Thailand sets 300,000 daily jabs as mass vaccination target

[kynikoi]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

50 million people to get their COVID-19 jabs by the end of this year.

 

That's 167 days @ 300k per day for 50m by end of the year.

 

US already at 200m. Mass vaccination centers are closing. Vaccine stockpiles mounting.

 

Waiting.

Edited April 27, 2021 by kynikoi

[Hayduke]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand’s mass vaccination drive among the general public is scheduled to start in June with the availability of the first batch of domestically produced AstraZeneca’s vaccine,

 

It would help if the Hero-General and his partners in crime would regard this as a pubic health crisis…..rather than an opportunity for the ‘right people’ to make money.

 

 

 

[metisdead]

Some posts using trolling videos and the replies have been removed. 

[fishtank]

49 minutes ago, faraday said:

I'll buy everyone on this thread a large Chang if that ever happens.

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Can I chose a beer instead?

[Emdog]

"The government will also encourage capable private firms to provide injections to complement the government’s vaccination campaign"

I'd like to see details about this. Seems the route most of us expats will have to take. Would those "capable" firms offer the western vaccines? Don't have much trust of Russia or China in this area.

[vandeventer]

2 hours ago, John Drake said:

 

Neither Sputnik or Pfizer has begun the approval process, whereas J&J and Moderna have. So why isn't he asking for Moderna and J&J? 

Because he found out the price!

[John Drake]

Just now, vandeventer said:

Because he found out the price!

 

The only thing cheaper than J&J is AZ.

[alyx]

1 hour ago, faraday said:

I'll buy everyone on this thread a large Chang if that ever happens.

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I do not drink alcohol ....Any other choice of beverage or would you consider giving cash away ?

In any case noted with thanks ( post saved )

This does not mean I am sure about the number of jabs either ( I might even say I haven't got a clue ) but why should I pass an opportunity ? ???? 

[faraday]

1 minute ago, alyx said:

Any other choice of beverage or would you consider giving cash away ?

 Yes, the alternatives are:

 

1. Adams Ale 

 

2. A cheque - which will be 'in the post'.

 

????

 

 

[alyx]

2 minutes ago, faraday said:

 Yes, the alternatives are:

 

1. Adams Ale 

 

2. A cheque - which will be 'in the post'.

 

????

 

 

Wow : option 2 for me

So grateful ???? ( have a great day...always nice to smile...thanks )

[herfiehandbag]

2 hours ago, John Drake said:

 

Neither Sputnik or Pfizer has begun the approval process, whereas J&J and Moderna have. So why isn't he asking for Moderna and J&J? 

More attractive "conditions" attached?

[herfiehandbag]

18 minutes ago, John Drake said:

 

The only thing cheaper than J&J is AZ.

AZ is "spoken for" within Thailand, so the price is irrelevant.

 

If one is purchasing from abroad, then a higher priced product may bring with it some advantages...

[Sheryl]

3 hours ago, Kaopad999 said:

 a lot of Thai's i have been speaking with recently have very little confidence with the AstraZeneca vaccine due to reports of blood clots and other issues. 

 

i am not sure they understand how rare the blood clots are - and how common they are if one gets COVID. Nor that they are aware that the elevated risk of clots (compared to people without COVID and without the vaccine) is limited to specific demographic groups.

 

BTW the Russian Sputnik vaccine uses same technology as AZ and J&J: adenovirus platform. As it is this component of the vaccine that is thought to be responsible for the rare adverse effect, and as the rareness is such that it becomes evident only after hundreds of millions of doses are given, entirely possible it will prove the same with Sputnik-V as for AZ and J&J.

 

Personally I would certainly get any of these 3 vaccines  (AZ, J&J, Sputnik-V) if it were available to me and other vaccines were not. They are certainly safer than being unvaccinated, at least for anyone other than a woman under say age 30.

[MasterBaker]

great, all doses will be gone in a week

[PETERTHEEATER]

2 hours ago, faraday said:

I'll buy everyone on this thread a large Chang if that ever happens.

????

Careful.....there may not be enough elephants to go around.

[Boomer6969]

Ok, 200 days for the first shot, and another 200 for the second. So if they start this summer we'll be out of the woodworks by September/October next year. That would be a best case if the variants don't interfere.

[bluedoc]

3 hours ago, Kaopad999 said:

4 hours ago, webfact said:

 

 a lot of Thai's i have been speaking with recently have very little confidence with the AstraZeneca vaccine due to reports of blood clots and other issues. 

I’ve had the jab as have many millions in the uk with. If there was a problem with the vaccine it would show in our news. Our health service is transparent. It is safe to have the AZ vaccine.

[oslooskar]

2 hours ago, rodknock said:

what an opening for ingordigiousness!!

look it up!!

Would that be, egregiousness? 

[clivebaxter]

I have a target of earning 200k a month, but it's not going to happen either here.

[Cake Monster]

2 hours ago, pseudorabies said:

I've been involved with large scale production of biologics in a past life.  Even with an experienced facility there are almost always hiccups.  Since this is SB's first go with a vaccine, especially one of this type, I'd be surprised and maybe a bit suspicious if they nail it on the first attempt.  I'd suggest that the government Hope For The Best and Plan For The Worst, i.e. plan on almost exclusive use of imported vaccines, but somehow I think they would have trouble understanding the logic of this strategy.

I have never been involved with Biologics, however, having had by own Business, I can relate to a new project of any kind.

And rarely do things go to plan.

[overt2016]

3 hours ago, faraday said:

I'll buy everyone on this thread a large Chang if that ever happens.

????

You only make promises that you know are unlikely.

[faraday]

15 minutes ago, overt2016 said:

You only make promises that you know are unlikely.

Really....? 

????

[Gold Star]

 

 

 

Looking forward, after the vaccinations get underway whenever that may be, it is important for one to have received the correct vaccine in order to travel to the destination country that recognizes it with the coming vaccine passport. For example, the half efficacy Sinovac is accepted almost nowhere in the world at this time, while the Pfizer is accepted in North America, and Astra in the UK. 

 

I notice the Chinese have only used Sinovac on their citizens, and I am sure they are anxious to be able to travel. The free gift of 500,000 Sinovac doses to Thailand helps ensure theirs is an accepted vaccine here and they can return one day. 

 

Meanwhile, Pfizer and many others like Sputnik are still not recognized yet in Thailand, however I expect they will soon if Thailand wants the return of international tourism.

 

If strained China relations continue, I don't expect Sinovac to be recognized in North America or many other countries anytime soon.

 

For me and my family, I won't take the Sinovac, and expect we will wait for the Pfizer when available in a private hospital.

[JimHuaHin]

Seems General Prayut has caught the TAT numbers disease.

[anchadian]

 

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[Andrew Dwyer]

4 hours ago, rodknock said:

what an opening for ingordigiousness!!

look it up!!

 
Someone has been watching Countdown ??

It means “an insatiable desire for wealth at any cost”. 
If anyone was wondering ! 

[connda]

Prayut and his cabinet produce enough wind to drive a dreadnought along at 10 knots in an oncoming gale.  Zzzzz

How about a lot less talk and a lot more action?
Results.  We've all had enough hot-air.

 

In the meanwhile Ai - Anutin's recall petition is at 205, 600 and climbing. 

[connda]

2 hours ago, Sheryl said:

BTW the Russian Sputnik vaccine uses same technology as AZ and J&J: adenovirus platform

Could be the difference between using chimpanzee adenovirus vs human adenovirus?  (Sputnik-V uses two human adenovirus vectors.  It also could be adjuvants.  Sputik's is pretty much free of the adjuvants that the other vaccines makers use.  But who knows.  Just thinking out loud. 

 

Edited April 27, 2021 by connda

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

with a target of 300,000 jabs daily,

When will the vaccines arrive in the country to achieve that?

[Dogmatix]

300,000 is a big jump from the 13,000 a day they are doing at the moment.  I guess Prayut and Coco the Clown at the MOPH are up to it.