Why are expatriates in Thailand often negative towards the government despite the country's better COVID-19 handling compared to neighbors?

It's actually kind of interesting. Money can pretty much buy you everything except common sense. And the people who are traveling with 3 kids, their dog and their house keeper for a "weekend get away", what are they thinking???

The only people I see not wearing masks are farangs.. Not all of them but a few.. And they stick out like a sore thumb. This creates a feeling of resentment against all farangs. You may laugh at the mask requirements but please comply.. It's a very small inconvenience.

Well said! Thank you for understanding. In my opinion, those foreigners who can’t abide by our laws and rules or are unhappy with our government should seek elsewhere to travel to.

Well said

Thailand certainly has its own attractiveness but can further improve on: air pollution, drinking water quality, pubkic drainage, frequent big flood threat, road safety world ranking… and dual pricing system for expats, 24 hour? and 90 day reports for foreigners etc, further details can.be found by google search on news, reports readily available there

it is a bit strange omicron cases rising drastically in US/Europe but Thailand covid.cases dropped dramatically, is it related to test availability?

Been here 2 years now, and reckon this is the closest thing to freedom one will feel in any country on this fine planet 👍

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The biggest expat complainers about Thailand were miserable complainers back in their home countries too. No matter where they go, there they are complaining.

Do not believe

My Thai family tells me a different view to yours.

Sucked in.

The foreign residents of Thailand are some of the lowest quality individuals the world has to offer. They seem to hate everything including themselves and life itself despite living a life of incredible privilege. Their bitterness is reflected in every single interaction with them. It's as tragic as it is exhausting.

People will moan no matter where they live. As for the government I leave those opinions to the Thai people. They have been here before and had much worse.

Been going 5 years and haven't got a clue

Well as a foreigner living here for several years I do feel blessed living here and riding my motorcycle with very few restrictions. There is definitely a lot of foreign whiners, but typically they would whine whether they're at home or here!!! Enjoy your stay in the land of smiles

5555 make sure you got your two chickens.

Absolute numpties in charge

As a Thai person, most Thais dislike the government and wants the PM to resign. He has failed to meet every basic human right requirement for his people.

Not all foreigners, only the ones who are grumpy all the times, only the ones who will be never happy wherever they live. Easy for them Thailand have so many international airport for them to go home but their problems are home have more problems than Thailand.

I find it very amusing to see some dudes becoming more royal than the king just because they manage to enter Thailand and extend their stay a bit. Big deal..

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Wrong. Thailand opened.. Then closed.. Then opened.. Then closed.. Then opened... May close again. Its driving expats.. Tourists and the travel industry bonkers! Immigration can be a nightmare at the best of times. Get back to us all after your next few years here.

If we look at Deaths per Million Thailand ranks at #132.

The people in Australia were not allowed to walk across the street so yea, very low deaths.

Why are you asking a question if you already figured it all out after 2 months? Be more humble in your approach and you will get more sympathy. I hate when newb complain that the "regulars" are too mean toward them when the newbs are annoyingly playing the "known it all" game.

The fact is that the Thai locals have suffered a lot economically during Covid with very little help from their government. The fact is that the Thai government was overthrown via a coup d'état in 2014 and a lot happened since.

The fact is that Laos economy is completely dead, with a dead currency, and no infrastructure. The fact is that Myanmar is having its version of a Civil War atm.

The fact is that Covid is underreported not only in Thailand but in a lot of countries that are not "first world". For example, here in Isan (North-East Thailand), locals are not going to the hospital if they suspect they have Covid. They can't afford unexpected medical bills that could happen. This is why you see Covid numbers even lower in Cambodia and almost inexistent in Laos (a country that doesn't have hospitals that can deal with Covid patients).

The fact is that the administrative process to get into Thailand is overly complicated atm. A country like Thailand should be able to deal with the afflux of people wanting to come in better.

The fact is that Thailand, like many countries, is "reactionary", they wait for the Covid numbers to either go "up" or "down" to make changes. They don't proactively make decisions and stick with it. If these month numbers are lower they re-open this and this province, if next month it gets higher they close the same province. We have seen a lot of flip-flopping in the last 2 years, a lot of inconsistency, and a lot of last-minute decisions. There are a lot of things that you don't know, and you should be more humble in your approach instead of trying to lecture some of us who have been here for many many years.

Absolutely agree.

Thailand wasted first 1 year of fight with covid19, didnot order any vaccine and spread false rumors like producing their own vaccine etc.. Almost 100% of Thai population agree that government failed in fight against the covid19, most refused to get last minute inefficient chinese vaccines. Fraction of Thai people wanting and trying to go abroad is the highest in history now. There are groups with more than million followers discussing how to leave thailand and find jobs abroad. That shows something.

And that is exactly what these Noerglers do not understand - the responsibility towards others is not on their radar.

The same people always thought Asians wear face masks for themselves.

And government are incapable anyway. Stupid, stupid ...

Hope she sees this mate.

Also the published daily Covid Numbers are not a reflection of reality.

While I agree, people complaining about this are wrong, they are guests here etc, posting here aint gonna do anything.

Many of the measures have been used and extended to stifle political protests and the economy has taken a major hit with little support for individuals and business affected. Plus initial vaccine rollout was very slow.

Well now the Test and Go program has been suspended, which will put the economy deeper in the 💩, along with the livelihoods of many people and more businesses going under. This virus has to be lived with, it isn't going anywhere, or the country will never recover. Getting vaccinated and following basic hygiene practices is what's needed.

"The fact is that Thailand has managed to keep their severe illness and mortality rate way below all Western countries"

Well this is quite frankly wrong.

Last I checked Australia is a western country and never had anywhere near the level of deaths Thailand did.

I'm sure there's other countries that also did better.

There’s plenty of legitimate reasons to critique how this has been handled and the communications around it

Going on 2 years and you’ve been in the country for 2 months and this group for 4 days, there’s a lot of context and circumstance you’re missing

And I’m not one to overly judge how it’s been handled but I don’t think giving them a pass is fair either.