freestyle

"If the tests are positive they will have to be treated." Fixed that sentence: "If they test positive they will get locked up for most of their holiday and receive a huge bill."

".... and attempt to convince them that, with Omicron, Covid is mild or less for the overwhelming majority of people." "CCSA, attempts to “change people’s mindset” around Covid-19 and reassure the public that, for most people, it isn’t an emergency requiring hospitals or doctors." Now tell me again why foreigners need 3 covid tests for coming to thailand, and get locked up in hospital when tested positive, possibly losing more than 5000 dollars with this...

"Asmptomatic cases were isolating at home" Really, i thought that asymptomatic tourists got locked up in a hospital at 20.000 baht a day... I must have gotten the wrong information...

England drops its corona rules starting from next week, stating "we must learn to live with Covid in the same way we live with flu" https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-60047438 Finally, at least 1 country has found its sanity again. Let's hope the rest will follow...

".... he feared that the European men would spread the virus in the Thai capital ..." Just like hundreds of thousands of other people are spreading the virus, walking around freely.... Selective quarantine makes only sense in the very beginning of a pandemic, not when it's already full blown. Right now if you want to stop spreading, you need a general lockdown or a working vaccine. Anyhow, i don't see the need to stop the spreading, as with omicron we are lucky to have such a mild variant. It gives us the opportunity to gain natural herd immunity. Or they wanna wait until we have a more dangerous variant again?

Considering how widespread and infectious omicron is, i don't see how quarantining a select group makes sense. It's like mobbing with the water tab wide open. It will not have a noticable effect on stopping the spread. Also it's already become clear that omicron is nothing more than a rebranded common cold. (almost zero ICU patients) Imho the fearporn and continuing enforced measures around omicron ist just to lengthen the lucrative medical business opportunity that pharma companies, government elites and certain key figures are making use of to fill their pockets. In my country f.e. it has been know for years that even the regular annual flu vaccine has little to no helpful effect, but that doctors get around 12 dollars/ patient for pushing the vaccine.

"a New Year crackdown by crime suppression to stop the spread of Covid-19 at such places" Amazing how covid is used as a tool to gradually introduce a system of totalitarianism, not only in Thailand but worldwide. With the greatest example being vaccine mandates, forced quarantining of people, qr codes, shutting down businesses, restriction of movement/travel,... No doubt this will artificially be prolonged, as we obviously see with omicron, which usually is as mild as a common cold (almost zero IC patients, and generally few hospital intakes). With many peoples lives being devastated because of stricts enforcements, i have a hard time believing this is all about protecting the wellbeing of people.

Nope still not interested. Try harder.

Exactly as i predicted. And no way there is only 26 who tested positive. There are too many people who know someone who has been send to quarantaine after arrival... Right now, travelling is gambling, your money and your time.

I guess i'll just continue to eat my popcorn, while i watch naïve travellers get humbled by the reality of today: Governments around the world lock people in a growing web of vague rules/restrictions/paperwork that are impossible to comply with. Instead of living your life, your time is spend on dealing with the next new set of unclear and changing rules. The life of simple freedom and simple joy we all dream of, is an illusion that's drifting further away. You're stuck in their web.

I was promised to get back my freedom if i got vaccinated. Though this ever changing labyrinth of rules doesn't sound like freedom to me, but more like a trap. Also, if you arrive and test positive, be ready to hand over control of your life. Who's ready to gamble his holiday time/money on a pcr test that could even be a false positive. Also, seen the high number of covid cases, anyone could have it and be asymptomatic, so even if you feel fine, it's a gamble. Wasn't the point of vaccins to keep people from overloading the healthcare system? But with this pcr checking, still every asymptomatic case is send to the hospital, and isolated prison style. Seems like they have more than enough capacity, if they are so eager to fill their hospitals.... I understand the initial caution when covid broke out for the first time. But it seems to me like the covid scare tactics are artificially kept alive to stimulate the pharma economy, sucking the life out of the regular economy, and forcing people to get used a system where they lose their freedom of choice and movement. Inflation is already happening, and people will be made and kept poor. Seems like nightmare i can't wake up from. Anyway, I expect a flood of misery stories from tourists who were hoping for an enjoyable holiday, but ended up stuck in this tourist trap. And even if you make it to your hotel, good luck trying to find any kind of fun.