Banged up in paradise: how our dream holiday to Thailand ended before it began

[NoshowJones]

9 hours ago, RandiRona said:

HiI dont know who to blame here...People know where they are going and what is waiting for them. As I said before that tourists are taking a big risk by coming here and it's for them to decide it it's worth taking it.

Anyone who comes on holiday knowing that the country is ruled by soldiers with not the best level of intelligence or education, is off their rocker. Making up rules which is more for controlling people and making money than any virus, is very much in the making of these clowns.

[Mac Mickmanus]

1 hour ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

Record daily cases in the UK, Germany, and most other countries in Europe...the WHO has said they lifted their Covid-19 restrictions too soon.

Covid cases in the UK are declining .

The record Covid cases in the UK was 275 000 previously  , now its currently 20 000 per day 

1340 deaths per day last year , compared to 300 deaths per day now 

[proton]

5 hours ago, Kenchamp said:

One of 55 that tested positive that day- nice little earner for those that benefited from positive tests

Did not see a mention of the hospitel cost or if her insurance paid up

[Burma Bill]

5 hours ago, Canadian Snowbird said:

Reading situations such as this surely will not help Thailand restore their tourism industry.

Yes indeed, with the article being printed in the UK's Times newspaper with National and International coverage, this has done no favors for the incompetent TAT and Thailand!!

[jonclark]

41 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Covid cases in the UK are declining .

The record Covid cases in the UK was 275 000 previously  , now its currently 20 000 per day 

1340 deaths per day last year , compared to 300 deaths per day now 

Amazing numbers really.. especially when you consider that no one wears a mask, there are no silly temperature checks entering a store, no restrictions on nightlife and drinking and people all mix together. 

 

The UK must be fiddling the numbers as our own esteemed Thai government and their advisors are telling us that without disease control measures we will all get covid. 

[NoshowJones]

4 hours ago, bbko said:

If greed was the driving force, wouldn't they just open the flood gates and let anyone (negative or positive) through?

But here in Thailand they are soldiers, along with the greed, there is also the controlling and power over people that is in their genes. Oh! and don't forget, there is also the protesters, who would be in Bangkok in their thousands.

[NoshowJones]

4 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

It's loosing the country  billions- its not making money

It's making money for themselves, the soldiers, and don't forget the hospitals, insurance companies, and they are the only ones that matter, not the people in the country themselves.

[Myran]

They knew the risks and took a gamble. Stop whining.

[realfunster]

6 hours ago, Lacessit said:

My Thai GF, 23 years younger than me, unvaccinated, was much more sick for ten days.

Forget all this COVID quarantine discussion nonsense, I would just like to say "well-played sir!"

[Mr Derek]

I stuck my neck out earlier this year and said all restrictions would be removed by Easter (right now). However, I'd forgotten about Songkran which threw a spanner in the works. Well, Songkran is the last excuse they could have for excessive prudence. The runway will very soon be clear. Just give it a few more weeks.

[Liverpool Lou]

8 hours ago, Excel said:

If they bothered to read the news, the thousands of reports on the internet then they would have clearly understood the risks that they may have encountered coming to Thailand under the current governments scams into enticing tourists. Don't start complaining when the facts were there for them to read in the first place.

Such garbage.  There have not been "thousands of reports of government scams enticing tourists".  

 

You need to read some facts before posting false and misleading information.

[Liverpool Lou]

8 hours ago, blazes said:

PS The article in the Times has all the "authenticity" of a journalist's re-write.

From the same owner as The Sun!

[Excel]

4 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Such garbage.  There have not been "thousands of reports of government scams enticing tourists".  

 

You need to read some facts before posting false and misleading information.

Looks like you do to sunshine posting unfactual garbage like that or perhaps your googling skills are lacking

[Liverpool Lou]

8 hours ago, Cambodger said:

If my dog had three rabies vaccines and then caught rabies i might start questioning the efficacy of the vaccine.

Really?  Even if no one had ever claimed that the vaccine prevented the disease?

[rumak]

7 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Vaccines work. I am living proof, in the most vulnerable age cohort. Got COVID after double vaccination, sore throat and runny nose for three days. My Thai GF, 23 years younger than me, unvaccinated, was much more sick for ten days. Fever and headache I did not have.

 

When I see posts from people comparing apples and marbles in their quest to discredit COVID vaccines, or outright opposed to vaccination on the basis of beliefs they have garnered on social media to support their confirmation bias, I do wish there was a vaccine against stupidity. Too late for most.

well of course.   everyone knows that .

[Liverpool Lou]

8 hours ago, herfiehandbag said:

Having glued, screwed and nailed down the lid on the coffin of the tourist industry, they are now piling rocks on top of it.

Yet the number of tourists arriving is now increasing.  How come?  

Edited April 18, 2022 by Liverpool Lou

[Liverpool Lou]

8 hours ago, BritManToo said:

All the info is there if you read it.

Come on, this is Thaivisa, reading's never been a typical member's strong point!

[BritManToo]

3 hours ago, gearbox said:

One can improve the odds of not getting banged up by doing extra self testing.

Assuming the fails are legit, and not scams or incompetence.

[Liverpool Lou]

7 hours ago, smedly said:

 

Thailand as always well behind the curve as usual 

Well "behind the curve" with the number of deaths also.

[Liverpool Lou]

7 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Got COVID after double vaccination, sore throat and runny nose for three days. My Thai GF, 23 years younger than me, unvaccinated, was much more sick for ten days. Fever and headache I did not have.

Maybe you just had a cold.

[Liverpool Lou]

14 minutes ago, Excel said:

20 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Such garbage.  There have not been "thousands of reports of government scams enticing tourists".  

 

You need to read some facts before posting false and misleading information.

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Looks like you do to sunshine posting unfactual garbage like that or perhaps your googling skills are lacking

No, there have not been "thousands of reports, with evidence", of Thai government scams enticing tourists following Covid restrictions.  That is factual.   Hearsay on forums such as this is not factual.   Perhaps your knowledge of what "thousands" and "factual" mean is lacking.

[Chongalulu]

8 hours ago, Cambodger said:

If my dog had three rabies vaccines and then caught rabies i might start questioning the efficacy of the vaccine.

The ignorance of understanding how a vaccine works is breathtaking . Well done! ???? 

[Lacessit]

18 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Assuming the fails are legit, and not scams or incompetence.

It's actually far more likely to get a false negative than a false positive.

[Lacessit]

23 minutes ago, rumak said:

well of course.   everyone knows that .

Friedrich Schiller

[paulikens]

I thought you don't have to quarantine now if no or mild symptoms? i suppose it's different if you have just arrived. 

[Burma Bill]

29 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

From the same owner as The Sun!

To be honest, does this matter - IMO the damage has already been done!!

[Surasak]

7 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Did you stay in 9,000bht/night hotels? 

Can't be sure of the prices now, that was a long time ago. However, if you know the hotels you may also know the prices of 1994,5,6,7,8,9 and 2000,01,02,03,04,05?  Coral Beach and Pearl Resort Naiyang Beach, Phuket. In Bangkok it was always the Landmark in Sukumvit.

[Chongalulu]

8 hours ago, Cambodger said:

I've not had any vaccines, never even taken a PCR or an antigen LFT test. I happy with my decision and watching this play out for now.

Funnily enough that was exactly the position of a friend of mine here . A few weeks ago I learned he became unwell with classic associated symptoms and was taken into hospital. It quickly became apparent he was in a very bad way and a few days later it was 'all over ' for him. He’s not here to put the other side of the story… which I’m now doing… Think again,my friend.

[BritManToo]

1 minute ago, Surasak said:

Can't be sure of the prices now, that was a long time ago. However, if you know the hotels you may also know the prices of 1994,5,6,7,8,9 and 2000,01,02,03,04,05?  Coral Beach and Pearl Resort Naiyang Beach, Phuket. In Bangkok it was always the Landmark in Sukumvit.

I've been paying max 500bht a night for hotel rooms in Thailand since 2009.

If anything the 500bht rooms are nicer now.

[Surasak]

7 hours ago, smedly said:

would you come here right now for a 3 week holiday ?

 

considering how many people have omicron all over the world and how infectious it is - what are the chances of not catching it while travelling, I will bet the lady in the OP had no idea she had the virus in her body - did she develope "covid" ( the disease) ?, well if no symptoms then she didn't so why was she banged up

 

 

 

 

To be honest, I don't regret any of my time spent here in Thailand both as a tourist and resident.