3 hours ago, Jotho said:

Hello!?!?!?!

 

In a country with 70.000.000 there are just over 100 daily dead who are registrered positive... Did they die of covid, or did they die with covid??  Seriously this scaremongering has got to stop!!!

I am just amazed that nobody properly questions this as this is clearly used as a tool to control the people and country there!!!

THat is a too difficult question.. easier to say they died of Covid......

If the main concerned is about new cases and fatalities why did they do nothing to restrict travel over Songkran ? 

12 hours ago, Blumpie said:

Honestly, this new variant varies from no symptoms to a cold as long as you're vaccinated.  

Oh well.

And the odd few deaths...... oh well. 

50 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

There were 34,270 new cases reported yesterday  and deaths are on the rise, but never mind eh... got to keep playing grab-ass!

I love happy grab-ass! Played it a bunch out and about last night and a few nights ago and...and...and.

 

Those numbers could be multiplied by 10 or 100 and I'd still say "mai pen rai" and keep playing happy grab-ass every time. ????

7 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

And the odd few deaths...... oh well. 

By cracky, you're finally catching on! ????

Ouch. Wife and I booked an overseas holiday returning to Thailand intentionally just after July 1st to avoid the Thai pass and testing nonsense. Don't suppose this is justification to ask for a full refund from the airline?

12 hours ago, connda said:

Of course not.  Nah.  This country will be celebrating a never-ending pandemic and mandatory mask wearing for the foreseeable future.  Why?  It keeps the commoners in line. Well, it could be worse.  It could be China.  I can keep playing this game ad-infinitum.

Yep, declare the virus endemic and you have no reason to keep the emergency powers in place. Can't be having that now, can they?

12 hours ago, starky said:

Shooting oneself in the anus. Now that aint gonna be pretty .

Fastes entry point if they want to hit (what little of ) brain in A-Nut-In's case.

8 hours ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

No he lays bricks

Be laying bigger ones after being shot through the anus????

11 hours ago, Caldera said:

Either it's endemic or it isn't, the virus doesn't care what Anutin declares it.

 

I'd say it already is endemic, and they know it. Traveling around over Songkran, I got the impression that everyone knows it's everywhere - and cares very little.

Spot on...nobody cares anymore. And very few ever cared, but rather are coerced to follow the Covidiocy. 

33 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

And the odd few deaths...... oh well. 

To be fair, on the deaths front we're back to the old with/from debate. Clarification is hard to come by on whether people have died from, or with Covid when dealing with people who don't want to lose their emergency powers.

Hooray for the USA and the airlines. From NYTimes...

Federal Judge Strikes Down Mask Mandate for Planes and Public Transit

The nation’s largest airlines dropped the requirement within hours of the ruling.

 

United, American, Southwest, Delta, Alaska and other airlines late Monday said they were dropping their face mask requirement effective immediately given a federal judge's ruling...

4 minutes ago, Flink said:

To be fair, on the deaths front we're back to the old with/from debate. Clarification is hard to come by on whether people have died from, or with Covid when dealing with people who don't want to lose their emergency powers.

One can only go with what one is told..... autopsies are unlikely on locals here. Someone I know here was told his mother died of Covid and that is what he believes. 

13 hours ago, Blumpie said:

Thailand follows China like a little boy - or it seems that way.  

Honestly, this new variant varies from no symptoms to a cold as long as you're vaccinated.  

Oh well.

Or have natural immunity, which is what China should be realising, providing hospitals are not overloaded with serious medical condition cases.

13 hours ago, connda said:

It keeps the commoners in line. 

Maybe I don't have a good sample of the population but the Thais I know and live around are actually very afraid of COVID and want the masks etc... to stay. I still see people wearing masks cycling, in cars alone or walking around outside alone. It's likes they learned nothing and progressed 0% since the start of the pandemic.

I think he just enjoys being the bearer of Newsflashes. Powertrip trumps everything for him. 

14 hours ago, internationalism said:

that's bad sign for thailand pass and covid testing on entry.

There are over 2 months to make decisions, he should not say yet.

They should follow more on international policies to covid

     Lets get this right . Recently there were mutterings that July 1st would end the Thai Pass requirements , then a suggestion it could be as early as 1st May .  So there may well have been a lot of flight bookings made by tourists to Thailand after those dates seeking to avoid the potential perils of the T/P . Does Anutin have a crystal ball to forecast the covid stats in 8 weeks time or is it a vested interest in insurance companies  and hospitels  ? What it has done is to send a message out to all potential travellers to Thailand this year , is to take nothing for granted when it comes to entry rules for Thailand . Airlines and hotels must be dreading cancellations ?

There seems to be a divide between the western world and Asia on covid tactics .

It will be an endemic as soon they see all tourists going to Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and the Philippines imo????

15 hours ago, Letseng said:

Real expert opinion here. ????

well, aside from the facetious conclusion the post you replied to was spot on so I don't really get your reaction.

 

Covid has been in Thailand since day one, thinks to the people walking across the porous borders with Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.... and the draconian rules on international travel have made absolutely no difference.

The Thailand pass, the tests etc were, are, and will be nothing but  ways to squeeze any possible baht out of a visitor's pocket and/or to allow the idiots running the country to pretend they were actually doing something about the situation.

Not a surprising comment seeing state of emergency due for renewal 

They need to weed things out first...555

16 hours ago, Letseng said:

Real expert opinion here. ????

Whereas you cannot construct any cogent argument… ???? 

Pandemic or endemic.  In practical terms, what difference does it make?  That sounds flippant, but it's a serious question.

Gonna milk it to get the Last Baht … Some fools only care for themselves while the rest suffer … Time for Stocktake !!!!!! 
Open the Country and stick your next booster where sun don’t shine … Herd immunity has always been the way forward … Geez only have to watch first 8 series of The Walking Dead 55555

3 minutes ago, Millcx said:

Gonna milk it to get the Last Baht … Some fools only care for themselves while the rest suffer … Time for Stocktake !!!!!! 
Open the Country and stick your next booster where sun don’t shine … Herd immunity has always been the way forward … Geez only have to watch first 8 series of The Walking Dead 55555

Herd immunity was unachievable with the Delta variant.

 

Omicron is a different kettle of fish.

16 hours ago, connda said:

Think think think.   When is a good time???   ????
Ahhh! Got it.  Right before the elections for Prime Minister. 

6 cannabis plants per household and you can take your masks off when you're outside, at least until after the elections!!!
Anutin For Prime Minister ????

you got it right there 

 Controll

2 hours ago, superal said:

     Lets get this right . Recently there were mutterings that July 1st would end the Thai Pass requirements , then a suggestion it could be as early as 1st May .  So there may well have been a lot of flight bookings made by tourists to Thailand after those dates seeking to avoid the potential perils of the T/P . Does Anutin have a crystal ball to forecast the covid stats in 8 weeks time or is it a vested interest in insurance companies  and hospitels  ? What it has done is to send a message out to all potential travellers to Thailand this year , is to take nothing for granted when it comes to entry rules for Thailand . Airlines and hotels must be dreading cancellations ?

There seems to be a divide between the western world and Asia on covid tactics .

to much money being made eith the thai pass they ain't going to give it up easily..

control has never been so easy for them... they are not going to let that go 

17 hours ago, Iamfalang said:

Everyday I get those looks

I don't know... but I've been getting these looks since the very first day after arriving in this country some 3 decades ago. I therefore don't think these looks are necessarily tied to Covid-19. Try waving around with a bundle of 1,000-baht bills and see how those looks miraculously change in an instant. Works every time, I swear! 

Well, he is an proven expert as we know ????