Surprise! Restaurant vaccination requirement dropped, for now.

In the latest display of competent policy-crafting, the actual regulations enacted last night contradicted last week’s announcement that vaccinations would be required to eat at restaurants in the 29 hardest-hit provinces, including Bangkok.

According to what was made  formal last night, those eateries need only cap capacity at 75% or 50% for indoor, air-conditioned venues.

What was published in the Royal Gazette made no mention of a vaccination requirement.

Responding to the confusion, Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoenchai, director of the Disease Control Department, said that the public should stick with the Royal Gazette’s version for now.

Only a small portion of the population is fully vaccinated, and it was never clear Bangkok’s tens of thousands of eateries, large and small, were supposed to police health documents.

Some restaurants in Bangkok have announced…