Thai Cabinet extends state of emergency for Covid by another month

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17 hours ago, 2530Ubon said:

Why look to Vietnam? They've also closed borders...

If Vietnam opens up its borders before Thailand, with a sensible cost neutral testing regime, and doesn't erect the series of hoops for people to jump through which Thailand seems determined to, then that would make sense.

 

If the flights to South East Asia, when they resume, fly to Ho Chi Minh City rather than Bangkok, because that is working better, then it will be game over for Thailand as a transit hub.

[hotchilli 16,390]

19 hours ago, webfact said:

The Cabinet has agreed to extend the state of emergency to curb the Covid-19 pandemic by another month from the end of October, deputy government spokesperson Traisuree Taisaranakul said on Wednesday.

Yeah okay we believe you... now what was I doing?

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2 hours ago, steven100 said:

I gotta laugh .... you guys have been saying that for months and months and even years,  but Khun Prayut is still the boss.  

Only because he's fixed it so that he can't be voted out... 

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19 hours ago, Laughing Gravy said:

Really, I thought Thailand was and has been COVID free for a while. This would suggest that we are being told a pack of lies. Or is there another reason?

I don't think we are being told a pack of lies. At least there is not a high number of infections as that would lead to high rates of mortality and you would see that, in queues for cremation at the temples if nothing else.

[Jeffr2 7,244]

9 minutes ago, NorthernRyland said:

How does 60k infections nationally get us to overwhelmed hospitals in any state? For the entire pandemic there were 7k hospitalizations in Colorado, most at the peak during the 1-2 month period. We're not anywhere near that point now and even then it couldn't overwhelm hospitals. This is so over but the media won't let it go away. All we get is fear mongering from them.

Because it's not about nationwide, but about the states individually.  Some are doing better, some fair, and quite a few are doing terribly.  Like Wisconsin, N and S Dakota, etc.  You have to look at each state individually, not as an entire nation. 

 

I've got no idea about Colorado. Other than it's a beautiful state with a pretty good governor. 

 

As for the media, it's not over.  75k or so new infections and almost 1k dead...just yesterday.  In a few days, you'll match the deaths from 9/11.  That is stunning and far from fear mongering.

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5 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

As for the media, it's not over.  75k or so new infections and almost 1k dead...just yesterday.  In a few days, you'll match the deaths from 9/11.  That is stunning and far from fear mongering.

1k sounds too high, not sure where you got that from but regardless remember the US has 320+ million people. These are incredibly small numbers. It's like 0.25 deaths per county or 0.000003% of the population. 

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Just now, NorthernRyland said:

1k sounds too high, not sure where you got that from but regardless remember the US has 320+ million people. These are incredibly small numbers. It's like 0.25 deaths per county or 0.000003% of the population. 

Easy to research the numbers.  Stunning you don't know what they are.  They are posted everywhere.

 

Small numbers unless that death was your partner, your child, your parent.  And it can be reduced drastically, relatively easily.  Also, don't forget the ones who survived.  Perhaps after weeks in ICU and with conditions that last a long time.  Perhaps a lifetime.  We just don't know.

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57 minutes ago, Strongheart said:

Endless

"What are the state of emergency rules please, anyone?"  For what day?

[Expat Tom 602]

Of Course the did! Would you expect anything else from the leaders of a coup that ousted the elected government 5 years ago?

[n00dle 1,019]

19 hours ago, KannikaP said:

What are the state of emergency rules please, anyone?

No protests is the only stipulation I have heard. 

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18 hours ago, 3MagicBeers said:

In all probability, Vietnam will already have an exit plan ready, and will open her borders way before Thailand. TH is just so unpredictable at the moment.

To the contrary, the government here could not be more predictable. 

[Jeffr2 7,244]

An interesting read:

 

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/05/27/thailand-state-emergency-extension-unjustified

[Magenta408 297]

It's ironic when reading the two top stories that one is extending the emergency period owing to the virus and the second is allowing passengers from mega cruise ship to disabark. Go figure.

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2 hours ago, mfd101 said:

Not entirely obvious. For someone who's the boss he seems singularly inactive. Occasional speeches, no vision for a better future, no decisions for a better future, no obvious implementation of any little decisions that do happen to get taken. Nothing at all really.

He hasnt even realased a new song in a while.

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20 minutes ago, Magenta408 said:

It's ironic when reading the two top stories that one is extending the emergency period owing to the virus and the second is allowing passengers from mega cruise ship to disabark. Go figure.

why?  If they do a 14 day quarantine, then they're fine.  Makes sense if they want to get tourists back here.