7 minutes ago, SeaMike01 said:

It's a visa. I did register it when it arrived a few months ago. But for some reason the ATMs declined the transaction.

Did you set up the PIN?  For me it was a challenge using my Google voice phone.  I had to spend over 30 minutes with an agent. For some reason their automated system wouldn't accept input from the Google Voice app.

I can second what TerryS said.

I've never used it for a balance inquiry, only withdrawals.  According to one website, the daily withdrawal limit is $1000 USD.  Has anyone actually done this successfully?  

On 10/8/2021 at 6:24 PM, ThailandRyan said:

....maketh the man said a Kingsman

And "good manners don't cost nothing do they?" said a man from the Dark Side

The British Medical Journal had a commentary describing the study that called out an increased risk for myocarditis as 'deeply flawed"

Quote

The risk of 12-15 year old healthy boys experiencing cardiac adverse events such as myocarditis after their second dose of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine is around four times adolescents’ risk of being admitted to hospital as a result of infection with SARS-CoV-2, a preprint study has found.1

 

However, the study has been widely criticised for mining data from an inappropriate source to deliver an antivaccine message, despite warnings against such data uses.

Covid-19: Study that claimed boys are at increased risk of myocarditis after vaccination is deeply flawed, say critics

BMJ 2021; 374 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n2251 (Published 14 September 2021)

https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n2251

It's worth noting that the paper is in pre-print stage (I think that's being overly generous) and has not passed through the peer review process.  Given the criticism it's already received it might have a difficult time getting published in a respected journal.

To be honest I haven't been following the myocarditis issue too closely.  But if the government is basing its decisions on studies that are not peer reviewed and have been called out for using unsound methods that is especially disturbing. 

Young ladyboys in this age group would then get 1.5 doses?

3 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Hydrogen Peroxide 50%, 1 litre, 105 baht.

I saw that too.  I wonder if it is really 50%.  The highest concentration I was ever able to buy when I worked in a lab was 30% and that had to be refrigerated and shipped with extra precautions

19 hours ago, rbkk said:

Why 2 doses of Pfizer for the students and not 1 dose?

Quotes from links......

"Single jab recommended for 12 to 15-year-olds by UK's top doctors"

"Children aged 16 to 18 have only been told to get one dose currently."

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-58547659

 

Why not vaccinate the primary school kids as well?

"The Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is "safe, well tolerated" and produces a "robust" antibody immune response in children aged five to 11, according to the findings of a US trial."

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-58623062

 

Again, as we saw with Moderna back in June, Anutin moves to procure mRNA vaccines only after the press exposes his inaction.  Its sad that his department couldn't see the inherent value in 2mil doses of one of the better vaccines for free.  

I suspect that the reason it is going to students is that Anutin may fear a well-powered comparison between the effectiveness of Sinovac and mRNA vaccines among adults in Thailand.  If it were to come out that Pfizer is much more effective it could cause (more) problems for him. 

6 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

I think they all sell small bottles, one was on Buakhao top of Soi Honey

Try Lazada.  After giving up on finding it a pharmacy (some have no stock for any size) I recently ordered a jug of food grade 6% without iodine and it works great.

I think the OP might be referring to plaque progression into the sub-endothelial space (space between the endothelium and the smooth muscle wall of the artery) which is a more advanced stage of atherosclerosis.  

Real American Barbecue - the kind where the meat, ideally pork, spends a lot of time in the presence of smoke. Preferably hickory or mesquite.

Hell.... At this point I'd settle for just beer and hot tuna again.

When I was travelling back and forth between Thailand and SFO I would typically fly EVA.  Their Economy Plus seats are quite good and for me actually more comfortable than business class.  Service in non-business class can be a bit gruff at times though.  

I usually get the indian vegetarian meals.  It was on an EVA flight that, after being married to a Taiwanese national for decades, I realized how much I dislike Chinese cuisine.  Just the smell did it, not the actual food.

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

Here is a question that I have after reading the article.  If this Government believes the cases are declining and they are on the way to winning the battle in the next few weeks, why are they opening up an ICU Covid ward when the case numbers in the ICU are also dropping for those on ventilators, or is there something they are not telling anyone.....Are they expecting the worst because of the risks they are starting to take?

It could be a side effect of this government's "Yesterday's Treatments Tomorrow!" policy. 

Or maybe they've finally learned when it comes to deadly pandemic viruses that it's best to err on the side of caution???  Wait... Is that Anutin in the background?  Nevermind.

One person's ordeal with getting a correct diagnosis for the cause of her abdominal pain -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/medical-mysteries/abdominal-pain-cause-medical-mystery/2021/02/19/f376627a-5512-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html

2 hours ago, sipi said:

And, that's me if anyone cares... apparently.

555 I remember when that photo appeared about 20 years ago on the Stile Project.  I have a that and a few others from that website on my HD.  In fact I used one for my profile picture (Renny) but it was mysteriously deleted

The raw numbers are not as meaningful as the ratios between vaccinated vs unvaccinated. So the question is whether someone who was unvaccinated but presented with the same symptoms would have been admitted by that doctor on that day.  Also, I would expect an under-reporting for unvaccinated people as well, especially in areas with large frequencies of unvaccinated/unmasked people where hospitals have run out of beds (like parts of FL, TX, AL, AR, MS etc.).  I'm not trying to make excuses but it's important to treat the all data from different arms equally. 

I'm sure the data is there.  It would need to be collected and processed.

Great.  First we have to wear face masks during sex.  Now ethanol is not fit for human consumption.  Some of these announcements read like they were written at The Onion.

I don't see anything wrong with rinsing food with 70% ethanol as long as it's just ethanol and water AND it isn't done in front of an open flame.  The problem as I see it is that it's hard to find ethanol in Thailand that isn't formulated with fragrance, dye, and other ingredients that you probably don't want to be eating.  

13 hours ago, The Theory said:

Perhaps there are some exceptions, but not many. 

America's a very heterogeneous country, probably the most heterogeneous on the planet, (not counting the EU as a country).  When I moved from my native New York City to the California SF Bay Area I felt like I had moved to a different country.  The cultural differences from state to state are often enormous.  

10 hours ago, Saraburi121 said:

Besides a few posts a good thread with pertinent points and intelligent discussion.  From the comment above concerning the Afghanistan exit is not comparable to COVID 19 except in one way, the enemy has a say.  Very short-sighted comment.  US has provided COVID vaccines to Thailand and more coming.  If you don't want the US help refuse your Pfizer vaccine.  

FYI - this thread is about ACS's indifference to the difficulties that Americans (and other foreigners) in Thailand in getting vaccinated.  Not about their donation of vaccines.  Difficulties arising from incompetence and/or corruption by the Thai government.  As we've seen from so many news reports the donated vaccines haven't always been going to where they've been promised to go.  France, China and allegedly Japan have arranged for their citizens to be vaccinated.  The US should have done the same in addition to getting a promise that may be worthless from the Thai government to set aside a portion for foreigners. Outside its borders the US's consideration of foreigners and expats (like me) is often callous to put it mildly.

Just now, Speedhump said:

Argh. Just a thought, did the .pdf file contain two pages? Maybe they opened quickly and missed page 2. 

Good point but no, just one page ????