Thailand to scrap all emergency provisions as it seeks to boost a very fragile economic recovery

[webfact]

General Supot Malaniyom of the National Security Council confirmed that a meeting on Friday chaired by Acting Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan will hear proposals to cancel the Emergency Decree.

 

by James Morris and Son Nguyen

 

Move to scrap the Emergency Decree and the last of the entry criteria for incoming travellers is coming at a time when the full extent of the economic damage caused by it is becoming apparent while, at the same time, Thai consumers, appear to be in a confident, upbeat mood with sales of private cars in August up by a whopping 61.72% on the year before.

Thailand is to cancel all requirements concerning the virus emergency from October 1st including those for incoming passengers as the kingdom gears up to abolish the Emergency Decree introduced at the end of March 2020. It comes with a growing realisation that lasting economic damage to the kingdom’s foreign tourism industry and the overall economy has resulted from the measure which will take at least another year just to see the country recover lost economic ground and at least another two years after that again before the kingdom has any chance of witnessing visitor numbers like that seen in 2019.  

 

Thailand has announced that it is scrapping the last requirements for passengers entering the country related to the COVID-19 virus as the government begins winding down the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) as part of a firm proposal to abolish the country’s Emergency Decree and all its structures.

 

Full story: https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2022/09/22/thailand-to-scrap-all-emergency-provisions/

 

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[TooMuchTime]

Good thing I don't have to pay for some dumb covid test to enter Thailand anymore.  Fully unvaccinated here and enjoyed my time in Bangkok never wearing a mask.  Glad to see I inspired confidence in this decision.

[AnotherFarang8]

Finally, 2 years and 6 months later. Now we, who resisted taking the vaccine cocktail, and patiently waited for the “old normal”, which is the only kind of normal, can think about a well deserved holiday just like the good old days.

[thaibeachlovers]

Ah, the lightbulb moment has arrived. Up to me such provisions would never have been instituted anywhere, and we'd likely have been back to "normal" over a year ago.

[soi3eddie]

Good news at last. In recent times, the Emergency Decree has not been about Covid-19 as many here know. Whilst most of the rest of the world has gotten on with life, Thailand has dragged it's heels in the supposed name of Covid. What will happen if there are protests and demonstrations? Will the Emergency Decree be resumed? Or is Prawit made of sterner stuff than Prayut? 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

Just now, soi3eddie said:

Whilst most of the rest of the world has gotten on with life, Thailand has dragged it's heels in the supposed name of Covid.

Sadly not everywhere else. Some of us have governments that are loath to give it up, and had to be dragged into reality.

I believe China is still trying to "eliminate" it, which IMO is not possible. That horse bolted long ago.

[thaibeachlovers]

8 hours ago, AnotherFarang8 said:

Finally, 2 years and 6 months later. Now we, who resisted taking the vaccine cocktail, and patiently waited for the “old normal”, which is the only kind of normal, can think about a well deserved holiday just like the good old days.

Sadly I did give in, but at the time the government was making it just too hard to live without surrendering, but at least I waited till an alternative to the "newtech" pfizer was available, and I didn't take the "booster" soon as they gave in and cancelled the overly authoritarian dictat.

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/new-zealand-links-26-year-old-mans-death-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-2021-12-20/

New Zealand authorities on Monday said they had linked a 26-year-old man's death to Pfizer Inc's (PFE.N) COVID-19 vaccine after the person suffered myocarditis, a rare inflammation of the heart muscle, after taking his first dose.

The death is New Zealand's second linked to a known but rare side effect from the vaccine after health authorities in August reported a woman had died after taking her doses.

[RichardColeman]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

will hear proposals

Nuff said. Going nowhere

[Jonathan Swift]

Most of you who are smugly declaring you've never been vaxed very likely have actually had it with no recognizable symptoms. Get an antibody test and find out.

[bkk6060]

It will be interesting to see how many people, particulary Thais keep wearing masks.  My guess is many will.  I still see a fair share mostly on motorbikes, but also in cars wearing them.

[TooMuchTime]

5 hours ago, Jonathan Swift said:

Most of you who are smugly declaring you've never been vaxed very likely have actually had it with no recognizable symptoms. Get an antibody test and find out.

Damn, so people who didnt get fully injected may have gotten covid and not even know it?  Looks like there was no need for them to get fully injected in that case.  Less symptoms than a cold doesn't seem too serious.

[Millcx]

It’s about time … Long overdue

[Eleftheros]

The only thing now is to tot up the cost of these disastrous policies over the past 2.5 years.

 

Australia has just done that, with the venerable Institute of Public Affairs estimating that anti-Covid measures cost the taxpayer A$938 billion (about US$620 billion) and were a catastrophic economic and social failure.

[SunnyinBangrak]

9 hours ago, AnotherFarang8 said:

Finally, 2 years and 6 months later. Now we, who resisted taking the vaccine cocktail, and patiently waited for the “old normal”, which is the only kind of normal, can think about a well deserved holiday just like the good old days.

Good to see these terrible restrictions and forcing people to take a vaccination they don't want dropped. We have come a long way from last year when the correct response to the unvaccinated was to fire them from work, banish them from society and/or punch them in the face.

What I do find amazing is that science follows a countries economic situation. Who knew? Or has the follow the science mantra been abandoned? 

[wombat]

15 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

It will be interesting to see how many people, particulary Thais keep wearing masks.  My guess is many will.  I still see a fair share mostly on motorbikes, but also in cars wearing them.

Makes sense to me to use a mask if I'm on the back of a motorbike taxi.

 

[Scott]

Troll post and reply reported and removed.  

 

[JayClay]

3 hours ago, TooMuchTime said:

Glad to see I inspired confidence in this decision.

No. You prolonged this decision happening...

[stoner]

the whole thais wearing mask thing is getting quite scary. the conditioning and brainwashing is in full view.

 

the world has moved on from covid. 

 

it won't be long until someone comes along telling me how so many thai were wearing masks before covid and any number of other bs statements. 

 

 

[stoner]

6 hours ago, Jonathan Swift said:

Most of you who are smugly declaring you've never been vaxed very likely have actually had it with no recognizable symptoms. Get an antibody test and find out.

ummmm you do realize your comment is kinda making you look bad right ? 

 

if one gets covid with no symptoms and didnt have a vaccine.....o forget it. 

[kamahele]

4 hours ago, TooMuchTime said:

Good thing I don't have to pay for some dumb covid test to enter Thailand anymore.  Fully unvaccinated here and enjoyed my time in Bangkok never wearing a mask.  Glad to see I inspired confidence in this decision.

It sounds like a child wrote this. What type of foreigner comes to a country, not their own and flouts that they don't follow the rules that all of the locals follow with no complaint?

[kamahele]

27 minutes ago, stoner said:

ummmm you do realize your comment is kinda making you look bad right ? 

 

if one gets covid with no symptoms and didnt have a vaccine.....o forget it. 

Um, you may get covid without a vaccine and not know it and spread it to others.... o forget it.

[superal]

49 minutes ago, wombat said:

Makes sense to me to use a mask if I'm on the back of a motorbike taxi.

 

WHY ?

[TooMuchTime]

6 minutes ago, kamahele said:

It sounds like a child wrote this. What type of foreigner comes to a country, not their own and flouts that they don't follow the rules that all of the locals follow with no complaint?

There is no rule that you have to wear a mask.  You mean mob rule or a legal law?

[jaywalker]

6 hours ago, Jonathan Swift said:

Most of you who are smugly declaring you've never been vaxed very likely have actually had it with no recognizable symptoms. Get an antibody test and find out.

Why??? Still alive & never even had the sniffles.

 

Whether I've had it or not is irrelevant, as I've been healthy as a horse the whole time.

[superal]

1 hour ago, bkk6060 said:

It will be interesting to see how many people, particulary Thais keep wearing masks.  My guess is many will.  I still see a fair share mostly on motorbikes, but also in cars wearing them.

Those who continue to wear masks are under a misconception . Do they wear them for their personal protection or to stop themselves from passing on the virus ? Of course its for their personal protection which shows ignorance  as most of the time it is the cheap medical mask that is being worn and that gives zero virus protection . Even within a building /shop that stipulates the wearing of masks , you will find most masks are the cheap ones with gaps around the face cheeks and often worn under the nose or chin . As for wearing a mask on a motor bike , what is that all about ? and often no crash helmet makes the whole mask wearing thing a shambles .  

[jacko45k]

Just now, jaywalker said:

Why??? Still alive & never even had the sniffles.

 

Whether I've had it or not is irrelevant, as I've been healthy as a horse the whole time.

So what are we saying, at least 1 not affected, 6.5 million dead?

[jacko45k]

6 minutes ago, superal said:

Those who continue to wear masks are under a misconception . Do they wear them for their personal protection or to stop themselves from passing on the virus

Both..... also include 'as a consideration for the sentiments of others around, who wear masks.' I do not see that as a misconception. Rest of your post is nonsense.... 

I was wearing a mask on a motorcycle because you are sat behind smoke belching vehicles frequently and I have to breathe.

[malibukid]

1 hour ago, bkk6060 said:

It will be interesting to see how many people, particulary Thais keep wearing masks.  My guess is many will.  I still see a fair share mostly on motorbikes, but also in cars wearing them.

the Thai's are inherently xenophobic and of course will continue to wear a mask, and a amulet to back it up

[sandyf]

1 hour ago, TooMuchTime said:

Less symptoms than a cold doesn't seem too serious.

Tell that to the 200K+ grieving families in the UK.

[phukettrader]

6 hours ago, Jonathan Swift said:

Most of you who are smugly declaring you've never been vaxed very likely have actually had it with no recognizable symptoms. Get an antibody test and find out. Should probably get an intelligence test as well. 

Why? If you've had it and had no symptoms then so what? You've also now got natural immunity which we had been told is far better than any jab.