Public trust in govt is quickly eroding
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The Covid-19 pandemic chaos has worsened in Bangkok and its vicinity in the past week. With the rise of cases, the arrival of new variants, dubious vaccine deliveries and a lack of hospital ICU beds, people are becoming more infuriated about how the government is handling the Covid situation.
Their trust in the government has eroded.
Its failure is not just proven by the rise in new cases more than 6,000, plus 60 fatalities recently. People are reported to be having difficulty getting Covid tests. In the past week, a couple of my friends in Bangkok rushed to hospital after one of their family members interacted with a high-risk person. But their requests for Covid-19 tests were rejected as hospital staff admitted they lacked testing kit materials.