ahhh Pattaya

@Cowshed Cowboy I agree with everything you wrote, but I think these bar closures will last A LOT longer than the initial two weeks they've announced. A horrible situation for all who work there indeed, and I'm pretty sure many other kinds of businesses will be ordered to close again as well in the coming days and weeks.

Cowshed Cowboy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 1:18 am

Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:51 am ^ There is a trend, and not just in Asia, where high society, politicians, movie stars etc, have caught and spread the coronavirus because they don't think that the normal rules apply to them. However, Covid is the great leveller which does not care if you are rich, powerful, beautiful ,or famous.

But there's still a basic inequality among the Covid infections, where the people who spread the virus will have good medical care because they can afford it, while others will get sick, lose their jobs, or have to spend two weeks separated from family, just because some people don't give a shit. As you say, very selfish.

I came out tonight because I thought it's likely the last chance I'll get for a fortnight. I chatted to some girls in normal little bars and 2 weeks is make or break for them, we are talking rent and food just the total basics. These are just decent friendly people who will not qualify for any govt aid because they are casual workers.

I'm personally shitting big on the Thai system because of what I see happening and the total injustice of it all. I saw Indonesia snap in the late 90's, it's sad to see how much the Thai population are prepared to bend over and take because of 1 sick individual and the patronage

Right on. First, yes, very "decent, friendly people" are everywhere on the ground here. You just hate to think how close each one is to barely having enough to eat today, never mind tomorrow.

Second, the COVID situation has made the REAL Thailand just that little bit more transparent. When was the last time you saw the likes of the cabinet, military, police and provincial governor millionaires fund emergency kitchens and shelter for the pandemic victims? And we would have heard about it with dozens of press photos and videos of the obscenely rich, with their expensive uniforms and fake badges, getting their shoes dirty. You're right, ZERO times. The governing mafia could not be bothered, for even one moment, to giving them a thought, never mind directly helping out their millions of fellow citizens.

It's a very sick society that leaves the bulk of the population to scrabble for the droppings of this thieving government.

Ground zero of latest Thai coronavirus outbreak was Krystal hostess club on Thonglor. Transport minister Saksayam Chidchob, spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd, and the Japanese ambassador all caught it there. So many cabinet ministers visit the club it’s nicknamed “Government House 2”

we had ONE person ( band member at the Krystal club in Bangkok) come down to Phuket and attended three parties hosted on the island on the 3rd ( In Kamala and Patong) tested POSITIOE BEFORE she travelled down and still went to 3 parties causing our first outbreak in over 103 days!!

this is being safe at the cafe del mar in Kamala


The parties were attended by many Bangkok Privileged youth that flew down, ( plus our own local hi-so's for the special parties.

the rich and connected in thailand are above the law>>>>Now the whole country is going to pay for it ;-(