mmasked and embarrassed

[Sparktrader]

1 minute ago, amexpat said:

Four of my friends in Chiang Mai have/had covid as of last week. 

Did they wear masks?

[Sparktrader]

5 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

When the locals stop overreacting I will too. This isn't at all about how effective masks are or the perceived risk (or disregard for risk).

So you copy locals overreacting? Strange way to live.

[ozimoron]

2 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

So you copy locals overreacting? Strange way to live.

It's called civility, you should try it sometimes instead of trying to rub the locals noses in their alleged lesser intellectual capacity.

Edited November 18, 2022 by ozimoron

[Lucky Bones]

8 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Lots of Thais no masks in small towns. 

My village similar, letting go gradually.

But, I got baled up my my retired school teacher neighbour yesterday at nearby Tesco about not wearing a mask.

He still wears one driving alone in his car but not when people visit his house.

He tells me his house no have Covid.

Go figure eh?

Many Thai chin guards at Tesco.????????

[Sparktrader]

1 minute ago, ozimoron said:

It's called civility, you should try it sometimes instead of trying to rub the locals noses in their alleged lesser intellectual capacity.

So if locals get 8 tattoos and drink 8 beers a day you do it too?

 

Many Thais in beach towns and isaan no masks all day long.

 

 

[Lucky Bones]

14 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

I live in Pattaya city centre, should I move so I don't need to feel embarrassed by not wearing a mask? Cities are known as the worst areas for transmission.

I think you are hijacking the conversation to suit your narrative.????????

[ozimoron]

Just now, Sparktrader said:

So if locals get 8 tattoos and drink 8 beers a day you do it too?

 

Many Thais in beach towns and isaan no masks all day long.

I don't live in Isaan or a beach town (Pattaya is a city). If most Thais didn't wear masks I wouldn't either.

[ozimoron]

Just now, Lucky Bones said:

I think you are hijacking the conversation to suit your narrative.????????

My narrative is "do as the romans do" as stated earlier in this thread.

[chaila]

40 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Sorry to see you believe it has been one big conspiracy, you must be a flat earther as well.

And on the seventh day He rested and saw that it was good

[Sparktrader]

31 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

I don't live in Isaan or a beach town (Pattaya is a city). If most Thais didn't wear masks I wouldn't either.

So you copy others for no reason other than copying others to fit in

 

[ozimoron]

1 minute ago, Sparktrader said:

So you copy others for no reason other than copying others to fit in

 

Spin it whichever way you like, I already said it was about civility. I live inside society, not outside it.

[Lacessit]

2 hours ago, MichaelHunt said:

I assume you are referring to the wearing of useless masks after the "pandemic" is over?

Here's a news flash, COVID is not over in quite a few countries, including Thailand. It keeps morphing into new variants.

The data is saying an infected person is 70% less likely to infect others when wearing a mask, and an uninfected person is 30% less likely to become infected when wearing a mask.

Anti-maskers don't like those facts, just as anti-vaxxers don't like the statistics that say vaccination reduces the risk of death or "long COVID" by an order of magnitude.

Edited November 18, 2022 by Lacessit

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, Sparktrader said:

Why don't the masked people respect the non mask people? Non masked people arent breaking any laws. Maybe the masked people should learn what respect means. Very arrogant to force your views onto others.

Hear, hear.

[Sparktrader]

4 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Here's a news flash, COVID is not over in quite a few countries, including Thailand. It keeps morphing into new variants.

The data is saying an infected person is 70% less likely to infect others when wearing a mask, and an uninfected person is 30% less likely to become infected when wearing a mask.

Anti-maskers don't like those facts, just as anti-vaxxers don't like the statistics that say vaccination reduces the risk of death or "long COVID" by an order of magnitude.

Post a link to data

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, 1FinickyOne said:

There were announcements asking people to mask... in English. Only the farang were refusing to be courteous. 

The announcement was a suggestion, not a mandated instruction.

Edited November 18, 2022 by Liverpool Lou

[BritManToo]

1 hour ago, 1FinickyOne said:

Do I remember correctly? Some posts disparaging BritWomenToo

Brit women aren't a race, I'm not a racist and don't use Thai racial slurs when talking about white folk. Not to mention I don't really care who people are or what people are doing when at an airport.

Edited November 18, 2022 by BritManToo

[alien365]

I can see why you posted this into the pub forum. All you're doing is trying to make people feel embarrassed for not wearing a mask when there is no longer a government mandate to do so. Yes covid is still around and many still catch it, but it is no longer the monster it once was. 

 

If you want to wear a mask, wear one. I do myself occasionally, but there's no way I'm changing my habits unless it becomes serious again. 

[chaila]

If they were as concerned about traffic rules as they are about wearing a piece of bed sheet on their face........it would save a whole lot of lives !!

  

[KannikaP]

55 minutes ago, Lucky Bones said:

My village similar, letting go gradually.

But, I got baled up my my retired school teacher neighbour yesterday at nearby Tesco about not wearing a mask.

He still wears one driving alone in his car but not when people visit his house.

He tells me his house no have Covid.

Go figure eh?

Many Thai chin guards at Tesco.????????

Same in my local Lotus's.

[Photoguy21]

The government has said only on public transport and in cinemas. As such it is not required in the airport but is perhaps a case of paranoia.

[nigelforbes]

1 hour ago, Lucky Bones said:

Get awau from Pattaya city centre and you will find many Thai's not wearing masks.

The "locals" seem to have enuff of it.????????

Not so much in the North where I live.

[ozimoron]

2 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

Why don't the masked people respect the non mask people? Non masked people arent breaking any laws. Maybe the masked people should learn what respect means. Very arrogant to force your views onto others.

They're not deserving of respect, they are social misfits, likely even sociopaths. It's not a political issue in the least, it's an issue of medical science and public opinion vs the rest.

 

The majority locals in the city wear masks in supermarkets, etc, including the staff. They do it to protect others. not so much themselves as pointed out not long ago in this thread. I may as well return the favor. If it makes one staff member in a supermarket feel more comfortable, it's been a good day.

[ozimoron]

16 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

The government has said only on public transport and in cinemas. As such it is not required in the airport but is perhaps a case of paranoia.

It's more a case of unavoidable close contact over a much longer period of time.

[ozimoron]

1 hour ago, Sparktrader said:

Not surprised you live there. The world doesnt revolve around Pattaya logic.

It would be the same in Bangkok, you're not making sense. I've already reported you for flaming.

Edited November 18, 2022 by ozimoron

[MichaelHunt]

47 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Here's a news flash, COVID is not over in quite a few countries, including Thailand. It keeps morphing into new variants.

The data is saying an infected person is 70% less likely to infect others when wearing a mask, and an uninfected person is 30% less likely to become infected when wearing a mask.

Anti-maskers don't like those facts, just as anti-vaxxers don't like the statistics that say vaccination reduces the risk of death or "long COVID" by an order of magnitude.

COVID will never be "over", just like colds and the flu will never be over. But there is no longer a COVID pandemic. It's endemic.

 

If masks only didn't work and were not actually harmful, I would consider wearing one. But they are both ineffective - AND harmful, not to mention dehumanizing.

 

https://brownstone.org/articles/more-than-150-comparative-studies-and-articles-on-mask-ineffectiveness-and-harms/

[Denim]

3 hours ago, MichaelHunt said:

I assume you are referring to the wearing of useless masks after the "pandemic" is over?

"As much as we would like to move on and think that the pandemic is over, and I think we all would like that to happen at this point, it's wishful thinking," said Anita Barkin, co-chair of a COVID-19 task force for the American College Health Association. "The pandemic is still with us."

 

https://www.voanews.com/a/mask-mandates-return-to-us-college-campuses-as-cases-rise-/6541388.html

 

Basically, Covid mandates were dropped and covid cases went up. 

 

But that is not the main point here. It is rather a show of respect to the sensitivities of citizens of a country you are visiting even if you think they are a waste of time. 

[Sparktrader]

22 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

they are social misfits, likely even sociopath

All for not wearing a mask. No they are just getting on with life.

[ozimoron]

Just now, Sparktrader said:

All for not wearing a mask. No they are just getting on with life.

Yep, wearing a mask isn't hard. No need to proselytise about it.

[Sparktrader]

3 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

Yep, wearing a mask isn't hard. No need to proselytise about it.

Free choice. Not hard.

[ozimoron]

1 minute ago, Sparktrader said:

Free choice. Not hard.

It is but you can't deny it's against both medical advice and public opinion. The crux of the matter is that you don't care about that stuff.