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Our reopening looms, but are we really ready?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 19/10/2021
» The country is set to reopen in two weeks but only two million, affordable rapid test kits have been made available and through only eight retail outlets of the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO), all located in Bangkok.
'Squid Game' rings true in our new reality
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 12/10/2021
» The warning does come across like a sick joke. Following the popularity of Netflix’s series Squid Game, deputy police spokesman Pol Col Kissana Phathanacharoen told parents to beware of violence seen in the show.
Are we ready for compulsory vaccine passes?
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 07/09/2021
» With just nine million people fully vaccinated or about 13% of the entire population, will such a policy unfairly discriminate those who have not had a chance to take both doses or to any at all?
Life returning to 'normal', but for how long?
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 31/08/2021
» So life will return to something like normal tomorrow. We can have our hair cut, finally. Public parks will reopen along with shopping malls. Those with aching legs can make an appointment for a foot massage, and so on.
Is 'fake news' hunt a Covid distraction?
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 17/08/2021
» With new Covid-19 infections shooting past 20,000 and deaths hovering at around 200 a day, what does Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha do?
Covid chaos shatters public faith in govt
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 27/07/2021
» Do we think we will come out of the current lockdown, better, stronger, together?
Inept govt never learns from its Covid blunders
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 20/07/2021
» The government's biggest mistake was not its decision to not join Covax. It was not even underestimating the Covid-19 pandemic and its failure to secure enough vaccines of sufficient variety to fight possible virus mutations.
Govt building Sinovac castles in the sand
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 06/07/2021
» What do we do when more and more medical personnel get infected with Covid-19 even though they had received two doses of Sinovac?
Govt dials in to 'reopen' from Planet Clueless
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 22/06/2021
» Are Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha and his team from another planet? Or is the government's language different from ours?
Govt twists and squirms in jab blame game
News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 15/06/2021
» A major hullabaloo is ongoing regarding the vaccine shortage. Yet, no-one can be held accountable. Isn't that a puzzling mystery?