MrJ2U

If he's registered at that government hospital it should have been  .30 baht.

Maybe they took advantage of you noticing you were a farang.

The government new of front line medics, doctors,vand nurses receiving two doses of Sinovac were contracting COVID-19.  Some very serious and a few dying.  Yet they keep getting more.

The government once toppled needs to be put in jail for life.

Instead ordering proven  mRNA vaccines they keep doodling about.  They keep getting behind the line of countries ordering more.

They need to ask there friends and CP for a refund for these lousy vaccines and WHO needs to get Sonovac  off the approves vaccine list.  

Sinopharm looks like a bad choice also.

They mentioned that last week.  Whats the delay?

Tourists aren't going to like flying into an airport filled with 5000 COVID-19 patients.  I don't care how safe they will say it is.

Baffled how these men became Generals and Ministers.  They seem brainless and aloof with facts.

One airline having a monopoly and charging extortionate prices has always been a deterent for the suffering businesses.

Hopefully things work out.  Beautiful place!

26 minutes ago, connda said:

All eyes on these islands.
They are now the test-beds for the assertion that a 70% vaccinations target effectively creates herd-immunity. 

If "herd-immunity" is real and no one gets ill from this point on - it will be heralded as the casus belli for mandatory vaccinations in "the war against Covid."  The media will be on it like an otter at a piranha party.

If people continue to get sick on these island?  I can't wait to hear all the excuses and "new scientific explanations" by "experts" backed with no actual research.

 

Herd immunity isn't working with COVID-19. For the people who believe this just wait and see once they open up Samui with there 70% vaccination rate.

Samui probably won't open anyway with things as bad as they are.  Who would want to jump into a raging pandemic?

I wouldn't count Sinovac.  Useless against the Delta variant.

6 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Not only found amongst people who are from Phuket, but then now two children who traveled to the sandbox with their family.  You have to wonder who the brain trust was that decided travelling was tantamount to keeping the virus at bay.  Yet "What will happen will happen", and "What happens in the sandbox stays in the sandbox", well apparently not as a few ministers were on a flight returning from Phuket which had someone onboard who tested positive for Covid after the flight and they are now in quarantine just like Prayut himself.

And of course they weren't even tested like everyone else that is entering.  I think the VIP guy even had his Sinovac shots.

What a mess!

Nothing from Anutin and his possy.

Very quiet.  Im waiting for some asinine reply from him.

Those can only be charged so many times as they degrade.  I imagine there many times more expensive than off the shelf batteries.

If you can afford a Tesla why not get seperate batteries for your house solar set-up?  

Just now, MrJ2U said:

It's not only Crossing by car.  Theres many fisherman coming over with migrant workers.

 

The biggest problem is Sinopharm and Sinovac.

Despite the Arab man having two shots he still got COVID-19.  On top of that two of his children got it.

 

Singapore isn't letting people that use two vaccinations of Sinovac as proof anymore to enter.  

Herd immunity isn't going with COVID-19.  To many variants.  People are still shedding the virus even after they get vaccinated.

In my opinion everyone needs to be vaccinated.  Unfortunately thats seems impossible for Thailand.

15 hours ago, Leaver said:

In theory, it can work. 

 

Fully vaccinate Phuket locals to 70%, seal off the island from the mainland, only accepting fully vaccinated international tourists via the airport. 

 

In effect, Phuket becomes a small version of what the world will be, post covid, but Phuket gets their earlier because being an island, they can enforce that only  vaccinated people can be on the island.    

 

Alas, the Thai's what their money now, and rushed it through, and didn't seal off the island from the mainland, which was just plain ridiculous.  

 

If they had more patience, and done it properly, it would have worked.  

It's not only Crossing by car.  Theres many fisherman coming over with migrant workers.

The biggest problem is Sinopharm and Sinovac.

Despite the Arab man having two shots he still got COVID-19.  On top of that two of his children got it.

Singapore isn't letting people that use two vaccinations of Sinovac as proof anymore to enter.  

Importing cars are almost not worth it with all the taxes, custom fees, red tape, etc.,

However I've ordered high taxed items worth thousands of dollars and they seem to be able to skirt custom$ somehow.  

Like Shoppee they don't get paid until the delivery and your satisfied.  Its worth talking with the representative selling the item and the fees.

Good luck.

Thats definitely not right.

I would think everyone in the condo would agree.  What if you misplace your key and a pizza delivery arrives?

Can't you re-enable the button on the door?

Be nice to know the outcome of this dilema please keep us informed.

12 hours ago, internationalism said:

sandboxes can be reasonable easy done on island with airports, but experimenting with a largish city like pattaya and close to 12mln metropolis, is just too risky even to think off.

in face of the looming 4th wave, not a chance for opening in October. They have thought that one jab would be sufficient to protect, now it's talk about 3 vaccinations - and that is an impossible task for thailand, will take over 1 year

It's not working so well in Phuket.

Of course you get the TAT version which is almost fantastically over board.

Then you slowly get the real news.  Less than 2000 people so far.  Many people getting herded into ASQ sh** ho** hotels at over 52,000 baht for two weeks.

Thaiger had an interesting interview on YouTube today with a nice lady that had to quarantine.

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.