Thailand’s vaccination campaign in review

[webfact]

 

By Ken Lohatepanont

 

There were few topics on which more ink was spilled than our vaccine procurement program in 2021. Many feared at the start that the vaccination campaign would either go nowhere or that it would falter.  

 

Now that we have entered 2022, it’s worth taking a look back at how Thailand’s vaccine strategy truly turned out.  

 

1. The Thai government achieved its vaccination target 

 

No evaluation of the government’s vaccination campaign can leave out the fact that the government achieved its target of giving out 100 million doses by the end of 2021. 

 

Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/36516/thailands-vaccination-campaign-in-review/

 

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[Tropicalevo]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

achieved its target of giving out 100 million doses by the end of 2021. 

Actually, many of those doses were not full doses.

My Pfizer booster was a half dose (at best)!!! I did not even feel the needle go in.

There was also some manipulation of the number of doses per bottle. (12 instead of 10)

[robertson468]

No mention of Thailand adopting a poorer quality vaccine!

[IAMHERE]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

the government achieved its target of giving out 100 million doses by the end of 2021. 

Could discuss how what that 100 million means and how millions getting a 3rd shot are counted in that 100 million dose figure. I hadn't heard of 'booster'  in January of 2021. Not to mention that a Sino Rose is as pretty as any other.

Still, it was a darned good effort all in all.

Edited January 14, 2022 by IAMHERE
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[MikeyIdea]

7 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Actually, many of those doses were not full doses.

My Pfizer booster was a half dose (at best)!!! I did not even feel the needle go in.

There was also some manipulation of the number of doses per bottle. (12 instead of 10)

Not feeling the needle go in has nothing to do with what or how much that is administered. That's penetrating the skin. Some feel others don't. Same in Western countries. 

 

Link with evidence of manipulation please! 

Edited January 14, 2022 by MikeyIdea

[RichardColeman]

Yes, well done, you vaccinated most of them with.......................something.

[Virt]

10 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Actually, many of those doses were not full doses.

My Pfizer booster was a half dose (at best)!!! I did not even feel the needle go in.

There was also some manipulation of the number of doses per bottle. (12 instead of 10)

Are you sure you are not mixing moderna and Pfizer?

 

You can get 7 doses from Pfizer and 12 from moderna.

A bit more if the country allows for using left overs from several vials.

 

It's not unusual that vials with medicin is filled with more than is described.

That's so the companies will not release a vial that has fewer doses than described per vial.

 

It's the same thing with insulin.

If a vial contains less insulin than it's supposed to have it's scrapped during inspection.

[Paulaew]

In the early days of the vaccination program, when only Sinovac was available, I pre-payed for Moderna from Sukhumvit Hospital, with delivery promised many months in the future (October).

 

It was a struggle to find any source that would vaccinate a foreigner with a reasonable Western vaccine.

 

I was lucky enough to get 2 Astra Zeneca jabs for free at Chulalongkorn Hospital. They had a big vaccination operation there, but I was the only foreigner there, since they never publicized their program in sites that foreigners would see. I was grateful to get a tip from a Thai friend, and got an appointment with just 2 days notice.

 

Eventually I got a Moderna booster from Sukhmvit Hospital, and still have one in reserve if needed.

 

But the government achievement of 100 million jabs is bogus, since the majority of those were useless Chinese vaccines. If the pandemic continues, those people will need to be inoculated again.

 

Paul Laew

 

 

 

 

Edited January 15, 2022 by Paulaew

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