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03-06-20 04:31 #11053
Posts: 12856Originally Posted by BananaBoi [View Original Post]
So wearing a mask could identify yourself as sick, or not so smart, or feeling prejudice from non-Asians (assumed to be carriers). If it can effectively stop people from touching their face, it would have a use, but I doubt that somewhat. Maybe we should all wear gloves to remind us not to touch the face. My Thai Mrs has several masks of different types. They could be useful in former times against dust, bugs, smoke (slightly) etc. I suspect I will have to take one of these to keep her happy.
Meanwhile thanks for the warning. I had planned to fly to a remote province on return from Germany. That is looking a bit unlikely now. Might well be disallowed. I might be asked to hole up in a Bangkok Hotel, and no room cleaning service.
The Mrs. Keeps me informed of the total bullshit rumours too. Some are quite funny, like this Corana Virus was manufactured from HIV and other viruses combined, ha ha. Some how that was distorted result of minor DNA similarities and the way virus attacks human cells. Also that USA naturally must have had a major hand in getting this virus out there, including being a party to the Wuhan lab releasing it. These silly rumours must be circulating in Thai media I guess, some originate from dumb politicians. Mrs also seems to believe the Planet Nibiru exists and has had major influence on earth's natural disasters, like floods. She tells me all sorts of things, and I am surprised she thinks I could believe any of it. She knows I am a big skeptic type. Hard enough to even nod a yes to her when hearing about Buddhist re-incarnations in the next life.
I usually catch some sort of virus after a long flight, more often than not, so I expect to be slightly unwell with a normal cold after long flights. Takes a long time to test properly for the new one (e. G. 24 hours), so I don't know how they evaluate who should be tested. I had a sore throat the day before yesterday, 2. 5 days after flights, but so what?
Is this Corona going to be as bad as former Flu pandemics like the Spanish flu 1918 to 1920? Seems unlikely since it was reported to have killed about 1. 7% of the worlds population with death rate of 2 to 3%. Surely modern methods will contain this one better and make it more survivable for the otherwise healthy strong people.
I am somewhat resigned to the Thai fatalist culture, thinking that could easily catch this new virus regardless of precautions, simply because I don't have the option to isolate myself for a long time right now. Have.
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03-06-20 04:09 #11052
Posts: 3040Originally Posted by BananaBoi [View Original Post]
"Six places defined as dangerous zones".
"The government has defined four countries and two territories as dangerous zones and restrictions may follow to prevent the outbreak of coronavirus.
The announcement, dated Monday and published in the Royal Gazette on Thursday, classified South Korea, China, Macao, Hong Kong, Italy and Iran as "dangerous communicable disease areas".
No quarantine measure has been officially announced, but Public Health Ministry spokesman Rungrueng Kitphati told Reuters on Thursday it would come into effect on Friday.
"Thais and foreigners who came from these places would have to go through self-quarantine for 14 days at home or in a hotel room, where they have to report themselves to the authorities every day or officials will come to check on them," Dr Rungrueng said.
The message here is ominous. No one is going to visit Thailand if a self quarantine is put into effect that means you can't leave your hotel or move around freely and the Thai Government knows this. Fortunately, my flight is through Narita, but this announcement makes me nervous, not the friggin' virus, which is just a bat flu. The odds of my visiting LOS this April just went down a tad, just like the stock market. 555. The odds of my visiting Sao Paulo just went up a tad.
Interestingly, I had dinner tonight with a couple friends at a favorite Italian restaurant in south Florida, USA. There must have been 100 customers in the restaurant drinking, dining, and having a nice night. No panic here. The weather was balmy.
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03-05-20 23:28 #11051
Posts: 690Virus thread?
Is it time for a separate thread concerning the newest and subsequent viruses?
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03-05-20 23:21 #11050
Posts: 6392Originally Posted by StLouisMo2010 [View Original Post]
Originally Posted by Turgid [View Original Post]
imo Thailand is doing the responsible thing. They want to know where to find you for the 14 day period after your arrival so they can contact you in case there may have been a chance you were infected like on your plane or an outbreak that happened at a connecting airport.
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03-05-20 21:06 #11049
Posts: 5711Originally Posted by StLouisMo2010 [View Original Post]
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03-05-20 17:26 #11048
Posts: 53New Government Restrictions- Airline Connections
List of countries and territories at high risk of the Covid-19 infection: Japan, Germany, South Korea, China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Taiwan, France, Singapore, Italy, and Iran.
After seeing the above information, I wonder how this may or may not affect Airline Connections coming into BKK. Coming from US West Coast I go thru Taiwan on Eva, will this cause the required quarantine and 14 day health checks?
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03-04-20 21:49 #11047
Posts: 6392Pretty important post if you are from one of the following countries
List of countries and territories at high risk of the Covid-19 infection: Japan, Germany, South Korea, China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Taiwan, France, Singapore, Italy, and Iran.
All returnees from these nations and territories must self-quarantine for 14 days, he said.
Ministerial announcements specify the following four measures for enforcement:
Visitors and Thai citizens returning from the high risk areas will be subject to 14-days home quarantine, even if they are cleared of the disease, unless they have permission from health officials.
Those who do not have a permanent residence or lodging in Thailand are required to show officials, upon arrival, evidence of where officials can locate them during the 14-day period.
Tourists will be required to show where they will be staying for 14 days after arrival. That would mean you will need to book your hotel for 14 days and not book an AirBNB since AirBNB is illegal in Thailand. If you really must use AirBNB in Thailand which I don't, you can book a hotel which has free cancellation, show Thai Immigration you are staying there, and then cancel your hotel. You do take the chance that somehow Thai immigration finds out you are not staying where you said you were and deports you with no return for 5 years on your record. Remember hotels are required to tell Thai Immigration when you check in and check out of their hotel. Imo best to be safe and stay in a hotel your next visit.
These new rules will affect myself since I was planning to do a FKK tour in Germany on my way to Bangkok. Now to get to Bangkok I will have to fly Germany to Jakarta, hobby in Jakarta for a week, then to Bangkok. Since Indonesia does not record the number of coronavirus cases it is a safe destination that will not be subject to the newly imposed Thailand quarantine. Vietnam, Philippines, and Cambodia appear to not report all their cases as well so those would be other options to fly in from. I'll predict that the USA will eventually make it on a Thailand quarantine list with their recent outbreak.
Source: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/new-ant...gh-risk-areas/.
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02-28-20 12:20 #11046
Posts: 24Originally Posted by Omigawd [View Original Post]
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02-27-20 14:44 #11045
Posts: 30Originally Posted by Marjun [View Original Post]
I too am hoping for the best till April. Till then I am keeping a close watch of the situation thru posts and YouTube videos.
I guess we are on the same boat. If you would like to chat we me add me on wazzap.
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02-27-20 02:35 #11044
Posts: 1102Originally Posted by Omigawd [View Original Post]
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02-26-20 17:49 #11043
Posts: 96Originally Posted by Sideshow01 [View Original Post]
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02-18-20 10:26 #11042
Posts: 6Smooci Payment
Hey lads,
Do you know if it is possible to get a prepaid debit or similar in Thailand to spring for a Smooci Premium membership? I'm heading to Thailand in a couple days and want to get a membership (can't actually sign up for premium until I have a phone over there), but I don't want to pay with my regular debit or credit cards.
If anyone can offer me advice on how to sign up without using my real cards, I'd appreciate it.
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02-16-20 21:14 #11041
Posts: 24Originally Posted by Rodwint2 [View Original Post]
Here is an actual map of the spread of the virus https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/a...ard/index.html#/ bda7594740 fd40299423467 b48 e9 ecf6.
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02-16-20 17:45 #11040
Posts: 336Fake news?
Originally Posted by Sinofaguo [View Original Post]
Your insistence on prolonging this "debate" and insistence on claiming everything I stated sounds like a persistent effort to discredit everything I write. Either you are psychotic and are in need of some help, or a front for the Chinese Communist Party or one of their official organs like Xinhua. I leave it to the readers to make up their own minds.
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02-16-20 16:06 #11039
Posts: 362Originally Posted by Rodwint2 [View Original Post]
Now go to Windy.com twitter feed:
https://twitter.com/windyforecast/st...59766286102528
They are the forcasting company who's images have been wrongly interpreted for what they are not. And they actually link themselves to the article I quoted.
You can also look at the english fact checking NGO:
https://fullfact.org/health/satellit...e-coronavirus/
There is even someone from the NASA explaining how the forecasting model works and how its not based on live data.
Stop taking us for idiots by spamming false news here. Not even sure how its related to Bangkok General reports to start with.