Don’t rush to open the country, warns former WTO chief

[Surelynot 7,572]

23 minutes ago, SymS said:

Most people who die are already retired. Not saying that to be mean, or that we should not care about the eldery, but rather I don't think his point that "“Thailand should gradually open the country, because human resources are the most important factor. It takes about 20 to 30 years for human development, and if those people die it will be very difficult to restore the lost human resources,”  is valid.

It would have been fascinating to see how this pandemic played out if the highest death rate was.....let's say......males in there mid 40's to mid 50's....as opposed to some old folks stuck in care homes.

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[Pique Dard 354]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Don’t rush to open the country, warns former WTO chief

this is a cruel dílemma as thailand need the tourists influx for its economy

[alavic 1]

In Russia, many have already had covid-19 without any complications, including me. We can no longer tolerate the infection and will not get infected. Why not allow such people to travel

[Sean60 183]

Perhaps he can give relief package to business owners here in Thailand. Vi är dead!  But he dose not care

[khunPer 6,076]

Very sensible; the costs of too fast reopening – and a new lockdown due to spread of virus – could costs a lot more in both finance and life, than keeping strict border control, and probably a vaccination passport together with a negative test for incoming visitors without the need of quarantine...

[bipper 254]

He's right. Of course it won't fit the agenda of those with businesses here but for the sake of 67M Thais he's correct. Won't suit those missing the bar girls gone back up country either but for most of us we are blessed to have been in Thailand during this pandemic whatever the fools say.

[digger70 2,250]

6 hours ago, timendres said:

 

Has Mr. Panitchpakdi been getting updates from the BOT?

Nah ,He's looking after his Investments. 

[Sean60 183]

7 minutes ago, khunPer said:

Very sensible; the costs of too fast reopening – and a new lockdown due to spread of virus – could costs a lot more in both finance and life, than keeping strict border control, and probably a vaccination passport together with a negative test for incoming visitors without the need of quarantine...

Who told you that? People at high risk need to be careful. Young and healthy people should expose themselves in order to get the Antibody. 

What has this government done for the past 9 moths?

Increased the number of hospitals? No

Gave some relief package to business owners? No

Do they care if we go bankrupt? No

Did they ask us to come and invest money here in Thailand? yes

Do they protect our investment? No

Have they polarized the relation between Thais and the farangs? Yes 

Are they driving fancy cars? Yes

A bunch of incompetent Ahols.

[jaiyen 2,507]

But they don't understand that nobody wants to go to Thailand for a 2 week quarantined holiday ! Thailand has had it as a tourist destination. It is the worst of all the Asian countries.

[metisdead 8,854]

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[Sean60 183]

3 minutes ago, jaiyen said:

But they don't understand that nobody wants to go to Thailand for a 2 week quarantined holiday ! Thailand has had it as a tourist destination. It is the worst of all the Asian countries.

You can send this as a letter to the Thai Embassy in what ever country you are from.

Let know what you think of them.

 

[Rancid 3,539]

"It takes about 20 to 30 years for human development, and if those people die it will be very difficult to restore the lost human resources, he said."

 

So with an average death rate of less than 0.05 %, and mainly affecting the old or those in poor health, covid will see a die off in skilled labor and professionals? Potentially what, something like 0.0005% of the active workforce? This will be an economic blow Thailand is unlikely to recover from for 20 - 30 years?

 

Time to apply for a cushy job at the WTO, they obviously don't set the bar very high...

[PEE TEE 643]

New visa to be announced tomorrow and the day after and the day after and on 

 

[sammieuk1 20,058]

The old economy is expected to contract 5 to 6 per cent this year routine with a 100% of tourists gone is what he is trying to plug 

[ShindenGo 157]

People believe that this is some economic policy-induced recession. It’s not. It’s a choice-recession and when we decide to unchoose the choice then the economy will rebound! If it’s economic like Bush’s disastrous economic policies that caused the worldwide depression or like Trumps economic policies that brought the US to ruin then yes it will last years. But this is not the same.