“In the interconnected world, none of us is safe until all of us are safe,” said the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, in April last year.

 

That sentence has been repeated many times by world leaders, when mentioning cooperation to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, also repeated that statement, at a press conference in Bangkok, when she was asked what the US has to gain from helping Thailand and ASEAN.

 

“Providing vaccines to other nations, our objective, singly to save lives, with the full knowledge that none of us is safe until all of us are safe,” said Thomas-Greenfield.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/2-5-million-covid-19-vaccine-doses-and-us5m-have-no-strings-attached-says-us-envoy-to-u-n/

 

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Dear Ms. Greenfield,

the new US $5 Million dollar donation helps, thanks.

However what is really needed here instead are quality vaccines, like more of the Pfizer donations.

There is already so much money here, they throw it away buying submarines, jet trainers that can't carry weapons, space programs, desalination plants when they only need a pipe, etc.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

“In the interconnected world, none of us is safe until all of us are safe,”

They clearly  dont understand the Thai mentality if they really think that, try "me  first"

Excellent, might I suggest 2 Phizer shots for expats over 75 and 1% each from the 5 mill as a bonus.

Troll post removed.  

 

Translated as - all hi-so Thais will get their jabs; slowly followed by some fortunate lo-sos; anything left will go to farangs. Ditto the money.

I wonder where that $5 million no strings attached money will end up going?  I do remember seeing in the Bangkok Post a couple of weeks ago that the Chinese Charge and acting ambassador had announced that Thailand and China's state owned Sinopharm would be working together on developing second generation mRNA vaccines.  You know, the kind that will compete against US vaccines, such as Moderna and the Pfizer that the US just gave away to Thailand with no strings attached.  Just a thought.

2.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses and US$5m have no strings attached, says US envoy to U.N.

 

No strings but plenty of sticky fingers in Thailand.

4 hours ago, Gold Star said:

Dear Ms. Greenfield,

the new US $5 Million dollar donation helps, thanks.

However what is really needed here instead are quality vaccines, like more of the Pfizer donations.

There is already so much money here, they throw it away buying submarines, jet trainers that can't carry weapons, space programs, desalination plants when they only need a pipe, etc.

Maybe some of the $5 M was used to transport all 2 Tons of Mangosteen to Chiang Mai from the South, and a return with 2 Tons of Longanback to Songkla

Oh ! This was how an Air Force Plane was deployed the other Day.

A photo showed personnel loading single Boxes of Fruit.

It wasnt even Palletized. 

Why give $5 M to wasters. The US has no idea, only Money to throw around in the hope of winning friends in SE Asia.

Edited August 11, 20214 yr by Cake Monster

9 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

Maybe some of the $5 M was used to transport all 2 Tons of Mangosteen to Chiang Mai from the South, and a return with 2 Tons of Longanback to Songkla

Oh ! This was how an Air Force Plane was deployed the other Day.

A photo showed personnel loading single Boxes of Fruit.

It wasnt even Palletized. 

Why give $5 M to wasters. The US has no idea, only Money to throw around in the hope of winning friends in SE Asia.

I am pretty much a waster but could be won over with a donation around $1 million!

It is either the height of naivete or the height of cynicism where an official can say 'no strings attached' to valuable drugs plus money that goes to a self-appointed govt who took original power in a coup.

 

Reports in a host of media have already quoted frontline medical workers as saying they went in for their Pfizer booster shot and all they got was an AstraZeneca.

 

No strings, perhaps, but some corrupt paws seem to be firmly attached.

4 hours ago, John Drake said:

I wonder where that $5 million no strings attached money will end up going?  I do remember seeing in the Bangkok Post a couple of weeks ago that the Chinese Charge and acting ambassador had announced that Thailand and China's state owned Sinopharm would be working together on developing second generation mRNA vaccines.  You know, the kind that will compete against US vaccines, such as Moderna and the Pfizer that the US just gave away to Thailand with no strings attached.  Just a thought.

Expect to see lots of these around parliament:

4 hours ago, John Drake said:

I wonder where that $5 million no strings attached money will end up going?  I do remember seeing in the Bangkok Post a couple of weeks ago that the Chinese Charge and acting ambassador had announced that Thailand and China's state owned Sinopharm would be working together on developing second generation mRNA vaccines.  You know, the kind that will compete against US vaccines, such as Moderna and the Pfizer that the US just gave away to Thailand with no strings attached.  Just a thought.

Besides the Chulalongkorn mRNA project, Fosun Pharmaceutical in Shanghai apparently has a deal with BioNTech to produce their BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine and a small operation in conjunction with the Chinese military has an mRNA vaccine (ARCoVax) in clinical trials in Mexico.

 

Meanwhile in the US, Maurice Greenberg, chmn and CEO of AIG until 2005, has organized a letter to Biden signed by 33 prominent others to organize an effort of the G-7 to vaccinate hald of the world by year-end. Unfortunately he does not explain how this could be done, but let's hope this put pressure on the White House to figure it out.

Open Letter to the President 10aug21.pdf

she is genuine diplomat, might not know anything about secret document tiding those 2.5mln pfizer with deal for another batch 100 armoured army personel carriers

2 minutes ago, internationalism said:

she is genuine diplomat, might not know anything about secret document tiding those 2.5mln pfizer with deal for another batch 100 armoured army personel carriers

What continues to strike me about all this is the controversy the US "donations" make. Since the day they were announced, most of what I've seen and heard is criticism, suspicion, and accusations of corruption. Contrast this with the Chinese donation. Yes, there was some commentary questioning it. But for the most part, the Chinese put their people in place, implemented their vaccine distribution, and that was that. As a result, who looks better and stronger, diplomatically?  

1 hour ago, John Drake said:

who looks better and stronger, diplomatically?  

Easy to be strong with no  opposition

12 hours ago, hotchilli said:

2.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses and US$5m have no strings attached, says US envoy to U.N.

 

No strings but plenty of sticky fingers in Thailand.

By the way, who pays for the 2.5 million doses? And who gets the money for those doses?