Vaccinated foreigners may be allowed to enter Thailand without quarantine

[D M G]

Test it out with Retirement, Employment, etc visas to build confidence.

[Stuart G]

Why do they keep saying 14 day quarantine?

When every ASQ hotel package is 16 days.

[sead]

so then a antigen test should also prove ok

[Salerno]

Because it's 14 full days = 15 nights, check out day 16.

[andycule5000]

Nobel Prize to the officials whose penny dropped. Amazing! Just make it a law.

Now it's only blah- blah.

But an educated guess: there will be other insane demands, such as millions in one's bank account. Own goals all along.

The Thai gov't should use foreign advisers if they want to reach the 5 million target. 10 million seems a Fata Morgana.

[rioD]

A vaccine is not a cure nor does it provide immunity.  They simply claim it reduces the risk of infection and or the severity if infected. Therefore it does the exact same thing as a healthy immune system.

[John7bkk]

When they'll start , I like to know.

Nobody want to pay $1,500 + +  for ASQ and wasted 15 days.

 

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[jacko45k]

13 hours ago, Swimfan said:

That article is a month old. It now 12000 confirmed cases in people who have received the first dose and 70 cases in people who have received both doses. I am assuming all of these cases are likely to be symptomatic as it is unlikely they went for a test if they were asymptomatic 

Unless the subsequent testing was part of an evaluation regime? 

[Salerno]

  

12 hours ago, John7bkk said:

When they'll start , I like to know.

 

Next year most likely.

[elgenon]

On 2/1/2021 at 1:24 PM, AmySeeker said:

This is upteenth thread of this. It's just a proposal.

 

Nothing will change till Thailand vaccinates it's vulnerable population.

Here today, gone tomorrow. I feel like I'm in the Exorcist. My head keeps spinning. 555

 

BTW I think the bar girls should have vax priority, but that's just me.

[Peter Denis]

8 hours ago, KhaoYai said:

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The best chance we have of ending this Pandemic is through vaccinations - the anti vaxxers don't seem to offer any alternatives other than leaving things to chance.  If you don't want to have the vaccine, just don't have it but stop trying to influence others.

In your full post you write 3 times that 'you believe' and twice that you 'have read'.

And then you come to the conclusion that the best chance we have of ending this Pandemic is through vaccinations and that the Pro-choicers (they are not anti vaxxers) have to stop trying to influence others.

Mmmmmh...

[ChakaKhan]

On 2/1/2021 at 9:47 PM, FarFlungFalang said:

Don't stop now Mr Khan you're on a roll.

Feel Free to call me Chaka!!!  no need for formalities! ????  On a jelly roll at that!

[stuarty]

Phuket First October

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-02/are-you-vaccinated-if-so-phuket-wants-you-there-by-october

 

[ChakaKhan]

On 2/1/2021 at 9:51 PM, FarFlungFalang said:

the chaff?

Better get a lil prickly heat on that! ????

[paulikens]

there should be no MAY about it, they should be allowed in without quarantine full stop

[charmonman]

On 2/2/2021 at 4:05 AM, Monkeypants said:

So what happens when I want to travel with a child ?

Children don’t get the vaccine 

Simple answer: don’t come, leave the kid behind, or  quarantine.

[jollyhangmon]

2 hours ago, stuarty said:

Phuket First October

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-02/are-you-vaccinated-if-so-phuket-wants-you-there-by-october

 

 

... in case you hit a paywall here's an alternative link ...

 

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/are-you-vaccinated-for-covid-19-if-so-phuket-wants-you-there-by-october

 

 

'A Thai resort island popular for its beaches is drawing up plans to fully reopen to vaccinated visitors by October to revive its wrecked tourism industry.

More than a dozen business groups including the Phuket Chamber of Commerce and the Phuket Tourist Association are planning to pool funds to vaccinate 70% of the island’s population above 18 without waiting for a government rollout.

They are betting that it’ll be safe to open the region to foreign tourists once the local population achieves herd immunity. ...

 

 

Edited February 3, 2021 by jollyhangmon

[domdom]

Hello,

If I am not mistaken, people who got Covid 19 won t get vaccine but are immunized.. Will it be a test which could be done to be allowed to enter here quarantine free ?

Have a nice evening

[stuarty]

everyone in most countries will be offered a vaccine including those who had covid and thus who may have antibodies. The reason is the only way to  determine the level of protection/amtibodies is to carry out a blood test, which is not considered practical in bulk. Therefore all will be offered vaccine based on age, job etc in order.

[Lacessit]

14 minutes ago, domdom said:

Hello,

If I am not mistaken, people who got Covid 19 won t get vaccine but are immunized.. Will it be a test which could be done to be allowed to enter here quarantine free ?

Have a nice evening

Having had COVID 19 is no guarantee against subsequent infection, it depends on how long the antibodies produced by the body's immune system last.

There is also the consideration the vaccines may be less effective against the mutant strains of the virus, AFAIK they have only been validated against the original strain.

[domdom]

Thank you.. Yes, my idea was to know if allowing people able to produce an analysis with anticorps would be acceptable..

I think some countries said they would not vaccinate people who had got the covid

Have a nice evening

[NeoDinosaw]

On 2/1/2021 at 9:51 PM, ThailandRyan said:

What?  Are they classified as essential front line workers now.  How does that help when the tourists then decide to visit around without a Covid minder, or tether, and contact a local who may or may not be infected.  Back to the Drawing board I think folks.  Another day another plan in the round file.

Hua Hin is not included ?

[KhaoYai]

10 hours ago, Peter Denis said:

And then you come to the conclusion that the best chance we have of ending this Pandemic is through vaccinations and that the Pro-choicers (they are not anti vaxxers) have to stop trying to influence others.

I fully agree that people have a choice but I suspect that some of those who now post against vaccines are not in fact pro-choice, they are anti vaxxers that have toned down their posts because they know Thai Visa will remove them.  If you mean that I'm trying to influence others (and I'm not sure you do), that is not my intention.

 

What I'm getting at is that in life we are only experts in our own field - if we want to know about a subject that is outside our knowledge, it is better to trust experts in that field than listen to someone else's opinion. You wouldn't expect a computer specialist to be able to give advice on your car.

 

I have no problem with people stating that they don't want the vaccine by choice but using unsubstantiated evidence or using selective quoting (as I pointed out in the post about Israel's experiences) to try to influence people against vaccination is simply wrong. I doubt many people bother to look at the sources given - if they had in the case of the Israel post, they would have seen that the very next paragraph changed things completely.

Edited February 3, 2021 by KhaoYai

[KhaoYai]

With regards to how much vaccines prevent transmission of Covid 19 - long awaited studies are now starting to come forward.. The manufacturers of the 'Oxford Vaccine' have now released the results of their studies so far which show a 67% reduction in the virus's ability to be transmitted by a vaccinated person.

 

https://news.sky.com/story/oxford-vaccine-may-have-67-effect-on-transmission-and-protection-remains-for-three-month-jab-interval-12206734

[Peter Denis]

7 minutes ago, KhaoYai said:

I fully agree that people have a choice but I suspect that some of those who now post against vaccines are not in fact pro-choice, they are anti vaxxers that have toned down their posts because they know Thai Visa will remove them.  If you mean that I'm trying to influence others (and I'm not sure you do), that is not my intention.

 

What I'm getting at is that in life we are only experts in our own field - if we want to know about a subject that is outside our knowledge, it is better to trust experts in that field than listen to someone else's opinion. You wouldn't expect a computer specialist to be able to give advice on your car.

 

I have no problem with people stating that they don't want the vaccine by choice but using unsubstantiated evidence or using selective quoting (as I pointed out in the post about Israel's experiences) to try to infleunce people against vaccination is simply wrong. I doubt many people bother to look at the sources given - if they had in the case of the Israel post, they would have seen that the very next paragraph changed things completely.

Thanks for your civil response to the comment I made on your earlier post.

Unless there is really no other option (e.g. when they would make it mandatory for entering/exiting the country) I would never take the covid-19 vaccine (nor the majority of other vaccines for that matter).

But I am not an anti-vaxxer, and will not deny anybody the right to take it if they believe it will be beneficial for them.  However, my life philosophy and belief-system are completely diametrical with the concept of vaccination. and the research I have done on the subject have only strengthened me in that conviction.  So its a 'No, thank you' for me, but anybody else feel free to go that road.

[KhaoYai]

I would point out that my previous post regarding the results of the Oxford/Asrta Zeneca vaccine. The study results have yet to be peer reviewed - they are nevertheless, very encouraging.