Thailand’s Spike In New Cases Could Impact Tourism Reopening

Each nation around the world is UNIQUE in handling the situation. The number of people, different culture and politics play a big role facing this epidemic. Each day is a different assessment. Let’s not beat around the bush, this virus has been politicized. Xenophobia and paranoia have been exposed ever more with the handling of the disease in nations around the world.

Secured Thai borders, no foreigners allowed in did not reflect the exposed inadequacy in the Northern Thai province bordering Myanmar.

Thais’ display of affection is not shown, more so with eye contact and keep an arm’s length from each other in public. Greetings consists of a slight bow, with the palms flattened together displaying a “Wai” gesture (in a prayer-like fashion). The personal space and lack of touching with one another may be one of several factors that may possibly reduce the virus transmission.

However unaffordable testing for the average Thai citizens may well not point out the exact number of possible asymptomatic cases let alone death cases linked to the disease. Some expats in Thailand may still have some reservation with the low number of cases or death. So words of praise and WHO acting like the happy parent will not change anything.

Amazingly funny for a nation with so many people who are stateless and granted no citizenship there, who always cross the many borders without notice, to believe it will "close the borders" and control the virus -- especially when the adjacent countries are, in some cases, some of the largest growers of opium in the world, with fields patrolled by ethnic separatists and militias (not to mention yaba). You have to feel sorry for Thailand's people; they are protesting their government with good reason. Thailand, like all countries, will not be able to stop the spread of COVID. Thailand, like few countries, is particularly poorly positioned to do so. Sorry they won't let tourists even contribute to their economy in the meantime.

I don't understand the end game here. It's a fair bet that Covid will be around for many years, regardless of a vaccine. So if zero local transmission is the only acceptable outcome then closed borders and regular lockdowns might be indefinite. Of course my lack of comprehension doesn't mean they aren't justified as a sovereign nation to create whatever rules they want.

But I have yet to read or hear anyone in a position of power state what is an acceptable level of transmission and what the long term plan is if the virus doesn't miraculously disappear one morning. Even more confused that the citizens of these countries aren't demanding answers to these questions.

Especially places like Australia that have travel built into their collective DNA. IF defeating Covid is worth giving up the right to travel, but Covid doesn't go away, how long do you accept having your rights diminished in the interest of fighting an unwinnable war?

I would be surprised if Thailand does anything different as far as foreigners are concerned. They already have a pretty complex and restrictive system in place for anyone wanting to visit. Including an expensive mandatory 14 day quarantine. Domestically the numbers are still incredibly low even with this small outbreak. Most of the total in the article are people found infected during the quarantine process. It's doubtful Chiang Mai locks down, even if they do there are so few foreign tourist in Thailand right now it wouldn't make much difference. As it is the Tourist Authority of Thailand doesn't expect real tourism to begin again until March of 2021 at the earliest.

At this point any country that decimates its economy to try to "stop" this lame virus deserves what it gets. I just feel bad for the people who see through the nonsense and want to be free. But these governments know what they are doing, they are taking marching orders from the World Economic Forum and World Bank. They care nothing for their own people because they are globalist scum.