21 hours ago, jazzdog32095 said:

8/13/2021 @ 1:30 PM @ Medpark / Pfizer

Possibly yours is a registration that was carried out on Thailandintervac.com, where you could (and still can) select the hospital you wanted (/want) from a list that includes MedPark.
 

The OP may have been talking about registrations on expatvac.com which was opened for a limited time for a day or so around last Sunday. [The article itself above mentions that confirmatory communications will not go to registrants until 10 / 11 - August  so he must have missed that if indeed he is an expat.vac registrant.

5 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Where do you think you can get the Moderna?  I was looking at either Moderna or Pfizer as my second jab but can not find anywhere to do the second dose as having had the first of AZ in June, I can not register at MedPark hospital again for Pfizer as I am scheduled for my second AZ jab there in September.  I wonder if there will be a way by then to ask them to change the AZ to Pfizer, but then I am not sure they will as many of the Pfizer jabs are going as boosters to medical staff.

On the face of it you can still register for Bumrungrad to deliver Pfizer for free by opening thailandintervac.com*. But it's only an expression of preference with Astra Zeneca and 'any available vaccine' being other preferences and therefore potential allocations if they run short

* Remember this website? The one that previously had only Bangkok hospitals, much to the ire of we provincials. I spotted a few days ago on the NBT (government) Press Agency website's daily Press Briefing that anyone who had failed to register on the expatvac.com website around last weekend could try intervac.com. I registered with Bumrungrad for Pfizer on Tuesday and then thought better of having to do 14 days isolation on return to Sisaket, so also registered with Khon Kaen Bangkok Hospital for AZ. KK looks more likely to come up with the goods - they allowed a specific slot on a fixed date (21 August) to be selected. Bumrungrad promised an e-mail within 3 days WHICH HAS NOT ARRIVED. A local friend applied earlier than me and also registered elsewhere, having found an even longer lack of e-mail confirmation at Bum; shame - it is normally such a truly outstandingly professional hospital (at a price of course; it must be hard for them to be doing inoculations for free????).

I cannot promise yo'all 'll be able to register but the site still looks to be operational with most of the same hospitals that were clickable when I registered 2x still apparently clickable. Pattaya residents who have been complaining about no hospitals near them should note that Sri Ratcha Samitivej is apparently still a clickable option (for Astra Zeneca).

I point y'all in a potentially helpful direction, but who knows how it will go.

12 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

This fact was known to many of us with no connection whatsoever to the medical profession. How could you not have known this or do you think you are special and the rules don’t apply?

 

(Rhetorical question alert)

More nuanced than you think I reckon. Of course he knew it had to go through a Government Agency. He's just hinting that it was the Government Agency that performed differently to what he expected, or more likely the Government Agency changed its intentions or broke promises. Could've been something to do with the fact that he criticised government over the delays in the original purchase of Moderna Round 1 and revenge has been wrought.

Oldish thread, but I found it on search and it seems the right place to post my question.

Have used iHerb for several years and am happy with the service (except that there seems to be an issue with the packaging of my chosen cod liver oil - out of probably 10 attempted deliveries over the years, 1 arrived broken (rapidly credited by iHerb), 1 never arrived (rapidly credited) and the last one was delivered late due to breakages of other (same? dunno) items at DHL in Bangkok.

I noted that Piping Rock are advertising of late an offering that looks very similar to iHerb, but almost entirely of their own label. I note thta the prices are at first sight very competitive with (ie cheaper than) the ones I choose from iHerb.
 

Does anyone have any experience of using Piping Rock for delivery to Thailand (or comments on the products generally, though I don't mind doing my own experimentation on product provided they are proving to be a reliable source for delivery here).

16 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

As has been said many times, all the vaccinations reduce - at no doubt variable rates - the chances of getting infected, but none of them entirely eliminate the possibility. Their prime purpose is to reduce (but again don't eliminate) the chances of serious illness, hospitalization & death.

I'm beginning to think that even a first dose of 'the Chinese poison' might be worth a punt. Has anyone else noticed that despite the very heavy use of Sinovac in Thailand last month there has been a marked absence of 'I know someone who has grown three heads' postings. Also silence from the conspiracy theorists that littered the digi-waves (particularly those ridiculous individuals on a certain English language Thai capital national rag) a month ago. Hoping that results of studies based on much broader samples may give some clue as to the direction of effectiveness also.

Would still want my Moderna (hopefully stage 1 via THG) booking to be honoured, to function as the second dose or booster to 2 x Sinovac if that is supported by medics.

9 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

• Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine is just 39% effective in Israel where the delta variant is the dominant strain, according to a new report from the country’s Health Ministry.
• The two-dose vaccine still works very well in preventing people from getting seriously sick, demonstrating 88% effectiveness against hospitalization and 91% effectiveness against severe illness, according to the Israeli data.

I've noted a few references to vaccination generally being recast as something to reduce the impact of infection, not to prevent infection.

35 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Did your mate book for Moderna ??

 

I read somewhere, a Richard Barrow tweet I think, that some people who paid for Moderna upfront will be reimbursed or offered another appointment for April 2022 when Moderna vaccine MKll should be available.

Have read the info from one of our local private hospitals posted on their website relating to the second round of Moderna availability and their guidance note indicates an expectation of April to September 2022. Laying down money now for an injection date potentially one year away seems like madness*. Surely other options will open up once the government achieves its objectives of vaccinations for calendar 2021 (ho ho!).

I attached the guidance note so others can see what shape Moderna round 2 might take.

*I guess I possibly might (deliberate tautology) consider a one-dose punt as an insurance policy - booster for other vaccines. Looks like there is some possibility (but I'd not count on it) of a refund or selling it on to family /friends

pracharak sisaket private hospital 2022 moderna vaccine registration information 3aug21.docx

5 hours ago, Raybangkok said:

I pasted my 2 photos onto a word page took a screen shot and sent that and as you can see from previous post it was accepted although not great quality.

Everybody who posted just one page (usually the passport ID page) was accepted* as far as I can make out from responses to this thread  and my own experience. The question will be whether there are any implications of an incomplete response for the granting of an appointment, or whether they will simply point out you need to bring passport (including the one with original visa on it presumably) for checking. Hope ful thta this will be their workaround.

* 'Accepted', meaning receipt of e-mail stating application has been successful.

Another complete mess-up.

God help this nation if it ever has to go to war.

On 7/30/2021 at 12:28 PM, mirage said:

I had the chance to get the Sinovac with the AZ 3 weeks later. It was not an easy choice to decline, but I did. Hopefully a double AZ vaccine will be available soon. I am over 65.

Wait for the European distaste for AZ to swell, then there'll be lots of AZ on its way to Thailand!

[Referencing news yesterday that Germany has decided to restrict* use of Astra Zeneca based on studies on the incidence of clotting (yes that one is rearing its head again!). Similar restrictions were reported as already applying in Norway and The Netherlands.

*Can't remember the exact details - AZ is now either banned outright in Germany or restricted to a limited category of person]

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10 minutes ago, grandpa said:

Correct!  Let me put in email address, clicked NEXT then

Registration for the FIRST dose
of the COVID-19 vaccination for foreign residents

 

Error (#476)

An internal server error occurred.

The above error occurred while the Web server was processing your request.

Please contact us if you think this is a server error. Thank you.

Got the same (11:50ish). If you try again with the same e-mail it says that the e-mail you have used is already used !!  Par for the course with covid and software in Thailand

27 minutes ago, SuwadeeS said:

Quite funny. Since many Thais I have spoken, deny Sinovac where is CP Group involved.

So, as it it is documented, that it does not protect very well, they will give it to the foreigners.

 

...... the new Pfizer donation of the U.S. will be given to them.

Disgusting.

1 minute ago, ThailandRyan said:

Wait, you mean I can not impersonate myself to be me and try and gain an advantage because I am me but really not me and just someone else, now I am just confused and think I need some help.  Can someone start a GoFund me page for me I need money to become a rich foreigner who is hansum, so I need surgery as well. ........

Hah ha. Do what everyone else does. Throw a bit of money around and pretend to be rich. You don't need surgery, you are automatically hansum young man!

I think that some farang on here are missing the point and rusing into sensitivity mode.

Rather than the Deputy RTP Spokesman having submitted racist slurs against dirty falang surely he was aiming his warnings against non-foreigners (Ie Thais) who are impersonating foreigners. The implication being that certain elements of the Thai community find foreigners to be an attractive target for friendship (for reasons we all know about); how does that get converted into a racist slur against us?

15 hours ago, Pib said:

How is the payment ultimately made?  Did you have then do a bank transfer to THG like they gave an account number to send funds to, maybe a QR payment code....or maybe pay via LINE Pay, etc.  

 

EDIT:  whoops, read your link post again...see you paid via debit card.  But was debit card the only way to pay....maybe they offered other way?  I'm just curious as to the method(s) of payment THG would accept.

Got my line message from THG yesterday. Can remember that payment by credit card, debit card and direct bank transfer were mentioned. I think there were other methods (that were not an option for me so I've forgotten their names) - probably Line-Pay since THG are working through Line.

The message and input form were in Thai so I had to rely on my wife - topped up by using the camera option on Google translate (I have 2 mobile phones). Maybe there was an English language option - but I didn't see it

Nobody knows. Wait for the announcement of detailed rules by Government, mooted for sometime today.

The official line seems to be wait until Monday when the new rules are published in the Official Gazette. Press and other comments are inconclusive. I saw one that said "Serving alcohol remains banned in the Dark Red, Red and Orange zones" (Jonathon Fairfield of ThaiVaisa.com (staff?), perhaps implying that rule might be relaxed in the yellow zone. Several other commentators  said that serving alcohol would still be banned in all restaurants. None of such comments that I saw had any official imprimatur about them.

In Thailand,:

Your privacy = I don't give a monkey's

2 hours ago, Thomas J said:

Every time I read one of these it only reinforces my belief that people are foolish to every believe that government run healthcare is a good thing.  In the USA not one government agency is efficient and does not significantly blow through budgets.  In the private world you have to compete, be efficient, and respond to your consumers.  With government, no matter how inefficient or inane they can't be fired and there is no incentive to provide either good customer service or to lower costs. 

I look at Thailand at it was only recently that the government approved allowing private hospitals to order vaccines on their own.  Now this is a government that is suppose to be aggressively tackling Covid.  What could possibly be the reason to drag your feet in allowing the private hospitals to obtain, vaccine and inoculate people.   They are private so it costs the government no money, time, or effort and yet they threw up a prohibition for months.  Its like there is a ship sinking and the government won't allow private vessels to provide rescue to survivors because they are not part of the government. 

 

"Every time I read one of these it only reinforces my belief that people are foolish to ever believe that government-run healthcare is a good thing."  

Thomas J, I suggest that you talk to expats from countries like the UK, Scandinavian countries and Germany, to name but a few European countries with what Americans call socialised healthcare. I think you will get an entirely different viewpoint to your own. I suspect that the majority of users (and payers of the necessary taxes) in such countries heavily support their national healthcare systems and stare in amazement at the amounts of money that Americans waste on overpaid health providers for comparatively substandard healthcare. Even more so at the fact that so many Americans cannot and do not afford decent healthcare.

I used to work in an international accounting/consulting firm. I was based in London and recall that the US Government paid our US healthcare finance consultants to send a team over to the UK to find out why Brits paid one-third less on average for healthcare than their own people and yet had a higher rating of outcomes and heath status in the population. [I retired before that study was complete, so never did find out what the conclusions were, though I could guess it was a factor of profits and pay].

5 hours ago, puchooay said:

I can't believe there are expats living here that don't know 2 people.

 

The banks may well require probate before releasing money. Not difficult with a will and death cert.

Not difficult, but requires a Thai lawyer to draft the necessary documentation to go in front of the local probate court (part of your local Provincial Court) and to represent in the court proceedings whoever is intended to be the executor of the Thai assets. IMO good planning is to set up such a Thai lawyer for your nearest and dearest before you depart this mortal coil. Not essential perhaps if she/he (your n & d) is a professional or sophisticated street-wise individual. Best thing is to discuss what happens before the opportunity is taken away from you.

It's not just banks that need an order from the probate court in order to release funds*. Vehicles and property (condos) need court orders so that your relevant intended beneficiary can get title transferred from deceased you.

*Small amounts in banks can often be released at the discretion of the bank manager but that's not assured unless you set it up that way with your bank manager (and of course managers get moved around). 'Small amounts' is not defined in Thai law but for instance I have experience of one of the big Bangkok Bank branches in Bangkok insisting on a court order to release a 100,000 baht balance. There has been another ThaiV.com thread that debated the merits and drawbacks of establishing your bank accounts as joint with your nearest & dearest so the funds can be accessed after your demise without court orders and you could of course transfer property/vehicles before you die if you are prepared to live longer than expected not owning anything!

Leaving the will with a Thai partner works great - unless you don't want to disclose everything to her/him and until you both die together in a road crash (eg).

Get a Thai lawyer to write the will and to be available to help your nearest and dearest on your demise. I speak from the experience of helping a Thai widow sort out the pieces when insufficient planning for death has taken place by the expat.

If you have a Thai partner you should expect her to find out - asking the pooyai baan if noone else knows.
 

If you are asking on here you'll need to be more specific as to area - Ubon is a big province as well as a largish City!

If you are asking re Ubon City you would be better advised to join one of the 2 expat facebook groups - 'Ubon Expats' and/or 'Ubon Ratchathani'. That might work for the province as well; some group members live in Det Udom and Kemmarat (for instance).

I believe it is a central government requirement that has not been rescinded, not a matter for local governors.

So in theory all provinces require 14 days self-isolation if returning from a red zone province. How rigorously that is enforced is a completely different issue the answer to which is probably not ascertainable. Just like the requirement for restaurants not to sell alcohol and bars to close - depends on how local officials/police/healthworkers actually implement national rules.

Where I live if you were to return to a village (and possibly a town) local health workers would probably get to know and would come round (as much as daily) to check up on you. There are no road checks on provincial borders or internal to the province (unless there is a local clustrer lockdown). In the same province some bars are open and some restaurants will serve you booze.

TIT: rules are rules and implementation is unknowable.