french get vaccinated, united states gets the shaft

[rodknock]

the french to get vaccinated at there embassy for free!!

go France to take care of your people.

 

in the mean time the united states gives it's citizens living abroad the shaft.

U.S. gives away vaccinations to other countries but does not care about there cirizens living abroad!!!!

SHAME on you mr. BIDEN!!!!  guess i will have to vote for Trump next time.

[Kelsall]

To My Fellow Americans in Thailand,

 

In the past few weeks, many of you have asked about the availability of vaccines in Thailand.  I want you to know that I hear you and understand your concerns.  I am providing you with an update on the actions our government is taking to ensure you have access to vaccines. 

 

The Biden-Harris Administration has embarked on a global effort to address this pandemic by sharing 80 million vaccine doses worldwide by the end of June and 500 million more in the coming year.  The first 25 million of these doses will soon be released, with seven million going to countries in Asia, including Thailand.  We continue to advocate with the Royal Thai Government for fair access to vaccines by our citizens.  We are heartened by Thai government commitments to vaccinate Americans and other foreign nationals who reside here, just as Thai and other nationals are receiving vaccinations with ease in the United States.

 

The U.S. diplomatic mission has not been spared by COVID-19, as several families in our community have endured tragedies from this terrible pandemic.  Across the world, many countries are grappling with surges in COVID-19 cases and emerging variants among largely unvaccinated populations, requiring this crisis to be resolved on a global basis.  Our government is therefore taking a methodical, equitable, and science-based approach to direct vaccine doses to the most seriously afflicted countries.

 

The U.S. Department of State is unable to provide vaccines to the millions of Americans who reside outside of the United States.  For those who wish to return to the United States to be vaccinated, information on vaccine availability at the state level is available at www.vaccines.gov.  Meanwhile, as Thailand pursues its vaccination program, I will continue to advocate for your equitable access, keeping in mind that many Thai citizens are also waiting for their own vaccines.  I welcome your personal experiences with vaccination conditions in your area, and have set up a new email account ([email protected]) to receive your submissions.  We continue to provide updated information on COVID-19 on our Embassy webpage at https://th.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/covid-19-information/.  We will work with the Thai government to ensure you are served in line with their goal to vaccinate all residents without regard to nationality. 

 

The United States has made significant progress in fighting this pandemic, but I agree with you that the work is far from done.  I am optimistic that vaccine availability in Thailand will increase as the fruits of American technology are made available to the world.  Our own health agencies here in Thailand continue to work side-by-side with Thai colleagues to develop vaccines and therapeutics to defeat this pandemic over the long term.

 

I will remain in touch with you in the days and weeks ahead as the situation develops.

 

With best regards,

 

Michael Heath

Charge d’Affaires

Embassy of the United States of America

 

[tgw]

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The U.S. Department of State is unable to provide vaccines to the millions of Americans who reside outside of the United States. 

 

That is an obvious lie.

 

 

But don't worry, the French provide the vaccine only to older people over 55.

So there is no real solution here either.

[Winegeeker]

What else would you expect from the Biden administration, Americans last

 

[Kelsall]

To paraphrase the headline of decades ago re Ford and New York: 

 

BIDEN TO EXPATS:  DROP DEAD!

Edited June 23, 2021 by Kelsall

[samtam]

54 minutes ago, Kelsall said:

 

  We continue to advocate with the Royal Thai Government for fair access to vaccines by our citizens.  We are heartened by Thai government commitments to vaccinate Americans and other foreign nationals who reside here, just as Thai and other nationals are receiving vaccinations with ease in the United States.

 

 

"Commitments"...a weaselly word without any purpose, "just as Thai...nationals are receiving vaccinations with ease in the United States", and indeed in many other countries worldwide. It is certainly not reciprocal. I think the diplomatic community, (all of whom have been fully vaccinated), must live in a galaxy far, far away.

[JohnOFphon]

Close the American Embassy in Thailand. Send the Ambassador away.

Build something useful there, like a shopping mall or parking garage.

 

[Heng]

I'd like to renew my Texas DL here in Thailand but understand that the State of Texas/Texas DPS is unable to do so as well.   

[samtam]

6 minutes ago, JohnOFphon said:

Close the American Embassy in Thailand. Send the Ambassador away.

Build something useful there, like a shopping mall or parking garage.

 

 

That's what they've done with the British Embassy...another essential shopping mall, on its way. The "embassy" is some non descript floor in an office building in Sathorn. It's the most honest thing the UK government has done with its diplomatic service in Thailand in the last 15 years. 

[Caldera]

I admire the French ambassador and his commitment to his vulnerable fellow citizens here in Thailand.

 

He does put his colleagues, the representatives of other equally developed Western countries in Thailand, to shame. Most of them are as useless as they come, let's not single out the American one.

[rodknock]

maybe the french vaccine is for french people over 55, but at least it is a good start.

 

how many Americans over the age of 55 live in Thailand?

i am quite sure the number of Americans under 55 are working and have vaccinations available through there work.

[mtls2005]

48 minutes ago, Heng said:

I'd like to renew my Texas DL here in Thailand but understand that the State of Texas/Texas DPS is unable to do so as well.   

 

False equivalency.

 

A dunce's go to for settling an argument.

[Heng]

9 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

 

False equivalency.

 

A dunce's go to for settling an argument.

 

Deep.

[Pib]

 

 

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The U.S. Department of State is unable to provide vaccines to the millions of Americans who reside outside of the United States. 

 

More like "unwilling" to provide versus unable to provide.

[Heng]

Unable is a perfectly polite/acceptable way of saying 'choose not to.'   Paying taxes doesn't not = I should get what I want at my convenience. 

[samtam]

And so it begins.....

 

US warns its citizens against travel to Thailand...

 

So soon we'll see how difficult getting into other countries for people travelling from Thailand will become over the coming weeks and months.