JackGats

In the Thailand Pass FAQ it said 2 shots of the approved vaccines. It also specified the time between shots. There was nothing about boosters. I got vaccinated with J&J. After uploading my J&J vaccine pass as 1st jab I tried uploading my Pfizer booster pass as my 2nd jab but it got rejected ("incorrect QR code"). Whereupon I deleted my booster pass and uploaded instead my single J&J pass again as my 2nd jab. It worked.

I was rode in a minivan from Ko Chang to Pattaya. The driver kept texting and talking on the phone. I looked up the number of the minivan operator on the internet and sent them an sms. It was a long shot. But some time later I noticed the driver had not been on his phone for some time. I checked my phone and there it was: a message from the operator telling me they were getting in touch with the driver. Later during the ride the driver had only angry looks for myself and a German elderly lady. He knew the complaint could only have come from one of us both. The other passengers were Arabs and East Europeans and those guys have a culture of never complaining about anything.

Not always the case. I was surprised to get a Thai duck curry in Frankfurt (Germany) that was not different in taste to what I got in Thailand, except in Frankfurt I got twice as much meat (for the same price as in Pattaya).

I wonder, after Covid reduces to a bad cold and shows up in 98% of the people tested, will the whole of mankind send itself into quarantine to lock all doors, cower and throw the key down the toilet? Then peace will descend upon Earth.

If you have proper certification of your Thai booster you can have it transferred to your EU certificate, in theory. In some countries you can do so through your family doctor who can enter you into the national data bank, dunno about Germany. Good news is that Thai vaccination now seems to be recognised by the EU. If you can have both EU certificates and Thai certificates, so much the better. The more paperwork you have these days, the better. I had a Pfizer booster in Europe 2 weeks ago but I have a good mind to buy myself a Moderna booster in Thailand around April. The more the better, so much for antivaxx.

Was this a Thai couple? It's likely then they were not required to take a PCR-Test before boarding.

In other words you may be better off with a Thai insurance whenever Thailand is on the list of no-go countries internationally.

"The couple’s initial COVID-19 test results were negative and they travelled back to their hometown". Which initial test results? To me it seems the couple could very well have contaminated themselves in Thailand. By the way, this is something I hope will be investigated because it would mean present policies are dead wrong: https://news.yahoo.com/nfl-medical-officer-asymptomatic-people-024229009.html

Ok, so the Sandbox had (yet another) system of testing (namely at the airport instead of at the hotel). Pitfalls everywhere.

As I understand, the letter from the one-day ASQ hotel didn't show you had paid for the PCR-test. Said letter should have shown 1) hotel night paid 2) shuttle from airport to hotel paid 3) first PCR paid. If you flight is changed I think the TP FAQ said it is ok provided the shift is less than 72 hours. P.S. The PCR they want paid already is, of course, the one you take upon arrival in Thailand, NOT the one you take just before boarding.

Indeed, I must have eye-goggles. They're limiting the number to 10 per person. Makes more sense.

I wanted to set up Line Pay on my smartphone long ago for regular shopping. I bumped into the same wall: no Thai ID. Incidentally, am I dreaming or is the Hospital only accepting purchases of vaccines in batches of 10? So in order to get a booster you must become a vaccine dealer yourself?

"Five times more likely to reinfect than Delta". How likely was reinfection with Delta? Maybe 0.0001% likely. So Omicron 0.0005% likely to reinfect.

In normal times this would have been just the ticket for a Michael Palin series.

I once talked to a hard-line gay man who was dead against the recognition of same-sex marriages. I asked him how on Earth he of all people could have such a stance? He explained that marriage meant divorce meant alimony. He was promiscuous and didn't want his mignons to sue him after he was done with them. Clever man. I'm straight but I'd like marriage between men and women not to be recognised any longer. No more wives, no more common-law wives. I'm for equal rights. No marriages for all !

Yes but they take ages to kick in and you wake up with a hangover. Maybe when cannabis gets genuinely legal we can brew ourselves some herb tea before before bedtime.

Problem is, I've never heard of anyone taking a benzo like Xanax everyday and not quickly developing tolerance, plus withdrawal symptoms if they try to stop. Vicious circle guaranteed. I have a couple of Xanax pills in my travel kit which I use on long flights. If I can't sleep well sometimes I try to sweat it out in my bed as I don't need to wake up for work anymore. Valerian improves sleep with some people. Also melatonin just before bedtime (not during the day!).

I hope airlines will not get paranoid and start rejecting TP passengers to be on the safe side. Not all airline employees read Thaivisa. Besides, can airline employees read TP QR codes? Probably not. The COE was more explicit as it was more than a QR code.

In Belgium and Germany right now new cases are 30% down on a weekly basis. Doesn't look like Omicron is taking Europe by storm. It's the usual 2-month roller-coaster with neighbouring countries slightly out of phase. Covid is stubburn but it keeps exercising its right not to fullfill worst-case scenarios.

Could be worse indeed. This Line announcement is a rather close rendering of the announcement in Thai posted above by International. No difference whatsoever in content.

Yes, this is no different from what they do in my home country when I fly in from abroad. They have my phone number and they text me a code for a test or sometimes two tests (which I have to pay out of my own pocket since I am no longer covered by the national health insurance). If I don't do the test(s) they will harass me on the phone until I do.

Hey folks, news just in: I got my TP approved. Applied 90 minutes ago.

Depends. Germany has been several times in confinement but travel (including holidays) was never banned. Belgium for instance has a history of banning "all non essential travel".

I assume the hotel where you booked you one-night quarantine will be glad to rebook you for a full quarantine after you pay the difference. France will be banning holidays? Your own country stabbing you in the back.

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