• @wraptile
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    4 years ago

    I’m currently staying in Thailand and it’s a mixed bag. I’m rather proud of Thai people but government had a lot of shortcomings. For example Thai people really took this seriously and no one complained about masks (which are quite common here already), hand sanitizers or even “check in” apps. People were also super supportive of healthcare workers and such.

    Thai government however failed in so many aspects, primarily in economic support. Thai people are probably the most positive culture out there which makes really sad to see people struggle like this and still keep their smiles up.

    The government offered few minor handouts that often got in the hands of wrong people (i.e. rich people got it). The economic future is still unclear and there’s no real roadmap to recovery and every plan that does get released often turns out to be pretty bad.
    The government also used this to further extend their power and sneak various unrelated laws and changes.

    Virus wise we’re kinda in the clear but the economy will take a long time to recover.

    TL;DR: Thai government didn’t do too well but Thai people kinda rocked it out!