Monkeypox: Thais advised to avoid sexual contact with foreigners, hotels advised to clean properly

[Harveyboy]

5 hours ago, mikeymike100 said:

Here we go again.......

"Thais advised to avoid sexual contact with foreigners"

 

This will definitely bring in the tourists?? ????

does that include wives ha

[SpanishExpat]

How brain dead and mentally limited can a person be to even think about saying something like that??!! Whenever you think nothing can shock you anymore in Thailand, there is another Somchai who will surprise you.

[xtrnuno41]

New rules in Thailand to protect from monkeypox. 

As well for men 

[Phuket Pete]

That'll bring the baht down !  ???? 

[Mavideol]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

A member of the Medical Council of Thailand has advised Thais to avoid sexual contact with foreign nationals to help contain the spread of monkeypox.

where the heck they find these people, do they get them on discounted package and then give them some type of fake diploma.... have heard many stupid comments about many different things,  this one made the top of the list

[dirtybirty]

international standards in thailand. leave it there i think

[Cake Monster]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

A member of the Medical Council of Thailand has advised Thais to avoid sexual contact with foreign nationals to help contain the spread of monkeypox.

If this were to be adhered too, it would put Thailands most lucrative Business out of Business overnight.

[Neeranam]

1 hour ago, DjSilver said:

Here we go again with low IQ small brains xenophobic Thais. Everyone knows that when they say like this they actually mean Thai people are the one to avoid ????????????

You'll find that Thais have more integrity. Most people where I come from don't particularly like immigrants but due to the incredible woke Karens, they say nothing. 

[Neeranam]

31 minutes ago, SpanishExpat said:

How brain dead and mentally limited can a person be to even think about saying something like that??!! Whenever you think nothing can shock you anymore in Thailand, there is another Somchai who will surprise you.

Another 'Somchai'?

 

Kind of sums up the Westerner's innate racism, yet so sensitive when the boot is on the other foot. 

Where I come from there are political groups that are against foreigners -  there's absolutely nothing like skinheads or Combat 18 in Thailand. 

 

Colonialism has lasting effects on the fragile egos of some farang. 

Edited August 4, 2022 by Neeranam

[Excel]

7 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

You'll find that Thais have more integrity. Most people where I come from don't particularly like immigrants but due to the incredible woke Karens, they say nothing. 

Well as you come from Scotland most English people understand you don't like such foreigners generally ????

[marcho]

That's right, us dirty farlangs are the problem. 

[SpanishExpat]

16 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Another 'Somchai'?

 

Kind of sums up the Westerner's innate racism, yet so sensitive when the boot is on the other foot. 

Where I come from there are political groups that are against foreigners -  there's absolutely nothing like skinheads or Combat 18 in Thailand. 

 

Colonialism has lasting effects on the fragile egos of some farang. 

Westerners racism? LOL

 

 

“Somchai” is nothing else than  for example  “potatoes” or “kraut” for german people ( I am half German myself and woudlnt give a <deleted>** if someone called me like that) or “spaghetti” for Italian. 
 

this has ZERO to do and can’t be compared to the disgusting xenophobic comments we hear regularly from Thai officials! 
 

Edited August 4, 2022 by SpanishExpat

[Bangkocker]

8 hours ago, Denim said:

 

Oh yes....that advice will really fly in Pattaya.

 

 

Where do all these idiots come from ?  When AIDS first hit the scene here it was the same....avoid foreigners. Then it transpired that the first cases here were among the gay Thais returning here from America. 

Oh goody, let's all live a righteous , celibate life and blame farangs for this disease. Of course Thai's can't carry nor propagate this illness. Unless said Thai's they are gay or ladyboys that is. Another gem from nutty Thai officials.

[Fairynuff]

How are people supposed to make a living?

[BestB]

Covid spread by dirty foreigners.

 

Foreigners please come back, will even let you buy land and 10 year visa’s

 

Foreigners started to come back and guess what ? It’s dirty foreigners again, keep away from them.

 

How stupid and Xenophobic do you have to be to spout such drivel while using products like Apple and being driven in BMW or Benz being dressed in LV or Gucci with a Rolex watch 

[BangkokReady]

8 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Oh dear...... he could have made a more general, less xenophobic statement. 

Why?  We all know that, like covid, monkey pox is a foreign disease carried by foreign people.  All foreigners are likely to have monkey pox.  They don't wash, you know?  I doubt you would get monkey pox from a Thai, and certainly not from one that you know.

[cardinalblue]

Just plain ignorance….

 

similar how Thai public health says a covid person must wait 3 months b/f getting booster yet western literature says get your booster asap after one has fully recovered from covid especially with any future overseas travel…

 

no one challenges authority here so poor public health policies arise from incompetency/uncertainty

[Purdey]

By chance, I was in a meeting yesterday with the deputy minister for public health and he spent a couple of minutes explaining that Monkeypox was mainly spread by MSM (men who have sex with men). This is roughly what I had heard when the first outbreaks began in Africa.

The medical council person has basically tarred everyone who is here or who was planning to visit Thailand with a big brush. Shooting oneself in the foot seems to be a popular Thai game.

[BangkokReady]

40 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Colonialism has lasting effects on the fragile egos of some farang. 

You don't need to be a coloniser to dislike racism.

[fleccer]

About three months ago a vote was held in which all the countries of the world taken part. That vote was intended to empower WHO with more powers, fortunately that proposal was rejected. I would like to know how Thailand voted, if anyone knows

Edited August 4, 2022 by fleccer

[Aussieroaming]

More panic from supposed community leaders that the sky is falling. How about teaching Thais to think objectively instead of covering everything in a blanket statement. 

 

Firstly Thais are returning home from overseas as well as foreigners. 

Secondly this is mainly (not exclusivelly though ) a sex risk that gays and bi men are exposed to.

Thirdly not all foreigners in Thailand have been overseas recently.

 

 

 

 

[malthebluff]

From the first case here they have blamed foreigners even when his Visa was on over stay meaning he been here long before he caught it. And so must have caught it here but Thailand being the most racist country in Asia and run by the most corrupt  everything is blamed on foreigners  They are so blinkered and brainwashed nothing surprises me here the education system needs to be changed so the people can wake up to the truth and decide for themselves what the real news is 

[Boomer6969]

9 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Oh dear...... he could have made a more general, less xenophobic statement. 

No, isn't he Thai?

[decca60]

I think there a very positive for us " don't t f...k the foreigners anymore" so no more double pricing, no more scams all is right????????

[Dont confuse me]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

He also called for hotel operators to clean rooms in line with international standards to contain the spread. 

Good luck with that being complied with.

[richard_smith237]

2 minutes ago, malthebluff said:

From the first case here they have blamed foreigners even when his Visa was on over stay meaning he been here long before he caught it. And so must have caught it here but Thailand being the most racist country in Asia and run by the most corrupt  everything is blamed on foreigners  They are so blinkered and brainwashed nothing surprises me here the education system needs to be changed so the people can wake up to the truth and decide for themselves what the real news is 

Well technically they are correct... As with Covid, IF caught outside of Thailand and brought in there is some blame which can be directed towards foreigners... even if a Thai caught it overseas and carried it into Thailand. 

 

But... Your point remains valid, there is a strong element of xenophobia and the ‘avoid sexual contact with foreigners’ comment.... IF THAT COMMENT IS TRANSLATED CORRECTLY !!!!! 

 

Yes, that statement need capitals... because a coupe of years back the vast majority of foreigners in Thailand who read it took sleight when it was reported (translated) that Anutin stated “Dirty Foreigners.....”...  which is not exactly what he said... the comment was deliberately transliterated by the media into click-bait gold !!!... 

 

 

All of that said - the comment itself is still extremely clumsy and unprofessional from someone in public office.....  “be careful......” etc etc should be the statement as the statement in its current guise could be more damaging as there is an implication that Thais would not carry the virus !

 

[BestB]

18 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Well technically they are correct... As with Covid, IF caught outside of Thailand and brought in there is some blame which can be directed towards foreigners... even if a Thai caught it overseas and carried it into Thailand. 

 

But... Your point remains valid, there is a strong element of xenophobia and the ‘avoid sexual contact with foreigners’ comment.... IF THAT COMMENT IS TRANSLATED CORRECTLY !!!!! 

 

Yes, that statement need capitals... because a coupe of years back the vast majority of foreigners in Thailand who read it took sleight when it was reported (translated) that Anutin stated “Dirty Foreigners.....”...  which is not exactly what he said... the comment was deliberately transliterated by the media into click-bait gold !!!... 

 

 

All of that said - the comment itself is still extremely clumsy and unprofessional from someone in public office.....  “be careful......” etc etc should be the statement as the statement in its current guise could be more damaging as there is an implication that Thais would not carry the virus !

 

Considering Thai wanting and needing tourists and having had something like 30 million prior to covid and now aiming for just as much if not more, officials should chose language which can not be translated in many ways but clear message.

 

you are indeed correct it may of been translated wrongly which is the fault of the speaker who chose such words that could be translated in an “ugly” way.

 

A simple statement that monkey pox can be transmitted sexually , be careful not to have sexual intercourse with strangers is appropriate enough to pass on the message 

[StevieAus]

9 hours ago, Crossy said:

This explains Madam's "headache" last evening

 

Fortunately my wife doesn’t read ASEAN now, but as she also holds Australian citizenship does this mean she only abstains for half of the time?

[richard_smith237]

Just now, StevieAus said:

Fortunately my wife doesn’t read ASEAN now, but as she also holds Australian citizenship does this mean she only abstains for half of the time?

Or... you can only bang the Aussie half of her.. 

[LudwigK]

Is there some RACISM in TH ? ????