300,000 doses of AZ vaccine donated by Japan arrive in Thailand

[webfact]

 

The Thai Foreign Ministry has expressed its appreciation to the Japanese government for its donation of 300,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, which arrived in Bangkok Sunday.

 

September 26th marks the 134th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Thailand and Japan.

 

The arrival of the vaccine today, the third lot so far, has increased the amount of AstraZeneca vaccine donated by Japan to Thailand to 1.65 million doses.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/300000-doses-of-az-vaccine-donated-by-japan-arrive-in-bangkok-on-sunday/

 

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[rebo]

This really worth the news?

It‘s used up in quarter a day …

;-)

[DonniePeverley]

Curious as to why Japan keep giving away their Az? Not like they have fully vaccinated their population yet. 

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The Thai Foreign Ministry has expressed its appreciation to the Japanese government for its donation of 300,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, which arrived in Bangkok Sunday.

I wonder what Thailand would have done without all these generous donations?

[carlf]

6 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

Curious as to why Japan keep giving away their Az? Not like they have fully vaccinated their population yet. 

My Japanese wife tells me this is because the Japan policy is to vaccinate all with mRNA, mostly Pfizer, I believe.  But I think that they ordered some AZ originally "just in case", and as they roll out more Pfizer, they probably just need to get rid of that excess AZ.

[Neeranam]

6 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

Curious as to why Japan keep giving away their Az? Not like they have fully vaccinated their population yet. 

My Japanese colleagues tell me that it is unsafe and they would rather wait for safer ones. 

[Denim]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

The Thai Foreign Ministry has expressed its appreciation to the Japanese government for its donation of 300,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, which arrived in Bangkok Sunday.

Good Lord. I hope they observed the correct protocols and  went through the proper channels. Hope this is not all some dreadful misunderstanding.

[Denim]

6 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

My Japanese colleagues tell me that it is unsafe and they would rather wait for safer ones. 

And yet I know a hell of a lot of people who had it , including my 87 year old mother ,  who have had no problem with it.

[Neeranam]

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

I wonder what Thailand would have done without all these generous donations?

It wasn't generous, they have ulterior motives and wanted rid of it. 

[Neeranam]

Just now, Denim said:

And yet I know a hell of a lot of people who had it , including my 87 year old mother ,  who have had no problem with it.

I had a big problem with it, I thought I was dying on Friday night. 

[Denim]

2 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

I had a big problem with it, I thought I was dying on Friday night. 

Yes , Eric Clapton also. 

 

But then again , Moderna can be the same :

 

 

 

 

Was it your first or second jab and was it a government one like the others rolled out on Friday ?

Edited September 27, 2021 by Denim

[Neeranam]

3 minutes ago, Denim said:

Yes , Eric Clapton also. 

Interesting, just read what he said, I had exactly the same symptoms. Vaccines are EVIL and unnecessary. 

[mtls2005]

Interesting that small amounts of AZ are required from Bhutan, Singapore, Japan, UK.

 

I guess every little bit helps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[phetphet]

23 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

I had a big problem with it, I thought I was dying on Friday night. 

Felt a little bit rough evening of my first AZ. Sleepless night, headache, a bit of a temperature.

Second dose last week. Three months apart; About two hours after vaccination, I felt a hot flush for about fifteen minutes. Something like when you feel your face go red. That was all.

Next day, slight soreness in arm, but still did an hour of Muay Thai training.

Edited September 27, 2021 by phetphet

[arithai12]

44 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

My Japanese colleagues tell me that it is unsafe and they would rather wait for safer ones. 

Your colleagues are all epidemiologists, I suppose?

[Denim]

27 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Interesting, just read what he said, I had exactly the same symptoms. Vaccines are EVIL and unnecessary. 

He put up a long youtube video relating his experience.

Its a lottery. Some are ok others not. A real danger is not properly trained people who accidentally inject into a blood vessel not muscle.

[Bkk Brian]

7 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

Curious as to why Japan keep giving away their Az? Not like they have fully vaccinated their population yet. 

They have their own production of AZ 

 

Japanese drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo Co. began production for the AstraZeneca in March

[arithai12]

36 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

I had a big problem with it, I thought I was dying on Friday night. 

Was it worse than ending up in ICU with covid-19?

 

I got AZ (I am not young and I have conditions). No effect at all.

My wife (younger and healthy) got fever, sore arm, drowsiness.

The thing is, we are not all equal and all vaccines can cause reactions.

 

I got several different vaccinations in my life, and one of them was really like riding the devil's horse for a week. Still better than the nasty thing it was designed to avoid.

[Neeranam]

2 minutes ago, arithai12 said:

Was it worse than ending up in ICU with covid-19?

 

I got AZ (I am not young and I have conditions). No effect at all.

My wife (younger and healthy) got fever, sore arm, drowsiness.

The thing is, we are not all equal and all vaccines can cause reactions.

 

I got several different vaccinations in my life, and one of them was really like riding the devil's horse for a week. Still better than the nasty thing it was designed to avoid.

I'm not young too(55) and my younger wife had similar symptoms but less severe. 

The chances of me getting Covid and in ICU are low but.. of course the vaccine is better. 

[RafPinto]

1 hour ago, Neeranam said:

My Japanese colleagues tell me that it is unsafe and they would rather wait for safer ones. 

Probably Thailand could donate a few million of their chinese stuff to other countries. (probably nobody wants it, even for free).

[RafPinto]

5 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

I'm not young too(55) and my younger wife had similar symptoms but less severe. 

The chances of me getting Covid and in ICU are low but.. of course the vaccine is better. 

55? In my book that is still young.

[billd766]

57 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

It wasn't generous, they have ulterior motives and wanted rid of it. 

Of course it was generous and free as well.

 

Now you are whining about a free gift. Some people are never satisfied.

 

 

54 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Interesting, just read what he said, I had exactly the same symptoms. Vaccines are EVIL and unnecessary. 

Then refuse to accept ANY vaccination from anywhere.

[jacko45k]

1 hour ago, Neeranam said:

My Japanese colleagues tell me that it is unsafe and they would rather wait for safer ones. 

And give away the unsafe ones to other nationalities.

[simon43]

1 hour ago, Neeranam said:

Interesting, just read what he said, I had exactly the same symptoms. Vaccines are EVIL and unnecessary. 

What with your comments about Strike and now this, I wonder if someone has hijacked your forum account? ????

[mommysboy]

1 hour ago, Neeranam said:

My Japanese colleagues tell me that it is unsafe and they would rather wait for safer ones. 

Yes, they have ultra high standards.  That level of perfectionism has already cost them dearly.  Ironically, blood clotting appears far less of a problem in Asian countries and curiously AZ actually reduces all cause death rate.

 

I think attitudes are changing though- it is being used more.

 

Obviously sacrificing 1000 lives through covid19 to protect 1 person in a million is somewhat nonsensical, especially when the other vaccines produce a similar death rate.

[mommysboy]

25 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

And give away the unsafe ones to other nationalities.

AZ is not unsafe unless you think all vaccines are so.

 

And Pfizer in particular has its own problems.

 

We haven't heard one horror story amongst the farangs thus far vaccinated!

[jacko45k]

Just now, mommysboy said:

AZ is not unsafe unless you think all vaccines are so.

 

And Pfizer in particular has its own problems.

 

We haven't heard one horror story amongst the farangs thus far vaccinated!

Read my post in context to the one I replied to....... then you will waste less time. 

[mommysboy]

11 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Read my post in context to the one I replied to....... then you will waste less time. 

I did.

 

You wrote 'And give away the unsafe ones to other nationalities.'

 

If you didn't mean that- it's your responsibility not to right stupid things that are blatantly wrong.  Don't blame the reader.

 

Enough already.

 

 

 

 

Edited September 27, 2021 by mommysboy

[jacko45k]

3 minutes ago, mommysboy said:

If you didn't mean that- it's your responsibility not to right stupid things like that.  Don't blame the reader.

It's 'write' not 'right'......classic fail.

A clue for you... Japanese perspective.

Edited September 27, 2021 by jacko45k

[mommysboy]

9 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

It's 'write' not 'right'......classic fail.

A clue for you... Japanese perspective.

Yes I see the typo. I was so angry it quite unnerved me.

 

Then why not say that! It's not my job to second guess or trawl through your postings.

 

Let's end it here!