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

[steven100]

KSR test requirement on entry .....   100b

the backpackers are definitely gone forever   ! 

[metisdead]

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[TechnikaIII]

Only foreigners ???

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[Stargeezr]

I guess many people will be avoiding the KSR area.  Good thing it is in an area where most tourists

 do not go to unless they want to.  Oh by the way, the expiry date on your COVID certificate, is the expiry date of the vial

if it is not used, by that date the vial is disposed of,  It has nothing to do with the length of time the vaccine is actually effective for.                                                          Go ask the Doctor next time you go to one.  This story just shows how some people have reacted to COVID. Some people are touchy these days,

and other people are touched. Wink, wink. nudge, nudge.

Geezer

[yogi yogi]

if on ko sarn and u see ambulance.  run. 

[Nicholas Paul KNIGHT]

One minute press repoprt minimal foreigners visiting Khao san Road, next they are saying tests for all. So they are complaining against themselves. Truly Amazing Thailand with a large dose of stupidity added to the mix. 

[Danderman123]

This will go the way of interprovincial checkpoints last summer. 

[KhunLA]

1 hour ago, Danderman123 said:

This will go the way of interprovincial checkpoints last summer. 

I've driven around the country during C19 the past 18 months and never had to stop at any inter-province check point.  Probably passed through 40 provinces.  All daytime driving. 

 

Other's experience may differ.

 

Did the NE a couple times, then over to the N twice, down to Krung Thep, to Kanchanaburi, went S down to Phatthalung, over to Andaman Sea side, back up via Ranong and via Surat Thani & Krabi a few times, and never 1 check point.

 

 

[Jiggo]

17 hours ago, PEE TEE said:

Na alcohol kills it stone dead 

If you drink it through your nose????

[HappyGoLuckyLife]

On 11/14/2021 at 8:57 PM, webfact said:

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. 

On the off chance I would be unlucky number 501, I would best avoid the area all together. Already had one false positive scare here in the states. Don't need to be whisked anywhere. 

[pseudorabies]

6 hours ago, aBigSmile said:

Their chances are identical. The vaccines don't stop transmissions nor prevent infections -- no brand exempt. What is claimed they do -- by the pharmaceutical companies and the overseeing agencies alike -- is to reduce Covid-19 symptoms. 

Wait.... You're saying that someone who has been tested negative by PCR 48 hours prior has the same chance of having covid and being infectious as a Thai person who has never been tested by PCR?  I'm sorry but that makes no sense.  

[Big Bert]

18 minutes ago, HappyGoLuckyLife said:

On the off chance I would be unlucky number 501, I would best avoid the area all together. Already had one false positive scare here in the states. Don't need to be whisked anywhere. 

No options. dragged off by the hazmat squad locked up and milked for every dollar they can. All while not even been sick.

[Danderman123]

18 hours ago, aBigSmile said:

Their chances are identical. The vaccines don't stop transmissions nor prevent infections -- no brand exempt. What is claimed they do -- by the pharmaceutical companies and the overseeing agencies alike -- is to reduce Covid-19 symptoms. 

Completely false. 

 

It's kind of like saying that birth control pills don't prevent pregnancy became 1 out 1000 times they don't. 

 

What I want to know is what is the source of your misinformation? 

 

[Danderman123]

Who walks around with their vaccine certificate? 

[HappyGoLuckyLife]

3 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

Who walks around with their vaccine certificate? 

I carry a picture on my phone. Went to New York a couple weeks ago and every restaurant, theater, and entertainment venue asked to see it for entry. 

[NoshowJones]

Tourists, stay away from Thailand for now, this unelected soldier who is posing as a PM is out to skin you at every opportunity along with the rest of his soldiers.

[NoshowJones]

On 11/15/2021 at 9:16 AM, ozfarang said:

Hope all the 'dirty farang' who have satisfied all the requirements to enter Thailand boycott KSR and spend their money elsewhere 

 

"the traders' association at Khao San Road were adopting their own measures to fulfil the requirements of the latest Covid protocols called "Thai Stop Covid Plus". " So these people know better than the MOPH 5555 ????

 

 

The unelected PM must know about this, so why is he not stopping it? Silly question.

[KhunLA]

13 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

Who walks around with their vaccine certificate? 

Everyone who thinks they need one and would actually visit a place requiring one.  I believe it's on their phone for most, though I may be wrong.

[NoshowJones]

On 11/15/2021 at 9:25 AM, 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.

 "I expect they will get a nice commission from the private hospitals". and then the brown envelopes will start moving in a certain direction.

[puck2]

On 11/15/2021 at 9:03 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

Seems to me that AN has become a real laugh a minute forum. Every time I read it something even more ridiculous has been reported.

Never mind, we all need to laugh about something these gloomy days.

Warning:

in the future they will collect 200 Baht if you are laughing or taking photos in the Khao-San-Road.

[Mac Mickmanus]

7 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

 "I expect they will get a nice commission from the private hospitals". and then the brown envelopes will start moving in a certain direction.

Gotta jump through the hoops as well and the red bull heir 

[Jeffr2]

39 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

Who walks around with their vaccine certificate? 

I've got a digital copy on my phone, dropbox, etc.  Easy.  It worked fine while we were traveling around in Europe.

[Road Warrior]

you cant make this up !!! unbelievable 

[Jeffr2]

3 minutes ago, Road Warrior said:

you cant make this up !!! unbelievable 

I was recently in Greece.  To go inside the bus station, you have to show either a vaccine card or a PCR test taken within 2 hours.  Same was true of several other places we visited during our 3 months in Europe.

 

They're getting tougher and tougher on the unvaccinated.  For good reasons.

[NoshowJones]

On 11/15/2021 at 9:33 AM, NativeBob said:

"The traders' association at Khao San Road" on what ground this association functions? They can't stop/detain/perform tests just like that, unless they represent some authority.

Mass illiteracy of even basic laws is frightening, even adults act like village idiots.

Also SHA+ and TSC+ are another obvious way of corruption: selling licenses to venues with licenses is unbelievable!

"Mass illiteracy of even basic laws is frightening, even adults act like village idiots." Thailand does not have a low IQ for nothing.

[NoshowJones]

23 hours ago, Will B Good said:

The Land of Scams

LOS. Land of Stupidity.

[NoshowJones]

21 hours ago, Spellforce said:

No problem to avoid KSR.

 

But this is an alarm about the new trend: one injection every 6 months, twice per year, this will be mandatory if you want to travel.

Yes, and will it be free?

[bristolgeoff]

They pass the entry test and hotel cost,pay again i imagine not until the bars and clubs open the tourist will refuse to go there

[paul1804]

On 11/15/2021 at 6:41 PM, richard_smith237 said:

We're not allowed to tell you ‘exactly why’ the headline reads foreigners if thats not what they really mean...

 

However, for decades ‘some’ media outlets have been more famous for drawing in the attention of its readers through deliberately ‘colourful’ headlines which draw the readers attention and outrage before they have had chance to read through the main body of the article which in some cases deliberately avoids or plays down key facts providing a more normal balance. 

 

This is a deliberately divisive technic used to sell news papers to the masses... these days advertising is sold based on the metric of the number of views a web-page has - articles ‘fish’ for our attention...   the headlines designed to draw us in - Its annoyingly frustrating when the headlines are so obviously misleading. 

 

 

Yes I believe you are correct but its dramatically misleading but then many things in LOS is like that!

[Jonathan Swift]

On 11/15/2021 at 3:33 PM, richard_smith237 said:

I am very sceptical of the news I read on this forum which is sometimes deliberate inflammatory to attract attention while missing out a few key details of balance. 

 

I therefore have to ask the following questions of anyone who knows the facts: 

 

- Is it ONLY Foreigners who are being tested (ATK) ?

- OR, is it anyone, Thai and Foreigners who are being test (ATK) ?

- IS it a government incentive ?

- IS it a local business incentive ? (to protect its workers)

 

 

Given the currently climate I do not think it is a bad think to request ‘random’ Antigen Testing in the aim of protecting everyone - but it needs to be handled very professionally: 

 

i.e. Radom test anyone (Thai or Foreign) - If they test positive, take them home (for free) give them a confirmation PCR test for free, if they are positive ask them to remain at home for 10 days - give them a follow up test in 10 days.

 

OR, accept that vaccines are working with regards of vaccinated avoiding serious symptoms and continue the vaccine roll out and get on with life. 

OR, if they are that worried, keep the area closed. 

 

 

 

I find that everything seen here needs to be fact checked, which is not difficult if you've got time to make some calls or pay a visit to the appropriate agency. Like, for instance, go to a hospital and ask etc.