The last couple of days they have been announcing over the village loud speakers a tape put out by the government of some doctor explaining the virus and the need to get the shot. Then they went around and made a list of everyone over 60, including me.

2 minutes ago, nightfox said:

So the next topic will be is how many foreigners will actually take up the Thai governments offer of free vaccination knowing it will be the Chinese Sinovac jabs that they will be getting. I myself and I'm sure many others will wait for the Phizer and Moderna jabs to be available no mater what the cost will be.

Bit torn now.......good feedback, if true, from Indonesia and Sinovac...........if this drags on I might be tempted to go for sinovac.

And wasn't it just four or five days ago that the outgoing British ambassador and the American charge d'affaires were crowing about how they had made sure that Westerners would be treated like Thais? Yes, all that "behind the scenes" diplomacy we always hear some people on this forum brag about, well, it sure helped didn't it? 

3 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

From Bumrungrad:

 

It is also our intent to support the Thai government in providing COVID-19 vaccines to the public.
 
 If you are planning to get vaccinated for COVID-19, we would love for you to reserve the COVID-19 vaccine through us by providing the information below, so that we can provide you with our quality service when the vaccine is available. 

 

Name Prefix (Mr./Ms./ Miss/ Mrs.)

 

Name & Last name (According to passport)

 

Gender 

 

Date of Birth (D/M/Y)

 

HN (Hospital Number)

 

Passport Number

 

Thai Social Security number or Tax Number

 

Do you have any underlying disease?  

 

Current home address

 

Email

 

Contact Number

 

For further inquiries, please feel free to contact us by emailing [email protected] or calling 02-0115566. 

Thank you for your trust in Bumrungrad International Hospital.

Cheers,

 

Did all that got no response....phoned.....not interested....did say I would walk round there......but have a medical on June 4th will check it out then.

August 2025

LIfe at the bottom rung is what we have become.  First using us for the ATM we are, and then using us until the till is tapped, then throwing us out with the bath water and into the klongs. Ah yes the smell of sweet bottomness

18 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

Doh!.....Thailand...they announced it yesterday......

And how does that relate to the original point exactly?

First -  "He said that it was true that Thais would go first"

Then - "why not just vaccinate people as they show up? "

 

You are perfectly free to believe they announced first come first served, doesn't make it fact.

38 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

why not just vaccinate people as they show up? 

Only in the racist kingdom would someone be turned away from  a vaccine place because they are 'foreign'

 

 

 

26 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

.......I was told it is still illegal to register foreigners for a vaccine........

Must be a lot of Thai officials breaking the law.

21 minutes ago, DirtyHarry55 said:

Just because you registered doesn't mean you will get it I expect they will check who qualifies first by Nationality, Age and Health.

 

 

 

Nah, by Bank balance. nationality, health, age.

57 minutes ago, webfact said:

 

Picture: Spring News

 

In the clearest statement yet about foreigners getting vaccinated in Thailand the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration spokesman has said that it is definitely going to happen.

 

I hope this spokesman did not work for TAT before.

I posted in another thread yesterday that I received an unsolicited phone call from the hospital where I go for my annual medical, asking if I want an AZ vaccine from the government in June.

 

I said yes for me, asked if I could register my wife( who also goes there for her medical) and was told no. She is only 53 so must wait.

 

proper medical ethics. Based on health risk, not nationality.

1 minute ago, Surelynot said:

As reading and thinking have escaped you.......you responded to...... "why not just vaccinate people as they show up" with.......... "enlighten us, which countries have used that policy".  Ans: Thailand.........get a grip

I don’t think you can just show up in Thailand. You have to register and be given an appointment time first.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Thais would go first but foreigners then the homeless or tramps

 

So relieved to finally have official confirmation that we are classed one tier above tramps.

7 minutes ago, pixelaoffy said:

Only in the racist kingdom would someone be turned away from  a vaccine place because they are 'foreign'

More distorted context.

No country operates a first come first served policy and Thailand is no different.

When I went for my free flu jab I saw old ladies being turned away from their vaccine place for administrative reason.

It is all about planning people, resources and data, something many on here refuse to acknowledge.

1 minute ago, wensiensheng said:

I don’t think you can just show up in Thailand. You have to register and be given an appointment time first.

It was announced in the BP yesterday walk-in centres to be established in BKK and rolled out to the provinces.......Uncle had a fit this am and said no because there are no vaccines so it has been withdrawn.

Just now, Surelynot said:

It was announced in the BP yesterday walk-in centres to be established in BKK and rolled out to the provinces.......Uncle had a fit this am and said no because there are no vaccines so it has been withdrawn.

I see. I didn’t know that. I guess nothing lost if it’s been withdrawn anyway ????????

47 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

Our only hope is that Thais freak out, refuse the vaccine and the junta are left with millions of vaccines on the shelf.

i think there is already a lot of fear amongst the elderly Thais and countryfolk in the small villages of the various vaccines. Those outside the cities and tourist industry will need to be persuaded to be vaccinated.

So what you say might be true for a while at least. They will be left holding stock longer than anticipated, but will just accelerate giving it to other groups such as foreigners. 

August this year?

1 hour ago, phantom51red said:

June yesterday.

August today.

September tomorrow.

Is there anyone left still taking any notice of these daily vaccination stories?? Absolutely farcical. Will be something different tomorrow, and the day after that.

1 minute ago, sandyf said:

More distorted context.

No country operates a first come first served policy and Thailand is no different.

When I went for my free flu jab I saw old ladies being turned away from their vaccine place for administrative reason.

It is all about planning people, resources and data, something many on here refuse to acknowledge.

Wrong . There are" first come first served walk in centres "for thais.  Read the news 

13 minutes ago, Orinoco said:

Nah, by Bank balance. nationality, health, age.

Oh yea or more like Social Status, Nationality, Bank Balance, Age, Health

5 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

As reading and thinking have escaped you.......you responded to...... "why not just vaccinate people as they show up" with.......... "enlighten us, which countries have used that policy".  Ans: Thailand.........get a grip

Why not enlighten us then and post a link to this Thai policy of first come first served.

You can't, no such thing was ever said.

Making an interpretation suit your opinion fails to make it a fact.

53 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

1 hour ago, webfact said:

He said that it was true that Thais would go first

why not just vaccinate people as they show up? 

You speak sense, something which doesn't apply here.. ????

 

Their attitude is simply stupid, the virus doesn't discriminate like they do, we all live in the same place.. 

I already feel better. Who wouldn't? Knowing that at some point, I can put name on a list for something sub par that isn't available.

After an on /off offer of  a vaccine I am now on again .Registration done this morning with assistance of community health volunteer using pink id  card details. Probably sinovac  but I have no greater qualms about that than if it were any other in terms of rare side effects.

Just now, Nojohndoe said:

After an on /off offer of  a vaccine I am now on again .Registration done this morning with assistance of community health volunteer using pink id  card details. Probably sinovac  but I have no greater qualms about that than if it were any other in terms of rare side effects.

Good results from Indonesia.......so less of a worry now I think.

19 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

LIfe at the bottom rung is what we have become.  First using us for the ATM we are, and then using us until the till is tapped, then throwing us out with the bath water and into the klongs. Ah yes the smell of sweet bottomness

 

For many years I never believed the 'we're not liked here' crowd, but now I can see it, albeit it has got 'worse' now of course. I firmly believe, generally speaking, we are despised here now. I went out yesterday for lunch on my own, nothing fancy, and was looked at like I was filth, they didn't even want to serve me. I asked one woman very firmly 'what is wrong' in Thai, she never said anything of course, they never do.

 

I really son't like living here much now, a racist pitful sweatbox. All the smiles are gone and the laid back way of life, and I'm not just blaming the people for that, what with Covid and this govt this country has changed so much now in the 21 years I've been here. But I AM stuck here for various reason, and I beat myself up about that almost daily.

1 minute ago, Surelynot said:

Good results from Indonesia.......so less of a worry now I think.

Agreed !