Face masks still mandatory on public transport, cinemas in Thailand

[actonion]

Health ministers worry about  pub;lic health  ?...... Then do something about  Restaurants, and its staff  hygiene,  and the stinking air in Thailand

[BKKBike09]

 

8 hours ago, bob smith said:

8 hours ago, jacko45k said:

One has a choice.....

not on the bts... or in the cinema.

No need to wear a mask on BTS. It is recommended, but not mandatory. BTS is privately-operated so, under local 'logic', isn't 'public transport'. Go figure. 

 

And still mandatory in cinemas? Get real (not that there's anything to see film-wise these days).

 

[Catoni]

7 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

I imagine those same tourists would be pretty disappointed if they end up in bed with covid on their holidays, that they caught on crowded public transport.

I have friends at the moment, out of action, with covid they contracted in Thailand.

If you’re double shotted and double or triple boosted…there should be no problem.   
   And if you’ve had Covid…(I have…like a common cold. Didn’t even slow me down at 70 years of age. Two positive Covid RAT tests),,,

   It’s time to get back to regular life. 
   Me? I’m pro-vaccine,  and anti-mask. 

[IvorBiggun2]

11 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

I have friends at the moment, out of action, with covid they contracted in Thailand.

How'd they know they caught it in Thailand?

[thailand49]

Mask are great I don't leave home without one!   Today they are cheap and cheaply made whether it does anything I don't have a clue but I seen Thai education on hygiene in practice I was at a Thai market the other day being rainy season people were coughing, spitting, raising that fleme from their chest to spit, a person walking near me cough up a glue ball that flew past me I was thinking glad I had a mask on but next time I coming in a shield.

Since the pandemic I've not had even a cold?????

[jacko45k]

4 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

How'd they know they caught it in Thailand?

Perhaps that is the only place where they have been for a a few weeks?  

[blacksuitdandruff]

Strange...

last month or so

took the bts in bkk several times without a mask with 2 other people, no workers or security staff said anything or even looked at me even though i am very handsum according to the bargirls

 

Now it's mandatory again? 

[Peterw42]

6 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

How'd they know they caught it in Thailand?

They live here.

I was mostly trying to point out that it is still spreading. I know more people with covid now, than at the height of the shutdowns.

[IvorBiggun2]

5 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Perhaps that is the only place where they have been for a a few weeks?  

What about their flights, airports etc to arrive here and exit. I don't think there is a way to identify  where one contacted the virus. All speculation. Blame it on the Thais if all else fails.

[hayden5650]

What is he on about? I just spent the last two months in Bangkok and never once did I wear a mask on the BTS or MRT. The recorded announcement played in the stations even says it is still encouraged, although no longer required.

 

 

[Snig27]

1 hour ago, bob smith said:

not on the bts... or in the cinema.

The bts doesn’t enforce it and their voiceover just says “suggests”. There are usually unmasked in most carriages. 

[khunjeff]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Regular cleaning of contact points and surfaces in higher risk businesses will also remain in place

It has been repeatedly shown in tests around the world that touching a contaminated surface is an extremely unlikely vector for Covid transmission - except in Thailand, where officials reported with straight faces that over 1,000 people were infected from touching a single stainless steel turnstile at the entrance to a market toilet ????

[Snig27]

And here we have a so called medical professional telling people that you need to clean surfaces to prevent it. According to the CAC there is no evidence anyone has ever caught it from a surface, it’s airborne.

 

But we are in a country where they were disinfecting the streams, forests and beaches, and, as recently as a couple of months ago washing vast quantities of noxious chemicals down public roads.

[internationalism]

masks are still obligatory on public transport in many countries, that including germany.

In austria in vienna (that includes also pharmacies). Other provinces might also reinstate them.

Useful for those, who do travel internationally - rules are changing.

https://apply.joinsherpa.com/travel-restrictions

 

[Padthaigoong]

If it makes them happy I will put one on just to let them know I am part of the gang.

 

And then pull it down under my chin like everyone else does.

[Snig27]

18 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

They live here.

I was mostly trying to point out that it is still spreading. I know more people with covid now, than at the height of the shutdowns.

If it is, it’s certainly not causing major public health issues as the hospitalisation and death rates published daily until Sunday are evidence. Bad air, road deaths, polluted water and dengue are vastly bigger problems and yet none attract much attention from these concerned health authorities. 

[internationalism]

12 minutes ago, khunjeff said:

It has been repeatedly shown in tests around the world that touching a contaminated surface is an extremely unlikely vector for Covid transmission - except in Thailand, where officials reported with straight faces that over 1,000 people were infected from touching a single stainless steel turnstile at the entrance to a market toilet ????

faeces do carry virus, that's why chinese were doing rectal tests - more reliable than throat/nose.

Turnstile is also installed on exit, so anybody not washing their hands (and using hand for cleaning their bum) was spreading. Bum guns are installed in new toilets, but the majority still do have water tanks with bowl.

There were also cases of people catching covid from their infected neighbours - ventilation at bathrooms carried virus. Possibly also through bathroom drains

[jacko45k]

21 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

What about their flights, airports etc to arrive here and exit. I don't think there is a way to identify  where one contacted the virus. All speculation. Blame it on the Thais if all else fails.

He did not specify tourists,,,, but despite that, look up the incubation period for Omicron Covid, which is quite short. 

I accept flights and airports are high risk areas too.

 

[newnative]

3 hours ago, IamNoone88 said:

I was planning on watching a movie .. but now I will not. 

The last 2 movies I attended I did not wear a mask--unaware it was required.  I still would not have worn one as there were only about 8 people in the entire theater--and nobody remotely close except my partner.  Nobody asked me to wear a mask either time.  I'm just using common sense and will wear when I think its needed--like the subway, crowded places, etc.

[todlad]

There are dozens of really immature, Thai bashing, expert bashing, replies here.

 

I saw the start of a video online the other day made by a Caucasian with an English accent. Scruffy looking but loud and confident. He laughingly asked why people in Thailand STILL check their temperature in 7/11 and STILL wear masks and Still use the gel on their hands. Of course, he wasn't worthy of recognition so I switched him off. My response, to anyone like him, though, is UK, quarter of a million dead and long COVID taking its toll plus 4th covid wave under way. Thailand, after all the nastiness and Thai bashing at the start of the pandemic, around 32,000 dead, similar size population: tragic but  ...

 

Grow up, gents.

[metisdead]

Some posts with misinformation have been removed as well as a post using a trolling meme image.

[Snig27]

11 minutes ago, internationalism said:

Turnstile is also installed on exit, so anybody not washing their hands (and using hand for cleaning their bum) was spreading.

Clearly you have substantial data that health authorities the world over missed. It’s an airborne disease and European, Australian and US health authorities have all said there is no evidence of any surface transmission. None. They say ‘extremely low’ to cover the possibility one might turn up, but to date, none have. 

 

That it can be traced in faeces does not mean it can be transmitted via that. That’s another thing altogether. 

[James105]

5 minutes ago, todlad said:

There are dozens of really immature, Thai bashing, expert bashing, replies here.

 

I saw the start of a video online the other day made by a Caucasian with an English accent. Scruffy looking but loud and confident. He laughingly asked why people in Thailand STILL check their temperature in 7/11 and STILL wear masks and Still use the gel on their hands. Of course, he wasn't worthy of recognition so I switched him off. My response, to anyone like him, though, is UK, quarter of a million dead and long COVID taking its toll plus 4th covid wave under way. Thailand, after all the nastiness and Thai bashing at the start of the pandemic, around 32,000 dead, similar size population: tragic but  ...

 

Grow up, gents.

I suggest the 5 monkeys experiment offers some valuable insight into why people are still doing these things, despite being vaccinated and despite already having covid several times etc.   

[firemans35]

I was in Bangkok last month. Riding the BTS I heard the recording in English that went something like this. The Health Ministry has said wearing masks in open areas is no longer required. The BTS "RECOMMENDS" wearing a mask in the BTS Train. Never did they say it was mandatory. I think you need to read between the lines. No masks in open areas but inside the BTS Train is an enclosed area. Why the recording didn't say it is Mandatory to wear masks I don't know.

[paulikens]

9 hours ago, wombat said:

Masks stop the spread of the common cold in public places...mandatory or optional I will continue to wear one when in public.

@wombat So you always worn a mask? pre-covid?

[NanLaew]

30 minutes ago, internationalism said:

faeces do carry virus, that's why chinese were doing rectal tests - more reliable than throat/nose.

Turnstile is also installed on exit, so anybody not washing their hands (and using hand for cleaning their bum) was spreading. Bum guns are installed in new toilets, but the majority still do have water tanks with bowl.

There were also cases of people catching covid from their infected neighbours - ventilation at bathrooms carried virus. Possibly also through bathroom drains

The Chinese were doing rectal swabs to leverage their useless zero-Covid strategy. If you look hard enough, you'll find it. It was the same with PCR testing where if they did enough test 'cycles', they picked up the inactive remnants from a previous or otherwise benign infection.

 

As for catching Covid from the air wafting from a neighbor's dunny, that sounds like more of the incorrect MOPH horsepucky that's the subject matter. You got a citation for that nonsense?

[Kenneth White]

Now that wearing a mask, when or where is as clear as mud, I feel much better.

[FinChin67]

Seems to be mandatory on motorcycles too.. but not helmets.

[NanLaew]

12 minutes ago, firemans35 said:

I was in Bangkok last month. Riding the BTS I heard the recording in English that went something like this. The Health Ministry has said wearing masks in open areas is no longer required. The BTS "RECOMMENDS" wearing a mask in the BTS Train. Never did they say it was mandatory. I think you need to read between the lines. No masks in open areas but inside the BTS Train is an enclosed area. Why the recording didn't say it is Mandatory to wear masks I don't know.

Because it is NOT mandatory.

[firemans35]

1 minute ago, NanLaew said:

Because it is NOT mandatory.

That may be true and I'm not arguing with you but that's not what this article says.