mfd101

1 hour ago, PEE TEE said:

Good if you have one i do but many don't I know people who would not know how to turn one on haha 

 

The older members (and some of the younger) of my rural family here have never used either a mobile phone (or any other phone) or computer in their lives. They are essentially helpless in the modern world.

What is most distressing is to see these patterns of helplessness & passivity being reproduced in the children with awful schooling & no parental guidance.

Some falangs too, I guess.

2 minutes ago, rhodie said:

I think you mean a week. 

"During the last week reported, Australia averaged about 160,277 doses administered each day. At that rate, it will take a further 32 days to administer enough doses for another 10% of the population."

Yes, I think you're right.

Still makes Thailand's effort look decidedly modest.

I registered yesterday on the new site, for jabs here in Surin. I'm expecting (but don't know) either 2 SVs or SV + AZ later. Either way I'll be cheerful enough, though I think the latter likely provides better protection than the former.

Then late in the year or next year a booster of either P or M. That's the plan.

Of mice 'n men.

Just to put things a bit in perspective: Oz (admittedly a rich country with 26m population) is now jabbing 1m a day and aiming for 2m a day.

The Thai government needs to have an easily-read graph to show how the jabs are running, displaying both actual performance & goals with real timelines.  Keeping both them & the people alert & honest ...

2 hours ago, steven100 said:

mfd101,  do you know if thai's can get the vaccine in Bangkok ? at a hospital somewhere and pay for it ? did the b/f find anything out .. ?    thanks. i'm checking for my thai friend. 

Haven't a clue (other than to note from Bang Sue reports some elderly falangs had their accompanying Thai helper/partner also jabbed).

I'm not expecting that here in Prasat but have alreaady said to b/f that, when we go along for mine, we'll inquire about one for him too. You never know your luck.

Then there's the whole extended family wringing their hands in Phanom Dong Rak & unable to take action on taking action ... the fate of the poor everywhere in the world.

28 minutes ago, sqwakvfr said:

Mfd101, actually I have only a 1/4 brain and that was enough to to realize the best place to get vaccinated is in the US.  I will be leaving shortly.  Even the WHO(do not have much faith in them) said mixing vaccines is not recommended but in their noncommittal style said ‘each country can make it’s own decision”.  The US at this point does not recommend mixing vaccines and the idea of  3rd dose(a booster) and only Israel has started this option.  I would rather mix and match Pfizer with Modern or J&J.  Now I have to rest my 1/4 brain.

 

Also, do you think it is a good idea to be injected with Sinovac, AZ and Pfizer all within a matter of months?  I am not ready to be test monkey for vaccines.

The different vaccines do different things in your body, together giving much stronger protection against infection, transmission and death. The Brits, Germans & Israelis have been mixing vax, with no reported problems so far.

But of course it is up to individuals to make choices and bare the consequences, including the danger that unvaccinated people represent not just to themselves but to their families and every other person they encounter.

Just did my registration. Not too difficult. First & only attempt worked properly & well, no sweat. Took all of 10 minutes including scanning the couple of pages of my p/p & loading them on to the site.

All good, No complaints. If it gets me my 1st jab some time in the next few days, I'll be quite content. (More than my b/f has managed to organise thus far!)

22 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Kayaking and snorkelling cheaper in Thailand by a mile. Dont drink wine. Aus food is expensive. 

 

 

In all the chat about how expensive Oz is, you & others fail to notice that (1) most people in Oz earn incomes multiples higher than most in Thailand (2) the spread of those incomes is way way more equitable across the population than in Thailand. That may make no difference to people living on, say, a UK pension, but of course the economy is designed by the locals for the locals ...

4 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Seafood way cheaper in Thailand. Sit on beach and eat. In Aus its not allowed.  Aus is very bogan. Wouldnt touch the women with a 40 foot pole.

No worries. The bogans still know their place. It's just that the place has moved to next-door to you.

1 hour ago, EricTh said:

I just noticed you are in Surin. So your hubby/boyfriend must be a Khmer Surin? I just watched this cool video on Khmer Surin people, you might be interested in knowing their origin.

 

 

 

Thanks. A nice clip. I love it when - usually 0600-0700 - they play Isaan music over the loudspeakers. Mostly Isaan Lao love songs. And yes, my family are 'Northern Khmer' or 'Khmer Surin'. I t was interesting taking b/f to Siem Reap ('victory over the Thais') for his first ever visit to Cambodia. First day he thought he couldn't understand a word (a bit like me in southern US) but, as his confidence rose, he started to speak to the locals amongst gales of laughter on both sides ... Nice to see. And not much different from his Lao - depending on context & accents he says he understands about 50%.

18 minutes ago, EricTh said:

Oz is a good place, why is it hard for him?

 

 

Remote from family was the main thing: Large Khmer peasant family here, everything revolves around it.

Then there was the language problem (particularly written). He has no education & barely literate in Thai. Result: He operates by the family 'n friends network. Everything is done in consultation with the network. Avoids having to read written texts and to deal with officialdom (whence the difficulty in getting action on vaccination) ... So he loved Oz and NZ but couldn't really live there longterm.

There's lots of Sinovac available and they need to use it up.

After reading all the above, I've decided to go and get my 1st jab (Sinovac) here in Prasat Surin. Will decide on S or AZ (probably AZ, I think) for the 2nd round.

And aim for an AZ (or P or M) booster down the track.

Today's Nouvel Obs says that over 8 out of 10 people hospitalized in France with the plague are non-vaccinated.

And in the period June-to-midJuly 78% of those who died in France with the plague were non-vaccinated.

1 hour ago, BTB1977 said:

Reading the post may answer your question.  

You might care to read the sequence of posts at the beginning. The answer to my question was NOT in the original OP.

18 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

 

 

Try reading the sequence (as explained above).

Chinese turning into Communists. I thought that was old news.