Rapid Antigen Tests Required for Restaurants in Chonburi

[goji]

Passing a test is no big deal, whether it is free on Soi Bukhao or costs 60 Baht for patrons of gay bars.

Failing and being sent to quarantine for 14 days and then getting billed for it would be less amusing.

At Tree Town, people had to show ID before being tested. So quietly sneaking off home for a few days after failing won't work, since immigration know where we live. Obviously I didn't get tested, as I just went to check it out on a "dry" night.
The testing people were doing a little trade at 20:50, but weren't exactly busy. 200m down the road, the other free test centre at LK seemed to have no customers when I went past.

How does it work in Jomtien ? Do you need to show ID before the test ?

Also, I don't know what the specificity of their tests are. I just looked at one US paper and they ranged from 92% to 100%. So the lowest quality has almost a 1 in 12 chance of a false positive result. That would be rather high for my liking, if testing every 3 days and a getting a "Go to Jail" card for failing.

[Kenny]

How does it work in Jomtien ? Do you need to show ID before the test ?

All that happened here was that I was tested when I entered the bar and my name and contact number were recorded.
I was encouraged to photograph the test result as it would be good for entry to other bars for 3 days.
I am not an authority on this!
Just reporting my experience.

[Manforallseasons]

Passing a test is no big deal, whether it is free on Soi Bukhao or costs 60 Baht for patrons of gay bars.

Failing and being sent to quarantine for 14 days and then getting billed for it would be less amusing.

At Tree Town, people had to show ID before being tested. So quietly sneaking off home for a few days after failing won't work, since immigration know where we live. Obviously I didn't get tested, as I just went to check it out on a "dry" night.
The testing people were doing a little trade at 20:50, but weren't exactly busy. 200m down the road, the other free test centre at LK seemed to have no customers when I went past.

How does it work in Jomtien ? Do you need to show ID before the test ?

Also, I don't know what the specificity of their tests are. I just looked at one US paper and they ranged from 92% to 100%. So the lowest quality has almost a 1 in 12 chance of a false positive result. That would be rather high for my liking, if testing every 3 days and a getting a "Go to Jail" card for failing.

All things considered, I don’t think people will be running to bars and restaurants which will further devastate what business is left.

[Nirish guy]

All things considered, I don’t think people will be running to bars and restaurants which will further devastate what business is left.

Or another way of looking at it would be that "untested people, who may well be asymptomatic may just decide to stay home over the next week or two while this is in place rather than getting "caught", rather than them being out every night possibly spreading the virus ( even more than they already possibly are). If so Im sure the authorities would be thinking "great, job done" either way there then perhaps.

[Dodger]

Or another way of looking at it would be that "untested people, who may well be asymptomatic may just decide to stay home over the next week or two while this is in place rather than getting "caught", rather than them being out every night possibly spreading the virus ( even more than they already possibly are). If so Im sure the authorities would be thinking "great, job done" either way there then perhaps.

Funny you should say this, because this is exactly what my partner Jai said to me last night.

His opinion is that the governor did this for several reasons; 1) As a way to discourage some (not all) patrons from going to restaurants if they suspect they could potentially have the virus, 2) As a means of reducing the number of people going to these public venues during the Omicron surge, thus lowering the risk, and 3) getting more positive tests on the books to use as justification for additional countermeasures which may be necessary in the near future.

Just so you know, Jai may have been raised in a jungle village where he had to climb trees to find insects for dinner, but he also graduated from one of the highest ranked Universities in Thailand with a 4.0 grade average. Rarely is he wrong - about anything.