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  1. The hesitancy isn't totally surprising, since the government has been loudly talking about the chance of side effects rather than educating people about how uncommon (and usually minor) those effects are.

     

    A few months back, they said they would only give shots in hospitals with resuscitation facilities in case people collapsed after being vaccinated (that has since gone by the wayside). Then, they said that pricing on vaccines for private hospitals was still in flux because the hospitals had to meet with insurance companies to get policies covering treatment for side effects included in the price for the inoculation. A few days ago, they announced how much people would be paid if they lost a limb as a result of the shot, and how much their families would get if they died.

     

    I'm sure someone thought this was all somehow reassuring, but they were wrong.

  2. 21 hours ago, webfact said:

     

    Bangkok, Krabi and Phang Nga- aim to achieve the target in July.

     

    From another article today:

     

    "[The Bangkok Governor] said, once all centers are up and running, they will be able to inoculate between 38,000 and 50,000 people a day which, when combined with the vaccination capacity of 126 hospitals in Bangkok, means seven to eight million people will receive their first doses of the vaccine by the end of August."

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  3. 28 minutes ago, Freeduhdum said:

    Does he live in Thailand? How would he know, is that what someone is telling him, some subjective or even politically motivated bias perhaps?

     

    The "expert" lives in Thailand and is personally involved in Thailand's Covid response, at least according to the linked article:

     

    "Professor Vip Viprakasit from Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital at Mahidol University called the rising infections a "failure of the winner".

     

    Speaking in his personal capacity, he noted that Thailand was hailed for its impressive performance during the first wave of the coronavirus last year.

     

    "However we kind of relaxed in terms of self-control, not just in policy but on a country-wide scale," the professor, who volunteers with the government's Covid-19 effort, told The Straits Times. "People became relaxed on personal hygiene measures, like wearing masks, using alcohol, and checking in. They had parties."

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  4. 17 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

    Curiously, AFAIK, there was no mention made at this afternoon's EN news briefing on the status of, or plans for, the promised EN language version of the Mor Prom app.

     

    From another report:

     

    "Meanwhile, prior to the announcement during the daily press briefing, Mr Natapanu tweeted to explain that a mobile app to facilitate registrations will now not be developed.

  5. 13 hours ago, Disparate Dan said:

    Walk-in vs on-site: wonder how these terms stack up in Thai (my Thai isn't up to it) because the news isn't - despite what some posters think - published solely for western eyes.

     

    The Thai press is using the English words, though they distinguish between "on-site registration" and "walk-in vaccination", which is a bit clearer.

     

    "รัฐบาลปรับ Walk in ฉีดวัคซีนโควิด เป็นลงทะเบียน On-site" https://news.thaipbs.or.th/content/304497

  6. 17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

    Vaccination appointments for June now meet the supply of vaccines allocated for the month and other applicants will have to wait until July to be inoculated.

     

    If all of the vaccine doses for June are already spoken for, why do they keep talking about opening walk-in vaccination centers during the same timeframe? Or does the term "walk-in" have a different meaning to them?

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