Some asked me why Thailand is doing so well in containing covid. There are many factors but my take on this is because most of the common folks are convinced the Junta gahment will not do a good job so they took initiative to protect themselves and their communities. Especially the poorer provinces, they know they can't afford an outbreak. The medical professionals in both private and public hospitals are also a key in engaging the public, informing them about the dangers of the virus without waiting for approval from the ghament. Especially so when their advice was fallen on deaf ears.
The Thai gahment indeed screws up in a lot of areas and policies in handling the pandemic. Slow in their initial response and a lot of u-turns in the beginning of the crisis confuses the public and their core civil servants. Even the economy stimulus payout they came up with is a big hoohaa.. apparently they underestimated the number of people who needed the financial aid and ran out of money. duh....
Initially too when the outbreak started, Thais are also nonchalant about the disease since the gahment is sending very mixed signals to the people. It was only when the chief of infection disease and doctors, begged and cried on national TV for people to stay at home and the people responded with overwhelming support.
The common folks understood the seriousness and rallied behind their health workers. You may say most Thais may not score high on their IQ test (due to their questionable education system) but you can never deny their empathy for others are outstandingly high. It's the people themselves that took up the mantle to protect each other. The Thai gahment didn't do much actually. It's really up to the people to do the right thing.
PS. Forgot to put down 1 other important thing. Thai people, like Taiwan, China and South Korea, believes in masks. Since day 1 even when there aren't enough stock. Thai people would find ways to cover their mouth or face. You don't need a genius to tell you otherwise.
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