Thai Officials Announce "Innovative" Expat Health Measure

[Goat]

17 minutes ago, CLUBBER said:

I'll be taking myself and my money someplace else GFYS 

Glad to hear that.

They have cheap flights promotion currently.

But be quick it expires at midday.

[rct99q]

1 hour ago, fredwiggy said:

How does freedom of speech correlate with wearing a seatbelt?

Romans 12

 

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—to be unrestrained.

 

God tells me I do not have to wear my seat belt. 

[Kaopad999]

5 hours ago, sletraveler said:

I can see the rationale for heavily encouraging pm2.5 due to the filthy cancer causing air.

They're either too thick to think of that, or perhaps they refrain from encouraging it because they understand it would reveal the extent of the poor air quality.
I suspect the latter... 

 

[Goat]

1 minute ago, fredwiggy said:

Some, like narcissists, those who have another mental illness, and those with a very low IQ, that cannot comprehend the simple answers I've given.

Ah the irony. 

People with low IQs just believe everything they are fed, without questioning sources or dates. 

They are suckers. And unfortunately they have a voice, and we have to hear their uninformed opinions.

[fredwiggy]

Just now, Goat said:

Ah the irony. 

People with low IQs just believe everything they are fed, without questioning sources or dates. 

They are suckers. And unfortunately they have a voice, and we have to hear their uninformed opinions.

As you have just shown us.

[Taboo2]

My response to that recommendation is:  EFF EWE!

[Goat]

20 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

As you have just shown us.

 

Hook, Line and Sinker.

 

So will you be following the new guidelines for farangs to wear masks in Thailand or not? 

It is a simple question. Yes or no.?

[PremiumLane]

54 minutes ago, verticalift said:

Simply supplement your immune system. Easy.

 

Nice, get vaccinated 🙂 

[Kaopad999]

4 hours ago, nickmondo said:

you also have to remember this is a country that thinks Covid is still dangerous

Shouldn't really come at any surprise. Sadly, critical thinking skills are largely absent among these people.. 

Edited April 1 by Kaopad999

[Highlandman]

7 hours ago, ezzra said:

I'll say, a stupid, knee jerk idea, not only 'raising' but it's rather annoying and out of place, I for one think that this

is a clear discrimination against tourists, why not make Thai people wear masks as well? are they immuned

from bringing or carrying the disease in? and why only in holiday spots and not in major cities?

how odd will it look to see foreignness wearing masks and locals not? and whey don't they

give it at the airports rather than at the holiday spots?...

 

Don't worry. Thais never removed their masks. Just go for a walk in any mall. Tops staff still required to wear one, 75-80% of Thai customers voluntarily wearing one or they never got the message that mask wearing was made voluntary 2 years ago. 

[TroubleandGrumpy]

7 pages in a few hours - wow - touchy touchy over-sensitives (and stirrers having a laugh) me thinks.

Thailand is rife with idiots in authority making idiotic over-reaching statements to get into the media - just look at the PM.

 

Dont take them seriously is my advice and have a good laugh at them - that is what the Thais do (they just do it very quietly).

Thailand is the Global Hub of idiotic Government ideas that are published in the media (because criticising what is said by a Government authority person will get the Editor sued for defamation). 

 

[Goat]

2 minutes ago, Kaopad999 said:

Shouldn't really come at any surprise. Sadly, critical thinking skills are largely absent among these people.. 

That is a pretty nasty comment about our hosts.

And when you factor in the date it says a lot more about your critical thinking than theirs.

 

[fredwiggy]

1 minute ago, Goat said:

The fool that just keeps giving.

Hook, Line and Sinker.

 

So will you be following the new guidelines for farangs to wear masks in Thailand or not? 

It is a simple question. Yes or no.?

Why do you continue to reply, when every one makes you look more ignorant? I already told you that I follow the rules, that I caught Covid, twice, from a local, and always do anything I can to not give anything I might be carrying to another.

 

Why do you care what I do? It's none of yours or anyone else's business.

 

I asked you if you were a Thai. You didn't answer. If not, you're a foreigner, another of the dirty ones we hear about, from misguided, ignorant, prejudiced morons that only like us for the money we spend, and have been taught this ignorance by generations of ill advised, non educated people who can't get out of first gear, and blame whoever they were taught to blame.

[MrJ2U]

I'm all for wearing masks for peak pandemics or deadly smog days.

 

However I'm not wearing a mask now and don't plan to.

Practically impossible, expensive, and definitely to damned hot.

 

I see this not working.  A few idiots in positions of power with either stock in mask companies or totally paranoid about foreigners. 

[MrPancake]

Yeah...

Not gonna happen.

[Kaopad999]

1 minute ago, Goat said:

That is a pretty nasty comment about our hosts.

And when you factor in the date it says a lot more about your critical thinking than theirs.

 

It's not nasty or  derogatory when it's simply factual. It's widely recognized that critical thinking skills are not emphasized in the Thai education system.

[TroubleandGrumpy]

1 minute ago, Goat said:

It does amuse me that idiots, that have been taken in like idiots, call other people idiots.

Come back here in an one hour and tell us who the real idiot is..

You need to read my post again - the only ones I called idiots are the Thai govt authority person making this statement.

Over sensitive? 

[Goat]

2 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

I already told you that I follow the rules

Great, it is good to know that you will be following the new rules from today.

As i said, Hook, Line, Sinker.

 

3 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Why do you care what I do? It's none of yours or anyone else's business.

That sort of attitude is what lead you to get covid more than once, spreading it all around the place and is why the USA had the worst rate in the world.

[TroubleandGrumpy]

Just now, Kaopad999 said:

It's not nasty or  derogatory when it's simply factual. It's widely recognized that critical thinking skills are not emphasized in the Thai education system.

Indeed - thinking critically means being critical and that is not allowed in Thailand and most SEAsian countries

[Jumbo1968]

18 minutes ago, Kaopad999 said:

They're either too thick to think of that, or perhaps they refrain from encouraging it because they understand it would reveal the extent of the poor air quality.
I suspect the latter... 

 

I think the thick ones ate those who made a comment on the topic, 7 pages up to now.

[Goat]

1 minute ago, Kaopad999 said:

It's not nasty or  derogatory when it's simply factual. It's widely recognized that critical thinking skills are not emphasized in the Thai education system.

Oh dear.

But who is the fool?

[transam]

4 minutes ago, Goat said:

That is a pretty nasty comment about our hosts.

And when you factor in the date it says a lot more about your critical thinking than theirs.

 

You make enough nasty comments about the British on here, double standards or what, I know you're Australian, but that's no excuse............

[Goat]

1 minute ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

Indeed - thinking critically means being critical and that is not allowed in Thailand and most SEAsian countries

Oh dear.

Another fool.

They are lining up this morning.

[Goat]

1 minute ago, transam said:

You make enough nasty comments about the British on here, double standards or what, I know you're Australian, but that's no excuse............

And another.

[Highlandman]

49 minutes ago, Goat said:

This thread is close to home.

For years I have had to listen to complaining farangs in Thailand who refuse to respect the Thais and follow simple Health and Safety rules. 

So I am enjoying watching the usual suspects being terribly triggered by this news scoop this morning.

A lot of egg on the faces of the anti maskers.

 

Masks don't work. I never even wore one during Covid. I would happily explain to a Thai why (and I did last year, at the Chinese visa application center). Problem is Thais, especially the middle and upper classes, are heavily indoctrinated and will not take easily to someone telling them their "hero" doctors lied to them, or at minimum, scared them to death. 
 

Many people have told me that Thai parents, place pressure on school administrators to retain mask mandates at some public and private schools going long after the government scrapped them. This explains why some schools still enforce mask wearing; if not at all times anymore then in certain situations, such as morning assembly or during exams (a prestigious Bangkok private school did exactly this for its entrance exam 2 or 3 weeks ago).

 

Of course it was the opposite at international schools, where mask mandates were lifted the minute the government gave the all clear, back in 2022.

 

Note that this strange behavior is specific to Thailand. While a few other Asian countries also have a mask fetish, especially Taiwan, Japan and South Korea, these countries are finally moving on to a degree. Thailand isn't, somehow fear of Covid and mask wearing have become the national religion. 

 

I recently watched a Thai YouTube channel on the new intercity expressways and while the presenter has stopped putting on a mask as soon as she interviews someone (something she used to do until like 6 months ago), she continues to wear her mask while riding inside the van with her film crew. How can she still be so afraid of her OWN co-workers? Where I'm from, I'd be offended by such behavior as I'd take it as a personal insult. 

[Goat]

4 minutes ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

You need to read my post again - the only ones I called idiots are the Thai govt authority person making this statement.

Over sensitive? 

What is his name?

And from which govt authority?

[TroubleandGrumpy]

1 minute ago, Goat said:

Oh dear.

Another fool.

They are lining up this morning.

Clearly goat is a troll - deliberately provoking other members with negative insulting comments.

[transam]

1 minute ago, Goat said:

And another.

Another that knows who are the master baiters on here........

[cdnvic]

Stop insulting each other please.

[fredwiggy]

Just now, Goat said:

Great, it is good to know that you will be following the new rules from today.

As i said, Hook, Line, Sinker.

 

That sort of attitude is what lead you to get covid more than once, spreading it all around the place and is why the USA had the worst rate in the world.

I do what I feel is the right thing to do, unlike many here. It isn't my attitude that got me Covid. It was locals not following common sense rules about staying away from each other while socializing. Again, you aren't "getting" the fact you might have also been carrying Covid, then gave it to others, who might have passed away from it. The USA has more people coming and going than any other country, with a huge population. This, along with Trump's ignorance, thinking he "knows all about Covid", and not closing the borders quick enough, is why so many caught it. Try thinking before you post, because again, you are behind in logic.