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1 hour ago, rott said:

At the moment there are not too many farang about to heavily socialise with, not even for those who choose to live in heavily farang populated Pattaya. 

It does seem strange to read of people who do not want to communicate with other farangs but come on here to tell about it. 

Didn't say communicate. You're proving to be the typical farang I'd never have a beer with. 

And did you not read I said 30+ years. It is not about the covid years. 

The  c̶a̶t̶ virus is most definitely out of the bag. 

On 7/16/2021 at 9:05 AM, Cake Monster said:

No ! But having my own Business for many Years taught me the way that things are within the wheels of doing Business.

 

 

And if you'd ever been envolved in large international contracts you'd know to keep your mouth shut until after you'd read the contract. 

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

mass COVID-19 vaccinations program

To call it that is ridiculous. More like "minimal COVID-19 vaccinations program" 

3 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

The one thing you can b absolutely certain of, is that AZ will have had there very best Lawyers and advisors drawing up any Contract between AZ and SB.

There will be " Penalty   Clauses " a plenty in any Contract that was drawn up.

Your crystal ball tell you that. 

4 hours ago, hotchilli said:

If the contract is broken can the licence to produce be withdrawn by AZ?

If Thailand continues to produce without a licence is that stealing IP

Depends on the conditions of contract. Penalties could be many or none. No one can answer your questions without knowledge of the actual contract. 

53 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

I don't think they have much say in where it goes, that was tied up contractually with the licence to produce in Thailand.

Contracts can and often are broken. 

22 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

You mean someone who really gave a feces

As against those that are just full of it. 

22 hours ago, Lacessit said:

I am baffled by this ban. If people are wearing masks, according to the attached video the ban is unnecessary.

Also, to be consistent, the ban should extend to all forms of transport, such as buses and songthaews

And private vehicles. That would hit hard but at least eliminate some discrimination in favour of the better off. 

23 hours ago, smedly said:

and how many are actual tourist on vacation for 2 to 4 weeks

 

I would say not very many

Departure numbers are needed. Will we ever get them, I doubt it. 

18 hours ago, internationalism said:

yesterday those tests were estimated to sell 300-400b.Now below 100b.

But in europe supermarkets they are 30-40b.

Who and how much is making on them?

And in India only 50 rupees (22 baht). 

https://www.india.com/news/india/iit-delhi-launches-affordable-rapid-antigen-test-kit-priced-at-rs-50-4768908/

Whoever came up with this should be banned from talking anywhere, ever. 

2 hours ago, Andylongtime said:

Nothing made in China works

The virus has. China's longest lasting product EVER. 

1 minute ago, Olmate said:

You must be a bullet proof kinda guy!

Not really. But I am a person who considers the needs of others before me. Migration even to the next town has proven time and time again to be the cause of the virus spreading. Better to try and create your own safe environment where you are than flee recklessly to another possibly taking sickness with you. 

2 hours ago, Marvin Hagler said:

Not a hope in hell that those Pattaya numbers are anywhere close to reality. I think Pattaya is the one place where you can safely assume the real numbers are at least 10X higher than what is reported.

Brought to you care of domestic tourists looking for a good time. 

2 hours ago, Swimfan said:

I can’t see the restrictions coming in to effect on Monday having any impact on these numbers. Why wait till Monday giving people the opportunity to move out to the provinces where facilities and resources to deal with large local outbreaks will be very limited. 
 

Running away is very irresponsible but expected in the land of me, me, me. 

23 minutes ago, pattaya1234was said:

Oh dear! How else does a foreigner prove their age?

Oh dear! Your sense of humour was found in Tesco's carpark. 

18 hours ago, pattaya1234was said:

I went last Tuesday but friends went yesterday, Friday. You need only a Passport and a pen. For over 75's it is certainly walk-in. I does not appear clear whether that is the same for over 60's. This facility closes on the 18th July-better to go as soon as possible. Good luck!

Does the virus take a peak at your passport too? 

On 7/10/2021 at 8:48 AM, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

https://www.facebook.com/informationcovid19/photos/a.106455480972785/361221875496143/?type=3

 

 

Foreigners to Get Only 10% of U.S. Donated Pfizer Vaccine Doses

 

Foreigners are slated to receive only 10 percent of the 1.5 million Pfizer vaccine doses being donated by the United States to Thailand – half the amount previously reported in the Thai news media, according to a Thai government document released Friday.

 

The U.S. government and the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok have never commented on or confirmed the notion of a set-aside for the donated Pfizer doses. However, a senior Thai general involved in Thailand’s COVID fight was quoted in Thai news reports recently saying 20 percent or 300,000 of the doses would be set aside for foreigners.

 

That report, however, was contradicted by a Thai Ministry of Public Health vaccine rollout plan released Friday that said only 10 percent of the Pfizer doses (150,000) would be reserved for foreigners. Curiously, English language summaries of the government’s plan made no mention of the specific Pfizer percentage set-aside, but the original Thai MoPH document does.

 

According to the document, 1.35 million of the donated Pfizer doses will be set aside for Thai nationals, and only 150,000 for foreigners, enough for 75,000 people, under the vaccine's two-shot regimen. The top priority for the donated Pfizer doses will be to give a single third-shot booster to the nation's medical staff caring for COVID patients, along with elderly Thais and those with chronic medical conditions.

 

The same planned 10 percent vaccine set-aside for foreigners (105,000 doses, enough for 52,500 people) is supposed to apply to a separate donation of 1.05 million AstraZeneca vaccines doses being given by Japan. So together, the Thai government is proposing to set aside 255,000 doses for foreigners, enough for about 127,500 foreign nationals.

 

If the Thai MoPH follows through with the 10 percent plan, that means fewer of one of the most effective coronavirus vaccines available will be offered to foreigners in Thailand, who currently only have access to the Thai government provided AstraZeneca vaccine, which is somewhat less effective, and the government provided Chinese Sinovac vaccine, which is considered much less effective.

 

Since Thailand’s belated vaccines rollout began in early June, many foreigners have complained loudly about being unable to obtain vaccines because of often non-functional Thai government programs for them to register for and receive vaccines that are separate from the signup programs available to Thai nationals.

 

The Thai government has not released any recent statistics on the exact size of the current foreign nationals population in Thailand nor on how many of those have been able to be vaccinated. But the numbers also are low for Thai citizens, with only 12.2 percent of the Thai population having received a first shot thus far, and only 4.4 percent fully vaccinated.

 

10%, 20%... Still smacks of discrimination. Vaccines should be for all people according to age, risk etc. not nationality. 

14 hours ago, possum1931 said:

You forgot to mention his off shore account.

I didn't forget anything. Those offshore accounts are not relevant to my post which was solely about government accounts. Others have adequately covered his personal accounts both on and offshore. 

12 hours ago, connda said:

A friend of mine said Makro isn't a mall.  So back the truck up at 11am.

Of course it isn't. It's a supermarket. A PhD is not required to know that. 

15 hours ago, Lingba said:

he's got enough in his swiss bank account not to mention all the money sitting in his wife's and daughters names

He considers the government bank accounts his own. That's why he's been reluctant to buy vaccines. 

4 hours ago, 10baht said:

My drill instructor was dyslexic. We only found out when he told us " In Dog We Trust"

I've listened to many Thais try and say in English how a word is spelt. Letters come out something like:

Apple, Banana, Canada, etc.... 

17 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

Same, Canuck. The staff are overwhelmed with emails. They simply can't reply to every one. Better to phone. Or wait until July 12 & call the hospitals directly.

 

As Phayathai2 has stated it will be using Google Forms, a phone call might find out where to get one to submit of July 12.

So rather than staff be overwhelmed with emails customers will be unable to contact by phone as the phone lines will be overwhelmed. Logical.