Thailand officially drops mask mandate in late night Royal Gazette order

[redwood1]

Folks they legalized weed and dropped the mask mandate at the same time for a reason......Because they knew that some people are so in love with wearing masks that they might have a mental breakdown to see other people enjoying their life without a mask....So they gave these hard core maskers weed to smoke to help them chill out... 

Edited June 26, 2022 by redwood1

[Bert got kinky]

1 hour ago, redwood1 said:

Folks they legalized weed and dropped the mask mandate at the same time for a reason......Because they knew that some people are so in love with wearing masks that they might have a mental breakdown to see other people enjoying their life without a mask....So they gave these hard core maskers weed to smoke to help them chill out... 

 

Absolutely pathetic post.

You really should be ashamed of yourself for openly taunting and slating off those of us who prefer to err to the side of caution on the tail of the worst pandemic in our lifetimes.

 

You seem to be very fixated obsessed with other people wearing masks.

Surely this is not natural or rational behaviour.

Have you thought of seeing someone about your problem?

Seriously?

 

[redwood1]

14 minutes ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

Absolutely pathetic post.

You really should be ashamed of yourself for openly taunting and slating off those of us who prefer to err to the side of caution on the tail of the worst pandemic in our lifetimes.

 

You seem to be very fixated obsessed with other people wearing masks.

Surely this is not natural or rational behaviour.

Have you thought of seeing someone about your problem?

Seriously?

 

Lol,,,,Look up the word joking...

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, redwood1 said:

Lol,,,,Look up the word joking...

Joking or trolling and baiting......looks like the rest of your posts because you can not have your cake and eat it too.

[jacko45k]

1 minute ago, ThailandRyan said:

Joking or trolling and baiting......looks like the rest of your posts because you can not have your cake and eat it too.

And back pedaling?

[spidermike007]

On 6/24/2022 at 5:17 PM, TKDfella said:

I didn't know anything about dropping the mask mandate when I went to Udorn Immigration this afternoon around 14:00hrs (updating new passport). I wonder if the IO's knew about it too because they were all wearing masks. When I had finished I went around 200 meters to my bank to update my accounts. All were wearing masks.

There is still a suggestion to wear a mask indoors. 99% of the Thais are still wearing one outdoors, as they were scared into utter submission. Most foreigners have stopped wearing them outdoors, as we are more inclined to believe in and embrace science, over fear. 

 

The most ridiculous one of them all, wearing a mask while driving a motorbike, lives on in infamy. 

 

 

[JensenZ]

On 6/24/2022 at 8:13 AM, 2long said:

I reckon many  locals will still wear them, but the number who stop will start low and increase exponentially. Look at standing up in cinemas. There's hope things will change within their minds.

What do you mean by "look at standing up in the cinemas"? I haven't been to a cinema for a long time - please enlighten me.

[Seppius]

7-Elevens seem ok now to be mask free

[JensenZ]

On 6/24/2022 at 12:58 PM, manolothai said:

Just went to a small Tesco without mask, my wife was wearing one. 

 

They complained with my wife about me. They didn't try to talk with me. 

They said to her that they're waiting instructions from Manager. 

 

From now on. Any shop that request me to wear one, I just walk away and they lose a customer. I hope to find some shop with more reasonable rules. 

 

I don't think it is on their interest to lose customers. 

 

Let's see what happen. 

 

If someone can share original Thai Gazette in Thai language I would appreciate. 

 

Thanks. 

That's a very childish attitude. I'll wear one in shops and malls until I see the majority of Thai people aren't wearning one, and the staff. If that takes a few more months, no problem.

Edited June 27, 2022 by JensenZ

[Bkk Brian]

22 minutes ago, BangkokHank said:

Is THIS the New York Times that you trust, rather than "some inane nutter website"?

 

https://www.opindia.com/2021/08/new-york-times-refused-to-investigate-origin-covid-19-journalist-reveals/amp/

 

 

Is this the Quakery, Mercola.com  pseudoscience website that sometimes advocates for dangerous, inaction or action, to serious health issues that you were advocating?

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/mercola/

Edited June 27, 2022 by Bkk Brian

[Eaglekott]

On 6/24/2022 at 8:30 PM, Ralf001 said:

Got a link to the stats ?

It was a question. I have no link to it.

[Bkk Brian]

1 minute ago, BangkokHank said:

Again, you are relying on others to tell you what to believe about what someone else says. Why don't you just read the original source and decide for yourself? There is a reason why Dr. Mercola is so popular: He provides useful, practical information to improve your health in a natural way, which is precisely why he is demonized.

Why read tin foil hat nonsense, thats for fools 

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, BangkokHank said:

So instead you use https://mediabiasfactcheck.com to tell you what to think? How do you know that that website is unbiased? In fact it doesn't appear to be:

 

https://climatechangedispatch.com/media-bias-fact-check-site-served-cease-and-desist/

You seem to believe what you read no matter where it comes from so here I will tell you 'The Sky is falling and the vaccines will turn you into a three eyed Raven", how's that do you believe me, or if it was written by the sites you frequent Would you believe them.  Try again, your tin foil hat has a dent in it and must be replaced.  Glad I own stock in Reynolds, your keeping my earnings up.

[Bkk Brian]

3 minutes ago, BangkokHank said:

So instead you use https://mediabiasfactcheck.com to tell you what to think? How do you know that that website is unbiased? In fact it doesn't appear to be:

 

https://climatechangedispatch.com/media-bias-fact-check-site-served-cease-and-desist/

Another conspiracy theory nonsense website that your promoting, keep going ????

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/climate-change-dispatch/

[ThailandRyan]

Just now, BangkokHank said:

I don't believe everything I read. But I read as much as I can - and try to look at what I read critically. By contrast, you disbelieve things that you don't even read - because someone else - of questionable credibility - tells you not to believe them. Now which one of us do you think will have a better chance of finding the truth?

Dude give your conspiracy theories a rest and take a chill pill to relax yourself.  Your stress level must be out of this world as you seem to be wrapped tightly around the axels of the gurus you follow.  Guess MSM is not your cup of tea, but the Rogan type of people are the ones you follow.  BTW, maybe you should sue Zuckerberg and Gates for making the world such a terrible place to live in, as it seems you believe alt stream media.

[Phoenix Rising]

1 hour ago, BangkokHank said:

Is THIS the New York Times that you trust, rather than "some inane nutter website"?

 

https://www.opindia.com/2021/08/new-york-times-refused-to-investigate-origin-covid-19-journalist-reveals/amp/

 

 

Opindia.......seriously???

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpIndia

 

"OpIndia is an Indian right-wing[17] news portal founded in December 2014 by Rahul Raj and Kumar Kamal.[7] The website has published fake news[26] and anti-Muslim[30] commentary on multiple occasions, including a 2020 incident in which it falsely claimed that a Hindu boy was sacrificed in a Bihar mosque.[31]"

 

Hey BangkokHank, please try just a little bit harder, OK?

[Bert got kinky]

 

Would my favourite magazine be a credible source?

 

[Bkk Brian]

15 hours ago, BangkokHank said:

Common sense tells us that masks don't prevent the spread of COVID. Throughout the entire pandemic, Thais have worn masks, pretty much at the same rate, I would say. And yet the number of COVID cases during this time has fluctuated wildly, from very high at times, to quite low now. So how can anyone suggest that masks "work"?

 

Here is a good article on the subject:

 

https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/29/these-12-graphs-show-mask-mandates-do-nothing-to-stop-covid/

 

Here is a pertinent quote from the article:

 

"Our universal use of unscientific face coverings is therefore closer to medieval superstition than it is to science, but many powerful institutions have too much political capital invested in the mask narrative at this point, so the dogma is perpetuated. The narrative says that if cases go down it’s because masks succeeded. It says that if cases go up it’s because masks succeeded in preventing more cases. The narrative simply assumes rather than proves that masks work, despite overwhelming scientific evidence to the contrary."

 

If masks only didn't help, I would not mind wearing them. But they are actually harmful - in addition to not doing anything to stop the spread of COVID. How can it be good to breathe in one's own exhale (not to mention plastic microparticles) hour after hour, day after day, for years? I have a feeling we will see the consequences of this in the years to come.

 

Still, despite masks doing nothing to prevent the spread of COVID, I have absolutely NO problem with other people wearing them - as pointless as it is. Just don't expect me to wear one.

So another one of your collection of extreme right wing conspiracy websites:

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-federalist/

[Bkk Brian]

11 minutes ago, BangkokHank said:

This news is available on many websites. I just posted a link to the one of those many websites that was the clearest and provided the easiest access to the text, without needing to register or accept cookies.

 

So when you can't argue with my points, you try to discredit the websites. Please try just a little bit harder, OK?

Yet the NYT ran multiple investigations and articles on the origins of the corona virus.......????

[ChaiyaTH]

On 6/24/2022 at 7:06 AM, daveAustin said:

Wow; first came marijuana, then no masks. Women of the night will be paying tax next. ????

First 100 blowjobs tax free, after 5% for the first 100-150 blowjobs and 10% for 150 and above.

[Phoenix Rising]

2 hours ago, BangkokHank said:

This news is available on many websites. I just posted a link to the one of those many websites that was the clearest and provided the easiest access to the text, without needing to register or accept cookies.

 

So when you can't argue with my points, you try to discredit the websites. Please try just a little bit harder, OK?

"So when you can't argue with my points..."

 

Your "points" are supported not supported by facts but by drivel posted on nutter websites. That means you have no points.

 

[EricTh]

This announcment has caused a lot of confusion as to which places can be allowed.

 

I still see a lot of places like hospitals, shopping malls requiring people to wear masks.

[ThailandRyan]

3 minutes ago, EricTh said:

This announcment has caused a lot of confusion as to which places can be allowed.

 

I still see a lot of places like hospitals, shopping malls requiring people to wear masks.

Schools, Concert Venues, and Areas with large crowds are still required to have mask wearing undertaken.  People do not read the full updated information.

[brewsterbudgen]

4 hours ago, Seppius said:

7-Elevens seem ok now to be mask free

My wife and I were shopping at Lotus' at lunchtime and we seemed to be the only maskless customers!  That said, no one batted an eye or said anything.  Hopefully more people will soon follow suit.  I like to think we're blazing the trail!

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, brewsterbudgen said:

My wife and I were shopping at Lotus' at lunchtime and we seemed to be the only maskless customers!  That said, no one batted an eye or said anything.  Hopefully more people will soon follow suit.  I like to think we're blazing the trail!

Showed up for an appointment just a few ago in a optical Clinic here in BKK, was told my mask must be worn the entire time inside the shop.  No issues, but I asked why and the eye doctor indicated we would be face to face during the exam and then on top of that he stated he still has concerns. His shop his rules.....live by them......

[brewsterbudgen]

3 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Showed up for an appointment just a few ago in a optical Clinic here in BKK, was told my mask must be worn the entire time inside the shop.  No issues, but I asked why and the eye doctor indicated we would be face to face during the exam and then on top of that he stated he still has concerns. His shop his rules.....live by them......

Sure, I can understand a doctor requiring a mask to be worn.  I have no problem wearing one if asked, but as the rules are now relaxed it will be great to see people stopping wearing them outside in places like malls and supermarkets.  I'm prepared to lead the way!

[james2m]

On 6/24/2022 at 4:18 PM, Excel said:

Well done for looking at the map  for place names, perhaps you should have spent more time researching facts

Seems like facts are, in your opinion, your opinions.

[james2m]

On 6/24/2022 at 4:37 PM, ThailandRyan said:

I experienced exactly the same thing as you did, drove from BKK to Krabi then back up to Hua Hin and then Cha Am, just arrived home this morning.  Only ones not wearing masks or wearing them as chin warmers were the few foreigners who were obviously tourists.  The 5 star Hotel we stayed at in Phuket, required the masks while entering the dining room and then when picking up your food as well as wearing gloves.  The same at the 5 Star Hotel in Cha Am......However, there were very few people in the two resorts we stayed in.  Had a Doctors appointment this afternoon at the hospital and everyone outside on the street as well as in the hospital wore masks.

Exactly, and since the announcementI’ve seen 0 Thais in Chiang Mai without masks except when running in the parks. But a few foreigners “liberating themselves” from the tyranny of respecting others. 

[jacko45k]

21 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

The most ridiculous one of them all, wearing a mask while driving a motorbike, lives on in infamy. 

Perhaps they don't want the pollution in their lungs!

[hotandsticky]

On 6/27/2022 at 9:35 AM, spidermike007 said:

 

 

The most ridiculous one of them all, wearing a mask while driving a motorbike, lives on in infamy. 

 

 

Thais were wearing masks to protect against PMI 2.5 on cycles, motorbikes and walking way before Covid.