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On 4/8/2021 at 1:09 PM, ThailandRyan said:

It walked in with an asymptomatic person who possibly tested negative.  Either that or it was brought in back in January and escaped quarantine.  Who really knows as they have never really been openly testing.

This strain has a longer tail than others. The latest outbreak in NZ was caused by this strain after a woman was released from quarantine after 14 days and was later found to be positive after 25 days causing an outbreak that luckily was soon controlled. 

NZ has just suspended people from India entering NZ as 19 out of 23 arrived with covid and 60 positive arrived in the last week. 

The people themselves say this is not fair, and they contracted covid on the way to the airport. 

Suspect is dodgy ducuments and testing. 

Indians make up a huge amount of Thailand's tourists, so dodgy vaccine papers are now going to be big business. 

Shortening quarantine now is brain dead, and Anutins travel bubble has burst. 

On 4/7/2021 at 1:13 PM, Shuya said:

Good thing they had over 1 year to prepare. Used the time wisely I see.

I'm sure if a local goes to a pharmacy, they will come away with a bag filled with a variety of coloured pills that will fix any ailments, no need for any silly quarantine or waxine. 

On 4/6/2021 at 9:58 PM, ukrules said:

We now have limited outbreaks in Bangkok, starting this weekend the masses begin to travel.

 

Despite their efforts at contact tracing I doubt they will manage to locate them all before Songkran.

 

I know for sure that many of the Thais with plenty of money like to come to Hua Hin, they rent large party type houses, some of them bring whole teams of uniformed chefs and waiters to cater to their needs - I've seen them.

 

I'm sure they also travel to many other places in Thailand.

 

He's making a mistake here, it will spread and this is the perfect time for it to spread.

 

Your right one of my Thai friends looks after one of these properties, it runs from the road to the beach, has huge accomadion for guests as well as 

catering, we can park there and use the beach if we like. 

There are many properties like this, add that to the ones that own apartments and flock to Cha Amm every Friday and maybe a big outbreak in Huahin is on the cards. 

22 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

No alcohol ? Boy, some the buffalos are in for a hard time in the coming weeks.

Yes you might get Dunk, and kiss a strange girl, further spreading the wirus 

17 hours ago, toolpush said:

Months? I can see this insanity going on for years

Don't worry, just remember what Prayut said when the virus first broke out, I am in control here. 

So don't panic, once he jabs all the Myanmar fish workers and the fleeing refugees things will return to normal. 

On 4/4/2021 at 12:09 PM, PatOngo said:

Here, here!

Thai Visa, through the pandemic has kept expats informed, us trapped that went home for Xmas and those still in Thailand. 

I am making plans to return I hope b4 Xmas, with wife and family. 

The world is in a sorry state, but I take my hat off to Thai Visa for keeping us informed and humoured through tough times, and to posters like Ubon Joe who goes out of his way to help people with visa problems, so well done, Thai Visa 

On 4/4/2021 at 7:58 PM, davemos said:

My mate whos a fire fighter in Sydney nsw visited a station in Soi 26.He was surprised tha a lot of their equipment was better /newer than  Sydney 

I think Mr Thaksin kept fire equipment up to date when he was around, or his cousins, could be wrong. 

11 hours ago, Albert Zweistein said:

Big profit flying 16 pax BKK - HKT. Oh they are bankrupt already ?

This article says the plane arrived initially in BKK with 130 tourists on board, so did 114 get off in BKK and then the plane flew on to Phuket??? 

On 4/2/2021 at 11:20 PM, Bradmeister said:

Not again with the Foreigners! 

 

So, if I was just in Minnesota, during the 4th wave, and picked up strain # 8 or #9...but was inoculated for strains 1, 2, or 3....Im not ok because I'm a foreigner and have a Foreigners proof from a Thailand list? Or I am ok because I meet Thailands Criteria!? 

 

What? 

 

Is any of this making sense to anyone. 

 

All the Spring breakers just returned home in the USA and shared South American, and Central American strains with they're little sisters and brothers and infections shot up 237% in schools K through High School in the Mid West.

 

The 4th wave just hit the USA, and its on its way over to a town near you soon. 

 

But we're going to have a list for Africans, Europeans, Sandanavians, Australians and Asians and North, Central and South Americans to come into travel bubbles? 

 

Delusional 

 

.... which brings us back to the Burmese coming in as legal or illegal workers..... how will they afford they're shots?  Are they part of the "Foreigners" list? 

They will be vaccinated with the Samut Prawn Vaccine 

18 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

A friend of mine recently offered a homeowner 15% less than she was asking, and in exchange offrerd to pay a years rent in advance. She refused. Now, the home has been vacant for four or five months already, as it is an extremely soft rental market. 

 

I am not a math professor. But the 15% would have represented less than two months rent. So, unless her phone was ringing off the hook, with potential renters, his offer was a good one. 

 

Pride? Lack of common sense and reason? She just does not need the money, and is not sincere about renting the house? One can often rack the mind trying to figure out the reasoning here. Or lack thereof. 

I have come up against this many times, there are thousands of homes like this, the owners would rather leave them empty than reduce the rent, I always say they have to much money. 

Many of them are Chinese Thai with established business in the area. 

What surprises me from your post is that they are still holding out for stupid rents during the pandemic. 

They are probably doing quite well from the rents they collect from Thais at markets, and the shops they own. 

I think that save face and stuborness has been bread into Thai by the Chinese. 

18 hours ago, Surelynot said:

Well I guess they would say that wouldn't they?..........got to be desperate times........14 rooms on our floor.....condo, central Bangkok.......... and I think we are the only occupants.

Overseas buyers are weary of the Thai property market as we all know. Until the rules change that will prevail. 

There are hundreds of thousands of empty new and second hand condos at present. 

Ever tried to buy a mortgagee house from a bank? They want twice as much as the lovely house next door sold for, and their houses have been gutted and overgrown. 

There are thousands of new condos for sale on the coastal stretch between Cha Amm and Huahin, they are all the same color and expats have said if you owned one that you'd go crazy looking out the window. 

The BK post once commented that these empty condos being built all over the country are drug money laundering 

As such the owners will sit on them and hope that one day when the high speed Rail between China and Los opens that Chinese buyers will be flocking in to buy their holiday dream homes. 

I hope the infrastructure will be up to it by then or the Cha Amm ones will be called t. Urd City. 

21 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Boris Johnson will stub his foot next week and the baht will gain a 0.5% against the pound

Which foot? the one on his head or the other 2.

I always thought he was trying to impersonate Donald Trump with the haircut, but his looks better as it's not a comb over 

6 hours ago, impulse said:

 

If you've ever spent time on Kao San Road, you'd appreciate how dodgy that statement is. 

 

I could print out thousands of exact duplicates of the vaccine certificate I received, with a simple laser printer and some card stock.  If I can do it, some entrepreneurial forgers will do it.

 

There's going to have to be some standardization and/or some way to authenticate any vaccine certificate.  So far, it doesn't exist.

I'm sure the counterfeiters and brown envelope brigade have a solution 

On 4/2/2021 at 12:00 AM, TacoKhun said:

Interesting, no Russian vaccine who one of the biggest tourist group.

Yes, and Russian vaccines are reported as performing better than most. 

The bit about tourists will not qualify if they are from a country with a mutated strain, gets me, just about all countries have had a case of a mutated strain, including NZ and Australia, Europe is full of mutated strains, so I guess this plan is up for review already. 

Next plan please. 

On 3/30/2021 at 12:44 PM, Rocking Robert said:

You still have to have a COE certificate and COVID 19 insurance

It's returning home that will be the problem, but I guess the number crunchers allow for this. 

3 hours ago, impulse said:

I get a kick out of all the guys who think these programs are (or even should be) aimed at rich western retirees.

 

And the guys who think they could afford land if Thailand let their northern neighbors start snapping it up, bidding up the prices.

 

And the ones who think there would be any room left in Thailand if they made it real easy for their northern neighbors to get a Thai passport.

 

Be careful what you wish for...

 

If they sold all the empty condos owned by the Chinese drug Lords, then you might see a rise in Myanmar Labour and a building boom

15 hours ago, simon43 said:

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Sorry, but I simply don't believe this.  'Buying a house' in my interpretation means owning (not leasing) the property (with its land/garden) in my name only.  Any other scheme is just deception.

Well there is plenty for a sale, I have heard rumours back here that some properties are going very cheap now. Still the wealthy land bankers will be holding out. 

Buyers will be weary nowadays of buying anything, one phenomenon that has happened is that property prices in most countries have shot through the roof, a phenomenon that I don't think will happen in Thailand, especially now Myanmar is in a state. Thailand also has its own problem with political uncertainty and turmoil. 

A market that states, Buyers Beware. 

34 minutes ago, SouthernMan3 said:

Greetings from another elderly Californian.   

I am the same.

Not stranded at all.

That said, I live here most of the year(I am all good visa wise) and if I go to California now I not only face the Covid epidemic but I don't know at this point when I would be able to return to my family here.

The situation is still so fluid.

And with the problems next door it just adds another layer of uncertainly.

 

Here's the BIG question: When and where will vaccines be available for us X pats here ???

Whatever you decide do not get the Astra shot, Germany has suspended it for people 60 yrs plus. The Pfizer one is being used in NZ at the moment and seems to be OK with elderly. 

On 3/31/2021 at 8:56 AM, Soikhaonoiken said:

I wouldn't have thought many Farang are still stranded in Thailand, would have thought most Countries in the world operated a repatriation for there citizens, or allowed flights to enter over the last 12 months.. 

There is probably a lot of people up to no good still in los who will be wellcoming this 

12 hours ago, d2b2 said:

Tragic and senseless loss of life. RIP little one.

Tragic. Yes. 

Leaving loaded guns around and no gun lockers also Tragic. RIP. 

On 3/27/2021 at 3:38 PM, doctormann said:

I'm not sure that having a licence makes very much difference when it's the mind-set that is in need of adjustment!

It would be the same mind set that they adopted when the fishing magnates imported myamer workers full of covid.

Do nothing.. Motorcycle dealers must prevail. 

On 3/22/2021 at 10:30 PM, Moonlover said:

We do not yet know about the long term effectiveness of vaccination. It is wise to prepare for a loss of efficiency of vaccination over time and a possibility of a resurgence of the virus.

 

Having your own supply, on your doorstep is a shrewd move IMO.

The 400 odd candidates for trial could easily come from the fishing industry. 

53 minutes ago, polpott said:

Got a link for that? All I've seen from the government is that certain African countries with the South African variant remain at 14 days. Also, what makes you think that the UK variant has a longer incubation period?

In NZ the most recent outbreak was caused by a person who had tested negative and released from 14 day quarantine, who then was found to be positive to the new British strain after 25 day's. 

NZ has publicly said the newer variants have longer tails. 

NZ was quoted yesterday as being the gold standard for covid-19 control. 

19 hours ago, IamNoone88 said:

With infection rates soaring across Europe and new strains evolving ..... summers holidays being cancelled in the UK etc plus the year end is winter with a third wave expected ..... I expect a few twists and turns to the grand plan. On a global level, Thailand has so far vaccinated less than 0.1% of the population with the FIRST DOSE and don't forget most vaccines require 2 doses - a monumental task for the country.

Exactly, shorter quarantine is stupid, for anyone not vaccinated. 

But as you say there are problems with new strains and outbreaks, with the new strains showing longer tails. 

Add to that Astra vaccine problems and the political arguments over supply, and I don't see a smooth ride here. 

NZ about to open a travel bubble with Australia now looking shakey again after a breakout in Brisbane. 

18 hours ago, ftpjtm said:

No mention of which vaccine he received?

Exactly what I'm thinking, I have read reports that Thailand was going to to use the astra zeneca to begin with. 

There are at present many countries expressing problems with blood clotting from this brand of the vaccine. 

However representatives of the company say the benefits outweigh these problems. 

Astra vaccine is in the headlines for these types of deaths and clotting worldwide at the present time. 

I think the BK post said Prayut declined his Astra shot due to his age/risk group.