DavisH

Depends on how far you have to travel to the Immigration office. Fortuantely, I'm 15 mins in normal traffic, but have done the last two online successfully. Gor my extension, then another 90-day 2 weeks after that. I will ask at my extension to see if they will update the online suste, before I try to make the next 90day report.

Stupid yes....they develped a vaccine but they at the same time dont approve it. That really makes sense.

They don't accept astrazeneca administered in Thailand either.

My crv battery is designed for idlestop. I got 2 years out of mine and I don't use idlestop. I changed it at 40%. Probably cound have used it for a few more months but didn't feel liek gettign stranded aywhre. Other users may only get a year. This battery is 5K baht. I am aware of a wiring 'gizmo' (not sure what it is called), that can be affachere where th idlestop button is, and it can automatically turn off the idlestop when the engine is started. maybe something like tha tis available for th yaris in question (won't get it froma dealer, though)

Never been to uni huh....sounds like it...or is it the University of Life LOL

The bottom line is that equations such as y=2^x, y=3^x, y=e^x, etc, cannot be dirextly applied to any real life situation as it requires every potential person to be available to be infected, and each has the same chance of infection - that also mean no masks alloe, no sociail distancign etc. That is why practically no graph from any country shows rapid exponential increase (perhaps only over linited time spans, in some cases).

For the Viraspec saliva test - from their data, below. The specificity of this test is 99.9%. That means if you test positive with this test you are almost certainly positive - the false positive rate is just 0.1% If you test negative with this test, there is about a 10% chance you are actually positive. I believe this test is / will be available in Thailand. I saw something in the press recently about it. I have not looked at data from other kits. The Aegirbio Viraspec COVID-19 Saliva Test is an easy-to-use lateral flow test that rapidly detects COVID-19 using saliva samples. When repetitive use is needed, or when testing on children, a nose swab or blood extraction is highly inconvenient. The Viraspec COVID-19 Test uses a mix of saliva and dilution liquid that reacts to the COVID-19 antigen in under 10 minutes, giving an easily read result. Compared to RT-PCR, human clinical trials have shown the test to have a sensitivity of 90 % for SARS-CoV-2 infections with a specificity of 99.9 %.

Reduced serious cases and those on ventilators as well.

Noone is forcing them....they can still get infected and get some of that sweet natural immunity that way. Ansd they WILL get infected eventually.

Thats my plan. If I haven't been infected by this time next year, I'll look for a booster. But prefer some 2nd gen vaccines, which have not been produced yet. Only the elderly and immunocompromised shoudl get boosters at this time. Most of the elderly population needs to get fully immunized first.

Was this a walk-in site? It sounds like no appointments were made.

You think that would work? The Chinese would just love that kind of bilateral agreement - they know full well the majority of Thais won't move to China, but you can bet millions of Chinese would move here - and price the average Thai out of the market. I don't see any plan being discussed coming to fruition. These ideas have ben raised before..and just get shelved.

Is the Thai yaris sold elsewhere in this spec? If not, it may not be possible to get a manual in english. The Philippines has a yaris but it is 1.3L 98HP, which I believe, is not the Thai spec car. When I got an english manual for a civic many years ago, it was for the 1.7L engine, not the 2.0L (which mine is).

I accept the relative change in numbers (there isa decrease in cases), but ofcourse noone knows that absolute number of cases in Thailand (or anywhere else for that matter). If you don't believe the cases, look at the nuber of hsopitalisations and deaths. It's very simple, really.

MY car had idlestop but I rately use it as it's generally too hot. I assume your car has an efb battery to cope with the engine continually switching on and off. Despite that, in my crv this process can shorten the life of the battery. I generally turn off the idlestop with i start the engine. Not sure why they bother with it in a hot country.

There are benefits to natural immunity - but it's better to get a vaccine to prime ones immune system before getting infected, to reduce the risk of death, serious illness, and potentially very high medical bills (in Thailand).

Whether you could delay it or not would also depend on supply vs demand. You should call the hospital directly to see if you can delay your jab. There seems to be many posters here who pland to do that, but it wuld depend on the hospital's policy. One my school got me a place for a jab, which I declined as I had other plans. Was told it could not be transferred to another teacher. So its something worth checking out.

I imagine it's a European car. If it's out out warranty its always a risk due to expensive repairs that may be required. May be ok if one knows the previous owner and its history.

At my school, as porbably most others, vaccination is voluntary. They have been collecting names of students who will be vaccinated. Everyone in my son's class has signed up, except for him, as he had a shot 2 weeks ago. That is 17-18 y.o. I would say the vasy majority will be vaccinated, but standard protocols will still apply when students return. There is no plan to exclude unvaccinated kids, as far as can tell. They will need to accept the risk they take.

The often go "oh it's got a 99% survival rate. Well that 1% (+all the others that need hospitalisation), can easily over run hospitals. Modelling from Sydney, NSW, showed cases there would have easly hit 600K cases with no lockdown. They have a handful of deaths per day, yet their hospitals are fully stretched. Beyond that point, is when people who need an ICU because of disease or accident cannot get it because they are full of covid patients.

So kids should go back to school unvaccinated then? Because that looks to be the plan for November. Kids are way more active than most 60 year olds and potentially meet with 100's of other children per day. Expect cases. Schools simpy cannot stay shut much longer - and I'm one of the teachers who will see them every day. 85% of the teachers and kids will need to be vaccinated though, and normal hygiene protocols will apply.

..what's more surprising is how the local authorities had no idea...really? LOL Was her husband Thai...or foreigner on overstay as well? How does one run a business and be able to fly under the radar...I get it...TiT ????

Surely you must have some evidence for possible long term effects. What do scientists say? The contents of vaccines are destroyed by the boys within 2 weeks? It's not like one is taking medication over a long period, were contents may accumulate in tissues. There must be some reasoning to believe that there may be long term effects, but noone has ever postulated what may happen. Cancer...? How? Too late for me, I'm jabbed n chillin' lol No need to make vax mandatory. The vaccinated are at far less risk than the unvaccinated. So your choice.

They should stick with what worked before. Loads of backpackers and general tourists with their who like the "wild west" feel of Thailand. They will more than make up any income from these "wealthy toursits", which will not come in any significan numbers anyway. This pland is just borne out of desperation - but they won't hotels and businesses shutting - only large numbers of tourists will do that.

It counts to your village, and that's what matters. Who gives the proverbial what this government thinks. I doubt many well heeled rich foreigners will come here. They will go to more developed countries with better infrastructure. I can just picture a guy in a safari suit falling down an open manhole or hobbling across a broken pavement, spilling his perrier everywhere ????