Pattaya: It's official - city in lockdown from today - ALL to wear masks outside

[Chazar]

2 hours ago, Tony125 said:

Can't touch face or eyes if wearing mask or glasses/goggles..

go  stand  outside anywhere and watch the Thais, they can and do regularly

[Chazar]

3 hours ago, luckyluke said:

Free food next to MaxxCity, Soi Arunothai

see the social distancing..............nah  nor  me

[Tony125]

15 hours ago, tandor said:

..Ive not seen it mentioned, ordered, requested anywhere at all...that disposable gloves offer a main barrier...cheap as chips and can avoid all hand to face contact...you go somewhere in your car from your home..you get out the car, put on your gloves..go about your business; return to your car, gloves off and dispose..sanitize your hands; get in your car...well that's what i do, plus on my bike.

 Inside Edition

This is how quickly germs can spread even if you’re wearing gloves

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news/this-is-how-quickly-germs-can-spread-even-if-youre-wearing-gloves/vi-BB12lTYm

[ianezy0]

3 hours ago, Andrew23 said:

So, if I go swim on the beach I have to wear a mask? ???? I wonder how many people end up in a mental hospital during the quarantine

Well you must be the 1st into the mental hospital if you swim on a beach. Most people swim in the ocean!

[Kerryd]

30 minutes ago, Holmsedale25 said:

when money talks, you are probably not far off. There is a very large (and growing) group of conspiracy theorists that are convinced the Chinese planned all of this.  

There are also conspiracy groups that think it's the 5G network that is causing the covid virus.
One group was even claiming that the 8:00 "clap" in the UK was actually secretly a cover to hide the noise when they test the 5G network there.

And the Chinese themselves have even given up on the idea that this originated from eating animals sold at a market. Instead, state run media (and apparently some senior Chinese officials) have been promoting the idea that the virus was developed by the US army and planted in Wuhan by them. (According to one source, the idea originated in Russia and was picked up and spread by the Chinese).
https://globalnews.ca/news/6793733/coronavirus-conspiracy-theories-russia-china/https://globalnews.ca/news/6793733/coronavirus-conspiracy-theories-russia-china/

One thing that isn't a conspiracy theory is that last July, the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) escorted a Chinese scientist out of the Class 4 Bio Research lab she (and her students) had been working in. Apparently she was being investigated for "policy breaches" but they wouldn't go into detail about what those breaches were.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/chinese-researcher-escorted-from-infectious-disease-lab-amid-rcmp-investigation-1.5211567

That same scientist apparently also worked at the Level 4 lab the Chinese built - in Wuhan. Just a coincidence of course, not a conspiracy.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/national-microbiology-lab-scientist-investigation-china-1.5307424

And seriously, do you think the Chinese would plan this, then infect their own people and just "hope" that it spread around the world ? Even if they weren't too concerned about their own people the risk of it spreading throughout China unchecked would have been too great.
Much better ways to spread a virus than that.

[couchpotato]

1 hour ago, Danny Australia said:

Around 6 pm, I entered Pattaya from the darkside through the Chai Yaporn check point on my motorbike. So much traffic and people, it’s like judgement's day. Separate lanes for cars and motorbikes. They checked my temperature but in the chaos did not ask for my documents (I had my passport and condo rent agreement ready). The had a large tent on the side with officers to refer to plead your case if one is declined passage through. Can't imagine the chaos when it gets darker at night.

 

The traffic is few kilometers long and moves very slowly. Was not easy on a motorbike with the benefit of zigzagging through cars. If you in a car, good luck.

It wasn't Soi Chaiyaporn, it is in South Pattaya. Would you mind telling us the actual checkpoint you went through, for our future reference, and so people can try and avoid it. Maybe a bit more description (example: came up SSCC to the railway road, and police were on the left, right. on the tracks etc).

Sorry to ask, but all info at this point (ie: first day) is important.

Thank you if can .

[brucec64]

1 hour ago, Danny Australia said:

Around 6 pm, I entered Pattaya from the darkside through the Chai Yaporn check point on my motorbike. So much traffic and people, it’s like judgement's day. Separate lanes for cars and motorbikes. They checked my temperature but in the chaos did not ask for my documents (I had my passport and condo rent agreement ready). The had a large tent on the side with officers to refer to plead your case if one is declined passage through. Can't imagine the chaos when it gets darker at night.

 

The traffic is few kilometers long and moves very slowly. Was not easy on a motorbike with the benefit of zigzagging through cars. If you in a car, good luck.

Did you go through the exiting checkpoint? Do you know what they are asking for if you want to leave Pattaya?

[Xaos]

I hear rumors they cancel it due to traffic complains 

[Holmsedale25]

54 minutes ago, WillyPlatt said:

Brilliant Sherlock.

Let's create a virus that not only could wipe out are own country, but one that spreads to all our customer's countries so their economies are driven into the ground and then they will not be able to buy any goods we make.

You aren't one of the people in the UK climbing 5G masts to set them on fire are you?

Apparently, the internet says that these are spreading coronavirus and of course the chinese created this as well.

 

Easy Tiger..

 

I am no fan of conspiracy, just sharing what i can see and read on the world web. One Indian news channel was very critical, highlighting how was it possible Beijing and Shanghai (populations both over 2 Billion we are told) were hardly affected and how all the chinese based factories have managed to fire back to full operation so quickly....

 

Makes you think but like you i believe in facts, so lets just stick with what we know and move forward to act the right way to defeat it, which we all hope is soon.

Edited April 9, 2020 by Holmsedale25

[NoBrainer]

53 minutes ago, Xaos said:

I hear rumors they cancel it due to traffic complains 

Yes the latest word is the whole thing has been a failure, and will all be back to normal tomorrow.

[NoBrainer]

Any body living close enough to the barriers or checkpoints to see if anything is being removed?

[Traubert]

2BN in Shanghai and Beijing yet only 1.4bn only in China?

 

I always thought the Indians could hold their own on University Challenge too. ????

[Holmsedale25]

9 minutes ago, Traubert said:

2BN in Shanghai and Beijing yet only 1.4bn only in China?

 

I always thought the Indians could hold their own on University Challenge too. ????

my bad, 20 million not 2 billion... just a few zeros out.... off with his head☺

[kingofthemountain]

5 hours ago, johng said:

No heavily infected areas like Wuhan China !

You are right

i forget to mention in my sentence i was talking about 

the recent days

[kingofthemountain]

1 hour ago, NoBrainer said:

Any body living close enough to the barriers or checkpoints to see if anything is being removed?

I live near the railway road

i can not go outside at the moment because of the curfew

but from my balcony i can see just now that the concrete barriers are still in place

at least at the entry of the Boonsampam road just after the railway

when you come from the darkside

Edited April 9, 2020 by kingofthemountain

[Danny Australia]

4 hours ago, couchpotato said:

It wasn't Soi Chaiyaporn, it is in South Pattaya. Would you mind telling us the actual checkpoint you went through, for our future reference, and so people can try and avoid it. Maybe a bit more description (example: came up SSCC to the railway road, and police were on the left, right. on the tracks etc).

Sorry to ask, but all info at this point (ie: first day) is important.

Thank you if can .

It was soi 'Chai Yaporn Withi Road' few hundred meters from Thanon Sukumvit intersection in Nakluea, as per print screen I took of my location on Google Maps. I am not familiar with that area as I was with thousand others were just being herded by various police points all the way from Nong Pla Lai area. It was chaotic. 

 

I now read that the check point has been removed and that would not surprise me, it was a nightmare for me on a motorbike. For people in cars must have been really terrible. i noticed the cops were waving through few vehicles without any check (I suppose to ease the gridlock).

 

If that check point is still there tomorrow, with same poor management, Thai people might start a riot.

[DrTuner]

Richard Barrow just tweeted the roadblocks are lifted because they couldn't cope with the traffic ???????? 

 

I would never have guessed that could happen! ????

[Danny Australia]

5 hours ago, Chazar said:

see the social distancing..............nah  nor  me

There was another massive line for free food in South Pattaya (soi 18) close to 3rd road junction. There were many taxi drivers in the queue along with many good dressed young men and women. The view shocked me, sign of the times we are in. Its going to be ugly after few more weeks or months with poor,hungry and desperate masses.  

[Jingthing]

17 minutes ago, Danny Australia said:

There was another massive line for free food in South Pattaya (soi 18) close to 3rd road junction. There were many taxi drivers in the queue along with many good dressed young men and women. The view shocked me, sign of the times we are in. Its going to be ugly after few more weeks or months with poor,hungry and desperate masses.  

Were they social distancing?

[Danny Australia]

7 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Were they social distancing?

Not really. Some were chatting to pass time in the queue. I hesitated to take photos as not to offend or embarrass people seeking free food. 

[Kerryd]

Just talked to my (RTP) neighbour and he confirmed no more barricades.

A lot of people didn't think they'd last long due to the amount of traffic. They barely lasted 12 hours !

I'm guessing the Mayor will make an announcement after he gets to work (which will be easier now that the barricades are gone). Maybe they will relocate them so that Nong Prue and Pong and the lower half of Jomtien are within the quarantine zone ?
 

Edited April 10, 2020 by Kerryd

[tgw]

6 hours ago, DrTuner said:

Richard Barrow just tweeted the roadblocks are lifted because they couldn't cope with the traffic ???????? 

 

I would never have guessed that could happen! ????

and that is with super-light traffic as have now due to everything being closed.

 

imagine a roadblock with normal Pattaya traffic...

[fred110]

15 hours ago, connda said:

OMG.  And every, single Thai person in Chonburi were wearing masks!!!  Only those evil farangs!!!

Not your problem now.  The cops will fine them if caught.  Then you can giggle with glee.

This morning on Pattaya beach road and walkway, many brown and whites with no mask or mask pulled down. At least 3 moto cops going down the road, no one got a second look.

[brianthainess]

20 hours ago, VYCM said:

Within a housing village who will issue the fines. 

It's a gated community. 

Watch out for Thais with catapults mate.

[Henryford]

12 hours ago, Kerryd said:

There are also conspiracy groups that think it's the 5G network that is causing the covid virus.
One group was even claiming that the 8:00 "clap" in the UK was actually secretly a cover to hide the noise when they test the 5G network there.

And the Chinese themselves have even given up on the idea that this originated from eating animals sold at a market. Instead, state run media (and apparently some senior Chinese officials) have been promoting the idea that the virus was developed by the US army and planted in Wuhan by them. (According to one source, the idea originated in Russia and was picked up and spread by the Chinese).
https://globalnews.ca/news/6793733/coronavirus-conspiracy-theories-russia-china/https://globalnews.ca/news/6793733/coronavirus-conspiracy-theories-russia-china/

One thing that isn't a conspiracy theory is that last July, the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) escorted a Chinese scientist out of the Class 4 Bio Research lab she (and her students) had been working in. Apparently she was being investigated for "policy breaches" but they wouldn't go into detail about what those breaches were.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/chinese-researcher-escorted-from-infectious-disease-lab-amid-rcmp-investigation-1.5211567

That same scientist apparently also worked at the Level 4 lab the Chinese built - in Wuhan. Just a coincidence of course, not a conspiracy.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/national-microbiology-lab-scientist-investigation-china-1.5307424

And seriously, do you think the Chinese would plan this, then infect their own people and just "hope" that it spread around the world ? Even if they weren't too concerned about their own people the risk of it spreading throughout China unchecked would have been too great.
Much better ways to spread a virus than that.

Mao starved millions of Chinese to death. I doubt the CCP would care about killing Chinese if it advanced their plans.

[Joeythai]

Lockdown now cancelled, authorities clueless there would be traffic chaos, would be more clever to have checkpoints more outside!

[tomauasia]

They are so slow in taking this matter seriously resulting in huge infection rates. Should have been done long time ago. Just a bad government. A child would have blocked China knowing the virus came from there. Unbelievable performance by Pinnochio.

[johnarth]

Think there is something wrong here, it is official, China is back in production, while the rest of the world is sick why is this????

[Kerryd]

A friend just posted this on his timeline:



Seems pretty clear. Your village/moo ban is not your home, it is where your home is located.

So basically, step outside your house onto a soi anywhere, for any reason, you'd better be wearing a mask. 

Don't forget that there are a lot of people who would probably love to call a "hot line" to report someone for not wearing a mask. Think about the recent stories of old foreigners suddenly having a "smart car" show up at their house - because someone in the neighbourhood decided to call the authorities on him.

[p414]

3 hours ago, Henryford said:

Mao starved millions of Chinese to death. I doubt the CCP would care about killing Chinese if it advanced their plans.

exactly The chinese top brass could not care less about the death of millions of its own people..This virus only adversely affects countries that care about their peoples well being.