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In normal times there are an average of 65 road fatalities per day in Thailand (2019). In that year the Songkran “7 dangerous days” totaled  386 death on Thai roadways.

Thailand just hit 90 reported Covid deaths per day. That's one Covid death every 16 minutes. That number is rising fast and probably significantly under reported.

Welcome to Thailand - If you thought the minivan ride was scary just wait till you see our Coivd numbers ????

1 hour ago, connda said:

That it is.  Which is why these are the halcyon days of vaccines.  Wait until 2023 when the vaccine plants are cranking out billions a year.  Vaccines in authoritarian countries will be essentially mandated (most countries will have fully moved to an authoritarian model of governance) and vaccines will be mandated on a 3 to 6 month revolving schedule as Big Pharma milks the new cash cow in a now Trillion dollar a year industry (Long Moderna)  They'll be using children names for variants (just like hurricanes) as they long ago ran out of Greek letters as periodic lock-downs and mandatory mask wearing is still the norm.  The unvaccinated will be blamed for the variants.  Small business will have been decimated most being a fond memory as malls, hypermarts, and corporate restaurants with their own delivery staff will now be the only option for those with vaccines.  Those without will languish in the ranks of unvaccinated apartheid.  Shunned, oppressed, perhaps imprisoned...or worse, as they are 'encouraged' by all means necessary to join the ranks of the vaccinated and add to Big Pharma's bottom line.  Cha-Ching!  The main-stream media will be nothing but unending fear.
Well, in my crystal ball at least. 

"Well, in my crystal ball at least. "  Is that the left one or the right one?

5 hours ago, internationalism said:

if "must" that means it was condition for this donation.

I would think only the USA citizens at first, when all done, the rest for the USA allies (brits).

That would be all, not enough for the rest.

Foreign teachers will get their jab in late summer, very few elderly and sick getting now and within near future, but about half of expats will be at mercy of the second part of the vax program, middle/end of autumn

 

I'm American and wish you were right, but I think we're dreaming. Thinking about Thailand's priorities - "foreigners" could easily mean the thousands of construction and factory workers from Myanmar, Lao, Cambodia....these people mean much more to the Thai economy than we do. I'm not optimistic about this.

Nobody pointing at anything???

19 minutes ago, Thalueng said:

If you loose your bank book you need to go to the police station to report it lost. With the confirmation letter from the police the bank can issue a replacement bank book with all past transactions. 

Are you sure about "All past transactions?" The last time I went into a branch to have my bank book updated they could only print the past 90 days of activity, and said there wasn't any way to print prior transactions. They said I could order bank statements going back further - but i'd have to request that in person at the branch where I opened the account.  

20 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

Yes.

 

 

I did my renewal last month and was handed an appointment slip for 19th August.

Same for me.

When I asked for a receipt or stamp after completing the proof appointment she said it was in their computer but they don't provide a receipt or stamp. She said "Don't worry if there is any problem we can confirm again from your bank book". 

I believe the appointment to confirm helps keep things very clear - but it is not a legal requirement as long as you can later prove that the financial requirement (800k  balance) has been met.  What if I lost my bank book...? er no idea.

We have all see the metal shacks slums they call "construction worker dormitories".  Being locked in one of those camps would be horrific and these are foreign workers that are not well taken care of in Thailand to begin with. We complain about crappy ASQ - can you imagine being locked in a metal shed for a few weeks? It would be great if Red Cross or some other international agency is keeping an eye on their welfare...but I doubt that will happen ????

Just now, Mickeymaus said:

Sterilisation will not take them away from the streets. They still pose a danger to people. And even if such a dog is vaccinated against rabies you will have to go for a treatment because you can't be sure if the dog was vaccinated. 

Ya, but shelters are full and euthanizing isn't going to happen on a mass scale in Thailand, so what other solution is there besides a long term approach of sterilization to reduce the population over time?  Check the statistics - sterilization programs work.

Thailand's street dogs are MUCH nicer than street dogs a lot of countries where people are less kind. I'm not aware of a huge danger from street dogs in Thailand. All of the horrific mauling's of children and adults I've read about here were pet animals of breeds intentionally bred for aggression.

2 hours ago, morrobay said:

The real problem are all these people that feed them: Idiots compassion.

You got to be kidding right? Do you really advocate starving the animals to death as a rational solution?  That would only result in hungry and aggressive packs of animals struggling to survive. In a society where euthanizing animals is just not going to happen sterilization is the only logical solution. Please consider supporting one of the sterilization programs trying to solve the Soi Dog Problem.

Pattaya Soi Dog Sterilization Project https://www.facebook.com/groups/902785046588819

Thailand Soi Dog Foundation https://www.soidog.org/

3 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

Never mind about Pattaya. What about out in the sticks where the situation has to be worse?

I'm not sure the problem is greater out in the sticks, but here's some info on sterilization programs. The Pattaya Project is part of a national program of the Soi Dog Foundation. https://www.soidog.org/   The run programs in many areas of Thailand. Also there are reginal and local efforts by a number of other groups. Sterilization is the only reasonable approach to the problem. Give Google a shot to find resources near you.

The Pattaya Soi Dog Sterilization Project has sterilized 7,000 street dogs in the last 3 years. The sterilization is privately funded by the Soi Dog Foundation, but requires the help of neighborhood people to identify, capture and transport the animals. Darting and transporting the animals costs 500/baht per dog and done by the people at animalarmy.org.  Anyone currently feeding Soi Dogs knows the local dogs the best and you can be very helpful in identifying animals to be spayed. Everyone else - please consider making a donation to help get more animals sterilized. PM me for more info ????

The Pattaya Soi Dog Sterilization Project

https://www.facebook.com/groups/902785046588819

Only in an elevator - because everywhere else I can just walk away. I'll ask politely to please put their mask - with my foot holding the elevator door open until they do. 

There's been some discussion about it, but in the end wearing a mask in an elevator is common decency, it's currently the law in Thailand, and I've got unusually big feet ????

The French are inoculating their citizens worldwide, including Thailand. This puts to rest the "impossible logistics" argument and the argument that Thailand wouldn't permit it because of "bad optics". Thailand's decision to allow embassies to contract out the vaccinations to local hospitals paved the way for any embassy to coordinate same.  

Thailand is roughly 1% of the world population. If Thailand received 1% of the 80 million doses the USA will distribute in the next 8 days that would be 800k doses. There are only 30-40k Americans in Thailand - only part of those are seniors. It just wouldn't be a big deal to get this done for American citizens.   

52 minutes ago, bronzedude said:

Don't count on the US embassy for anything. I'v learn that the hard way several times in the past 10 years.

Unfair. Anytime you need a signature notarized for $US 50 bucks they are there for you...oh except now...

America loves to posture as the global hero - hence the 500 million dose giveaway to coincide with Biden's first global engagement. The covid scene is unprecedented in our lifetimes. Just sayin it would be a great time for America to step up and be a hero to it's citizens abroad.

Agree - draconian and a completely confusing system of penalties. "Shoot on sight" would be much simpler and mask compliance would be near 100%. 

9 hours ago, cormanr7 said:

Same here but website says: 'Available group: People aged 60 + years old, people living with any underlying diseases following.....so 60+ without diseases should qualify.'

Maybe they ran out of dates in the foreseeable future in a few minutes? Anyway to put it politely somehow I had not expected it to go smoothly.

Not expected it to go smoothly? The 90 day report site has been down for more than a year. Obviously, the entire national IT team has been diverted to work on this Covid registration site.  Should be state of the art no?

There have been a lot of criminal and civil actions against people who cause tarnish to Thailand's reputation and marketability as a safe tourist resort. "Truth" is not a defense for criminal defamation laws in Thailand. The OP may want to be very careful about publishing the results of this survey.