CM Dad

21 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

Really  depends on how "you"  are

I dont  feel any need to mix  with people, dont need  nightlife, women, drugs. alcohol etc

I dont feel  any need to "thank" Thailand for letting me stay, I  have no love of Thai  culture or  people,  or  people in general, Thailand isnt special in any way I can see.

Best thing, no tax enforcement for income, worst thing total negligence from the entire population of  supposed Budhists who  have no  pride in anything except  unimportant things that cant be discussed..

To me Thais  seem  like a Borg  collective, well I aint being assimilated.

Why are you here?  You sound like a miserable person.  I am grateful not to know you.

He is NOT a man!  Once he is convicted, castrate him, and do it all swiftly.

I am 74 and I had two doses of Pfizer with no adverse reactions at all.  In fact, all I felt was immense gratitude and relief.

I have lived here for more than 30 years and I have never been even a tiny bit interested in buying either a condo or a house in a a crowded, look-alike, cookie-cutter housing estate.  When and if I ever do decide to buy land in Thailand, it most definitely will not be in my name.  I would only buy in the names of my children who are both Thai citizens and over age 18.  I would not even buy in my wife's name.  By the way, the gentleman protesting this issue looks much more Chinese than Thai to me.

Fully vaccinated with Pfizer in Chiang Mai - first shot 20 August and second shot 10 September..

My son's private school in Chiang Mai just informed parents that they would finish the first semester, which is about to end, online then open for on-site classes when the second semester begins at the end of October.  I am happy with that decision.

19 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Why don't you suggest exactly what changes you have in mind. At the end of your OP you use words ....."relax the rules". What do you have in mind.

Skip the 90 report part. It's a given that it should be ditched.

What else...??

Those who are married to Thais and have families here should be given something like the Green Card that is given to Thais married to citizens in the US.

Fantastic!

I doubt very much that it is possible for you to live anywhere without being vaccinated, but it is very probable for you to die wherever you decide to stay. 

49 minutes ago, fangless said:

What is posted above may be called a certificate of vaccination in English on the cover but is actually the Vaccination Passport issued separately  by the MOH for a 50Baht fee to the Vaccination Certificate, shown below, which is issued free by the hospital which does the jabs. I have both documents.

 

 

 

My certificate looks just like this except except for the vaccine used.  Both of my doses were Pfizer.  I took the A4 certificate to a copy shop and had it laminated then took a screen shot to store on my phone.  I will go the the local Provincial  Health Office next week and show it to them.  They will issue the yellow vaccination booklet mentioned by others on this thread.

I have lived here for more than thirty years.  I think I have been to a beach once during that time.

No

My 49-year-old wife has been registered for AZ for three months and has heard nothing aside from initially being told she had successfully registered.  I also want my 16-year-old son vaccinated with a quality vaccine, NOT Sinovac,  before he returns to on-site learning.  I expect all faculty and staff at his school to be fully vaccinated as well.

2 hours ago, new2here said:

I agree… this IS good news… I think the fact that it’s now in the Royal Gazette means an important first step is now done - getting it “legal” so-to-speak… and the next major step is for the larger MoE to issue some kind of national guidance… followed by provincial and local level interpretation/implementation…. 

 

if you ask me, if you’re talking about government schools, a 01 November date seems logical as that is the beginning of 2nd term and also allows more than enough time to get all the steps done in order to reopen (get national and provincial guidance, then implement said guidance).

 

the other BIG part is what about vaccination for students… i recall reading and seeing more and more school-aged persons being given their first jab… so i think by setting a 01 November target, you also allow time to get as many of the students first jabbed as well. 

I agree completely with reopening Thai schools, both government and private at the beginning of the second semester.  These schools only have about three to four weeks left in the current semester.  Let them finish that and then get as many of the secondary students - those in their teens- - vaccinated as possible, but NOT with the ineffective Sinovac.

I had no problems registering on the first day the Expatvac site was opened.  However, I did have a question I wanted clarified.  I called the support number given to ask if my registration could be amended the next day after obtaining a medical certificate from my doctor regarding my having one of the seven underlying conditions listed to receive vaccine priority.  A very pleasant Thai woman who spoke excellent English checked with her supervisor and then suggested that I resubmit my registration the following day using a different email address.  I did that and received an email with an appointment for my first shot the following week.  That initial vaccine, Pfizer, was administered very smoothly and professionally.  I am now scheduled to receive my second Pfizer inoculation at he end of next week.  I found the web site to be extremely professionally operated.  I have nothing but gratitude for the way everything has been handled thus far.

4 minutes ago, fredge45 said:

Rec'd appointment notice 19 Aug, vaccination 20 August in Chiang Mai.

Same for me - registered August 1 - second appointment is for September 10.  Everything was handled very professionally and proceeded smoothly and courteously.

12 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Some good news (if true). Let's hope schools are included.

I don't want my 16-year-old son attending on-site classes until vaccines are offered to secondary students - and not Sinovac!

I received my initial Pfizer vaccine yesterday morning in Chiang Mai.  I will get a second shot of Pfizer on 10 September.  The entire process was very well managed by Thai nurses and staff at McCormick Hospital. 

29 minutes ago, IraqRon said:

Same same here, did live actually in the city but found it crowded, lacked public spaces in the city to sit and enjoy, heavy traffic on substandard streets, most neighborhood rife with chichens, rooster, crowing all hours,. Northern thai people generally not friendly , sort of stuck up I found.  Little english spoken outside of the farang bar area and even there it is not very fluently spoken.  The thai food not all that great, some good northern thai dishes and a few good western aiming restaurants, but covid has closed many.   Moved to the country 25 km from city center.  Not much of an improvement in most areas as little if any english spoken as Issan and Lao prominate here.

I look back on it all with quite a bit of regret now, only stay for my 13yr old daughter and she wants to go to America to live, she thinks!!!

I have lived in the North for more than 30 years and I find the people quite friendly.  I have no problem finding great Thai food either.  If you have a 13yr old daughter, you must have lived here for a long time.  Why haven't you made an effort to learn to speak Thai?  Perhaps then you would not feel so isolated and filled with regret.  I am very happy here.  I have not been to my home country, the US, since my mother passed away 15 years ago, and I seriously doubt that I will ever go back again.  Happily, I have made a nice life here and have no regrets.  I began learning Thai the day I arrived and have many Thai friends.  I don't find the need to speak English very often.  I try to avoid the Farang bar scene which seems to be filled with complaining, unhappy, old men.

No thank you.

I have no problem answering and would always answer truthfully.  Sadly, as of today my answer is no, I'm registered on three websites, but still waiting.