Most Thais believe they can resume normal life after all get first vaccine shot – Super Poll

[webfact]

 

Up to 87% of respondents to a recent poll say they want every Thai citizen to receive their first COVID-19 vaccine jab and do not mind if the second shot is postponed.

 

The poll also shows that 78.2% of the respondents are confident that they will be able to resume their normal life, once every Thai has received their first dose, according to Super Poll.

 

Asst. Prof. Dr. Noppadon Kannika, Director of the Super Poll Research Institute, said that they conducted qualitative and quantitative research on 1,051 samples between May 1st and today (Sunday) about their opinion of COVID-19 vaccinations.

 

The opinion survey also shows:

• 6% want the government to prioritize groups of people in high-risk areas for vaccination and to allow each province to manage its own vaccination program
• 6% want the government to allow the private sector to procure alternative vaccines as quickly as possible
• 7% want everyone to have access to the vaccines
• 6% are confident that Thailand can reopen for economic recovery after every Thai is vaccinated with the first dose, compared to only 6.8% who have no confidence

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/most-thais-believe-they-can-resume-normal-life-after-all-get-first-vaccine-shot-super-poll/

 

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[Willy333]

“78.2% of the respondents are confident that they will be able to resume their normal life, once every Thai has received their first dose“

 

“6% are confident that Thailand can reopen for economic recovery after every Thai is vaccinated with the first dose”

 

Is it me or these survey numbers always sound made up?

[kynikoi]

Not if they're International travelers!!!

 

*Normal* is gone forever.

[lujanit]

Another meaningless poll.  Who pays for these useless polls?

[RichardColeman]

6 minutes ago, lujanit said:

Another meaningless poll.  Who pays for these useless polls?

Thai Tax payer

[ikke1959]

Normal life will be when the whole country has their second jab and than after 6 weeks, people can start slowly to take the normal life back. But with this slow  and delaying working Government it will take at least 2 years before things get normal again

[Brickbat]

So ignorant and complacent  , sadly. Gullible too, so can be sold on any bs spun by media. 

[Thorix]

Did the media really forget to tell the population that the same scenario of masks, ghost outbreaks and media terrorism awaits them beyond the vaccine? Oooops! Such a litle slip up.

[starky]

They believe wrong.

[MasterBaker]

it's like asking a monkey to fly an airplane

[Dialemco]

It is likely covid will be with us indefinitely and we will have to learn to live with after it is under control  with revacinations required every year for the most vulnerable. Tourism should resume on a much smaller scale some time next year.

[PEE TEE]

Much like the first car  no lessons but can drive anyway 

[4MyEgo]

Yep, one shot and your good to go......

 

[10baht]

3 hours ago, Willy333 said:

Is it me or these survey numbers always sound made up?

What? Are you nuts, of course they are real and accurate, I read a report in a Chinese news paper about how wonderful Thai Gov't poll were.

[10baht]

3 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Thai Tax payer

How many Thais do you know that pay taxes. I mean % of Thais you actually know.

[Purdey]

The poll is more a reflection of the low quality of Thai education and misleading communications by the government. Can't blame people if they don't have information and the wherewithall to understand that information. 

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Up to 87% of respondents to a recent poll say they want every Thai citizen to receive their first COVID-19 vaccine jab and do not mind if the second shot is postponed.

Apart from bars being closed in my province it's already normal... but beer can be bought and consumed elsewhere so even that is not a major issue [unless you own a bar].

Life continues as it did in every way, everything else is open with masks being worn the only exception.

I know it's different in the resorts areas but that just goes with the territory.

 

 

[Boedog]

Wow that's some impressive numbers 6% and 7% if that doesn't fill everyone with confidence nothing will

[IamNoone88]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

6% are confident that Thailand can reopen for economic recovery after every Thai is vaccinated with the first dose, compared to only 6.8% who have no confidence

6.8% are probably right. https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/14/africa/seychelles-covid-vaccination-infection-intl-hnk-dst/index.html

[mtls2005]

More "one shot is good enough" propoganda from the regime which couldn't shoot straight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[crazykopite]

It appears there is a lack of intelligence or information regarding the Covid vaccine people should be made aware that even with the required two vaccines there is no guarantee that you won’t catch it only that your immune system is in a better position to fight it having just the one vaccine does nothing and the PM needs to make that absolutely clear to the public 

[club]

This thinking is insane and why isn't the Thai government pushing back on this ? Is it because the government only wants to buy one jab for everyone instead of the recommended second jab by the pharmaceutical companies and the scientific community. Full vaccination is not reached until 14 days after your second shot. Also nobody knows how long these vaccinations last for. 6 months, 1 year, 2 years.  

[Hoppyone]

1 hour ago, ikke1959 said:

Normal life will be when the whole country has their second jab and than after 6 weeks, people can start slowly to take the normal life back. But with this slow  and delaying working Government it will take at least 2 years before things get normal again

Nothing will be normal worldwide until Covid is eradicated, and that possible will be a never ending story

[Happyman567]

1 hour ago, Dialemco said:

It is likely covid will be with us indefinitely and we will have to learn to live with after it is under control  with revacinations required every year for the most vulnerable. Tourism should resume on a much smaller scale some time next year.

Hooray mate You hit the nail right on the head The Covid virus will be with us forever as the Flu virus is they will never eradicate it The magic word is VIRUS  and it has no intention of ever going away

[Kerryd]

They should look at what happened in Chile. Chile was one of the most vaccinated countries in the world (they also used Sinovac).

The gov't decided to start letting things "open up" early and the people, having received just a single dose, thought that meant they were 100% immune (apparently none of them bothered to read any of the studies that showed Sinovac was barely 2% effective after the first dose and maybe 50-54% effective after the 2nd dose).

As a result, Chile ended up with a mass resurgence of infections as people ditched masks and social distancing and started going about like they used to.

You can be the same thing will happen (or is happening) here. Once most people get their first jab (most likely Sinovac as well) they will think they are completely immune and start ignoring the rules (more so than some do already).

[Bangkok Barry]

5 hours ago, Willy333 said:

“78.2% of the respondents are confident that they will be able to resume their normal life, once every Thai has received their first dose“

 

“6% are confident that Thailand can reopen for economic recovery after every Thai is vaccinated with the first dose”

 

Is it me or these survey numbers always sound made up?

 

Probably are. Who is going to check them, and (allegedly) asking 1,051 people and applying their answers to 69 million people is pointless anyway. How are these people picked? Age, profession, location? Was Somchai in Nakhon Nowhere asked?

I say allegedly, because years ago I worked for a month for a company that offered property ownership time shares. I had to call people who had supposedly shown interest when stopped in the street, but in reality many of the phone numbers had simply been taken from the phone directory. Some of the people who had 'shown interest' weren't even alive. No wonder my boss was concerned when he discovered that my regular job was as a journalist.

Edited May 31, 2021 by Bangkok Barry

[mtls2005]

5 hours ago, Willy333 said:

Is it me or these survey numbers always sound made up?

 

There was a Super Poll back in the early junta/coup days that had "98.4% Approval" for the junta.

 

Super Polls are really only useful for gauging the regime's concerns and/or intent. 

 

They usually indicate the polar opposite of reality.

[ericdiam]

Totally wrong thinking.  Large test in UK proved that for the Indian varriant for AZ Pfizer and Moderna after 1 shot was only effective for 33% for all and only came much much higher effective after second. That also why UK government reduced the time between both from 12 to 8 weeks 

[BestB]

Was not there a super poll just the other week where majority did not want and were scared tp be vaccinated?

 

having video of a guy collapsing and turning into zombie seconds after receiving vaccine hardly puts any confidence , while he is turning into zombie , nurses running around not knowing what to do and according to the clip being circulated in thai groups guy actually dies.

[fondue zoo]

The vaccine companies themselves have commented that there is not enough data to know everything about long term immunity, especially taking into consideration the mutations.