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I got my first shot of Pfizer vax at Central Festival on August 25th. Having lived in Thailand for the last 15 years, I have learned that nothing promised here is ever certain. Rules and availability of various items change almost daily. Add to that the up and down situations with Pfizer and Moderna vaccines at BHP, and I have been concerned since that first shot about the availability of Pfizer vax for my second shot, scheduled on the 15th. I will remain concerned until it's injected! ... That said, I have to ask the OP if the friend he mentioned was trying to get his FIRST or SECOND shot. That's an important point. I would HOPE that they reserved enough Pfizer to ensure that there would be enough to provide a second dose for those who got one, and were given an appointment slip for the second. ... BUT - TIT! 

3 hours ago, johng said:

The answer right there  they don't want to pay the broadcast fees  maybe not so surprising now that there are no international tourists and all the hotels and guest houses are closed  they have stopped paying for cable service and the cable companies probably have lost a  lot of income  have to cut back wherever they can.

They cannot afford to pay fees, because, as pointed out by i84teen pointed out, their audience has nearly disappeared due to their blatant socialist bias and fake news. Most airports have dropped their exclusive rights; and they are losing advertising income.

Thailand figures on COVID put Thailand at #98 of 228 countries in the world. 

Thailand: 88,907 Cases (.001% of 70 mil population!) 486 Deaths (7 per mil of population!)

Is that worth the panic shutdown they're imposing?

US is #1 in cases 10% of pop (much more testing!); .002% of pop death (vax in action!)

UK is #7 in cases 6.5% of pop (much more testing); .002% of pop death (vax in action!)

People are panicking, and allowing their economies to be destroyed, far beyond what is justified by the level of "death threat" presented by this very contagious FLU!

2 hours ago, Thomas J said:

I am from Michigan.  Detroit was once the wealthiest city in the USA on a per capita income basis.  The high wages of the auto workers pushed up the average wage in Detroit to the highest in the USA.  Now, homes for as little as $500 can be had there. 

It is relatively easy to institute practices that kills a region but as shown in Detroit, very hard to revive the patient once you have rendered it on life support. 

Especially so when ignorant people continue to elect people from the same destructive political party that created and continues the same policies that led to the decay of the cities!

If this has been posted previously, I'm sure that a mod will either remove or move it to another thread. I thought it would be useful to those who are about to go to the Jomtien IO for any reason, and are not aware of it. 

I went to the IO this morning to submit my application for the 1-year extension to my Retirement Visa. When I walked in the gate, I was surprised to see a "snake line" of about 100 folks waiting to get in. Posted signs explained that a new process requires that people wait in line to be allowed into the building and receive the usual ticket for the desired service. They allow about 10 people at a time to enter, and form a new line for tickets. It took about 20 minutes for me to get into the building; and about another 40 minutes to complete the application process, and get my claim ticket to pick up my passport after 2 PM tomorrow. 

The good news is that you can avoid that 20 minute wait outside by using the "QueQ" application; which you can download for free from Google Play Store (or other app service). I did that this afternoon. It's easy to use. The caveat is that, like most "big brother" apps today, it will give "someone" access to much of your personal data, as well as your location whenever it's used. (You know, as predicted in "1984!" ... I'm an old man, living a world that I really won't be sorry to leave!)

18 hours ago, robblok said:

I have no problem paying for this, let them make some profit it gets you in front of the line. I dont think 4000 bt is too much for this.

This is my attitude, with a couple of caveats. I have no intention of getting any vaccine until/unless it becomes very inconvenient to be without it; meaning that I can't get access to places I need or want to enter without a "vaccine card", most especially, of course, the Immigration Office! Secondly, if I do choose to get vaccinated, I will definitely choose either Pfizer or Moderna, as they have the highest rates of effectivity. There is NO WAY I will have anything from the CCP put into my body! 

16 hours ago, jackinthebox said:

Probably studied somewhere outside Thailand. I wonder if there is any Thai who can speak good English without having lived in the west for a while.

There are even some whose native language is English who can't speak it well enough! ????

10 minutes ago, skorp13 said:

You are still free to move from province to province but in Chonburi, where there are very few cases, you can't go out for a meal, a drink, and kids are locked out again. Covid only strikes 7/11 and Family mart between 22.00 - 05.00? Pathetic

Lockdown on 7-11s from 2200 to 0500, leaving them OPEN ALL DAY LONG is in contention for the most ridiculous order of the whole lockdown fiasco! 

1 hour ago, JoePai said:

In malls, supermarkets, pharmacies, banks and mobile phone shops can remain open.

 

Any idea why phone shops should remail open as not necessary ?

Not sure; but check what businesses the governor owns!

7 hours ago, Liverpoolfan said:

Thailand will never be the same again.

I truly believe that it is safe to say that the world will never be the same again in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Big business and the mega rich will survive. But medium sized and small businesses, which account for most of the employment in the world, will shrivel to something less than 60% of their pre-COVID levels. As a result; the number of poor and homeless will greatly increase; as will drug abuse, crime, and suicide. At least the next several decades will be as dark a period as humanity has seen in centuries.