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3 hours ago, richthai said:

Somewhat misleading report.  As of 2 days ago (28 Oct) 42% of the entire population is fully vaccinated and 17% have 1 vaccination.  One month ago these figures were 30% and 17%.  Each day, +1% of the population is being vaccinated putting it at the top of the world for the past 2 weeks.  The rollout to 12-17 year olds is moving ahead nicely.  103M jabs have been administered thus far.  Thailand has made good progress in the last two months with plans to exceed 70% by mid December.
The opening to tourists is focused primarily on the fully vaccinated.  
Given how the tourism industry has been decimated, moving ahead carefully at this time seems good for the people of Thailand.  It's not without some risks, but many steps have been taken.

It seems you forgot something very important.

The main danger doesn't come from the (vaccinated) falangs - vaccination is  a must for them - , but from the not fully inoculated people here in Thailand, more than 50%. And the reason for the very low number of vaccinated people in Thailand, Thais and foreigners as well, lies with the military leader, who didn't like to spend the budget money for this urgent vaccination.

Another reason, the Thai leader and his bootlickers first served the interests of his "friends" in special provinces, dependimng on tourists. The remote areas got fogotten, as I can confirm here in the Mae Hong Son Province.

They say: quarantine-free, but it's not - 1 day in reality!

A typical misinformation of the military government.

Another example: They say our orders are only for your health/protection against the covid virus. The reality: many, many of their orders are made to MAKE MONEY (for the riches).

More examples:

• look at the headline of this thread: 1 day "quarantine" for the foreigners = falangs are forced to pay for the covid losses of the Thai hotel owners.
• BEFORE, quarantine-free moving was allowed only for "special" (hotels in) cities/provinces; Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Ko Samui, Hua Hin, Pattaya without considering the reality (danger) of the covid situation. Poor provinces have been missed (sorted out).
• The falangs, including returning expats, had and have to show double covid vaccination .... ehm because of a danger for the Thai population. In reality: the danger of a covid infection doesn't and didn't come from the falangs, but from the Thais themselves. The vaccination rate in the foreign countries has been by far much, much higher than in Thailand, where the military dictator needed so much time to order the vaccines in foreign countries.
• the military leader made big mistakes in handling the covid problem. The most serious one was in April 2020 allowing  the Thai people to return to their families for celebrating their songkran at home. Result: transporting the disease to the provinces and therafter back to Bangkok and the surrounding areas.

Some people died already here in the Northern mountains. Of smoke? ....- No, because of laughing about this app.

When you are reading all this contradicting government "orders", then you unvoluntarily think about the future of Thailand.

I - i..e. - cannot refuse the idea: what would happen, if Thailand is forced into a war?

My ideas:

• although ruled by a military "leader", he wouldn't know how to react. Because no plan about it.
• the leader would announce an order, shut up all you minions. This is a military problem which can only resolved by us. But it will take some time.
• the leader will order all available submarines into the Mekong to defend the capital and the channels near to his house.
• the leader will call ASEAN to suppoert him, because some important generals are just not at home, but shopping with their family in Peking, Mumbay , Ney York or Paris. It will take some time to return at home. But he urgently needs them. He has already ordered a military first class plane for their returning.
• the leader will ask the parliament to take over the responsability (until the end of the war).
• the leader will promise another election - after the war.
• .............

4 hours ago, Chivas said:

Seeing as the UK has the current worst record in the world for daily infections I'm at a loss as to how we are included !

It's the Thai-money-logic !

10 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

Are you referring to the "Super Rigged Poll"?

Don't you know the old adage concerning polls?

Give me the result of your wishes and you'll get what you want (payed for)!

29 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Visiting the elderly/handicapped/bedridden.

Well, good effort but why they can't use a proper EMS or other van?

Looks a bit like a PR stunt?

At the vaccination here in the subdistrict a whole armada of vehicles and staff came from the district hospital. Incl. computers/monitors, mobile router and UPS to do the registration and such. And except for the bedridden everyone found someone to help with transport (max 2 km to the health station).

I'm jealous !

The Thai military must make money, even by a pandemy. No problem, no moral!

Completely unnecessary sandbox system, if people have had 2 doses of Pfizer, Moderna or Astra Z. . Because the corrupt military elite wants this sandbox - even if 2x vaccinated already - it's proof by 100%, that some money of the overpriced ASQ hote bills of the quarantine goes in their pockets.

In Thailand it's completely impossible to follow the money, particularly  when it goes in military pockets. Or did you hear or read that somebody has been allowed "to follow the money" on miliitary bank accounts? Controls impossible!

18 hours ago, mommysboy said:

Sadly they could be having 2 shots of Pfizer or AZ free of charge. Many already double jabbed.

 

 

Not everywhere in Thailand ! Especially Pfizer not available, even if you would pay for it.

On 9/9/2021 at 10:20 AM, soalbundy said:

I first sent an email to Phuket consulate asking about this, you can send the documents online (scan pension letter from your pension provider, scan of first page of your passport) When they confirmed they would send the letter they sent a bank account number, after payment at the bank I had to scan the receipt and send it per email, they said the letter will be sent with the next post. Pattaya also has this service but you have to send cash by EMS.

I can confirm exactly the same service (confirmation of income) by the Germnan Honorary Consulate in Chiang Mai, this year (because of Covid). Excellent and with common sense!

22 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

Vaccination does not stop infection or transmission, people who are vaccinated can still become infected, to not test would be foolhardy

22 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

That is a hugely dumbed down and oversimplified binary response…

 

Vaccination cuts down infection, the severity of infection and transmission. 
 

Vaccination with vaccines reported to have a greater efficacy improve this to the degree that with sufficient numbers (percentages of a population) vaccinated with an effective vaccine testing may not be necessary at all.

 

It is at this stage we move on with life and handle Covid-19 as we do other respiratory illnesses. 

 

It seems you have read RJRS' comment a little bit to fast. Look at the last part of his paragraph.

23 hours ago, kotsak said:

Even one day is one day too many.. 

Yes, the military regime doesn't won't to slash the money-milking pandemie cow. As long as possible!

An idea for the future:

make a colored copy of this card and save the paper in your IMMI-folder i.e.

I have cut it out and you will see no difference to the original !

Here in our village it is confirmed - even by the street dogs - that dogs are wonderful animals. We live here alraedy for 16 years, never heard about a street dog biting somebody. The motor taxi drivers near the market take a little bit care for them, some people with shops on the street, too.

I have there some favorites. Every day I go down to the village, I buy some chicken or pork sticks and feed them. One dog followes me already going downwards. When leaving the market, normaly 4 are behind me on the mainroad, up in the soi just to a bridge over a stream. There they are stopped by a Lizhu-dog, which controlles this area. Will also receive some meet. The nice thing, all show me they are happy to see me and - of course - receiving some food.

The remaining meat is for our own 2 dogs already waiting for me on the cement way up to our land. It's like a ceremony, all involved like it and are happy. Not biting each other!

But if I would meet a dog, as reported here, I would go to the village with a scythe blade on a stick to protect me. The dog would regret it attacking me!

Good news, Air Asia.

We hope these tickets for flights from CNX - Hua Hin will be available in the coming Northern "smoky season" (2022).

@Antonymous

You made this ugly eperience at the Grace reception about one year ago. Interesting, that "she" is still there, because I have had this bad experience with her a lot of years ago. Isn't  a good advertising for Grace. 

Normaly she should have been fired. But I guess she must be connected to somebody in this clinic. It's up to the boss/es,  now not my problem anymore.

Chiang Mai has a lot of excellent dentists. Dr. Korakot and Dr. Chanika of the Grace Dental clinic are 2 of them (my own experience).

But some years ago I stopped going there. The reason: a woman with a very deep  voice at the reception ( was new there). As usual,  I asked by e-mail for an appointment,  because I  live 4 hours away of Chiang Mai. I had to repeat it 3 times, never received an answer. Then I called them. I reported this ugly behaviour during the next treatment to Dr, Korakot, the boss. Nothing happened.

The same behavior again by this "woman". Now I recognized it was intentional. The years before it had never happened this way. I reported it to Dr. Korakot again, but no excuse. This was the reason I canceled the next appointment and never returned to Grace.

As I said before, Chiang Mai is famous for having a lot of excellent dentists. That was proven when I changed to Dentalworld (on the SouthWest corner of the moat).  Beside good dentists the ladies at the rexception are reliable/okay.