sneaking it in on stage but girls  can sit on couches customer in regular seats as they use to if dancing was permitted pick a girl she comes up sits with you as if nothing had changed.  Beer bars GC even more blatant I got s sandwich in one hand and my mouth over her breast it is crazy!???? at my age please one thing at a time! 

10 hours ago, webfact said:

Anutin - not actually a medical man - gave the assembled press a brief sermon on why Songkran is important, the spread of infectious diseases, preventative measures and the like.

Funny.

 

Everyone is as sick of this guy as they are of the pandemic.

 

There's no booster shots available in our Sakon Nakhon village for weeks. 

 

Our entire family caught COVID on our family vacation in Hua Hin.  High fevers for two days for everyone but me.  Just felt like a mild cold, cough sticks around.

 

I'm feeling it was inevitable really.  I'm glad it was mild.  3 of us fully vaccinated.  2 year old just fever for 3 days.  Day 5 lively as ever!

7 year old 1 Pfeizer for children, bad fever for two days.  Still weak and complaining about cleaning up after herself (same as always).

 

 

It's politics like this - mindless regulations and red tape, decoupled from rational thinking, let alone science - why this country can't move forward.

Considering the numbers of 22,387 new cases, over 2000 people in serious condition with COVID and 105 deaths,

the COVID cases are not dropping. COVID cases are spiking in many places in the world, and yet because the

pandemic has gone on for so long, most people are tired of restrictions in their lives. On the bright side, just how many posters on this 

forum could get sick with COVID and not worry about their finances. Now think of most regular people in Thailand 

who do not get paid if they are at home sick with COVID.  Even the rich politicians like Anutin, or even Prayut can get

sick with COVID. Look at the politicians in the USA, several of them are now infected. Is it really time to consider this pandemic is

over?  Patience is a virtue, death is forever.

No end to the entertainment ban no end to the emergency decree no end to the unelected government 

All the neighbour countries are opening up,thailand is holding up so no tourist will come like the other countries who will benefit from this.He must surely see this  and things are getting better everywhere

What he is though, is a complete and utter Muppet.

Why anyone would want to come on holiday to a country with no entertainment, is beyond my comprehension.

I hope he gets dropped out of the scene just like the entertainment venues. No need for this uneducated power grabbing fool. Makes a bad government look even worse. Good on you. Nice having a Fake doctor the head of our health and security. 

17 hours ago, Crossy said:

Taking the UK as an example, it has to be a scotch-egg.

Only if accompanied with a salad of course... or chips.

In pattaya now most places open and busy as normal up to 12am, restrictions are being quietly ignored so no reason for entertainment normality, but there is always some support just using covid as an excuse and not medical science based at this stage their policy TIT

 

 

15 hours ago, Crossy said:

 

That's coz you need to ask for a haircut!

 

With shampoo and setx!

That's what she said.
Keep scissors close by and some all purpose shampoo, in case someone comes to inspect.

19 hours ago, hotchilli said:

There's the logic of our leadership.

That's what an IQ of less than 90% gets you, but wait! They were not elected by the electorate, they chucked the elected government out of office with only the thought of their financial position getting healthier and no thought of what the ordinary people wanted.

20 hours ago, Jimbo2014 said:

Everyone has moved on from Covid except.... Thailand - yay ????

Not everyone has unelected soldiers governing them of which the electorate can't get rid off.

16 hours ago, Jaxxper said:

Just to the untrained eye, it is blatantly obvious that the pressure being applied to the entertainment industry now has absolutely nothing to do with Covid……just my thoughts. 

The protesters perhaps?

3 hours ago, jcmj said:

I hope he gets dropped out of the scene just like the entertainment venues. No need for this uneducated power grabbing fool. Makes a bad government look even worse. Good on you. Nice having a Fake doctor the head of our health and security. 

Much as I hate this clown, he is not uneducated, he has a degree in some sort of engineering from some US university, so in the unelected military educated PM's mind, that makes him qualified to be a health minister.

25 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

Much as I hate this clown, he is not uneducated, he has a degree in some sort of engineering from some US university, so in the unelected military educated PM's mind, that makes him qualified to be a health minister.

Not dissimilar then to Boom the soapy specialist giving a "short back-n-sides" and a "blow dry" ?

 

confused !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

23 hours ago, Dialemco said:

Does he really know what he is talking about  The reality is that the entertainment industry is open and back to normal. 

In answer to your question - No! 

 

The reality is that the bars have a loophole/get out and many of them quite understandably have taken advanatge of it. But the fact remains that officially  bars can not sell alcohol, and is open to the whims of the local plod, and how hard up they are at any given time. Or who they "have it in for" etc. etc. As per usual the buck is being passed by those at the top, leaving the situation open to corruption AGAIN! 

3 hours ago, mancub said:

Not dissimilar then to Boom the soapy specialist giving a "short back-n-sides" and a "blow dry" ?

 

 

4 hours ago, possum1931 said:

Much as I hate this clown, he is not uneducated, he has a degree in some sort of engineering from some US university, so in the unelected military educated PM's mind, that makes him qualified to be a health minister.

"he has a degree in some sort of engineering from some US university" 

 

From Wiki:- "Anutin completed secondary education at Assumption College and higher education in engineering from Hofstra University in 1989.[3]"

 

Does "Higher Education" constitute a degree these days? 

23 hours ago, ChrisKC said:

So the two accompanying Headlines for today are involving one man, Khun Anutin saying a continuation of no realistic entertainment and next door to him the TAT man saying there will be 8 million visitors for the rest of this year.

 

Why will they come with any kind of limitations of entry, and if in fact they happen to materialise, what will they do when they get here? 

Visit temples and historic sites/parks where they will be charged at least double the price that locals pay? 

On 4/12/2022 at 3:49 PM, sambum said:

Visit temples and historic sites/parks where they will be charged at least double the price that locals pay? 

Been said before many times, and the clowns in charge pay lip service to any changes, and when the tourists don't come, they will say that "double pricing" in parks etc has nothing at all to do with it! What they don't realise is that this is only one of many reasons why tourists are loth to come to a country where some of the the rules and regulations seem to be changed every day, hence the reticence of tourists who,to coin a cliche, can't make their minds up whether they will be "coming or going", so will opt for other destinations that have less hoops to jump through. The fact that the Thai Gov't are now easing these restrictions will make no difference whatsoever to the average tourist/ holiday maker who makes his/her plans months in advance to take advantage of better deals on flights, accommodation etc, and their reaction to these mixed messages is bound to be "No thanks ,we're fed up of all this uncertainty - we've  already booked elsewhere - to somewhere that values our custom and will make us welcome without worrying about what changes may come about tomorrow, or the next day."