Expats, tourists can get Covid boosters at two locations

[Patanawet]

This thread, initially giving useful information, has sunk to the juvenile playground level of Bangkok Post Letter comments page.
Grow up guys.

[reader]

From Thai PBS World

Many turn up to receive bivalent vaccine booster doses provided by the BMA

Many people have shown up since Songkran to get COVID-19 vaccine booster doses, provided by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said today (Friday).

At some vaccination centres, he said that the number of people wanting to be vaccinated on some days exceeds the daily limit of 1,300.

The city administration is providing free Moderna bivalent booster doses to all Thais, but will charge medical service fees to foreigners at 380 baht per head.

The vaccination service is available at all hospitals and health service centres operated by the BMA and at six shopping malls, including Central World, MBK Center, ICS opposite Icon Siam, Terminal 21, Victoria Garden in Bang Khae and Robinson Lifestyle in Lat Krabang.

[floridarob]

8 hours ago, Patanawet said:

This thread, initially giving useful information, has sunk to the juvenile playground level of Bangkok Post Letter comments page.
Grow up guys.

Are you new to the internet....you're not, that's why you commented too , trying to be the "adult" in the room  🙄

This is how message boards work and have worked since dial up BBS's, human nature.

Can look at how many threads get "hijacked" all the time....you're free to scroll on by 🤨

[khaolakguy]

9 hours ago, Patanawet said:

This thread, initially giving useful information, has sunk to the juvenile playground level of Bangkok Post Letter comments page.
Grow up guys.

It's still providing useful information and being bounced to the top of the threads. The additional information now is which posters are dicks!

[scott456]

1 hour ago, floridarob said:

...
This is how message boards work and have worked since dial up BBS's, human nature.

Can look at how many threads get "hijacked" all the time....you're free to scroll on by 🤨

OMG ..What's that?!

[gayinpattaya]

14 hours ago, scott456 said:

How about yourself?  Are you still drinking and eating like crap too, AND getting injected with this shit? 🤔 

And I get called a "troll" right? 
I made a non-direct comment. I was quickly personally attacked by this boards "woke guardians". 

It seems fitting that those who dislike me are American. 
The feeling is mutual... 

[scott456]

22 minutes ago, gayinpattaya said:

And I get called a "troll" right? 
I made a non-direct comment. I was quickly personally attacked by this boards "woke guardians". 

It seems fitting that those who dislike me are American. 
The feeling is mutual... 

Oh relax,  everybody a troll here.

[floridarob]

10 hours ago, gayinpattaya said:

It seems fitting that those who dislike me are American

No, they come from all over 😝

[Patanawet]

On 5/6/2023 at 4:46 AM, gayinpattaya said:

And I get called a "troll" right? 
I made a non-direct comment. I was quickly personally attacked by this boards "woke guardians". 

It seems fitting that those who dislike me are American. 
The feeling is mutual... 

Don't be so modest  --- many other nationalities too.

[PeterRS]

On 5/4/2023 at 8:14 AM, TotallyOz said:

Vaccines are still relevant and important and Covid still exists. Much like the flu shot, I'll get one each year or as needed to keep my chances stronger. I don't wear masks (except in taxis where it is expected).

I have worn masks and used hand sanitizers virtually all the time in Thailand. My concern recently has been primarily the number of tourists visiting Thailand and the consequent possibility of somehow getting infected despite having had 4 vaccinations. Just over 2 weeks ago I was in Hong Kong for 48 hours. Although all restrictions have been lifted, again I wore masks. I know that most masks are far from foolproof, but I feel better wearing them.

Then about 4 or 5 days after my return I started to feel unwell. Thereafter I tested positive and underwent a really bad week. For almost 3 days I had a very high fever and various lesser ailments. Worse, I had absolutely no appetite. For a week I was able to eat only a small bowl of cereal and fruit in the morning. By mid-week, I tried to drink some clear soup. After three spoonfuls I felt sick. All I could do during that week was drink lots of water, sometimes with electrolyte powder. Oddly, the really sore throat I was told to expect never materialised.

It took 8 days before I tested negative over 2 consecutive days. The one good thing - if there is anything good about getting covid - is that I was at home. Had I been on vacation, it would certainly have ruined most of it. Perhaps ironically, I had tried to get a booster prior to a trip to the UK in early March, but was told by all the hospitals i contacted they had no stocks of vaccine.

I certainly recommend that anyone presently living in Thailand, especially of the older generation, get a booster shot if available.

 

[gayinpattaya]

59 minutes ago, PeterRS said:

I have worn masks and used hand sanitizers virtually all the time in Thailand. My concern recently has been primarily the number of tourists visiting Thailand and the consequent possibility of somehow getting infected despite having had 4 vaccinations. Just over 2 weeks ago I was in Hong Kong for 48 hours. Although all restrictions have been lifted, again I wore masks. I know that most masks are far from foolproof, but I feel better wearing them.

Then about 4 or 5 days after my return I started to feel unwell. Thereafter I tested positive and underwent a really bad week. For almost 3 days I had a very high fever and various lesser ailments. Worse, I had absolutely no appetite. For a week I was able to eat only a small bowl of cereal and fruit in the morning. By mid-week, I tried to drink some clear soup. After three spoonfuls I felt sick. All I could do during that week was drink lots of water, sometimes with electrolyte powder. Oddly, the really sore throat I was told to expect never materialised.

It took 8 days before I tested negative over 2 consecutive days. The one good thing - if there is anything good about getting covid - is that I was at home. Had I been on vacation, it would certainly have ruined most of it. Perhaps ironically, I had tried to get a booster prior to a trip to the UK in early March, but was told by all the hospitals i contacted they had no stocks of vaccine.

I certainly recommend that anyone presently living in Thailand, especially of the older generation, get a booster shot if available.

 

Sounds like a good weight loss method. I recommend anyone in Thailand, or any other country, to avoid the clot shots like the plague!  

[floridarob]

35 minutes ago, gayinpattaya said:

Sounds like a good weight loss method.

🧐

[PeterRS]

2 hours ago, gayinpattaya said:

Sounds like a good weight loss method. I recommend anyone in Thailand, or any other country, to avoid the clot shots like the plague!  

If I felt as you and not had vaccinations, given my age I would probably be dead by now! Your advice is unwanted.

[scott456]

1 hour ago, PeterRS said:

If I felt as you and not had vaccinations, given my age I would probably be dead by now! Your advice is unwanted.

Does it matter to you at your age?

[thaiophilus]

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[PeterRS]

6 hours ago, scott456 said:

Does it matter to you at your age?

So you are extremely rude as well!

[vinapu]

11 hours ago, gayinpattaya said:

 I recommend anyone in Thailand, or any other country, to avoid the clot shots like the plague!  

we are in XXI century , not XIV

[a-447]

I'm off to Japan next week and I'll be joining all the locals and wearing a mask indoors, even though the mask mandate has been lifted.

When I was there in Dec/Jan the mandate was still in place and everyone wore a mask, apart from quite a few tourists who refused, despite being asked to do so.

I wore a mask in Thailand last month every time I got into the elevator or caught the train. I didn't bother outside.

I'll continue to wear a mask because at my age Covid can be dangerous. Also, I know of many people here who are experiencing long Covid and I think that would be worse than Covid itself, which can usually be treated with anti-virals. One friend has a persistent cough after recovering over 6 months ago; another suffers from chronic fatigue and is unable to socialise with us.

[TotallyOz]

Remember the rules.

Warning given and 1 month suspension issued to a member.

[gayinpattaya]

I slept though the drama it seems.

[floridarob]

48 minutes ago, gayinpattaya said:

I slept though the drama it seems.

You did an Irish exit....

[PeterRS]

4 hours ago, gayinpattaya said:

I slept though the drama it seems.

Strange, since you helped start it!

[Patanawet]

On 5/6/2023 at 1:43 AM, floridarob said:

Are you new to the internet....you're not, that's why you commented too , trying to be the "adult" in the room  🙄

This is how message boards work and have worked since dial up BBS's, human nature.

Can look at how many threads get "hijacked" all the time....you're free to scroll on by 🤨

Well. apparently too new to 'the internet' to not understand a word that you write.

[a-447]

8 hours ago, gayinpattaya said:

I slept though the drama it seems.

I slept through the coronation.

That doesn't mean it didn't happen.

[floridarob]

10 hours ago, Patanawet said:

Well. apparently too new to 'the internet' to not understand a word that you write.

I'll ask @Riobard to  translate it for you 🧐