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Moral dilemmas of handling the virus
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 03/04/2020
» It is hard to calibrate a commensurate response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Owing to the lack of accurate and reliable information, a media feeding frenzy and the mass psychology of fear, the choice has become all or nothing, not much in between. Individuals, societies and states worldwide are now incentivised to overdo it and err on the side of caution, being safe rather than sorry. This means that the likelihood of "overshooting" with Covid responses is likely to heighten in the foreseeable future in view of morally unacceptable alternatives.
Debt relief half-hearted
Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/04/2020
» As tens of millions of Thais are battered by the economic ravages of the Covid-19 outbreak, banks and financial companies have recently come up with "financial relief measures" to help customers going through these hard times.
Absurd disease controls show govt is clueless
Oped, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 03/04/2020
» As I checked in for my trip home at Brussels airport last Sunday, I wondered if it would be a once-in-a-lifetime flight. A THAI employee had told me I might end up being the only passenger on the Bangkok-bound plane that afternoon.
Toxic control
Oped, Postbag, Published on 03/04/2020
» Re: "Forests doomed by power and prejudice," (Opinion, April 2).
Don't let Covid-19 crisis become a hunger game
Oped, Qu Dongyu, Published on 03/04/2020
» The Covid-19 pandemic is putting enormous strains on public health systems around the world. We know the human toll will be high, and that massive efforts to turn the tide carry a heavy economic cost. To reduce the risk of an even greater toll -- shortage of food for millions, even in affluent countries -- the world must take immediate actions to minimise disruptions to food supply chains.
Time for the 1% to step forward
Oped, Bandid Nijathaworn, Published on 03/04/2020
» Thailand is going through its most critical moment in modern history: twin crises of a health pandemic and a deepening economic crisis that feed on each other and affect all Thais regardless of status and income. In a bad-case scenario, up to 7,000 people could needlessly die with the economy vastly disrupted.
Will Hungary be outbreak's first casualty?
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 04/04/2020
» 'Hello, dictator!" said Jean-Claude Juncker cheerily to Hungary's leader, Victor Orban, at a European Union summit meeting a couple of years ago. The president of the European Commission was only joking, of course, but it was gallows humour. Dictatorship was clearly where Mr Orban was heading -- and now he has arrived.
Pandemic offers chance for real change
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 04/04/2020
» Seeing how Covid-19 has transformed the way we live, it's tempting to say life will not go back to the way it was after this is all over.
Invest in tests to beat virus
Oped, Editorial, Published on 04/04/2020
» A week after the Emergency Decree was invoked, Thailand imposed a curfew last night. These harsh measures alone will not help break the transmission chain of Covid-19 as the government has not moved to ramp up testing, prevention, treatment, or further quarantine measures.
Leaders needed for disruptive world of the future
Oped, Kulvech Janvatanavit, Published on 04/04/2020
» The coronavirus crisis is a true leadership test. It's the time for leaders best suited to a disruptive, unpredictable future to emerge. For these are the kinds of people who will be able to lead their organisations and our society through uncertain times.