Thailand's massive vaccine rollout begins in earnest on June 7 - foreigners included

[rbkk]

4 hours ago, Crossy said:

 

It's these long waits with loads of other (potentially infectious) people that puts me off even bothering. The concept of timed appointments just doesn't seem to exist here. My good lady has regular hospital visits but the "appointment" just says 8AM like everyone else's, get there early to avoid the queue ???? 

 

We will continue our routine of bubble isolation, minimal interaction and social distancing until the rush has died down. There might even be some of the more preferred (I won't say "better") vaccines available by then.

I booked and had confirmed an appointment for 2PM 7th June. This was changed yesterday to 8AM 10th June. At 60 slots a day that's 180 have queue barged me.

[Pilotman]

12 minutes ago, thonglorjimmy said:

 

As a matter of interest what was your experience when you went through the registration process for a vaccination?

I didn't because I'm not Thai. The app clearly states that it is for Thai ID card holders only

[Crossy]

1 minute ago, rbkk said:

I booked and had confirmed an appointment for 2PM 7th June. This was changed yesterday to 8AM 10th June. At 60 slots a day that's 180 have queue barged me.

 

Let's see what actually happens on the 10th, if it's not changed again of course.

[spetersen]

So the story is that priority 1. people between 18-59 and 2. people above 60 and people with underlying illness . I registered on the  Mor Prom app. May 5 and got a slot June 9 in Pattaya, does anyone know if it's still valid appointments for those that manage to register before the app was changed to make it impossible to register. According to Bangkok post May 26 the booked appointments are still valid, but that was a long time ago in the flip flop environment we live in...

Edited June 3, 2021 by blackcab
Link to the Bangkok Post removed

[wensiensheng]

11 minutes ago, thonglorjimmy said:

 

As a matter of interest what was your experience when you went through the registration process for a vaccination?

In Phuket,  Bangkok hospital told me they had no news of any vaccine and that I couldn’t register. That was 2 weeks ago.

 

I didn’t mind too much, the hospital I use in Udon called me to ask if I wanted to register. I said I did and they gave me an appointment date of 14th June. Now I am just waiting for them to confirm that they will actually have the vaccine. At the moment they don’t have a single dose in their hands.

 

you could argue that the registration process was seamless. They did it all and all I did was send them a photo of my pink card.

 

on the other hand, I am making  two 1 hour 30 mins flight to get the jab, taking basically a whole day, given waiting time at airports and drives from home to airport. Not quite so seemless.

[Cadan]

Great news and the THAI MAGIC CRYSTAL BALL is rolling again... Lets throw the dies today and check the number ????  AZ made in Thailand already reduced their shipments to the Philippines by 10%.

[DirtyHarry55]

Just in case there are any Very Important Foreign Diplomats on TV you can register you and your family to get a vaccine at:

https://thailandintervac.com/diplomats

 

Hopefully that website won't crash now Lol...****

 

 

 

Edited June 3, 2021 by DirtyHarry55

[spidermike007]

The words earnest, and Prayuth administration are completely oxymoronic.

 

Anything these guys say at this point means nothing. Less than zero. If they ever had any credibility, it is long gone. They are so far past the sell by date, it boggles the mind. This nation needs new leadership, and it needs it yesterday. Long live the youth. Out with the dinosaurs.

[rbkk]

8 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

Let's see what actually happens on the 10th, if it's not changed again of course.

The last scrum I was in was over 40 years ago. I don't intend to start again on 10th June.

[ASEAN NOW Golf]

As I am a regular patient at two Pattaya hospitals, and am over 70 years old with one kidney, I should be on the vulerable list.

However although my DR at one hosptial assusered me that all their patients would be treated asasp, two days ago they had not even started a list!!!!

[sanuk711]

They just announced that -:

A royal order signed by Princess Chulabhorn, the sister of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, will allow a Bangkok medical facility that carries her name to begin importing alternative vaccines for distribution.

 

[robsamui]

2 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

 

(Grin) I personally could spend a day collecting the same format of information from 20 different sources and footnoting and referencing each and every source at the bottom. Would that make it "credible"?

You'd spend 3 or 4 hours checking every reference, would you? ????

 

Having said that . . . I've just spent a while with this article (dated 29th May)
https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/feature/everything-you-need-to-know-about-covid-19-vaccines
and there is a significant difference in the figures - particularly the alarming "9%" of the AZ (last column). I can/t find any reference at all online to this 9%  effectiveness against the B.1.617 strain.

[chrisbangkok]

Changing my name to Earnest right now , my wife is also now Earnest as are my kids and closest friends ... June 7th for us .

[The Hammer2021]

5 hours ago, Litlos said:

Be nice if there was a usable way for all foreigners to register nationwide as promised. I will not hold my breath waiting having seen the fustercluck of a rollout so far.

 

Cheers

 

There has been no fustercluck except in your own  mind and in your  country of origin.  The rollout was scheduled  to start  in June...It started  before in May. The headless chicken clucking hysteria originates with the same  groups, often underpinned with racist  contempt for Thais and Thailand..Its sad that a forum has become a platform  for such people causing  serious people to look elsewhere  for online  information and discussions  about our host country

 

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Four lots will be available in June with priority given to areas where the virus is most prevalent

So not nationwide then... more misleading propaganda.

[Gandtee]

Will us over 80 plus, farangs have to report to the hospital holding our medical records or can an appointment be made by phone? Or even maybe, a representative will be allowed to do it for you? Like your wife for instance.

[fleccer]

48 minutes ago, itsari said:

Life is full of risk . 

 

That's right but there are risks and risks, some inevitable and others avoidable.

[peleid]

No it doesn't, my friends appointment has been delayed due to supply issues????

[head bender]

No big deal they are army people after all' No good at anything else but logistics they should be able to manage.

 

[Markus Rider]

stop talking - do it ! It is getting ridicoulos !

[DrJack54]

Reading some of these posts, I get the impression that some folk are actually going to attend various locations and 'register' for appointment on June 7.

Surely not! 

[Chongalulu]

5 hours ago, WineOh said:

it's also estimated that I could cut down on my daily Wine intake from 10 glasses down to 5.

 

The likelihood of this happening however is virtually zero. 

 

same same here.

Yeah,but I bet it’s fruit 'wine' (trades descriptions transgression there) so the equivalent of sinovac. I will drink a glass or two of Australian Yellow tail every month or so with a Wagyu steak or New Zealand rack of lamb- at least the equivalent of AZ or Pfizer. ???? 

[jacko45k]

1 hour ago, vandeventer said:

It's not the side effects that worry me, it's the crappy vaccines.

Who says they are crappy...(not WHO)?

[watthong]

Let's see, would  "Thailand's earnest vaccine rollout begins massively on June 7 - foreigners not excluded..." sound somewhat better?

 

Imaginative (sarcasm alert!) use of adjectives (today's "massive/earnest") in this vaccination headline du jour suddenly jogs my memory back to the days when my friend Diane's selection of local newspaper clippings that she used to mail from Honolulu, arrived like clockwork at end of month, just to keep me up to date... Among her/our favorites, the weekly weather forecast:

 

Monday - sunny with some clouds
Tuesday - lots of sunshine, partly cloudy
Wednesday - some clouds passing, mostly sunny
Thursday - few clouds but lots of sun for the most part of the day
Friday - clear sunny sky but for some clouds
Saturday - sunny except mild puffs of clouds in the afternoon
Sunday - sunny with clouds.
 

[internationalism]

1 hour ago, wensiensheng said:

on the other hand, I am making  two 1 hour 30 mins flight to get the jab, taking basically a whole day, given waiting time at airports and drives from home to airport. Not quite so seemless.

as you need 2 jabs for sinovax 2-4 weeks and for AZ 16 weeks, you might need 4 flights and 2 days. Still, worth

[couchpotato]

Question:

Many people are very negative on the Sinovac vaccine, but no one says why (except a few who obviously don't like anything Chinese).

So I would like to know why the negativity (especially since it has now been approved by WHO.

I haven't seen any adverse reports on Sinovac, has anyone?

 

Edited June 3, 2021 by couchpotato

[Tracyb]

Excuse me while I roll my eyes.

[wensiensheng]

23 minutes ago, internationalism said:

as you need 2 jabs for sinovax 2-4 weeks and for AZ 16 weeks, you might need 4 flights and 2 days. Still, worth

55555 you are quite right. I normally go to Udon during the summer school holidays for a couple of weeks, but will need to go back for the second jab. It’s AZ, so I guess 4 months time for the second. Seems a long time.
 

I also have to be able to get back into Phuket after only having had one jab. My daughter won’t have had even one. Pretty sure one or both of us will need a test, but I’ll wait till closer to the time to check. No point looking now in case it changes 555

[Caneda]

1 hour ago, chrisbangkok said:

Changing my name to Earnest

Ah, The Importance of Being . . .  

[edogthong]

2 hours ago, sandyf said:

If there was all this negativity during the mass vaccinations of the 50s, many wouldn't be here today.

Those were actual approved vaccines.