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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.

 Karen Meltdown Videos - like a train wreck ya can't stop watching ????

Thais are not getting vaccinated at much of a pace either, so there really isn't much for farangs to complain about at this moment.  It's not a plot to discriminate against farangs - it's just chaotic all around. Vaccine distribution will shake out as more vaccine doses are landed in Thailand. Covid prevention and vaccination hasn't gone smoothly anywhere so little surprise things are far from perfect here. 

I'm grateful that Thai society did a lot better at controlling the spread than a lot of other places. Most farangs I know are happier to have weathered the pandemic here than at home. I think our best strategy is to stay as safe as we can and be patient for the situation to shake out. 

<deleted> Public Relations. It's ridiculous to think that decades of environmental destruction  will be recover in a year.  

6. copy of your lease/house book with your name and address

I rent from a condo owner that is outside the country and I don't have a written lease.  Every time I've needed a residence certificate from Chonburi Immigration they have accepted a letter from the Condo office saying I'm a resident there. I used this method to get a Thai drivers license ( original 2 year and 5 year), Vehicle registrations(2), and Retirement Visa extensions (4 times). I don't know if that's national policy or just Chonburi Immigration, but they've never even mentioned it or asked for a lease instead.