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Originally Posted by
Jellybean
I note what you say above
bkkguy, but while doing a bit of aimless meandering along Silom Road this afternoon, I noticed quite a few street traders were selling face masks. White ones, blue ones and black ones. But members will be disappointed to learn I couldn't see any rainbow coloured ones.
When I tried to do my photo journalistic bit for the forum, one old girl got herself into a right old
stushie! Honestly, I thought I'd never live to file this report.
my point wasn't about whether you should wear a mask or not, but if you do decide to wear a mask, wear and handle it properly
and what price was she selling the masks for? I assume her concern was more that you would be using the photo to report her to the authorities for price gouging on a controlled product!
and yes do keep up the lighter picture posts - they are really needed for sanity
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What government department publishes new rules and regulations via Facebook?
Amazing Thailand!
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.....but everyone is on facebook...
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Wouldn't just love to have been a fly on wall when he got the "You just posted WHAT!! on facebook !!! Get that down this minute and get your ass over here to my office so I can rip you a new one !!" phone call. And quite rightly too as as the article says the stupid bugger left thousands of people not knowing WHAT the hell was going on. Lets hope he's replaced quickly to avoid any repeat performances.
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Things must be bad when the producers of the new James Bond film, No Time To Die, have pushed back its release from April until November over fears the coronavirus will hit box office returns.
Today, I highlight one report from The Times and two reports from BBC News:
According to today’s edition of The Times, “Britain edged closer to an epidemic yesterday with the biggest daily jump in cases leaving 87 people confirmed as infected”
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Parliament could be shut for months to tackle virus
MPs may be contagion risk
Parliament may be suspended for five months to prevent MPs from spreading coronavirus across the country. Britain edged closer to an epidemic yesterday with the biggest daily jump in cases leaving 87 people confirmed as infected. Three of the 36 new cases were intensive care patients who had not travelled recently, suggesting that the virus is already spreading more . . .
For the full report see: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/
And from BBC News . . .
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Coronavirus: California declares emergency after death
5 March 2020
California has declared a state of emergency after announcing its first coronavirus death, bringing the US death toll from the disease to 11.
The 71-year-old man, who died in a hospital near Sacramento, had underlying health conditions and had been on a cruise ship, said officials.
The White House moved on Wednesday to expand testing nationwide for the disease.
There are now at least 150 reported US patients with Covid-19 in 16 states.
Authorities have confirmed more than 92,000 cases of the virus worldwide, of which more than 80,000 are in China. More than 3,000 people have died globally, the vast majority in China.
Ten of the 11 US deaths were in Washington state, but the outbreak has also flared up in Texas and Nebraska . . .
For the full report see: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51740706
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Coronavirus: Italy to close all schools as deaths rise
5 March 2020
Italy has confirmed that it will shut all schools from Thursday for 10 days as it battles to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
And all professional sport, including Serie A football matches, will be played behind closed doors for a month.
A total of 107 people have now been killed by the coronavirus in Italy, which has the most serious outbreak in Europe.
PM Giuseppe Conte said the health service risked being overwhelmed.
Most of the more than 3,000 cases are in the north but others have been confirmed in 19 of Italy's 20 regions . . .
For the full report: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51743697
Re: Coronavirus - Thailand
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Originally Posted by
bkkguy
. . . and what price was she selling the masks for? I assume her concern was more that you would be using the photo to report her to the authorities for price gouging on a controlled product!
The photos represent three different street traders, bkkguy. After the little local difficulty with the first trader all the photos were taken rather quickly before I departed each scene. I didn't post the blurred ones.
I therefore didn’t have a chance to check out the prices and sadly, my eyesight with one eye with a cataract isn’t exactly at its best right now. I was hoping that the photos captured the prices, but unfortunately not. Perhaps I’ll have another look and this time keep my mobile phone firmly ensconced in my pocket.
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Originally Posted by
Jellybean
I therefore didn’t have a chance to check out the prices and sadly, my eyesight with one eye with a cataract isn’t exactly at its best right now. I was hoping that the photos captured the prices, but unfortunately not. Perhaps I’ll have another look and this time keep my mobile phone firmly ensconced in my pocket.
I'm beginning to enjoy the OP daily adventures vis à vis the morbid corona narratives.
In order to get around incognito and not in harms way, I suggest that he makes use of this spying device.
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Originally Posted by
Nirish guy
SO, considering I'm travelling in Mid April from Japan ....
Have you reached a decision yet?
I made a very quick trip to meet my Japanese friends who were on the Diamond Princess. They held a special dinner to celebrate their getting off the ship without being infected by the virus.
Apart from criticising the government for mishandling the situation on the boat, they were saying they thought the published numbers of infected people are just the tip of the iceberg. The government is keeping the true number secret, as they are worried about the Olympics.
So even if Thailand removes Japan from the banned country list (the pressure to do so must be huge), I would not be going to Japan on holiday.
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I guess one good thing about a pandemic is you don't have to worry about this or that country as much.