Thai Officials Announce "Innovative" Expat Health Measure

[Baht Simpson]

Guys, it's April 1st.  😀 

[Walker88]

When I first opened this thread I instantly chuckled, but the knee-jerk outrage was a little surprising. Maybe it was an IQ test, and those who failed are a part of the internet forever.

[cdnvic]

2 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

How odd.....I mentioned it twice (not the war)....and both comments have disappeared.....how strange.

 

Have your keyboard fluid levels checked.

[worrab]

Hours ago I mentioned April Fools’ Day and that post also disappeared!!!

[Sir Swagman]

While this may not be beyond the bounds of what could occur here……it might pay to look at your calendar 

[outsider]

Utter BS by dumb authorities - again. What about returning Thais who travelled abroad? Not a day goes by without some brainless idiots trying to find something to target foreigners.

[Bobthegimp]

Easy to see who took the covid shots and is fully boosted. 

 

Good on the mods for deleting the comments from the people who saw this for what it was, right away.  Time to peruse the comments and block contents from idiots who bought into this. 

[JohnAllan]

'Locals, with their presumed stronger resistance to regional ailments, will be exempt.'

 

TiT!

 

Truly ruddy TiT!

[JohnAllan]

6 minutes ago, outsider said:

Utter BS by dumb authorities - again. What about returning Thais who travelled abroad? Not a day goes by without some brainless idiots trying to find something to target foreigners.

Oh, they aren't brainless.

 

They just need to remember to stand up, from time to time ... in order to let the air circulate.

[thecyclist]

8 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

Next we'll be branded on our forehead

Only Asian foreigners require that. We Farangs stand out as it is, natural branding. You, you, you farang. 

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, quake said:

 

I'm outta here.

 

Head East a bit further

[MarkBR]

A very efficient way to drive tourists away to other areas of Thailand, and other countries.  Requiring tourists to wear masks but not Thais is silly,  medically stupid, and discriminatory with NO rational basis.

[thecyclist]

39 minutes ago, n00dle said:

Gotta be April fools, but too close to home. 

5555 you are the first to notice.Kudos to you. 

[MarkBR]

Dearv All, Apologies.  Forgot to check the date!!!!!

[kaneko86]

Hello moderator! Is this news serious or is it an April's fools day news?

[eyeman]

33 minutes ago, Highlandman said:

 

That surprises me because most hospitals in Thailand still have nearly 100% of visitors/patients in outpatient settings wearing a mask and this includes children. 

 

Definitely not in the last month. BNH and Samitivej. 80% maybe 70% at Samitivej. Both doctors I interacted with last month were not masked, of course neither was I. At Chula earlier in the year I'd say probably around 95% though, I think anything associated with the government will be the last to return to normal.  Even the left over masks signs from the crazy times are peeling off or colours fading out now.

Edited April 1 by eyeman

[pattayamick]

April 1st

[cdnvic]

4 minutes ago, thecyclist said:

5555 you are the first to notice.Kudos to you. 

Not even close. 😅

[Xonax]

[n00dle]

56 minutes ago, Dcheech said:

And here it comes. After farang be bad xeno month, they double down. This has nothing to do with health reasons. 

 

Glad I haven't bought the house yet. Back to the plan B & C options. 

indeed. the wise man makes investment decisions based on seasonal pranks  

[impulse]

18 minutes ago, cdnvic said:

Not even close. 

 

Not fair!  April 1 jokes need to be off the wall and something that would never happen IRL. 

 

This one is too credible.

 

[PETERTHEEATER]

8 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

Next we'll be branded on our forehead

No doubt the formal brandmark will be '01 April 2024'

[dogfish180]

Should read "wear this face mask so you don't breath in the polluted air, that the government is doing nothing about"!

[cdnvic]

One post with medical misinformation was removed.

[Ralf001]

5 hours ago, mikebell said:

They won't dare introduce this for the Chinese, the original source of the pandemic.

 

Most Chinese I see wear masks anyways.

[TigerGuardian]

So without actually saying it, we are all back to being called "dirty farangs" again? 

 

I first thought this might be a April Fool's prank but I read it late last night. 

 

Edited April 1 by TigerGuardian

[Kildonan]

1 hour ago, worrab said:

Hours ago I mentioned April Fools’ Day and that post also disappeared!!!

Same here! Post dissapeared

[transam]

1 hour ago, Dcheech said:

And here it comes. After farang be bad xeno month, they double down. This has nothing to do with health reasons. 

 

Glad I haven't bought the house yet. Back to the plan B & C options. 

Scunthorpe.........?  

[KhunLA]

Is there a link for this news-blip, or simply a AN created one ?

[roo860]

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