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1 hour ago, Joe Farang said:

Really ?

https://anfenglish.com/news/germany-deports-spanish-activist-citing-a-link-with-the-kurds-56491

Did you read the article you cite? First it is not about somebody doing a peaceful protest, it cites links to an organization or movement that is considered illegal. I do not even agree with it and I think it was totally wrong for the German Government to do so, maybe they wanted to appease this clown Erdogan. However, the article says that it is the very first time and it had never happened before that Germany did something like this. And again, show me reports that foreigners who peacefully and without any offensive or aggressive actions voice their political views, would be deported and blacklisted.

7 hours ago, ftpjtm said:

The majority of us probably agree with his political opinions. 

 

BUT! Thailand is not his (or my) country. We're just guests who can't vote. Our opinion is meaningless to Thais, in the same way that a non citizen Thai's opinion of German politics is meaningless to Germans.

 

No sympathy for him if his visa isn't extended. 

There is a big difference, though. In Germany, as should be the case in any real democracy, even foreigners would be allowed to voice their opinion and conduct peaceful protests that do not involve aggressive means or offensive statements, without being threatened to be thrown out of the country. If Thai officials feel that they have to take such steps, it shows that there might be something wrong here with the right to voice peacefully your opinion.

On 3/10/2022 at 10:38 PM, treetops said:

As well as the Banglamung Hospital ones mentioned above (I got mine at the sports stadium in December last year) there has also been sessions at Central Festival and Royal Garden Plaza, although I'm not sure which hospital administered these.  I believe the Royal Garden Plaza one is still going, although perhaps at a lower frequency than initially.

Those were for the first 2 shots and they were actually offered for free, because one needs to vaccinate all or a large enough number of the residents in Thailand (including forigners!) in order to disrupt the transmission.

On 3/10/2022 at 10:53 AM, alanrchase said:

Just had a Pfizer booster at my local hospital. Walked up to reception, showed my vaccination cert proving six months from second Pfizer jab and was injected 5 minutes later. Excellent service.

 

Where was that?

On 3/10/2022 at 8:49 AM, Calvin1976 said:

Seems booster shots availability depends on each province.

My staff who had Sinofarm shots last year just being arrange to had booster recently.

They were not from Bangkok but nearby provinces.

 

Btw, is there any law stated that Thai government must responsible for booster shots of foreigners in Thailand???

Many hospitals offering Moderna at 1650 baht which can take it as booster.

If really so eager to get booster, why don't pay for it???

 

"If really so eager to get booster, why don't pay for it???"

Is that your answer? The point is about not having a strategy to roll out boosters. They even asked a few days all "elderly" to be boostered before Songkran. Every person who get infected with Covid-19 can infect others and thus help spreading the disease. This applies to everybody, including foreigners. I still have found no information about any boosters to be provided in Pattaya, including for Thais (such as my wife).

After the Government was far behind with managing the first 2 shots for Thais and Foreigners in 2021, it seems that they again have no clear strategy to ensure that all get boostered. I have not seen any information where in Pattaya (free) boosters are available for Foreigners. When I called BPH they informed me that they just had finished a round of boostering. Although they gave me the first 2 shots and I am using BPH for more than 10 years, they could not be bothered to inform me about the availability of booster shots, but happily offered to sell me Moderna. Has anybody information when and where in Pattaya boosters might be available again?

Strategy?  What strategy? They were way behind last year to get enough vaccines for the first shots and now they also seem to have no clear plan to roll out boosters.

There are huge crowds seemingly everyday. I went at 09:20 today to get a certificate of residence, but the crowd waiting outside was too big for me to stomach.

I think they were scammed, because they are foreigners. More than 10 family members of my wife in Bangkok tested positive for COVID ~6 months ago and they were all placed in hotels for isolation. So, if they had already booked a room in the right hotel, why were they not allowed to spend the isolation period there, unless the son had more serious symptoms?

2 hours ago, watthong said:

Excuse me, jus one SMALL correction: 1st generation vaccines, regardless of their efficacy or lack thereof against delta, are ALL effective (in the high 90 %) in preventing death and hospitalization. Whether it is AZ or Sinovac, after you've got that, if delta or whatever other variants gets you (under the surface it's still good old Sars-cov2 virus) what you will have is a "mild flu" (instead of "wuflu.") You can recuperate in the comfort of your home, instead of having a tube shoved down your chest and lying in a bed (if you are lucky) in the ICU.

 

To those having their hair on fire whenever the word "Delta" is spoken: A variant is like a mask/maneuver that the virus puts on in order to evade the vaccine-induced antibodies. Some variant is better at doing its job vs some vaccines (and the antibodies that they triggered) are better at doing their job.  So restart your argument from there.

Really? Go and ask the hundreds of medical workers in Thailand (and also in other countries, e.g. Indonesia) who got infected after being fully vaccinated with Sinovac and many of them did not only get a mild infection. And tell those who even died that they could have recuperated in the comfort of their home!

2 hours ago, jerrymahoney said:

So criticize the government all you want for their incompetence. What does that change?

OMG, so what are you saying? Unless whatever somebody is posting will have an impact on the government and will change things, he/she should just keep it for her/himself and don't say anything? Everything that you are saying is effecting changes?

7 hours ago, jerrymahoney said:

So whatever the gent may have done wrong or insufficient in the past, why not just sit back and let him do his job as best he can now. Because it is HIS job, not yours.

What nonsense. Just sit back and never criticize anybody or anything, regardless how stupid and messed up. They have completely mismanaged the vaccine procurement and the whole pandemic response management this year and you just say, never mind, just let him continue doing (failing) his job? He has proven that they are not up to the job and it is high time for changes to take place, but this will not be possible unless there will be another coup.

What a joke, not to know that there would be mutations. Everybody who has a little understanding of such viruses knew from the very beginning that there would be mutations. It was nothing that anybody had to "predict" it was common knowledge and he is lying or just pretending, but it all comes down to simple lack of professional planning and management and to make matters worse, this still continues. Why does all the procurement has to go through the GOP? After all the failures of this administration, they should not prevent all those companies and organisations that are willing to step in and procure vaccines on their own to get people out of the mess, but no, the Government still seems to consider keeping face and control to be more important than the life of their people and the economic recovery.

I think at the end of the day we will find out that it is April's Fools Day ????

6 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

An outrageously dumb woman... one really has to wonder what on earth was going through her mind....

The barrier ????

17 hours ago, genericptr said:

Given the absolute shambles tourism is currently in, I still can't believe they're going to send all these tourists home without even offering some alternative visa.

 

What's the explanation for this behavior?

Stupidity, plain and simple. No common sense at all.

On 9/17/2020 at 7:34 AM, Geoffggi said:

Missed opportunity, IMO the government should have offered this new visa to people already here who would benefit and would be prepared to stay long term in Thailand. They could have stipulated that people need to have a covid test (more money into the coffers) plus all the 2,000 Baht fees for the visa itself could have been a good earner for the country.

As usual, being smart or just using common sense is not the strong suit of those coming up with new rules. Trying to get more tourists safely in and at the same imposing stupid hurdles on those already here, who are considered to be safe (not infected) and willing to stay for long time and spend money just does not make any sens at all, does it?

16 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

So many people are so quick to see a conspiracy even when the conspiracy makes no sense.  This is simply a stupid decision made by stupid people, just like banning booze on trains, or banning booze between 2-5pm.

Exactly. What Thailand needs are not more brainless laws, but to review existing laws and get rid of the many stupid and ridiculous laws that are good for nothing but to be misused and make Thailand a laughing stock. 

5 hours ago, FlyingThai said:

What kind of flight is someone supposed to take who is paralyzed after a stroke and just had a part of his skull removed?

It can be done and it is called " medical evacuation" with  medical team. But it depends on whether he is stable enough to be on a flight for more than 10 hours

On 9/3/2020 at 10:27 PM, Nout said:

Because they were proved to be wrong but it never needed proving. There is a crowd of negative hysterics who are allowed to dominate this forum. Being repeatedlly hysterically and over critical is a sign of mental illness or mediocrity. The Thai bathers and haters are ill informed, bitter failures who dont know how to enjoy life or thailand. They came here with emotionally damaged luggage and unfortunately for them they never unpacked the bag.

Maybe the most stupid and deranged comment I have seen for ages. This actually sounds like emotional baggage.

1 hour ago, overherebc said:

It may be ok for you but for the average uk pensioner to come here at 65+ get involved and have kids is in my opinion a special kind of stupid.

your view is duly noted