Phuketshrew

21 minutes ago, anchadian said:

The home use of antigen self-test kit for Covid is now approved in Thailand, the Royal Gazette announced. The health ministry said these kits should be available to buy at drug stores by next week.

https://twitter.com/ThaiEnquirer/status/1414785818858688513

 

Are these the same kits that have been available on Lazada for around 700 baht?

6 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

First shots are certainly outpacing second shots.

 

Perhaps because the authorities want as many people as possible to have at least a minimum of protection, perhaps because they want to claim as many people as possible have been “vaccinated”.

 

I have pretty much given up trying to work out why they do what they do. It’s all a Rubik’s cube to me.

To be fair, the vaccination program only really kicked off around 6 weeks ago. If there is a 12 week gap between first and second doses then it will be the end of August before the bulk of the second doses kick in. From September onwards expect first doses to slow dramatically.

14 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Up up and away like a hot air balloon, wait doesn't the Thai military have some balloons somewhere.

I think they are using them for the space program ....????

So how and where does one register for a Pfizer vaccination?

Is this the TAT "honest taxi driver story"? They needed to put a positive spin on things after a previous group from the UAE had their holiday ruined by a positive Covid case.

Thailand should do the same. They could call them Thaksin ...

13 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

How hard would it be to put a few boxes of vaccines and send them to embassies around the world?It's just too hard obviously.It's much easier to just babble excuses by people living off the taxes paid by expats all over the world.

What? Replace all the diplomatic cases of Bud and Michelob with vaccines? No chance.

17 minutes ago, placeholder said:

20 minutes ago, anchadian said:

Complete lack of social distancing springs to mind:

 

Photo Essay: Thais wait in long queues to get Covid tested

https://www.thaienquirer.com/29641/photo-essay-thais-wait-in-long-queues-to-get-covid-tested/

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Even if you hadn't been infected before, by the time you actually get tested, you may test positive.

I guess it's the same principle as when driving. If you leave a safe distance in front of you to the next vehicle then some Somchai is going to cut in and take that space.

32 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

  1 hour ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Mostly I think they spell exponential incorrectly especially exponential deniers.I rarely spell everting correctly I mostly rely on  builtin spell check and google I'm bloody hopless at spelling.

Yikes! You mean you have run out of beer?

6 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

12 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

Can anyone tell me how to put a poster on ignore? I can’t seem to find it in the system.

Go to 3 horizontal lines top right.

Then account. At bottom of list is ignore users.

I know you knew that but I'm guessing many folk are looking for that. 

Perhaps never needed it before until Now.

555

Just hover your mouse pointer over their avatar  -an ignore user option will pop-up.

9 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

I would be worried that the numbers and cases are not being reported as they should be in Phuket, and this is in light of the ministers who flew back from Phuket being on a flight with another person who was returning from Phuket and was found to be positive for the virus.

Isn't it more likely that they brought the virus with them rather than caught it in Phuket?

5 minutes ago, smedly said:

different rules for anyone travelling to Phuket from inside Thailand - no vaccine required but must show a neg covid test in the last 7 days

No, I'm referring to Thai's returning form international destinations on the same flights as the "tourists".

Quick question: Are Thai's flying into the Phuket Sandbox subject to the same strict rules as foreigners?

Is there more money to be made in setting up these field hospitals than in vaccine procurement?

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The bookings account for 90,861 room nights, with 2,787 people in Patong sub-district, followed by 1,193 people in Choeng Thale and 896 others around Karon beach.

In a previous calculation they were taking the total number of room nights over a 14 day period so 90,861 "nights" may translate to 6490 people, which seems about right.

Beats me why anyone would choose Patong or Karon, which are still largely closed. If I was coming to Phuket I would head for Rawai, where the situation has remained relatively "normal" with the expat community helping to keep things ticking over.