Welcome to Thailand, the Hub of Flip Flops...

 

 

 

I guess time will tell if allowing unvaxxed masses into thailand from china, russia, and all corners of the world creates a deadly wave of new covid that backfires all around and ends up ending the covid recovery in Thailand that has just gotten underway in past few months ,  I don't think many Thai businesses can handle another massive shutdown.

 

i would prefer that all tourists to thailand have been vaxxed,  I would also bet the unvaxxed will also be most likely to never wear a mask even when Thais all around them are masked.

 

  After all the unvaxxed have the right to be jerks and not care who or how or if they end up clogging up hospitals and maybe even help to spread a deadly virus.  And yes i am aware that even vaxxed can catch covid but the overwhelming evidence is vaxxed people have milder cases, shed fewer viral and end up dead less often.

44 minutes ago, Eleftheros said:

All the Thai bashers on here fail to appreciate the sublime acrobatics which enables Thai government ministers to shoot themselves in the foot while putting their foot in their mouth.

 

 

You do the Thai Ministers of this world a disservice.

 

It's 'shoot themselves in the foot while the foot's in the mouth and their head's up their ass'

 

With dedicated public servants who can that, a flip-flop is nothing.

5 minutes ago, pomchop said:

I would also bet the unvaxxed will also be most likely to never wear a mask even when Thais all around them are masked.

I think I might be putting mine back on soon!

1 hour ago, John Drake said:

Why doesn't he apologize before all the people who lost money, were kept off flights, and had their holidays ruined? No, he's celebrating with the Chinese instead.

do these people really exist, or is it a maybe some people missed flights, are there any reports of this happening

Just now, steve187 said:

do these people really exist, or is it a maybe some people missed flights, are there any reports of this happening

Reports of people being refused boarding on a flight from Istanbul to BKK elsewhere on Forum.

2 minutes ago, steve187 said:

do these people really exist, or is it a maybe some people missed flights, are there any reports of this happening

Yes, people have been refused boarding and some countries have called it force majeure meaning any travel insurance they have is worthless.

 

https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2023/01/08/covid-chaos-descends-anew-on-foreign-tourism/ 

Damage is done. This character should stick to pushing weed. What a donkey.

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2 hours ago, DavisH said:

Is this a flip or a flop? I lost count...

They are interchangeable . LOS the hub of flip flops

2 hours ago, DavisH said:

The next flip flop will come when 50% of the tourists come off the plane coughing and spluttering eveywhere. If they are asked to test in the airport, and are positive? Then what? Or will they be allowed out and jump in a taxi? I guess they haven't thought about that yet. 

The thing is the airlines may want to enforce it if they have not been told anything else. 

7 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

The thing is the airlines may want to enforce it if they have not been told anything else. 

They must be tearing their hair out!

I flew out of Adelaide to BKK via SIN early July last year. The check in chic demanded an insurance cert. took 15 minutes to convince her it was quashed 30th June. Pity the poor travellers lined up behind me!

Thai BS continues.

And this guy is probably a favorite to run the country in the coming elections- scary!

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This problem seems to be endemic in Thailand. People make decisions all day long and fail to consider the consequences of their actions. They can't seem to be able to "anticipate" and can't see past the nose on their face.

2 hours ago, CrunchWrapSupreme said:

I was in BKK over the New Year weekend. I saw large groups of happy, excited Chinese at Chatuchak. They've been dying to travel after 3 years. At the SuperRich at Asok BTS outside of T21, the line of them went all the way down the corridor. They've brought plenty of these guys to convert to Thai baht. Once the authorities were reminded of this being impeded, they came to their senses.

Speaking of this currency, I was recently in Singapore at a money exchange.  There was lady in front for me who presented a stack o these bills and the exchange clerk was not pleased.  When it came to my turn I presented 3 Benjamin’s Franklin Notes($100) and I got the best service that I never get in LOS.  Also, I counted at least 3 other people(they did not sound American) who also presented Ben Franklins as well.  No matter where in the world I have been the Ben Franklins still seem to be very popular.  It appears the “Mao Zedong” note still has a way to go before it become the “king of currencies.

 

If you from land of Mao I do not mean to insult you.  Just a little anecdote. 
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5 hours ago, John Drake said:

Why would anyone share this announcement with a friend, just to find it reversed again a few hours later and your friend never speaking to you again?

Oh so now we don't need to be vaccinated.  Oh lovely LOL!  ????  

This will get reversed too.  Don't worry, this is only the end of the first inning.  We've got eight more to go!  

In order to get into public office in Thailand it's not necessary but preferable that you be dropped on your head a minimum of ten times as an infant.  

3 hours ago, fittobethaied said:

This problem seems to be endemic in Thailand. People make decisions all day long and fail to consider the consequences of their actions. They can't seem to be able to "anticipate" and can't see past the nose on their face.

Exactly the same can be said about people in Western countries, of course.

 

20 minutes ago, OJAS said:

Exactly the same can be said about people in Western countries, of course.

 

Agreed.... it can... But with such frequency ?

Isn't it rich?
Are we a pair?
Me here at last on the ground
You in mid-air
Send in the clowns

 

Isn't it bliss?
Don't you approve?
One who keeps tearing around
One who can't move
Where are the clowns?
Send in the clowns

 

Just when I stopped
Opening doors
Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours
Making my entrance again with my usual flair
Sure of my lines
Noone is there

Don't you love a farce?
My fault, I fear
I thought that you'd want what I want
Sorry my dear
But where are the clowns?
Send in the clowns

Don't bother
They're here

Isn't it rich?
Isn't it queer?
Losing my timing this late
In my career
Where are the clowns?
There ought to be clowns
Well, maybe next year ????????????

 

 

 

 

 

6 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

All's well that ends well!  Apart from those who were refused boarding yesterday or who cancelled their holidays!

Ha! You think it's over. LOL

Good and now let the Chinese pour in

https://nypost.com/2023/01/09/90-percent-of-people-in-henan-province-china-have-covid/

Was Anutin's cancellation announcement today agreed and backup-ed from the other ministries and the government?

I have my doubts about that. At the weekend, the CAAT sent letters with the new “entry regulations” to all airlines worldwide, starting on January 9th. On the same day, the health minister appeared in front of the press at the airport and said that the new entry regulations no longer apply immediately. That seems quite thoughtless, haphazard, unguided, unthought-out, improvised and chaotic on the part of the state leadership.

7 hours ago, Salerno said:

Yes, people have been refused boarding and some countries have called it force majeure meaning any travel insurance they have is worthless.

 

https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2023/01/08/covid-chaos-descends-anew-on-foreign-tourism/ 

I can't understand Thailand's health policy either. The previous Covid vaccination is totally irrelevant. It is better to do covid tests. What's so bad about requiring travelers entering from Chinese territory to have a covid test before entry, as many other countries are doing it at the moment. Especially against the background that in some Chinese regions 70-90% have Covid and even the WHO complains that they are not getting any reasonable data from China. And now they are all allowed to enter Thailand without any test? How stupid is that, that Covid is now to be imported to an unknown extent and with unknown variants?

As posted yesterday in a related column:

 

The last time, it could be argued they were inexperienced. This time? And you could make a further argument that the entire bunch, especially Anutin, were incompetent.

 

But now? Don't people learn from experience? Isn't that just simple evolution? Incompetence is no longer an excuse. Stupidity, arrogance, and perhaps indifference, yes. Maybe these guys are simply too rich to care. 

 

They certainly are some of the greatest flip flippers around. Indecision, fear and stupidity are a lethal combination. So are arrogance, malice, and being too rich to care. 

10 hours ago, DavisH said:

Is this a flip or a flop? I lost count...

It's a Philippe Flop so not good news for the French. 

It has confirmed what I already knew and others too. You can't cure stupid it would seem.

 

Most learn from experience but these lot are beyond belief. The thread on the origin of the use of the word buffalo needs redefining.????

The whole lot of them involved in this fiasco should resign, or be forced to; if they were Japanese maybe they would do away with themselves. How can they continue this way? Who will listen to them?

I don't need to hear any complaints about "it's just Thai bashing" for a while.

The upside is there should and probably will be a lot less people coming, competing for space on the sidewalks.

18 hours ago, DaLa said:

No news on the insurance requirement, which was completely confusing information.  I'll put it down to translation problems.

 

According to the TAT website, the insurance requirement still remains.

 

https://www.tatnews.org/2023/01/thailand-maintains-fully-reopen-entry-rules/

 

This is going to catch a lot of people out, mainly those coming from China. I'm one of them and still confused as to whether I need it for my 'self transfer' in Singapore. Air Asia still hasn't updated it's website to reflect the most recent changes.

 

 

https://support.airasia.com/s/article/Travel-Requirements-Thailand?language=en_GB

10 hours ago, tomacht8 said:

Was Anutin's cancellation announcement today agreed and backup-ed from the other ministries and the government?

I have my doubts about that. At the weekend, the CAAT sent letters with the new “entry regulations” to all airlines worldwide, starting on January 9th. On the same day, the health minister appeared in

front of the press at the airport and said that the new entry regulations no longer apply immediately. That seems quite thoughtless, haphazard, unguided, unthought-out, improvised and chaotic on the part of the state leadership.

You said it? Did anyone else know that Anutin was going to say the new entry regulations were canceled, in front of the press? Had it been discussed? If it had why would they have sent out the new entry regulations in the first place? is it going to change again, who knows?