Thaiophil

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

He said the 14-day quarantine period would remain in places for arrivals from countries where the Covid-19 virus has mutated, which is a global concern.

Well given that most countries don’t have facilities to test for mutations, how will they know?

Hopefully the UK will not be on the list as I may want to go back in summer to get vaccinated and take care of stuff

1 hour ago, samtam said:

I rang BNH. They say no vaccines until May at the earliest. No brand details, but likely Astra Zeneca. No price details. No plan, obviously.

Govt would not want the private hospitals to have it before the govt’s mass programme gets rolling in June. They don’t want the media reporting low risk hi-sos and farangs getting it before high risk but poor Thais

I think it will be Q3 for private sector hospitals. I’ll probably wait for J and J so it’s just one shot

Best to get a direct flight if possible, though I am not sure how often THAI is flying these days

SQ via Singapore would be another option

So even if all 30 clot cases were caused by the vaccine, that’s a 0.0000006% chance of a clot.

Bigger chance of getting sick from having alcohol sprayed at you...

Well as of today, the PM and Cabinet won’t be vaccinated after all because 0.0000006% of Europeans getting AZ have had blood clots (no evidence of links to the vaccine) so they’ve halted the programme again.

You couldn’t make it up

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Tourists on yachts will be able to quarantine for 14 days on their vessels offshore. 

The “digital economy expert” seems a tad confused about how yachts work. If the quarantine is completed offshore, then there is no point in a wristband, never mind that there likely won’t be a phone signal.

Thailand killed its own developing charter yacht market years ago by imposing a punitive luxury tax on boats, so all the charter companies moved to Malaysia.  No yotties will come back on this basis.

Why does the Thai media insist on reporting this rubbish which (for once) does not appeared to be linked to TAT

October is just about when the 3 months would have expired from most potential tourists being vaccinated, so according to today’s news they still wouldn’t be let without a really long quarantine...

Top headline in Bkk Post today says all restrictions will be lifted by October. Er...

Govt also claiming success with villa quarantine with 58 (yes 58) European visitors who arrived from Indonesia now having completed quarantine.  Why on earth would European tourists travel to LoS via Indonesia?? It’s about as believable as the planeload of Chinese “tourists” last year who were seemingly about to take off for weeks...

As per Bangkok Post today, BJ has definitely bern reappointed by the RTP, though not entirely clear to what post

4 hours ago, tifino said:

sounds like the CEO is studying how to talk like a Politician!!!

 - who are well known for doing the duck'n'cover when it comes to actually getting jabbed

If you read the earlier part of the thread, you would have seen he has already had his first shot

4 hours ago, Youlike said:

more and more people are refusing the vaccin, even the CEO from Pfizer refused to take it himself.

He has taken in. The only reason he didn’t take it earlier is he didn’t want to cut in line.

https://www.axios.com/pfizer-ceo-coronavirus-vaccine-e7599596-a658-41ed-82fd-5389347c3f2b.html

This thread is about insurance

Letting people with money buy the vaccine privately is win win. Takes some load and cost from the public system.

i guess they will wait till late 2021 to avoid accusations of letting the elite jump the q.

I hope we can buy J and J - effective and single shot only

2 hours ago, scorecard said:

...several million... ?

 

 

Plausible estimates of Burmese alone are 5 m

I am sure Ms Obdam is a great person, but in what way does winning a beauty contest qualify someone to raise awareness of mental health?

The relentless pressure on Thai women to look good is almost certainly a driver of mental ill health (look at the number of cosmetic surgery clinics in Thailand), so a beauty queen seems a notably poor choice of brand ambassador

16 minutes ago, Kaoboi Bebobp said:

What the . . . ??? Blogger Richard Barrow just reported less than half an hour ago that the reopening starts today. 

 

https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow/status/1364156766938796032

 Can’t they just make their ******* minds up??

Probably most bars now won’t open today because they believed the 1 Mar thing and told staff not to come... ????

4 hours ago, Thaiophil said:

The new hours should be starting today, Tues 23 according to an Aussie bar owner I chatted to

Now apparently delayed till 1 March????????????