14 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

As has been posted and reported on many times before:

 

"— The vaccines prevent illness, but maybe not infection. COVID vaccines are being authorized based on how well they keep you from getting sick, needing hospitalization and dying. Scientists don’t know yet how effective the vaccines are at preventing the coronavirus from infecting you to begin with, or at keeping you from passing it on to others. (That is why vaccinated people should keep wearing masks and maintaining social distance.)"

 

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/31/world/covid-19-coronavirus#covid-19-vaccine-coronavirus-positive

 

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Israeli study suggests Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine decreases virus transmission

A new study from Israel's Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer suggested that the Pfizer vaccine does, in fact, reduce transmission. The small study of 102 medical workers found that after the second dose of the vaccine, 100 of the subjects had significantly higher levels of antibodies than even people who recovered from severe COVID-19 infections, The Jerusalem Post reports.

"The results of the survey are in line with Pfizer's experiment and even better than expected," said Prof. Gili Regev-Yochay, director of Sheba's Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit. "I expect that the survey results of the other employees participating will be similar. There is certainly reason for optimism." It isn't clear how long immunity will last, and the results are preliminary, but Regev-Yochay said it appears to her that fully vaccinate people won't shed the virus, meaning they won't pass it on to others.

 

"People who have received both doses of the vaccine have levels of antibodies ranging from six to 59," Regev-Yochay said. "These are high values, and it's encouraging and reasonable to assume that these people will not be carriers or contagious, although that is still not a direct conclusion." Israel is the first country to have vaccinated nearly a quarter of its population, making it a valuable resource for vaccine developers and public health experts.

https://news.yahoo.com/israeli-study-suggests-pfizer-covid-143104894.html

12 hours ago, AmySeeker said:

This is upteenth thread of this. It's just a proposal.

 

Nothing will change till Thailand vaccinates it's vulnerable population.

Vaccinated people can probably not transmit it. So no need to wait for thai to be vaccinated if tourists are

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Israeli study suggests Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine decreases virus transmission

A new study from Israel's Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer suggested that the Pfizer vaccine does, in fact, reduce transmission. The small study of 102 medical workers found that after the second dose of the vaccine, 100 of the subjects had significantly higher levels of antibodies than even people who recovered from severe COVID-19 infections, The Jerusalem Post reports.

"The results of the survey are in line with Pfizer's experiment and even better than expected," said Prof. Gili Regev-Yochay, director of Sheba's Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit. "I expect that the survey results of the other employees participating will be similar. There is certainly reason for optimism." It isn't clear how long immunity will last, and the results are preliminary, but Regev-Yochay said it appears to her that fully vaccinate people won't shed the virus, meaning they won't pass it on to others.

 

"People who have received both doses of the vaccine have levels of antibodies ranging from six to 59," Regev-Yochay said. "These are high values, and it's encouraging and reasonable to assume that these people will not be carriers or contagious, although that is still not a direct conclusion." Israel is the first country to have vaccinated nearly a quarter of its population, making it a valuable resource for vaccine developers and public health experts.

https://news.yahoo.com/israeli-study-suggests-pfizer-covid-143104894.html

On 1/30/2021 at 3:27 AM, rooster59 said:

Prayut said the quantity of new cases being discovered each day seems high because the country is conducting mass screening

Does he say "we find case because we test people" right???

7 hours ago, DLock said:

Something doesn't add up.

 

According to previous article,  "Siam Bioscience has a production capacity of 180 million to 200 million doses per year or 15 million doses per month."

 

Assuming they meet plans of production by June, they could vaccinate the entire population by end of 2021.

 

What am I missing?

 

What you are missing is that all their numbers are buffalo <deleted>s:

The numbers of vaccine they can produce? Buffalo <deleted>s

The number of tourists coming this year? Buffalo <deleted>s

The number of covid cases? Buffalo <deleted>s

Thailand is the land of "not loosing face". They will always say a number that will help them to save their face.

1 minute ago, JeffersLos said:

 

3,000 bhat per day tea money just for chicha is a lot. How much was he selling per day per person? 

if I remember the price, each chicha was 350-400 baht, some were more expensive than that. Mostly french customers, they like it.

The next and last window will be october-november 2021.
If borders are not reopened, A big part of tourism industry will be bankrupt.

PS: even if they reopen in 2021, I dont see millions of tourists arriving...

I wonder how much hotels/business would be opened until october...

If at least they would learn...but I guess when tourists will come back, same scams will happen.

No more tourists, no more cheap labour, no chinese to buy overpriced condos, high baht that kills exports...But 2021 will be a great year for the Thai economy.

On 12/16/2020 at 9:10 PM, webfact said:

One recommendation was reducing the 14-day mandatory quarantine for foreign businesspersons and technicians, so investors will be encouraged to come here.

So covid is not a problem when you are a businesspersons?

At least, they really know what to do when they will want to encourage tourists to come there.

That means that officialy, taxi drivers can steal their customers?

A really good signal sent to the quality travelers Thailand wants to attract and a even better signal sent to the taxi drivers...

15 hours ago, Jimbo2014 said:

Really?  I cant see the skies or the boarders this morning.  Good luck with your tourism Thailand - what a sad joke

Rich VIP tourists that Thailand wants so bad would love the air pollution...

https://www.facebook.com/thaiembassy.abudhabi/posts/2596290140495659