Thailand set to close all bars, pubs, massage parlours in 41 provinces for 14 days

[Jiggo]

Just now, Jiggo said:

 

Not cheap there

[Surelynot]

16 minutes ago, thasoss said:

This constant lockdown is not going to solve the virus problem....viruses come and go from being strong to eventually being weak.You cannot eradicate a virus,it has to take it's course.Vunerable people should self isolate,the rest just get on with their lives.Vaccinated people ,if they catch the virus should have lesser symptons.

Perfectly correct....the lockdown(s) are a stop-gap measure to minimize deaths, long covid etc,. whilst a vaccine program is rolled out........the only fly in the ointment was that Thailand forgot to roll out a the vaccines ........so easy to forget when you have submarines to pay for, APC's on the was, second hand battle tanks.

[LivinLOS]

4 hours ago, Deez said:

6 cases and you want to close the province? Not everyone collects a pension

 40 cases today.. the definition of exponential.. 

I dont personally agree with it, but with expansion like this, I do understand thier freak out. 

[Grundy1927]

4 hours ago, mike1967 said:

If the UK variant has made its way into Thailand then the only chance they'll have is to put the whole country into lockdown now. You can't stop this variant by shutting pubs alone. Surely then can see what's happening across the rest of the world? This is seriously serious!!!

No such thing uk variant it was discovered in uk due to all testing but common in ma ny countries

 

 

 

[mike1967]

3 minutes ago, Grundy1927 said:

No such thing uk variant it was discovered in uk due to all testing but common in ma ny countries

 

 

 

Well, I don't really think that's the point. Although, I have to say, I was only quoting from the headline on Thai visa so everyone could relate to what I was talking about. Keep smiling.

[Russell17au]

25 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

Perfectly correct....the lockdown(s) are a stop-gap measure to minimize deaths, long covid etc,. whilst a vaccine program is rolled out........the only fly in the ointment was that Thailand forgot to roll out a the vaccines ........so easy to forget when you have submarines to pay for, APC's on the was, second hand battle tanks.

Maybe it wasn't Thailand's fault with the vaccine because the EU stopped a shipment of AZ vaccine being shipped to Australia, maybe a shipment to Thailand might have been stopped as well.

 

[findlay13]

4 hours ago, Deez said:

6 cases and you want to close the province? Not everyone collects a pension

6 cases in Ubon and they're not on the list[if the list is correct????]

[Surasak]

No travel restrictions and no ban on songkran. Madness at its best.

[spidermike007]

1 hour ago, John Maxida said:

Pandemic will end when the Thai government will cease to dance under the shroud of globalists

I would have substituted the Thai army for globalists.

[Mavideol]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Entertainment venues in 41 provinces, including Bangkok, will be ordered to close for 14 days in a bid to prevent further spread of COVID-19

but inter provincial traveling still available, what's the point to close bars, pubs, massage parlors, etc., if people still allowed to travel..... maybe there is check point at each provincial border and the virus ( not having traveling permit) have to stop there   555  (sarcasm intended)

[hugocnx]

4 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Thought Mr. Big said he was not going to do this yesterday ! And then as Scritti Politti said 'Boom, there she was'.  If the yo-yoing starts at the top, there truly is no hope for this country in a pandemic.

Mr. Big doesn't have the final say.

[bkk6060]

Well, sorry to hear this probably explains  why Soi 6 this afternoon had several more closed bars that have normally been open.

 

But, got to stay sharp and rested last time during the shutdown I met the most wonderful, beautiful girls on the dating sites.  Turn lemons into lemonade. ????

[hobobo]

5 hours ago, hlj said:

With the reported cases now in Chiang Mai, I do not understand why Chiang Mai is not on this list yet.

They'll deal with the pollution survivors later...

[spidermike007]

56 minutes ago, thasoss said:

This constant lockdown is not going to solve the virus problem....viruses come and go from being strong to eventually being weak.You cannot eradicate a virus,it has to take it's course.Vunerable people should self isolate,the rest just get on with their lives.Vaccinated people ,if they catch the virus should have lesser symptons.

 

A voice of reason, in the wilderness of panic mongering, and a pathological fear of the Zombie Apocalypse. Older people end up dying of something, and it is quite ofter "the flu". I know a half dozen people who caught it, and most were sick for a few days. They pulled through, and are fine now. Some were into their late 60's.

 

Nothing wrong with getting vaccinated, if you can get a good one. Definitely not the Chinese junk vax. Bottom of the barrel vaccines are never a smart choice. The cheapest maybe, but not the best. 

 

Vast economic shutdowns are NOT the answer. Knee jerk reactions from ineffective leaders, making bad decisions. 

[Bangkok Barry]

3 hours ago, Rumble Tumble said:

Been thousands and thousands of cases in Thailand from Day 1.

And the government blocked everyone from talking on social media about all the people they know who were infected and hospital staff were warned never to reveal if they found any cases, and everyone who visited hospitals and saw the corridors lined with Covid patients were threatened with jail if they spoke of it.

 

Please wake up to the 21st century. With everyone having social media there are no secrets anymore. If 'thousands' of people were infected they would certainly talk about it and spread their stories. If you remember as far back as a year ago, Thailand closed its borders almost from the start and everyone was told to wear masks. And they did, rather than protest it was against their human rights and the virus was fake and even if it wasn't a quick injection of disinfectant would fix it.

 

It is present now because an increasing number of Thais and Burmese are crossing the border, often under the noses of border guards who are happy to accept a donation for being momentarily blind. Not that a Thai would ever do such a thing, of course. It's just that the bright winter sun makes it so difficult to see. 

[Surelynot]

14 minutes ago, Russell17au said:

 maybe a shipment to Thailand might have been stopped as well.

 

I think the Daily Express would have let is all know if that were the case.

[Rinrada]

2 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

 

A voice of reason, in the wilderness of panic mongering, and a pathological fear of the Zombie Apocalypse. Older people end up dying of something, and it is quite ofter "the flu". I know a half dozen people who caught it, and most were sick for a few days. They pulled through, and are fine now. Some were into their late 60's.

 

Nothing wrong with getting vaccinated, if you can get a good one. Definitely not the Chinese junk vax. Bottom of the barrel vaccines are never a smart choice. The cheapest maybe, but not the best. 

 

Vast economic shutdowns are NOT the answer. Knee jerk reactions from ineffective leaders, making bad decisions. 

Chiang Mai and Lampang are On the list...Nos 38-39....

[moe666]

I was at CU cormor last night in the old city and two cops came by and told the owner that the bar could remain open but no alcohol sales from 10 april till 20 april.

[Rinrada]

  4 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

 

A voice of reason, in the wilderness of panic mongering, and a pathological fear of the Zombie Apocalypse. Older people end up dying of something, and it is quite ofter "the flu". I know a half dozen people who caught it, and most were sick for a few days. They pulled through, and are fine now. Some were into their late 60's.

 

Nothing wrong with getting vaccinated, if you can get a good one. Definitely not the Chinese junk vax. Bottom of the barrel vaccines are never a smart choice. The cheapest maybe, but not the best. 

 

Vast economic shutdowns are NOT the answer. Knee jerk reactions from ineffective leaders, making bad decisions. 

Chiang Mai and Lampang are On the list...Nos 38-39....

 

[ukrules]

54 minutes ago, thasoss said:

it's part of the flu virus family

No it's not. Not at all.

[Speedhump]

4 hours ago, CLW said:

How do you define pub? Or is that the Thai translation for drinking parlour?

Many pubs serve respectable food and draught beer. Well, the latter seems to be banned anyway. But what about the food? They want to drive more people into bankruptcy and suicide? 

Just because a few hi so in Thonglor had to joke with the virus

I'm pretty sure that a restaurant is somewhere that doesn't have a bar where people can congregate, itbonly has distances tables? So a pub whose custom is mostly food will still be forced to close. I'm not the authority on this but that's how I remember it from before. 

[Surelynot]

3 minutes ago, Speedhump said:

I'm pretty sure that a restaurant is somewhere that doesn't have a bar where people can congregate, itbonly has distances tables? So a pub whose custom is mostly food will still be forced to close. I'm not the authority on this but that's how I remember it from before. 

Do they not simply go off what they are licensed as.....a restaurant or a bar?

 

Obvs....this doesn't take into account the vast number of street bars owned by the police!

Edited April 8, 2021 by Surelynot

[J Town]

All y'all's liquor cabinets stocked up?

[CM Dad]

Order tested, reliable vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna then begin vaccinating county-wide as soon as possible!  This should have been done months ago.

[soalbundy]

Covid is the only Chinese product that lasts longer than a year.

[Joinaman]

4 hours ago, Rumble Tumble said:

Yes of course it worked last year. Day after day after day of Zero cases.

The reason why, not a single test was being done.

Oh look at us, the best in the world, we have no covid cases, we keep dirty farang out.

lol. Pathetic 

What a joke. Been thousands and thousands of cases in Thailand from Day 1.

 

thousands of cases maybe, but very very few deaths ?

so not exactly deadly is it ?

[thailand49]

Something just doesn't feel right?  The second wave came in December it is tough to swallow that with all the suppose control the virus count is coming from particularly the West especially with foreigners.  It has been reported time and time again that Thai Nationals on certain airline are being repatriated without the same requirements for foreigner?

 

It seem common practice with their leaders and spokesman put out false or misleading reports daily but I've been hearing rumors for a while that there is a problem. For the leaders to declare 40 province things might be out of control and panic mode is in full throttle.  If there need to be any lock down I suggest stop the daily migrant runs from Myanmar!  ????

 

 

[Surelynot]

1 minute ago, thailand49 said:

If there need to be any lock down I suggest stop the daily migrant runs from Myanmar!

...and run risk of having to pay an almost, half decent wage to Thai workers to replace them......not on your life......."profit before all else".

[thailand49]

5 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

...and run risk of having to pay an almost, half decent wage to Thai workers to replace them......not on your life......."profit before all else".

True!  if that is the case then you get what you pay for!????????

[GreasyFingers]

5 hours ago, foreverlomsak said:

al least they've a little reason, some, Phetchabun for example, are on the list while having no cases, or at least non I know of except rumors.

More than that. The resorts up here have been told to close and not accept guests.. You guess is as good as mine as to why.