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Actual, recent info and concern about Sinopharm and AZ:

Testing the fully vaccinated elderly, 

The result shown that potentially as many as 30% with Sinopharm jab and 20% with AZ has not developed any immunity. ( their immune system doesn't produce antibodies, ie they have actually zero protection against covid, apart a false sense of being safe).

Mixing vaccines offered as one potential solution, like Germany approved aftet after first shot of AZ the second can be Pfeizer or Moderna.

Not to mention that getting the first shot of vaccine if far from full protection in itself, and even that limited protection takes about 2 weeks...thus it doesn't really work as " emergency measure", as good as it reads in the news.

2 hours ago, Almer said:

The young are the future the old are a drain on the purse

 Phrase it a bit softer: 

In Thailand with little social security, the old highly rely on the younger generation financially.

27 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

 

Tax the rich...

The interest is taxed at the bank. 

Equal rate.

It is quite unfortunate, that 1000thb if generate 1% a year = 10thb minus tax,

Vs.

100 million at 1% a year = 1 million thb minus tax.

Unless the money made illegally, it is how it is.

Test on 8 ppl....

Potentially random result would be a serious understatement.

2 minutes ago, Golden Triangle said:

The only problem I see with going that route (root) is if they have a short window in which to register & pay, then if you wait until say late September you may well be told ' sorry no have for you, you too late ' if you wanna take that risk then fine. 

Would be true...if not for the previous registrations and apps that ppl were urged to use, only to find that something "new" popped up in 2 weeks.

Moderna prices changed just about 3x in past month, and this July 1st isn't the first time to register for it neither.

So far the only consistent part of the offers remain the NO REFUND.

Are private hospitals out of money??

If prepay about 3-4 months ahead to book vaccine...with supposed No Refund policy is so-so, given they may need to assess how much vaccine to purchase, why to fully prepay for a maybe service fee, doctor fee and insurance fee also way ahead?

Since nothing delivered until October anyway, plus the past 3 months have seen multiple changes to both price and timelines, for now I would rather just wait to get closer to October, and decide when there is more certainty and less time left to mess it up.

6500 jabs a day... trying so hard to stretch the 1 million shot to administer over 6 months or what???

Even if I would have a parrot, no imminent danger to my diamonds, not having any...

On the end, the doves regularly <deleted>ting on the balcony...could eat some lead, or run into the alley cat, 

Tired of mopping.

It sounds as much self defense as premeditated murder.

8 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Begs the question if Chulabhorn Royal Academy can acquire it why not the government?

They could...just don't want to.

Different racket...;)

8 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

The road to nowhere....

Wrong!

That is the 'Road to Riches'!! 

( Private road; entry permitted only to the chosen few)

Finally some proof that Thai ppl aren't that bad in basic math!!

Good on them.

The J&J also smart, a single shot.

Which makes me wonder what excuse the government and the private hospitals will come up to still fleece the farangs the same as a 2 jab scenario offer.

Not an easy task, but they got the experience in it, an interesting match up.

1 minute ago, robblok said:

Here is the comment on your catch, they can transmit but less so. Every country that has mass vaccinations with good vaccines sees improvent. My country is opening up hospital admissions down transmissions down all good signs.

So we can live again when we got a lot of people vaccinated. Think in about 4-5 months. So hang in there a bit longer. 

True.

Less.

Also true that kids, especially bellow age 15, aren't get vaccinated anywhere!

As for the mass vaccination, if target 30 million where about 50% vaccinated the transmission start to drop off seriously,

The current approx 300k a day, 2 jobs will take no less than about 7 months...

But every country knows the vaccination curve start to flatten out quickly from the early spike up...so give it a year ...Mid-2022. 

Would you propose every kid lose s full year?

Bcos seen my son's online education last year, it is worthless...

4 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Kids most certainly can transmit the virus, and since they all would come together at the schools and kindergartens, would then take it out into the city. 

Any kid may hug it's mother straight back from the market. 

Here is the catch: right now the standing that fully vaccinated ppl can also transmit the virus.

Will some point start to live life again?