3 in 5 Thais Want Borders to Reopen

[reader]

From Khaosod English

Survey Says 3 in 5 Thais Want Borders to Reopen

BANGKOK — A survey found that Thais are cautiously leaning towards reopening borders for tourists as the coronavirus pandemic appears to be winding down. 

According to a survey by UK-based market research company YouGov, three in five subject interviews (63 percent) want the border to reopen after 3 months of ban on most international flights to Thailand. 

Of all interviewees, a fourth (26 percent) said that the border should reopen in the next three months. A remaining quarter (26 percent) answered that the border should reopen within the next six months to a year, while one in ten (11 percent) said that the border should remain closed until after a year. 

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From Khaosod English

Survey: 1 in 4 Workers Lost Jobs, Put on Leave in Pandemic

BANGKOK — A survey found that a quarter of employees across the country either lost their jobs or were put on temporary leave during the coronavirus pandemic.

The survey, which interviewed more than 1,400 Thai employees and 400 employers, was released by job search firm JobsDB earlier this week. It confirmed what many analysts have dreaded: that the pandemic is yet another nail in the coffin for the struggling economy.

“The hardest hit groups are those with a monthly salary below 16,000 baht,” JobsDB country manager Pornladda Dathratwibul said.

According to the report, 9 percent of the interviewees say they have lost their jobs, and another 16 percent say they are placed on temporary leave.

45 percent of workers who survived the layoff say they still suffer an impact on their paychecks. About one-fourth of interview subjects receive no bonus, while one-fifth of them get no salary increase. The data also indicate that wages are slashed by 11 to 20 percent for those who take a salary cut.

 

[vinapu]

When dust will settle and companies start looking at the books closely it may turn even more bleak.

I happen to know owner of funeral home in one of countries hard hit by the virus . Who would think in pandemic but even his business is on  a verge of collapsing. Lots of dead bodies but almost no fancy funerals is his explanation

[bucky13]

So 3 in 5 or 60%.   Everyone wants to get back to work and things back to normal.  But a few unknowing carriers from Beijing, Moscow, Miami, London and Rio rushing back for some r&r or debauchery and we're back even worse off than where we started.   40% may realize this. 

Right now worldwide it appears things are leaning worse, not better and if this thing starts spreading further, we're in big trouble.  Not to mention a potential massive, fall resurgence or futile vaccine attempts early next year.  We've just found out those protests around the world were petri dishes, newly opened crowded bars are the virus' playground and testing reveals this thing is so much more widespread.   Asymptomatic young adults obliviously infecting older generations.  

Even eternal optimists are becoming realists.  

 

[reader]

Before declaring Bangkok as Armageddon, there is a simple solution: test would-be travelers at their point of departure before they even begin their journey.

This way Thai officialdom knows it's getting only those passengers who tested negative prior to departure. Transit airports are aware of the same and a 1998 like financial catastrophe is averted.

Not everything has to be complicated.

P.S. Welcome back after such a long absence.

 

[vinapu]

also what we found is that populations seem to be fed up with lockdowns . If we don't have vaccines perhaps a bit of exposure will actually help us to develop immunity.

Is not about optimistic or realistic. We can't expect 7 billion people being idle and locked forever, somebody needs to sow, harvest and bake bread.

Yes it will be new cases, even when everything was locked they were. If there's no cure perhaps thing needs to run it's course.

as per asymptomatic young adults infecting us oldies perhaps solution is to lock only them or us but  not both ? Restricting shopping between 8-10 am to 65 + only seem to be working very well, seniors don't feel rushed and juniors obstructed.

And at end of day they need  our jobs and to pay off their mortgages, how they do it if we will be clinging to their inheritances forever? Let's be realistic