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22 hours ago, AnotherFarang8 said:Tourists will have to pay inflated prices for everything as weakened baht will buy less on international markets. Just to transport coconuts to the resort the farmer will pay more for gasoline because Thailand imports oil. Tourists will need to pay for that, who else. Not to mention household private debts accumulated by Thais over the jobless period. So no, tourists won’t see their currency do better than 2 years ago.
I never noticed cheaper prices when the baht was strong.
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13 hours ago, cjinchiangrai said:Not if you already have them. They are not as good as the AZ but it does pretty well at limiting the disease and deaths. Given the choice of Sinovac and nothing, I will take the Sinovac. Where do I sign up?
'Where do I sign up?"
That's the tricky bit.
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I was seriously thinking of going over there from Pattaya to get jabbed, but couldn't persuade my daughter to drive me there. Reading that report and seeing the photo, I'm glad she refused. I guess I'll just continue to venture out as little as possible and wait for the vaccine to come to this town. The only fly in the ointment is that I have to do my marriage extension at Jomtien in a few weeks time, which also means queuing at the amphur for the Kor Ror 2 as well as two trips to the bank and then queuing again at immigration.
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Even worse for marriage visa. Add on a couple of hours at the local amphur to pick up a Kor Ror 2. What is worse for me is that I have to take my missus with me to immigration, possibly exposing her to the virus too. What's wrong with these people?
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3 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.
Ridiculous post.
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7 hours ago, smedly said:
lets get this out of the way first - this should read "sterling failures"
This man has a right cheek on him trying to blame the people for his and his DPM Anutins massive failures - he is now more interested in a blame game than putting effort into vacine procurement - he and his whole government need to go now.
If I was a Thai I would be enraged by this baffoon trying to blame them for his and Anutins failures - enraged and mad
Good to see this 100% reversal on your part about this "govt". Don't see any fan mail from your mates these days.
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7 hours ago, tomazbodner said:
It may be, and likely is true that the spread is coming from those who don't care about anyone else and put their own entertainment at the top priority, much higher than the right of others to live.
But the man is Thai. He's old enough to know that in Thai culture, there is little or no planning for tomorrow, that most people live by the day and do not care about the consequences of their actions tomorrow.
As such, this should have been expected, considered and included into the planning. It wasn't. And that is a huge failure on his, and government's part.
Then again, when I see what's going on in the West, I don't think they are faring that much better. They have done what is demanded here from government - got hold of vaccines, for instance, available anywhere and immediately, where people have choice which they want. But... People refuse to take them and instead go for holiday to Spain.
Should that have been expected? Yes, actually it should but it wasn't there either.
So from a helicopter view, this pandemic has only confirmed that no matter how big the problem, unlike in the movies, the World will NOT come together as one to fight it. Instead people will become even more self-centered, claim anything that restricts their freedoms is a conspiracy, call anyone who disagrees with them "blind sheep" and blame the government for outcome. And this is in pretty much every country on this planet.
This thread's about Thailand and what Prayut said.
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19 hours ago, ArcticFox said:
When you were considering travel locations, you should have selected Spain.
That's a first, an encrypted "If you don't like it here you can always leave" post.
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3 hours ago, khunPer said:
That's their home country, so that makes sense.
As foreigner living in Thailand you are on your own when it comes to health care, and we foreigners knows it, when we decide to stay here by our own free choice.
However, with a little bit of patience the government will vaccinate all, also the foreigners that are not really are covered by the health care system.
You're stating the obvious. We can't get the vaccine even though we're prepared to pay.
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4 hours ago, tonray said:
With all due respect, less than a third of all Thai citizens have been vaccinated as of yet
The thread's about foreigners in Thailand.
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5 hours ago, clivebaxter said:Also had invite from Thonburi for Moderna, why do some people find it so difficult? All you had to do to get an appt on Mor Prom was to spend 10 minutes applying for a tax number first, people preferred to spend hours on here moaning about not being able to get vaccinated instead.
Why are there so many smug gits on this forum?
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11 minutes ago, thailand49 said:
Sad! yes it happens everywhere and in every sport! But this over kickball? LOL
Kickball? Football! The game of skill played mainly with feet, as opposed to rugby or American football which is mainly played with the hands and therefore should be called handball.
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Calling non-white people "coloured" is now frowned upon, I think "people of colour" is the new flavour of the month. You think you're doing the right thing by doing your best to conform so as not to hurt people's feelings, then find that you've started a s...storm. The whole world's gone crazy.
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8 hours ago, blacksuitdandruff said:
Though it may be worse in Thailand relatively, ever single government in the world has "mismanaged" this plandemic from the beginning.
Do you still wonder why like I DON'T? 555
Blx. A lot of western countries have very low death tolls, have most of their populations vaccinated and are almost back to normal. By the way, the thread is about Thailand, not the rest of the world. By making a comparison you're trying to make this country's incredibly inept response to the vaccination programme better than it really is. I'm sure it doesn't wash with most people.
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10 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:
Is anyone truly surprised with this. The only ones that believe they are doing well are the Junta followers and Government apologists we hear from daily or see on the news defending them.
We used to have quite a few of them on here, though they've all gone quiet recently. Even the stupid were bound to see through them eventually.
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Cheeze, as if we haven't had enough teachers' pets on here. Surprised you didn't tell us all to go back to our home countries if we aren't happy. Just out of curiosity, I wonder if those clever enough to have had the first jab at the bus station will be able to just turn up and get the second, and most important AZ jab as easily? Making a day's journey to Bangkok only to be turned away because they've run out of vaccine is not an attractive proposition for this 77 year old.
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3 hours ago, fvw53 said:
If you are "lucky" like me to be older than 75 you can go until 18 July without any pre-registration to Gate 1 of Bang Sue Railway Station and get Astrazeneca / I did it during afternoon hours in less than 30 minutes and they only wanted to see my passport - not asking in which province I lived - and eventually what kind of medication it took / the only problem is to find a parking
Great, but how about the second and most important AZ jab. Will you be able to just turn up for that and will it be available?
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8 hours ago, khwaibah said:Got ours yesterday at the Kap Choeng Government Hospital in Surin me and the wife. AZ. I am 73 she is 47. No app was used. She signed us up in June.
Seems like farang who live out back of beyond stand a lot more chance of getting vaccinated than those living in say Pattaya and other cities, apart from Bangkok. It at least has some vaccines. I've now heard lots who live in the sticks say how easy they found it to get the jab. You can't be vaccinated in Pattaya for love nor money.
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1 hour ago, mrfill said:
Yes, making the Thais pay double for their imports must fill you with much joy.
Today's duty goody-goody.
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13 hours ago, wensiensheng said:from my second post above:
“Although the government is discouraging inter provincial travel at the moment. So there’s that.
and the ccsa has said that it is mulling a “lockdown” of sorts for Bangkok on Monday. So there’s that also.
and flying to bangkok, or bus, does seem kind of risky as there is a pandemic and being close to large groups is not recommended.
in normal times, sure, getting to bangkok is a breeze. These aren’t normal times”
let me add a few points since you clearly can’t grasp some practical realities:
1. It’s not half a day drive. It’s 12 hours solid driving which with stops, means 2 days there, two days back, including an overnight stop at a hotel. I’m not bothered about doing it, I’ve done it before several times, but it does mean exposure to other people.
2. Assuming I have an appointment, clearly there will be at least an overnight stop in a deep red zone that is the epicentre of Thailand’s Delta Covid outbreak. Medically a stupid thing to do.
3. Currently my wife is stuck at our house in Udon due to Covid. So I am in Phuket with my young daughter. Assuming I ignore all sensible medical advice and drive two days into a deep red zone crossing several provincial borders on the way, who will look after my daughter while I am away?
I suggest you come off your high horse and have a little more understanding of the responsibilities that others have, rather than being so condescending.
or just continue giving out irresponsible advice. I don’t really care either way.
Stating the obvious, this forum's full of those who bristle if anything detrimental is said about Thailand, even when it's warranted as in this vaccine fiasco.
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14 hours ago, edwinchester said:
Have you tried contacting your local health center or local Govt Hospital?
My local health center arranged my appointment for the AZ vaccine at my local hospital, I had it on 28th June with the second appt scheduled for 20th Sept.
I did. They said they knew nothing about vaccinating farang and to try the Mor Prom app!
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Quit over 30 years ago. One of the biggest achievements of my life, because up until then and after many attempts to quit, I was convinced it couldn't be done.
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4 hours ago, Surelynot said:
This is going to do wonders for our image..........I imagine many Thai's will be rejoicing at the news we will get 20% of 'their' vaccines.
No, they will get 80% of our vaccines, paid for with our taxes.
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2 hours ago, mtls2005 said:
Would prefer a ZERO star option, or even a negative star option.
At every step the regime has taken the wrong step. Other than closing the borders - SOP - it's been a mess.
Now without a real vaccination plan we'll be fighting wave after wave.
Monkeys throwing darts could have been more successful.
Throwing darts is against the law. Gambling.
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Twelve people arrested at Pattaya underground bar for allegedly drinking alcohol and violating Covid-19 measurements
in Pattaya News
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They should've been at Bang Sue Railway Station yesterday, no alcohol, but thousands of people queuing in close proximity waiting for the covid jab. Many of those were then going to return to their home provinces. If the people in the bar hadn't been partaking of alcohol ie having a quiet beer or two, would they still have been arrested? Rhetorical question.