Bangkok: Bereits 70% befolgen die Anordnung der Regierung, Kontakte zu vermeiden

Umfragen in Thailand , besonders waehrend dieser Militaerdiktatur sind eine Sache,

die Realitaet auf der Strasse und in den Geschaeften eine ganz andere.

Ja, es sind weniger Leute auf der Strasse und in den Geschaeften, aber leider

sind die Falschen, naemlich die Vernuenftigen zu Hause geblieben

waehrend die Anderen sich auch durch die staendige Gehirnwaesche im TV

sich nicht von ihrer Thainess abbringen lassen.

Jetzt waere wirklich die Zeit der Militaers um Somchai Thai mit Gewalt

etwas Disziplin beizubringen.

Ist aber leider nicht moeglich weil das Fussvolk des Militaers dazu benutzt wird

bei den Generaelen die Klos zu putzen.

Ausserdem kann das Thai Militaer nur Propaganda Schlachten gewinnen.

Aber zurueck zur Corona Realitaet in TH:

Absurd disease controls show govt is clueless

Sirinya Wattanasukchai COLUMNIST

published : 3 Apr 2020 at 04:00

As I checked in for my trip home at Brussels airport last Sunday, I wondered if it would be a once-in-a-lifetime flight. A THAI employee had told me I might end up being the only passenger on the Bangkok-bound plane that afternoon.

As the ground crew closed the gate for departure, I found myself with only three — yes, three — other passengers who had managed to comply with a check-in directive issued last month by the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand. The directive requires all Thai returnees to present a "fit-to-fly" health certificate, signed by a local doctor 72 hours prior to boarding, plus a document from the Royal Thai Embassy or consulate, certifying they are flying home.

The same employee — he was the only one on duty — said he had to reject a few Thais who, unaware of such an illogical directive, arrived at the airport without the documents.

One woman passenger shared her plight with me. She said she had to see her doctor twice, because her first fit-to-fly certificate "expired" before her flight's boarding time.

Yes, I was lucky enough to board my flight. As a Thai citizen and a taxpayer who has dutifully contributed to the state's coffers for decades, I never thought I'd have to apply for a "visa" to come home.

In issuing such a directive, the government showed it has no idea that getting a flight back home during the Covid-19 crisis, when most airlines have suspended services, is already hard enough.

Those rolling out the directive do not know that getting a medical certificate abroad isn't as easy as in Thailand, where anyone can walk into a clinic with no appointment.

I was lucky to get an appointment with my sister's doctor who agreed to see me and — despite her astonishment — consented to sign this unusual "fit-to-fly" certificate. Notwithstanding the fees I had to pay, I was uneasy about the fact that I had to waste her time, which she could have used to see patients, just to help me get home.

But, as I said, I feel lucky. As I wrote this, the government had just issued another unusual order, with immediate effect, which bars anyone from entering the country. What if someone gets sick? Does the government really want its people to die abroad, and transport their ashes in urns later?

Our policymakers probably think Thais who live outside of the kingdom don't deserve to come home during the Covid-19 crisis and have decided to punish them for going elsewhere. But mind you, some Thais — like the "little ghosts", undocumented Thai workers in South Korea — have had no choice but to leave for a better life abroad as they could hardly make ends meet here. Many others are students who wish to come home.

I was told the government believes such a directive will deter Thais from returning home, deciding to take the stiffer measure to curb the spread of the virus. Really? If it really wanted to control the outbreak, the government should have implemented strict control measures in January, when the first few cases were reported. Authorities should have not allowed anyone to breach quarantine procedures, as widely reported by the media.

My question: Is it unconstitutional for the government to bar its people from coming home? I've never heard of any country closing its borders to its own people. On the contrary, other governments welcome their people home, no matter how sick they are.I am aware that the number of infections and the death toll are rising drastically, and health authorities may feel the situation is beyond their capacity. But would we have reached this point if the government had taken the situation more seriously and in a more timely fashion in the first place? It did not do that seemingly because it was obsessed with image and tourism revenue.

The blunders only suggest, yet again, that the government does not really care about the outbreak's consequences on its people, as it keeps solving the problems in the wrong way. A case in point is the decision by the Bangkok governor to close all public parks, as he does not want people to gather. Why can't he keep the parks open, but prohibit gatherings of more than two people instead?

I doubt if the 10pm-4am "curfew" imposed by the government will ever work in curbing the spread of Covid-19 in Thailand. Why can't the government just convince businesses and state agencies to implement work-from-home policies instead and provide people with what they need for a successful shift? If his doesn't happen, we will just be fighting a losing battle.

Zunaechst mal freut es mich natuerlich wenn nicht nur Auslaender von den

duemmlichen Schikanen eines unfaehigen Regimes getroffen werden sondern

auch Thai.

Aber Leute wie Sirinya die im Ausland gegen internationale Konkurrenz

ihr Geld verdienen gelten hier ja schon eher als Auslaender. Zu intelligent fuer hier!

Wer nicht total verbloedet ist und die Nutzlosigkeit dieser Militaerdiktatur

widerspruchslos hinnimmt, hat hier eh schlechte Karten.

Ich bin sehr froh dass Sirinya den Bloedsinn mit den geschlossenen Parks anprangert!

Nicht nur in BKK sondern auch bei uns sind alle oeffentlichen Parks geschlossen.

Am haertesten ist die Situation im Khao Khieo Nationalpark.

Dort laesst man die Autos hinein aber nicht die Fussgaenger!

Ueberhaupt was ich derzeit als Fussgaenger erlebe wenn ich allein unterwegs bin:

Da werde ich aus dem Auto heraus von Edelthai beschimpft, ich solle nach Hause

fliegen oder gehen.Der vom Regime gepredigte Auslaenderhass traegt volle Fruechte.

Mit den wenigen Thai Fussgaengern habe ich keine Probleme.

Mit den seltenen Polizei Streifen auch nicht.Die sehen mich hoechstens boese an.

Sagen aber garnix.