I've been there a lot this year, its so dead. Theres not many people to crash into.  But good news all the same.

Dog should be put down.

These pitbulls are just a dangerous breed.  Usually for people with small egos.

7 hours ago, Surelynot said:

Does anyone know what "inactive post" actually means?........Do they sit at a desk doing nothing on full pay?

Yes,

Wait until things cool down and people forget then onto another prestige position.

3 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

And with the Sinovac Vaccine, the first Jab only gives 3 % Immunity.

Apparently it gets better after the second jab, so until the second Jabs are administered, there is very little protection.

After the second its 50.4%.  About the same with AstraVeneca against the UK strain.

Im glad I read this! 

I just filed with my cell phone.  Easy if you have your account number handy.  It took about 10 minutes.  Next up taxes that deadline has been extended to May 27th.

I think you need to report yourself.  You should have anticipated that.  Also he was avoiding a white truck on the left before merging into your lane to make a Uturn.  Some of these Thai drivers will pull you out of the car and beat the living sh*t out of you.

I'd be more courteous next time and stop driving so damn close to the car in front!

I have LED's and those are supposed to last 80,000 hours or something like 10 years.  12 watt seems bright.  Great savings compared to the old days but expensive to buy here in Thailand.

That's nice.

6 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

You're wrong yes but thats not meant to be a blunt statement its just that both Sinovac or AZ do not contain any of the live virus. If that was the case then the half a million people who have been vaccinated in Thailand so far are walking around infected.

???

Theres less than 200,000 people that have been vaccinated in Thailand.

Another problem will be the innefectiveness of SINOVAC,  Only 50.4%,  awful even by Chinese standars.

Sinovac is only 50.4,% effective.

On 4/9/2021 at 10:07 AM, Yellowtail said:

Oil changes do not seem to cost much in the scheme of things.

Dealerships charge upwards of 3500 for an Oil change.  Stupidly I do this.  I've got all the upheep records when I sell it.

7 hours ago, FarFlungFalang said:

They don't seem to cross the 1,000 a day mark without a bit of flatlining first.

They ran out of tests at most locations again.  Going for a test is rather risky lining up with people coughing and sneezing.

7 hours ago, internationalism said:

that high figures infected means around 150 deaths daily.

already the last week in bangkok hospitals beds were full and shortage of tests.

those field hospitals will take time to arrange. It's not only beds, but personel and basic equipment and supplies of ppe

 

Most importantly make sure there's enough oxygen tanks.  

Bad news about Sinovac:

 

 

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CHINESE OFFICIALS SAY CHINESE VACCINES’ EFFECTIVENESS LOW

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April 11, 2021 1:00 pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PM Prayut Chan-o-cha holds a vial during the welcoming ceremony for Sinovac vaccines at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Feb. 24, 2021.

BEIJING (AP) — In a rare admission of the weakness of Chinese coronavirus vaccines, the country’s top disease control official says their effectiveness is low and the government is considering mixing them to give them a boost.

Chinese vaccines “don’t have very high protection rates,” said the director of the China Centers for Disease Control, Gao <deleted>, at a conference Saturday in the southwestern city of Chengdu.

Beijing has distributed hundreds of millions of doses in other countries while also trying to promote doubt about the effectiveness of Western vaccines.

“It’s now under formal consideration whether we should use different vaccines from different technical lines for the immunization process,” Gao said.

 

The effectiveness rate of a coronavirus vaccine from Sinovac, a Chinese developer, at preventing symptomatic infections has been found to be as low as 50.4% by researchers in Brazil. By comparison, the vaccine made by Pfizer has been found to be 97% effective.

Bad news from China about Sinovac:

 

 

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CHINESE OFFICIALS SAY CHINESE VACCINES’ EFFECTIVENESS LOW

By

 Associated Press

 -

April 11, 2021 1:00 pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PM Prayut Chan-o-cha holds a vial during the welcoming ceremony for Sinovac vaccines at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Feb. 24, 2021.

BEIJING (AP) — In a rare admission of the weakness of Chinese coronavirus vaccines, the country’s top disease control official says their effectiveness is low and the government is considering mixing them to give them a boost.

Chinese vaccines “don’t have very high protection rates,” said the director of the China Centers for Disease Control, Gao <deleted>, at a conference Saturday in the southwestern city of Chengdu.

Beijing has distributed hundreds of millions of doses in other countries while also trying to promote doubt about the effectiveness of Western vaccines.

“It’s now under formal consideration whether we should use different vaccines from different technical lines for the immunization process,” Gao said.

 

The effectiveness rate of a coronavirus vaccine from Sinovac, a Chinese developer, at preventing symptomatic infections has been found to be as low as 50.4% by researchers in Brazil. By comparison, the vaccine made by Pfizer has been found to be 97% effective.

12 minutes ago, Jumbo1968 said:

There won’t to any Tourists coming to Thailand to spend and pay for even 7 days in quarantine.

And then return to most countries for a 14 day quarantine because nobody is vaccinated in Thailand or even tested.

4 hours ago, 2 is 1 said:

Now nobody cant see end of this increasing numbers! Tracking is in really bad shape! They dont have man power to do tracking!

Beyond that many hospitals/clinics have run out of tests.  And the price of upwards of 4500 for a test is discouraging anyone who's showing symptoms to test.  What happened to any of Anutins, pryut, or the rest of the governments preparation for a worse case scenario?

789 reported.

So many people who aren't going to get tested because they've run out or it's too expensive.

The real numbers must be staggering!

I had that happen to a flight to Phuket from Udon Thani.  I complained to my credit card.  AirAsia responded to Visa with some huge paperwork.  I finally just took the credit as it was going to be such a pain in the a**.

Fortunately I used the credit.  I don't like to fly with them and prefer Thai smile.  Flights out of Udon Thani are very limited this last year of course with usually a long layover in Bangkok.  I've taken to just driving with a stop in Khon Kaen.  Luckily I enjoy driving plus I don't need to rent a car when I get there.

Not very happy with AirAsia.

Not many people pay that kind of money.

Should be free so they can handle this better.  They always have there hands in the till.  It's sad and frustrating!

14 minutes ago, chang1 said:

Headline says "clear link" but there is not a clear link. From the article -

"But many scientists say there is no definitive evidence and it is not clear whether or why AstraZeneca's vaccine would cause an issue not shared by other vaccines that target a similar part of the coronavirus."

 

There is speculation that those affected were infected with covid19 when they had the vaccine, which does have a known link with blood clots. Obviously more research is needed but, as cases are so rare, there is little to worry about - yet.

It seems odd to me that there aren't any comparisons with the other vaccines around. 

The UK death rate has dropped from over 1200 a day to around 30 a day now, while the rest of Europe is experiencing a third wave. So there is no denying the Oxford vaccine is effective especially against the aggressive UK variant.

"

The data, published in The Lancet yesterday, also showed it was 28.9% effective at preventing asymptomatic infections or cases with unknown symptoms.

Overall efficacy was 61.7% against the B117 variant and 77.3% against other variants, according to the study. The vaccine was 81.5% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 caused by non-B117 strains.

In a Lancet commentary, Rogier W. Sanders, PhD, and Menno D. de Jong, MD, PhD, of Amsterdam University Medical Centers, write, "Given the wide CIs [confidence intervals] in these exploratory analyses, no firm conclusions can be drawn on the precise clinical efficacy against the B.1.1.7 variant and, importantly, how this efficacy compares with efficacy against the original circulating variants."

Even so, they say the findings "suggest a meaningful degree of efficacy against the B.1.1.7 variant, which is encouraging."

13 hours ago, WHansen said:

I have read this several times to try and understand the process. I may be wrong but to me it looks like private companies need to apply to the Thai FDA to import vaccines, after approval is granted by the FDA, those companies/organisations can import vaccines and then the hospitals or clinics can negotiate with said companies to supply them vaccines.

 

I hope i have misunderstood this and there are NOT a lot of already rich people applying to be middlemen to earn lots of Baht from this importation of vaccines.

Every thing regarding the vaccine rollout in Thailand is so horribly wrong.  My wife just mentioned that there charging 3,000 baht for a covid-19 test at the 3rd world Sakon Nakhon hospital.