WaveHunter

Not a card, but a certificate with a QR code. It would be nice if it was a card though. Still though, it will fold up and fit nicely into my passport just like Imm paperwork does. And, I can simply keep a copy of it on my smartphone. However, I'm not sure how important certificates or cards are going to be in the near future. Here's the reason why: There is absolutely no question that vaccines protect the individual from serious symptoms and avoiding the need for hospitalization if infected, BUT as the Delta variant proves, they do little to curb spreading the virus. Many well regarded scientists are starting to believe that everyone, regardless of vaccination status, will probably acquire the virus at some point in time (and therefore be able to spread it). Many believe that herd immunity simply can not be achieved, just as is the case with viruses associated with the Flu and the common cold. I think it's important to recognize what the vaccines are really capable of doing. Simply put, they protect the individual (not the population as a whole) from serious symptoms and complications that would result in the need for hospital care if infected, and that most vaccinated infected people will essentially be asymptomatic, but they will not, in any way, stop the spread of the virus among the population as a whole. So, from a pragmatic viewpoint, will there really be a need to prove vaccination since it is only protecting the individual, not the population as a whole? I mean, the Delta variant will not be the last mutation of the virus. The SARS-CoV-2 virus is increasingly behaving just like those associated with the Flu and the common cold, where mutations become more frequent, and we're never really rid of them; we just learn to live with them, and vaccinations are not intended to eradicate them, but rather to minimize dangerous symptoms. Just my personal opinion of course, and I am certainly not downplaying the importance and urgency for everyone to become vaccinated. I'm just saying you need to look at the scientific facts of what the vaccines are really capable of doing. Unfortunately, helping us to reach herd immunity or eradicating the virus are just not in the cards, at least not right now or in the foreseeable future.

From a science based perspective, mixed vaccines seem to be regarded positively in regard to efficacy and safety. Actually there are some well regarded scientists who think mixed vaccines might actually have higher efficacy. In fact, Thailand now has an official stance of providing AZ jabs as a second vaccination to many who received SinoVac as a first jab because it is increasingly being accepted that SinoVac does not deal as effectively with the Delta variant as most would prefer. From a more pragmatic perspective, I have heard of no substantiated cases where someone with mixed vaccines listed on their certificates have been denied entry anywhere here in Thailand or abroad, so I feel pretty confident that it should be just fine for international travel.

Yes, the second hospital gave me a certificate that listed both vaccinations. However, it did not have a stamp on it like my certificate had from my first jab. I've asked a few knowledgeable people if that matters, and the consensus is that it does not since the QR code is all that matters. Still though, I think I might ask the hospital to send me one with a stamp on it.

Even simpler is what another forum member suggested...just buy a cheap external CD-Rom drive for the one-time installation I need to do. I see them on AliExpress for very cheap.

Well the best advice I got here was simply to buy a cheap external CD-ROM drive for the one-time installation. I'm not sure why the simplest solutions sometimes just allude me LOL!

Today I joined the ranks of fully-vaccinated expats in Thailand...Yay! Even though it's still dangerous out there for fully vaccinated people, it's still a liberating feeling to know I don't have to feel like a scared hermit anymore ???? For what it's worth, I got Pfizer as my second jab after a first jab of AZ last month. I really did not want to wait until the middle of October for the 2nd AZ jab because I have international travel plans later in September. Med Park Hospital was willing to accommodate me,,,and NO, I did not lie about having gotten the previous jab. I was very frank about my concerns for waiting so long for full vaccination since I have to travel internationally by the end of September, and they were agreeable to giving me Pfizer as a 2nd jab, even though only one month has gone by since my first jab. So...the reason I'm sharing this is because 1) Medical professionals apparently do not feel that strongly that 12 weeks must go by for a second jab, and 2) If you have a compelling reason to be fully vaccinated in less than 12 weeks, they seem willing to work with you. If you are in a similar situation, and can;t get Pfizer locally in Chon Buri, the trips up to Bangkok to Med Park is not a big issue. Just don't do it on the day of a monsoon! The drive up was horrendous today...nothing like driving to drive along a motorway under 3 feet of water! ????

Perhaps but I tried to do that once before with another Application on CD-Rom and was not able to copy the files from the CD-Rom to my computer. I'm not sure why it would not work but certain folders would not copy over. Maybe I am mistaken but I think that is the whoel reason for making ISO files.

My idea was actually to just buy the cdrom and then have a computer shop convert it to ISO so I could just load it by thumb drive without the need for a cdrom player which I’ll probably never use again.

Not a bad idea...you guys are full of usieful suggestions! DELORME TOPO for North America (any version above 6.0). Also called DELORME TOPO USA

Sending you a PM Re certificate.

Good to know, but I just found out what my real issue was. I just discovered that my Adobe Lightroom has been making backups of my image library without deleting the previous ones. Since it was so incremental, I never noticed, even though it was always suspicious to me how my free space just kept shrinking over time at such a shocking rate. Now that I've deleted all but the most recent backup, I'm back to having plenty of free space. It feel so luxurious to see I have almost half of my SSD as free space again.

Does anybody know of a solid state external drive that I can use with a MacBook Pro that connects with Thunderbolt (and not just USB 3.0). I've been looking on Lazada and AliExpress and so far have not found one.

I have a technical question about buying an external solid state drive for my MacBook Pro. My MacBook Pro has: * Two Thunderbolt 2 ports (up to 20 Gbps) * Two USB 3 ports (up to 5 Gbps) I also use VMWare Fusion so that I can run "virtual windows operating systems on my MacBook Pro. My problem is that my MacBook Pro has a non-removable solid-state drive that is only 500gB capacity, and right now I am down to only 20gB of free space. Would it be possible to somehow make the external drive bootable, or in some way be able to have the VMWare Fusion & Windows operating systems running from those external drive, and not have a "speed bottleneck" from the thunderbolt connections? I mean, 20gbps sounds pretty fast to me, but I just don't know...and I especially don't know if I can make VMware Fusion work if it is located on an external drive. My other question: Does anybody know of a solid state external drive that connects with Thunderbolt (and not just USB 3.0). I've been looking on Lazada and AliExpress and so far have not found one.

What a dope I am LOL...why didn't I think of that in the first place? Thanks ????

I need an older Windows software application that's only sold on CD-ROM or DVD. My computer does not have a CD-ROM drive, so the only way I can install it is if I can do it with an "ISO file" made from the CD-ROM, I guess. I don't have a lot of knowledge about this stuff so I'm hoping some one who does can advise me. Basically I have Windows 10 and Windows XP loaded as virtual OS's with VMware Fusion on my MacBook pro so that I can run Windows programs on it. The problem is that my MacBook Pro has no CD-ROM/DVD drives. I've heard of people being able to convert applications on CD-Roms to "ISO files" so they can install the programs using a thumb drive but I'm just not so sure how it all works. I can say that the application has only one CD-ROM, and since this software dates back to 2009, I don't think there are any anti-copy or password issues...BUT that's one thing I'm not so sure of

Actually for duty to be waived, it is 1500 THB, not 500. I think the Bang Lamung PO is where I had to go the last time, which is a real pain. Why they don't just let your local post office handle it is beyond me...but this is Thailand where nothing makes sense ????

The last time I received a package for which duty was payable I had to drive about an hour to some special post office because my local post office in Jomtien doesn't handle duty payable packages. What a pain in the BUTT! If that still the same policy today? Does anyone know which post office it is, nearest to Jomtien, that handles that?...I can't remember now.

Can anyone help me resolve this issue. Spellchecker and the dictionary are not working well at all lately. I'm not sure if it is Google Chrome or my Mac System preferences, or perhaps the Asean Now webiste. All I know for certain is I started noticing the problem when ThaiVisa became Asean Now. One thing I'm curious about is that I have gone into Google Chrome preferences several times and changed the spell checker to "enhanced" but then later when I come back to to check preferences, it has reverted back to "basic". Any idea why this is happening? Often it will not highlight obviously mis-spelled words, and when it does indicate a mis-spelled word, right clicking on it will reveal no correctly spelled words. On my Mac (Catalina OS) I have checked keyboard spell check settings and the dictionary app preferences. Googling has revealed no answers, so, I am out of options ???? Has anyone else been having spell-check issues? I just can't seem to get a handle on this annoying problem, so any help would be appreicated

There have now been (by my count) 7 failed vaccination registration schemes for foreigners to date. The CCSA recently announced that the InterVac sites will no longer be a viable way to register, and that it will be done through designated hospitals but that is not happening! Let me be clear...registration has nothing to do with the limited availability of vaccines. Every single person should be allowed to register without any sort of quotas being imposed on how many can register. Registration is not an appointment for vaccination, it is only the means for us to be put into a waiting list of queue, with priorities assigned for age and other high risk factors. Why on earth would authorities put a quota on registration? Why would authorities have all of these so-called issues with making an online registration scheme work. There is not legitimate answer to these questions! Until we are registered, we are completely invisible to the public rollout! What really annoys me is that the US will soon be delivering millions of donated doses of vaccines to Thailand. As a tax-paying expat living here, my tax dollars helped pay for those vaccines, yet I will be denied receiving a vaccination as long as I am "invisible" to the public rollout becuase I have been prevented from being able to register. Something must be done to rectify this situation and very quickly or a lot of us are going to be denied vaccination, at a time when things couldn't be any more dangerous with the rapid emergence of the Delta variant. There has got to be something that we, as a group, can do, beyond just griping about it here on this forum. There are a lot of smart expats on this forum so I hope we can have an intelligent discussion without the usual troll posts and mocking banter.