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Disparate Dan

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  1. Talking about “fake news”? Well I have just been in the same facility and there was no mention and nothing said when handing out the second date. Here's just one item from thousands: “The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) - the body that approved both the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine and the Pfizer/Moderna vaccine for use - has stated that “there is currently no evidence that drinking alcohol interferes with the efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccines. We would advise anyone concerned about this to talk to their healthcare professional.”” (Independent, 4 May 2021) Oh, and two or three days is (sorry, are) not a week...................
  2. The 'no alcohol' is not official at all. It's not mentioned at the hospital and there are many uotes from (eg) UK saying drinking has no effect one way or the other before or after (unless you get so p1sed you can't recognise any symptoms). I think many TV readers might forgo getting vaccinated if they thought a week off was compulsory! However, advice at Phyathai 2 that "you may go swimming after two days" was, in the circumstances, just taking the [deleted].
  3. Province: BKK Date: 1 July Location (name of hospital or other) Phyathai 2 Are you over 60/chronically ill? (Yes/No) over 60 How did you register? intervac website Vaccination received (yes/no) Y If yes, Type of vaccine : AZ First off, I needed to change the date given to me (which had been June 29) and the (very good) English-speaking lass on the phone was very helpful, called me back in 20 min with a new date. It all looks like chaos in there but actually works surprisingly well; 30 min from entering to needle. My blood pressure was high (it always is in hospitals) but after a quick discussion among themselves they let me proceed. The 30min after-wait took 45, but no drama. I did notice, to my surprise, that most others were distinctly under-60. No apparent after-effects as (and here the pathetic message ends............................)
  4. Hadn't heard that before. Is that your advice or did they tell you?
  5. That piece states: "An analysis by Public Health England (PHE), where the Delta variant is more widespread, found that both the Pfizer/BioNTech and AstraZeneca (AZN.L) vaccines provide more than 90% protection against hospitalization from the Delta variant. read more" Is that what you are trying to point to?
  6. Great. Enjoy yourself up in the northeast. I'll take my chances in BKK where I have been for 25+ years. Thanks for the note.
  7. I repeat: what are you on? I have an appointment (and I know full well it might not materialise) for next week to get a vaccine. I have given them my age and my passport (incidentally, via a fairly sophisticated set of software) and they have asked nothing more. BTW those details are available to authorities in any of the 57 countries I have been with that passport. What data breach, I ask in all innocence?
  8. No. I have given them nothing beyond name, rank and number (all right, I gave them my passport number). What are you on?
  9. No-one said you had to take one. Calm down. [Note: Americans have a tendency to get hysterical...]
  10. Evidence for this? And where are you? Like many others actually IN Thailand, I have a jab scheduled. Whether I want it is not something the embassy would not get involved in.
  11. Hardly boosts confidence in the jabs programme - Australia "will shelve the controversial AstraZeneca vaccine by October, suggesting it will have enough supplies of other vaccines to meet “allocation horizons” for vaccinating the population by the end of the year." - Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jun/23/australia-plans-to-shelve-astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-by-october) So what they seem to be saying is 'as soon as we have something less dubious, we'll use that instead, but please continue to get the rubbish jab in the meanwhile'. What I know or care about all these potions you could write on a pinhead with a pneumatic drill, but I'm due to get an AZ jab next week. What am I supposed to think or do? [that's a rhetorical question, folks....] You wonder why there is "vaccine hesitancy" around the world, let alone here?
  12. I used to work at a (no <deleted>) very high level in regional tourism. I know what I'm talking about it's all of you I doubt. I don't need your sorrow either.
  13. So who are these million people? In the 'informal' sector not paying taxes etc? Remember also that the 20 percent includes domestic as well as international tourism.
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