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HHTel

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  1. 24 minutes ago, fantom said:

    This morning's BP states "The ban was lifted in most provinces including Bangkok on Sunday, which marked the first of a 14 day trial period for resuming alcohol sales." later referencing Dr Taweesilp Visanuyothinin.

     

    So my take on this is that the ban has not been lifted, it is simply a 14 day trial, so anyone who enjoys a social drink would be well advised to do a bit of judicious re stocking or even indulge in a bit of panic buying.

    It's not a '14 day trial'.  The CCSA has confirmed that the ban on alcohol sales has been lifted but for take-away only.  People here and especially the media love to read into the news some underlying restriction.

    What the CCSA has said is that restrictions in force will be reviewed EVERY 14 days. That includes ALL restrictions.  If all goes well, then further restrictions may be lifted. Where does that say that alcohol sales are on a 14 day trial?

    Are we now in the middle of 'Fake News'?  People should listen to the official government announcements instead of trying to fill in blanks that are not even there.

     

    I despair.

  2. 5 hours ago, anchadian said:
     

    The CCSA said 17 of the 18 infected are female, one of whom is reportedly only 10 years old. What a 10-year-old is doing in a detention facility raises serious questions about domestic and international laws on child protection #Thailand #COVID19

    Of course, Trump would have handled it better.  He'd have separated the child from it's mother and put the child in a cage!!!

  3. 4 hours ago, ParkerN said:

    Is today's count (ignoring the 'no reported deaths' part) higher than yesterday's? I ask because I for one am expecting an imminent 2nd wave. That and I consider this government to be amoral and inveterate liars.

    Hmmm.  Yesterday's figure was 3.  Today's figure is 18.  

    18 is higher than 3 so the answer is hmmm YES, today's count is higher than yesterday's.

    However, the 18 are all from quarantine so the net increase in local cases is ZERO!

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  4. Watched a video yesterday taken at Makro in Pranburi. People fighting, literally, for boxes of beer off of a palette just delivered from the stock room.  Social distancing ---- forget it.  People pushing and shoving others out of the way, almost to the point of punches being thrown.  Ridiculous.

    Not allowed to post such videos here.

  5. It's always been up to the governors before the Emergency Decree came out.  If you remember, the BKK governor would announce restrictions (remember 10th - 20th ban booze over Songkran?) then other provinces, one by one would follow.

     

    Governors can decide which bans to continue.  The can't ease restrictions more than the government though.

     

    Several provincial governors have decided to extend the ban on alcohol as well as some on restaurants. 

    Buri Ram, Chanthaburi, Lop Buri, Pathum Thani, Nakhon Phanom, Petchaburi, Phitsanalok and Rayong are among the ones to still ban the sale of alcohol. 

     

  6. 3 minutes ago, JCP108 said:

    So, if Covid-19 is about twice as deadly as the flu and infection rates are similar to the flu of 2017, then about 16,000 Thais would be predicted to have died in the first four months of this year from Covid-19. 

    Where does it state that infection rates are similar to flu.  In Thailand, of course, we don't actually know the numbers of infections as a large number are asymptomatic or so mild they're not reported.

    Remember, there is a vaccine for flu, albeit more or less effective depending on the current mutation.

    There is also levels of immunity against 'flu.

    The 'flu virus and covid19 are completely different types of viruses.  Compare like with like and these two diseases are no alike.

    The number of deaths from 'flu are much greater, in the main, than the current virus.  However, infections are also much higher.  In the year you state for example (2017) in the states there were 45 million infections and around 60,000 deaths.

  7. What is the point of this 'news article'.  All those restrictions are already stated in the Emergency Decree.  The government has just stated what restrictions 'can' be lifted and that doesn't include any of those on the list.  Governors should be informing of their take on the government announcement.  What restrictions, based on the government statement are they lifting.  Not what the government are not allowing!  That's already been done! Some provinces still have a ban on alcohol and restaurants only because they're waiting for the lazy governors to get off their seats and do their job.

     

    This article is a complete waste of space and does more to fire confusion than anything else.

  8. 4 minutes ago, MrMo said:

    It seems it's not only the Thai government that needs to give approval on the easing of restrictions.   The provincial governments need to as well.   In Buriram, we are still not permitted to buy alcohol.

    Spot on.  The government issued the maximum lifting of restrictions.  It's now up to the governors to state the situation in their province.  

    in Petchaburi, for example, many stores were still reflecting the ban awaiting the nod from the governor.

     

    Governors should all have got off their a*ses yesterday at the latest to inform of the situation.

     

    It's not rocket science.

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