Khao San Rd: Foreigners must take 100 baht swab tests if vax is old - ambulance on standby to take them away if positive

[NativeBob]

2 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Dont be giving them any ideas, this could catch on in all public places when they realise how much they could screw Farang over with another scam

In fact - this is a great idea to "milk" foreigners wherever they please. Any public place may turn into "TSC+ swab control" pass. 

While some bastards came up with pre-paid PCR tests on website like this 

www(dot)thailandpsas(dot)com, thais can simply install "thb100 swab check" everywhere:

parks, small sois, Makro, Tesco, 7/11 even famous beach at Pattaya can be "TSC+" arranged

Chinese swaps at 15-20 thb value sold with 500% markup? Great idea!

[Pravda]

This is extremely racist.

 

Btw where's my moderna vaccine fully paid back in April?

[Daithi85]

Just now, Pravda said:

This is extremely racist.

 

Btw where's my moderna vaccine fully paid back in April?

Did u read the article???probably not.. It's for Thais aswell.

 

 

[edwinchester]

48 minutes ago, smedly said:

why only foreigners 

It begins with 'z' and ends with 'phobia'

[Phoenix Rising]

1 hour ago, champers said:

It isn't just Thailand. In Austria they have announced a lockdown for anyone not vaccinated and declared that this is the least of their measures. What is next sounds like it could be really scary.

Apples and oranges. Austria's measures make perfect sense, what they're doing in KSR in Bangkok is pure lunacy.

[BangkokReady]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

"Thai Stop Covid Plus".

How about "Thai Stop Tourism Plus"?

 

Absolutely ridiculous.  After going through the bother required to get in, playing Russian Roulette with the chance of two week symptomless stay in covid jail/hospital with a bill of 100K?  No thank you.  People will see the tests and just go somewhere else.

 

I wonder if this would be being applied the same to Thais as it will be to foreigners in practice?  But I guess you can only get covid form foreigners anyway, so no problem.

[Bkk Brian]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

If foreigners have been vaccinated six months ago they will have to take a 100 baht swab test and wait.

I wonder how well this has been thought through, take a family of 4, thats another 400 baht and if they decide they want to enter its almost certain they'll not bother going again and have to pay another 400 baht. Repeat visitors forget it.

[kevin612]

What happen to those 400,000 people from Myanmar and Laos? Provide free hotels for them?

[ExpatOilWorker]

1 hour ago, matchar said:

So what kind of dubious ATK test kits are they using and how many false positives will there be? I expect they will get a nice commission from the private hospitals in the event anyone tests positive.

 

There is also a nice fat profit margin from the ATK tests that probably cost them 40 baht or less.

They might reuse old tests, it is KSR after all.

[kevin612]

Whoever come up with this plan need to send him to mental hospital.

[ArchieB]

1 hour ago, champers said:

It isn't just Thailand. In Austria they have announced a lockdown for anyone not vaccinated and declared that this is the least of their measures. What is next sounds like it could be really scary.

Thats just not even remotely close to the same thing

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Hyperventilating posters here would be well-served to note:

 

1. The OP article says the rapid test scheme they're implementing at KSR ONLY applies for people whose most recent vaccinations are six months or more old.

 

2. The OP article indicates the testing in those circumstances is being done to Thais and foreigners alike.

 

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If foreigners have been vaccinated six months ago they will have to take a 100 baht swab test and wait.

 

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But the good news is that so far 500 swab tests have been done on Thais and foreign visitors and not a single one has come back posiitive. 

 

Edited November 15, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[steven100]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

have to take a 100 baht swab test and wait.

 

An ambulance is on hand to take them away if they turn out to be positive. 

Lol   !!!  ......    and 20,000 baht later for hospital, quarantine, tests etc .....     no way man !!

[KhunLA]

14 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Hyperventilating posters here would be well-served to note:

 

1. The OP article says the rapid test scheme they're implementing at KSR ONLY applies for people whose most recent vaccinations are six months or more old.

 

2. The OP article indicates the testing in those circumstances is being done to Thais and foreigners alike.

 

 

 

Once again, destroying the domestic tourism market, which kept places alive the past 18 months, for the sake of int'l tourist, or lack of, which won't contribute much.  Who pays 100 baht for the privilege of walking on KSR, let along the risk of testing positive.

[ChipButty]

29 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

They might reuse old tests, it is KSR after all.

Should be able to get good copies down there, you can get everything else 

[Will B Good]

The Land of Scams

[Will B Good]

1 hour ago, Pravda said:

 

Btw where's my moderna vaccine fully paid back in April?

Anutin has used it to get into Switzerland.....cheers.

[Kaoboi Bebobp]

Have you seen all the medical waste that comes of ATK tests. I did one last week on day 6 after arrival. Look at the Ministry of Health videos of how to perform the tests with different brands. Then watch what the demonstrator does to discard the works: she used THREE big plastic bags. Mine was No. 11, the GSD NovaGen.

 

Videos for each ATK test brand.

 

 

 

 

Edited November 15, 2021 by Kaoboi Bebobp

[ThailandRyan]

6 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Should be able to get good copies down there, you can get everything else 

Used to be able to, now probably need to find them on a back alley way.

[Kaoboi Bebobp]

2 minutes ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

what does the C and T mean on result box?     c=cool  u can go    T- tainted!  seize him!

Pretty much. C stands for Control. A red line means the test was valid. T is test. No line, nothing detected. Black line at the T means antigen detected, i.e., positive.

Edited November 15, 2021 by Kaoboi Bebobp

[kotsak]

Hold your horses guys, someone will come out shortly to say that it has been a misunderstanding ????

[Will B Good]

4 minutes ago, kotsak said:

Hold your horses guys, someone will come out shortly to say that it has been a misunderstanding ????

I thought the same.......should be 500 baht.

[asiam110]

This is concerning, but I dont think they will be the first or last. Middle class Thais are the most extreme hypochondriacs I've ever met - this is why addition/removal of out-patience on policies like Pacific Cross / LMG etc.. can be nearly half your policy annual fee, so it wouldn't surprise me to see other venues adopting this until those that pay the rent push back (bars in Koh san, shops in malls, stall holders at markets etc..)

Edited November 15, 2021 by asiam110

[asiam110]

58 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Hyperventilating posters here would be well-served to note:

 

1. The OP article says the rapid test scheme they're implementing at KSR ONLY applies for people whose most recent vaccinations are six months or more old.

 

2. The OP article indicates the testing in those circumstances is being done to Thais and foreigners alike.

 

 

 

I'm not sure why that makes it better? Are you expected to get a booster every six months - the intent behind boosters is for the most vulnerable of society - the science is still out on the need for boosters in the general population - and where some of the early studies are heading suggesting six months is far too soon for most people. I sure as hell dont want, or need, a pfzier every six months - cue antivax accusations

Edited November 15, 2021 by asiam110

[FritsSikkink]

That will help get them customers, ROFL.

[DaLa]

1 hour ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Hyperventilating posters here would be well-served to note:

 

1. The OP article says the rapid test scheme they're implementing at KSR ONLY applies for people whose most recent vaccinations are six months or more old.

 

2. The OP article indicates the testing in those circumstances is being done to Thais and foreigners alike.

 

 

 

Thank you.  I spent last Friday evening  in a bar on Khaosan road. All Thais and falang ( only me and a few others) were asked to show proof of vaccination. 1 minute at the entrance , calm pleasant and no problem.  The op includes this 

 

All foreigners are having their documentation checked even though that condition of entry to the country has already been satisfied.

 

Which is irrelevant as it ignores the majority of falang that have been here since Covid arrived, and thus includes many that may not have  had a vaccine.  For me the biggest headache was mentioned later:

 

He said that the changing of the alcohol hours from 9 pm to 11 pm is a tricky issue and one that was still being discussed. 

 

Pain having to change your drinking vessel at 20:59

[KhunLA]

17 minutes ago, asiam110 said:

Are you expected to get a booster every six months - the intent behind boosters is 

PROFITS ... ????

 

IMHO

[KhunLA]

4 minutes ago, DaLa said:

Pain having to change your drinking vessel at 20:59

And people wonder why the sipping rules aren't relaxed when people don't even observe the stricter rules.

 

Som naa na

[mommysboy]

Totally lost the plot...or perhaps more likely never had it. 

 

Nearly all holidaymakers want freedom and the bars open. They are generally young and have been vaccinated anyway. And really the key is vaccinating the Thai population, of which we are told nearly everyone in Bangkok has been done.

 

 

 

 

Edited November 15, 2021 by mommysboy

[ThailandRyan]

3 minutes ago, mommysboy said:

Totally lost the plot...or perhaps more likely never had it. 

 

Nearly all holidaymakers want freedom and the bars open. They are generally young and have been vaccinated anyway. And really the key is vaccinating the Thai population, of which we are told nearly everyone in Bangkok has been done.

 

 

 

 

Nearly....all vaccinated, on the old census numbers and not the current actual numbers......