If they vaccinate 3M a day (as they did in the US for a while) the country could reopen by September. I propose the US send all the jabs the US covid deniers refuse to take to other countries and just let those idiots die in the streets. Refuse any treatment, that's what they want, right? I bet, just before they die, they will think differently.

What did you expect while Mr Anutin is steering the SS Thaitanic??

When infections in major cities are low and vaccination numbers high, does the policy then switch to countryside and small town residents can’t disperse out of their red zones? Asking for a friend. 

The Thai malarkey continues... Episode 369...We will be going back to farming for the next 6-9 months. Bye bye tourists. See ya next year in April. 

Utter fantasy !
My Thai wife went to government hospital in samui yesterday to ask about vaccine and was told they don’t have any , no idea when they will have more and that she can’t register to get it when available ! 
Utter shambles all over the country !

6 hours ago, webfact said:

In June, the government said the company will deliver 10 million doses per month until they reach 61 million doses by the end of the year.

Now that the contract was leaked the entire country knows that the government keeps telling porkies like there's no downside to habitually lying to the public - but they never stop, do they?

Anutin apparently signed for 3 million per month and that is what Thailand will get. The rest of the jabs produced are contractually committed to other ASEAN countries - there you go. 

Same is with the unexplainable (yet we all know why) fact, that no other vaccination apart from Astra-Zeneca is admitted in Thailand. 

It takes a special kind of stupid NOT to understand, what kind of dirty corrupt concept is behind it and neither bosses of Anutin even query this absolute evidence. 

The official Thailand is just one big failure and 69.9 million of its citizen have neither understood the issue nor will (be able to) change anything about it. Thailand - quo vadis? 

I don't know why they bother with these announcements. Nobody believes a word they say anymore.

 

 

Soon the rubber will meet the road. 

The government's promise to vaccinate 10 million a month with "whatever" they got on hand - vs - a public which doesn't want to be vaccinated with "whatever" the government's got on hand.  That's if they want vaccinated at all. Many don't.  Lie after lie has eroded what little public trust existed especially in rural "Thaksin Red" zones.  The public isn't stupid.  Upcountry folk know that they'll get zero choice which will mean the junk that the Hi-So and their friends don't want.  And the marked up private hospital "for immense profit" stash is out of the financial reach of most villagers. 
"You'll get want we give you and you'll be happy!"

Rural folk won't be beating on the door to get shots.

Assuming they have something to inject, and I'm not sure they do in that volume (unless they dilute the dosage), then even 10 mm in a month is a stretch.

 

They've been doing ~ 2 mm per week, weekdays they do fine, but drop on weekends. Maybe this can be solved with OT, or more personnel?

 

And they dropped off yesterday to 248,648.

 

 

And they're going to run into issues with second doses vs. a first does to more people.

 

It will get uglier.

 

 

6 hours ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

In six to nine months Thailand will be where Europe and North America are now...cautiously re-opening the country. 

That 'cautious opening' won't be starting before Summer 2022 at best. Best case scenario is full vaccination by April 2023. Whether there will be widespread longterm health effects from vax & from Covid and whether said vaccines actually keep more infectious &/or deadly variants from developing by then is anybody's guess. Lotta times, you only get one crack at defending yourself--the generals blew it.

1 hour ago, Cadan said:

The Thai malarkey continues... Episode 369...We will be going back to farming for the next 6-9 months. Bye bye tourists. See ya next year in April. 

April 2023, maybe...

3 hours ago, LomSak27 said:

Any follow up jabs will be short listed for groups needed for essential work, vital to the nation; generals, politicians, police, Thonglor bar & nightclub workers, etc.

Don't forget the Moon Mission.

You don't think there's Covid on the moon?

Spacesuits offer marginal protection at best, as all the anti-mask advocates can attest.

1 hour ago, ronster said:

Utter fantasy !
My Thai wife went to government hospital in samui yesterday to ask about vaccine and was told they don’t have any , no idea when they will have more and that she can’t register to get it when available ! 
Utter shambles all over the country !

It is a bit rich for your wife to complain about the lack of vaccines in Samui. Samui is probably around 50% or more fully vaccinated, there are no cases, flights from Bangkok are cancelled, and now they only allow people from the red zones via the ferries vaccinated + negative test. The hospitals are working normally and there are no queues in front of them whatsoever.

Probably they diverted the vaccines to where they are most needed now, like the deep red zones.

4 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

THailand....... where the magic happens.

Unknown when and which vaccines will come, they still keep the people in Thailand quiet by making statements like this.. 

Quiet? you didn't see the protests in BKK yesterday, they might be fooling the lower thinkers but that's a minority, the youth will eventually run this mob out of town...... stay tuned ????

11 minutes ago, gearbox said:

It is a bit rich for your wife to complain about the lack of vaccines in Samui. Samui is probably around 50% or more fully vaccinated, there are no cases, flights from Bangkok are cancelled, and now they only allow people from the red zones via the ferries vaccinated + negative test. The hospitals are working normally and there are no queues in front of them whatsoever.

Probably they diverted the vaccines to where they are most needed now, like the deep red zones.

The virus is highly contagious and is everywhere don't kid yourself.  How much testing are they doing in Samui?  No testing equals no virus.  And the flights are cancelled because no one is coming little to do with screening.  The hospitals are not full because those infected are largely asymptomatic or mild symptoms.

You say 10 million I say 500 let's call the whole thing off ????

Well, I must say - just been for first jab...absolutely flawless experience.

Through the Chulabhorn Hospital.  Completed all requirements online in May.  Received SMS last week for 10:00 jab today - went early just in case. The staff were so polite and so professional - from those who greeted us on arrival at the CAT Convention Hall, to those who escorted us through all the procedures.  No waiting, everything explained very clearly - all documents checked one last time - vaccination administered.  During the post vaccination 'rest' period, very clear instructions given about what to do and what not to do before the second jab.  Was back home 28Km away by 09:20. 

After all the negativity about thses procedures recently - this was outstanding. 

Pity there isn't a thread for vaccination positives...

Will this delusional government ever stop issuing ludicrous statements and announcing unrealistic plans?

 

From the start of the "mass vaccination" program on June 1 until now, a little less than 6% of Thailand's population of roughly 68 million have received at least ONE jab. Only 1.5% have been fully inoculated. 

 

In other words: In 7 weeks, only about 4.6 to 4.7 million people have received jabs. Therefore, the vaccination speed so far has been only about 2.7 million people per month.

 

With these figures in mind and also considering the severe vaccine shortage, HOW ON EARTH is this government going to suddenly achieve 10 MILLION jabs per month????????   

13 minutes ago, Crusader said:

Well, I must say - just been for first jab...absolutely flawless experience.

Through the Chulabhorn Hospital.  Completed all requirements online in May.  Received SMS last week for 10:00 jab today - went early just in case. The staff were so polite and so professional - from those who greeted us on arrival at the CAT Convention Hall, to those who escorted us through all the procedures.  No waiting, everything explained very clearly - all documents checked one last time - vaccination administered.  During the post vaccination 'rest' period, very clear instructions given about what to do and what not to do before the second jab.  Was back home 28Km away by 09:20. 

After all the negativity about thses procedures recently - this was outstanding. 

What vaccine did you get?

23 minutes ago, tlandtday said:

 The hospitals are not full because those infected are largely asymptomatic or mild symptoms.

Does that tell you anything?

2 minutes ago, club said:

What vaccine did you get?

Sinopharm

15 minutes ago, Crusader said:

Pity there isn't a thread for vaccination positives...

Actually there is...

 

I too had a god experience when I was finally vaxxed at BNH Bangkok on Monday, as I have written in this thread, "Vaccination Experiences", above.

 

I think people are more than satisfied with the actual inoculation procedure; it's the getting there that is causing so much angst.

 

I just said to my partner, who was also vaxxed on Monday, how it is so unbelievable to think that the first vax has now taken place, after noting interest in February and registering in March (?) on a number of platforms. Huge relief all round. 

3 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Today 13,002

Die 108

You are providing a valuable "thumbnail precis" of the running score of this terrible business, which serves to concentrate minds! I would like to acknowledge your work, but a "like" seems inappropriate, and "sad" is so often misused to suggest "I don't agree with you".

 

Thank You.

 

 

19 minutes ago, Crusader said:

Well, I must say - just been for first jab...absolutely flawless experience.

Through the Chulabhorn Hospital.  Completed all requirements online in May.  Received SMS last week for 10:00 jab today - went early just in case. The staff were so polite and so professional - from those who greeted us on arrival at the CAT Convention Hall, to those who escorted us through all the procedures.  No waiting, everything explained very clearly - all documents checked one last time - vaccination administered.  During the post vaccination 'rest' period, very clear instructions given about what to do and what not to do before the second jab.  Was back home 28Km away by 09:20. 

After all the negativity about thses procedures recently - this was outstanding. 

I received an SMS for this last week, after I registered in May. Had my appointment for 7 August, but after receiving the vax from BNH Bangkok on Monday, (2 of us), I immediately cancelled my booking, so it will go into the pool for others. Ditto at MedPark, 2 more back in the pool. And ditto for MorProm today, back in the pool for others.

21 minutes ago, Crusader said:

Well, I must say - just been for first jab...absolutely flawless experience.

 

Sinopharm? Second dose scheduled for ?

 

 

 

See very few complaints about the actual day-of vaccination process, most share your experience, which seems to comes as a surprise to many. Maybe they were expecting something worse or different? Or they just want to share that they got a vaccine?

 

I imagine anyone getting the vaccine, and there are very, very, very few (foreigners) in this category, are just happy with any experience short of a sharp stick in the eye.

 

Most complaints are about registration, availability and choice.

 

 

It is literally physically impossible to vaccinate 10 million people per month.  The dual jab vaccines require a two week wait between jabs.  How to logistically decide   who gets first jab, then second jab etc.  You can't run around and give every body the first jab without having a second jab standing by.  If you do, then you get no proper full vaccinations.   I don't see the Thai system being organized to handle this.  Hope for the best when the vaccines become available

10 minutes ago, gk10012001 said:

You can't run around and give every body the first jab without having a second jab standing by. 

 

 

Oops.  They already started this on 7 June 2021, to great fanfare.

 

Better tell the regime.

 

They (deliberately) overlooked this basic premise.

 

And are now scrambling for two dose cocktails, and lining experts to endorse whatever they have on offer today.

 

 

3 hours ago, vandeventer said:

That's why I would prefer the J&J vaccine. One jab and your done! Also if they are getting 20 million Pfizer vaccines will the Thais have to pay for them or just us?

Interesting question. I'm Canadian, have registered and paid for Moderna jabs. Still no information given as to when I'm likely to get vaccinated, so I called the Consulate to see if they had any information. The consul in chiang Mai told me that the Canadian government had donated vaccines to Thailand but wasn't going to discriminate. I wasn't looking to jump the queue I told her, but as long as we're talking about discrimination. Thailand has it's hand out requesting donations from governments around the world, while the PM poudly announces "Thais first".