Yesterday afternoon, after Bangkok Hospital Hua Hin shut down their registration for Moderna within 5 minutes of opening, I sent a lengthy email to the US Embassy in BKK. In it I asked if US citizens would receive any priority with the Pfizer donation from our gov’t and even offered to pay a fair price for 2 doses. Unfortunately, I was unimpressed with their response.
Below is their response followed by my reply back to them. Fortunately, they chose not to send me another email since I was prepared to rip them a new one.
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We do not have any other information to provide. Private Hospitals say that they will offer U.S. vaccines, but the earliest we have heard is October. It is no guarantee which vaccine you will receive from the Thai authorities.
Sincerely,
American Citizen Services
U.S. Embassy, Bangkok
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I appreciate the prompt reply but am also very disappointed. Since private and public hospitals here in Hua Hin will not even allow me to register for future inoculations due to limited or non-existent supplies how can I ever expect to receive the vaccine? Unfortunately, the Thai government and hospitals here say many things. Few of which are actually true as I am sure by now you are fully aware. Hopefully, I will see no more stories about the US donating vaccines to Thailand when, in my opinion, US citizens in Thailand should be at the top of the list of recipients.