I have that sinking feeling!, page-27

There are definitely more cases than reported, by a large amount I reckon. Good luck getting her in unless she's a citizen

The worst part was the start. “At the moment it is winter in Europe and farang come to Thailand to hide from the disease. Many farang dress dirty and don’t shower. As hosts we have to be very careful.” -- Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, March 2020.

In April or so, I felt like not leaving the house as people would flee from me, cross the road, turn around and walk the other way. The worst was when I walked past an open-front restaurant and some guy in the back yelled "falang" in a panic to warn others.

As you might know, Thais can never be at fault, it is always someone else's fault that bad things happen. First it was farang, then it was migrant workers from neighbouring countries, now it's the fresh tourists coming in again. "Provincial representatives told the CCSA that not only did these visitors fail to wear face masks at meetings, they also gathered for parties without masks and caused Covid-19 transmission" -- Dr Apisamai Srirangsan, yesterday. "She did not explain these transmissions."

You're probably best off coming here before they come up with new restrictions if you want to see the missus.

The tourism guy is being advised by a Chayotid Kridakon, former head of JP Morgan Securities.

"Thailand’s tourism minister said the pandemic provides an opportunity to reset the sector, which had become reliant on Chinese group tours and backpackers"
“quality over quantity” "The pandemic provides an opportunity to reset the sector" - Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakan, June 2020

They are destroying the country and pretending that people are going to invest half a mil into their corrupt economy in exchange for a long term visa.