MrJ2U

2 hours ago, WhiteBuffaloATM said:

covid “cases” are irrelevant. covid presence/ deaths / hospital cases are relevant.

all covid variants are literally everywhere here. vax rates are relevant and pathetically low (5%?).

herd immunity years away here compared to nearly acheived in UK........

all govt. attempts to “contain” covid are futile; it cannot be contained, only reduced to flu/ cold levels

by vax / natural immunity / herd immunity......oh, vax & herd imm. hardly happening ......or is it ?

quite CLEAR  that thais have strong natural herd immunity....daily covid deaths “peaking” at 90

compared to what thousands dead daily at peak in UK ( comparable population).......

India thought they had herd immunity.

Unfortunately herd immunity doesn't work with COVID-19 and all its variants.

Mrna vaccines for the entire population is the only way.

11 hours ago, RandolphGB said:

Covid will never go away. It’s like trying to reduce the number of cases of people with a cold to zero. 
 

Vaccinate the elderly and those with health problems. Let the rest of the population carry on.  

They can't even do that.

'Electricity prices to remain constant until December 2021, says regulator"

SO expect a jump in the general power rates and possibly the tax rate as well.

They should be lowering the rates during the pandemic and a few years after to help the recovery.

Hopefully not many people booked flights.  

Getting a refund from Thai AirAsia is virtually impossible.  There is no customer service to speak of.

That said I was able to get credit last year and finally used it a few months ago.

I don't like to use them and prefer Thai Smile.

  I've been driving to my vacation spots now.  Nice big luxury SUV.  Stop wherever I want with our family.  I don't need to rent a car when I arrive or deal with taxis.  

Not for everyone but Im retired and enjoy driving.  

22 minutes ago, OJAS said:

According to the OP he was working on a building site in the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate, which is located to the west of Rayong City.

My mistake.  

They mentioned he was from a COVID-19 cluster. I assumed Bangkok.

The main point was he should isolate before visiting family in case he has the virus.

10 hours ago, smedly said:

apart from all the issues mentioned already on this thread - due to the lack of vaccine supply even if you manage to get one shot of AZ how likely do you think it will be that you will get the required 2nd shot, this vaccination is a 2 shot process, there is really no point in getting one shot if you are never going to see the 2nd shot at the recommended interval - these million donated vaccines suddenly becomes half that when you count them as fully vaccinated -  so good luck with that 

In a few weeks thats going to be headline news.

People unable to get there second vaccination and realizing that Sinovac is useless against the Delta variant.

4 minutes ago, ukrules said:

If only we had access to any of them over here, even the Sputnik vaccine sounds very promising to me when I read about what it is and how it works.

I've read the same about Sputnik.  Supposed to be very effective.

I'm thinking with the thousands of infections within the prison there must be a lot of infections amongst the gaurds and other prison workers.  The workers must have familys and mingle amongst the public.

What an awful job!

1 minute ago, onekoolguy said:

I think the one here would be AZ?  or can take a chance and wait for Moderna? 

I've paid for Moderna.  Hopefully no problems until it gets here.

"4 genuine Cialis at 2,000 which I ended up buying but won't again!"

Its 700 baht a tablet @ Udon Thani Bangkok Hospital.

They have generic Viagra, Sidegra for 60 baht a pill there (Bangkok Hospital).  But you pay 300 baht to see a doctor for 2 minutes. 

Cialis is the way but so pricey.  Hard for us old guys!

On 7/9/2021 at 7:05 AM, Ralf001 said:

In the article there is no mention of where home is, he worked in a red zone and was arrested in a red zone... did he really drive all the way home (where ever that is) get turned away by family and drive all the way back to the red zone just to sleep in his car ?

He was from a construction camp in Bangkok.

Bangkok is a red zone.

Supply problems again at the only vaccine manufacturing plant.  It would have been cheaper just to have important better Mrna vaccines months ago or even yesterday. 

Astra and Sinovac aren't much good against variants.  Yesterday Singapore has stopped excepting people who enter that use Sinovac as there vaccine.  There goes a wealthy bubble.

Ugly!

Still Free housing at a luxurious military estate.

He doesn't have any expenses.  But thats the case for most leaders though.

He's still making a mint on useless Chinese vaccine purchases.

My Thai wife says the police are the main drug dealers.  

I would say 70% our village is hooked on Yaba or ICE.  

It's such an addictive and life ruining drug.

I hope all of them end up in jail.

On 7/8/2021 at 2:21 PM, Gold Star said:

Tourists having a vaccination, mostly having the lower efficacy Chinese jabs, will not prevent them from getting infected by the locals. The extensive testing regime performed on this select group of people is bound to uncover more cases as they interact with the population in Phuket, and may be kept quiet as it will make extremely bad headlines. This fellow brought it with him.

 

I wonder if this unfortunate tourist is now forcefully detained in a Covid hospital, field hospital, room, or other quarantine facility, at his expense, spending his Phuket sandbox holiday separated from his family or travelling companions alone until he recovers.

He and 14 others are stuck in an expensive quarantine hotel.  They've requested to leave and go home.

Horrible vacation.

Side note, Singapore has stopped recognizing Sinovac as a vaccine for entry.  Sinopharm wont be far off.

Plain Junk!  

Whenever I arrive at The airport I have an SUV booked so I don't need to hassle with these jerks.  I can come and go anytime and explore the sights.  

For a few baht more than dealing with taxis, Tuk Tuks, etc its the way to go!

Baby steps guys.

See if you can make an app that works first.

Good luck!

13 hours ago, englishoak said:

Jab effectiveness takes around 2 weeks,by which time a hotspot.............wont be.

 

Better off just contracting it, and will then have natural immunity odds of survival are super high over 99% for the vast majority.

Tell that to India.  

This Delta virus is horrendously bad.

Ive heard Sinopharm sucks but not as much as the useless Sinovac.

"He said the insurance industry has enough reserves to handle even the direst scenario, in which the pandemic and new variants are not controlled this year"

There way over there heads.  Trying to make a quick buck at the expense of the people looks like its going to backfire. 

Slowly but surely people will realize that this government is going to put them in the dark ages.