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Masks - Why still now?
100% spot on! It took Thais about 2 years to finally remove their masks but for some, they'll never take them off. There's a cleaning lady who rides her bicycle home through our village with her mask on every afternoon. She has never not worn her mask since early 2020. I doubt she'll ever go back to the pre-Covid norm of not wearing a mask. Some Thais, especially the upper middle and upper class ethnic Chinese Thais do in fact wear masks in the most absurd of circumstances, for virtue signaling or all sorts of reasons. I know of one such family, they have a "little emperor" as a son. He's around 8 or 9 now. He's been wearing his mask most of the time since Covid began and nowadays still wears one on occasion. One of the most recent photos I saw of the family on Facebook showed him wearing a mask while reading a book inside a cafe in Japan. The same kid also wore his mask during a private boat trip down in Phuket not too long ago. He wears his mask while at school, even though most of his peers have stopped wearing theirs. The contrast with neighboring countries is huge. If, like me you went to Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar in the months following the post-Covid reopening, you would have noticed the striking difference with Thailand. Cambodia was largely mask-free already in November 2022. I distinctly remember estimating the rate of mask wearing in Siem Reap to be no higher than 2-3%. The only employees still wearing them were 7-11 workers (CP owns 7-11 Cambodia as they do in Thailand, which may explain the continued mask mandates for employees). In contrast, Bangkokians were still wearing masks at that time, indoors and outdoors, to the tune of somewhere between 70-90%, depending on the setting and whether it was indoors or outdoors. Mask wearing on the Skytrain and many malls was still at 90%+. Even in rural areas, mask wearing was still at around 15-25%, spiking to 70-80% or higher as soon as you stepped inside a 7-11, a Lotus or any store. In Phnom Penh, mask wearing at the time was higher than Siem Reap, but still not higher than 5-10%. I remember snickering after passing a double masked Thai expat, who's Cambodian driver was unmasked at the AEON mall. I also noticed how seriously Thais still took mask wearing in June 2023 at the Lao-China border. There was a group of approximately 10 Thai tourists of whom, 9 out of the 10 were masked up. Some were double masked. Approximately 100 people were in the immigration hall, of whom about 70% were Chinese, none of which were wearing masks. Around 20 Laotians were also there, of whom 2 were masked, but one of them (a monk) removed his mask as it was getting pretty stifling in there. The power went out and we had to wait for 45 minutes in intense heat and humidity. During this time, Chinese immigration staff, still required to wear masks at the time, all lowered their masks every 2 minutes to take a breath, but the double masked Thai tourists didn't even flinch. By the time the power came back on and we all started passing through immigration, i noticed that the Lao driver employed to take the Thai group to Jinghong in Sipsongbanna wasn't wearing a mask, while his group of Thai tourists were all obediently masked up. Once I got inside my train, I noticed only 10% of passengers masked up, and maximum 5% anywhere else (such as at malls, or outdoors). Thus mask wearing is definitely more of a Thai thing than in most other Asian countries even. -
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Cost of Birth government hospital
As above, Thai citizens pay nothing (but should use the hospital where they are registered under SS or the Universal scheme). If your questions is for a foreigner, normal delivery through public channel will be maybe 5-10k, C-section maybe 20-30k. Government hospitals also have semi-private channels, these will cost more. No C-section on demand through the public channel. Complicatiosn of course would add to cost. -
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Thailand Boosts Road Safety Measures for Songkran Holiday Travel
I bet 90% are speed ( meth/yaba ) and following too closely. (Tail gating ) vs the need to weave in and out of traffic to get ahead 100% no one cares. I think we should all go into the T-shirt printing biz... and cash in .. start with this slogan on a fancy football jersey * ob·liv·i·ous * -
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When someone throws water on you during Thai New Year, how do you react?
Usually they throw water on me because I threw first on them.I love Songkran.ready for the big splash tomorrow -
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Does living in Thailand drive you to drink?
I exercise 2-3 hours every morning, then usually have a few cold beers in the afternoon. Never get a hangover.Cant stress how important exercise is to ones mental wellbeing.
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