Derek B
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7 minutes ago, kiwikeith said:
He who pays the piper calls the tune! Without mentioning names I think some Thai Insurance companies are thinking they will cash in on the gold rush, falungs flying into LOS by the plane loads, after the enlightened ones open the gates, 7 eleven Tesco will have live concerts outside, beer will flow, happy birday to you.
"after the enlightened ones open the gates,7 eleven Tesco will have live concerts outside, beer will flow" I agree it will be a mental party & take off fast with sky high prices.
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4 minutes ago, Cornishman said:
I too, have an ' O ' visa....but at 77 cannot get insurance even if I wanted to....
So logically you will need to be self insured.
Or have a home country GOV reciprocated Health Agreement in place with your host country.
In any case best to have funds or assets available to go private if the need arises.
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1 hour ago, TigerandDog said:
The link below is an ad posted by AETNA Insurance recently, and according to AETNA in this advertisement extensions of stay for O-A visas will require 3 million baht cover from Sept 1 2022.
I'm also bewildered by the lack of logic and the discrimination when it comes to money in the bank and health insurance, each for different reasons.
#1. I'm at a complete loss why an expat staying by reason of marriage has to only have 400k in the bank, when he has a wife and quite possibly kids to provide for, and why an expat on a retirement visa/extensions has to have 800k in the bank, when he/she is more than likely single with only himself/herself to provide for. I fail to see any logic in this.
#2. I'm not against mandatory health insurance for long stay expats, but it should be applicable to ALL long stay expats regardless of visa/extension type, NOT just O-A. Straight out blatant discrimination in my view, and again no logic that makes any sense whatsoever
RE: #1. I'm at a complete loss why an expat staying by reason of marriage has to only have 400k in the bank, when he has a wife and quite possibly kids to provide for, and why an expat on a retirement visa/extensions has to have 800k in the bank, when he/she is more than likely single with only himself/herself to provide for. I fail to see any logic in this.
Agreed - no logic - just a simplistic requirement to try to guarantee long stay visa holders have substantial financial means in country.
Neither the 400K or 800K (which started out as an alternative to claiming minimum monthly income) will ever get spent because to do so will invalidate your long stay visa immediately and that would be unfortunate to put it mildly.
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19 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:
Smells like a money grab but then my policy from the US is unlimited, while my PCH policy here is good for up to
20 million THB.
What is a PCH Policy?
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On 10/4/2021 at 4:23 PM, hotchilli said:
Yep that'll work.
Seems to me it might off worked.
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10 hours ago, webfact said:
Every man, woman and child who enters Thailand from January 1st will have to pay 500 baht for the privilege.
More detail needed.
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13 hours ago, chalawaan said:
Well and good, but unless:
a) They've actually done something illegal outside of Thailand. and
b) an international court takes action.....
It's just a mild embarrassment, in fact some of them might even gain enormous face in the places that matter to them.
Well they might loose their next election but not their inflated Gov pension I expect.
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I think I will save this photo.................
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2 minutes ago, Derek B said:
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Civic has a large boot, holds the road well, fine on long journeys however is quite low so not idea if fully loaded around the waist line - male or female !!!!
If planning a family and living in a big city a mid size SUV would be the way to go. Once you go past 3 kids you are looking at an MPV ( 3 kids equates to 2 kids & granny).
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On 9/1/2021 at 6:52 AM, LarrySR said:
All cars on your list are excellent choices.
The Honda Civic has remote start so you can have the air conditioning going a few minutes before you get inside. That's nice.
Civic has a large boot, holds the road well, fine on long journeys however is quite low so not idea if fully loaded around the waist line - male or female !!!!
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5 hours ago, mbenson said:
Meanwhile there has been no reporting whatsoever about how many doses have actually been exported. It could well be 0.
It was previously announced that AZ would deliver 6 million doses in June and then 10 million a month until the end of the year. It was reported that Thailand was to keep 1/3 of production and export the rest. Meaning that production was projected to be 30 million/month. I think the last I heard they were making something like 3-5 million. It has been VERY quiet about what is going on with the local AZ production. I would love to know more if anyone has seen anything.
Yes - the AZ rep in Thailand needs to be more forthcoming on the plants current production capacity it being of public interest - maybe he is sworn to secrecy. Note it also produces AZ in S.Korea so I wonder how the production capacity compares.
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20 hours ago, juehoe said:
The recommended time between the 2 jabs for AstraZeneca is 8 to 12 weeks. This is more than the 4 weeks for the mRNA vaccines. The antibody response is higher when waiting 12 weeks instead of 8 weeks, but you have less protection between the shots. So what you want?
I got my first AZ in July and have the wait until October,
Re: "The antibody response is higher when waiting 12 weeks instead of 8 weeks," That is what I understand to be the case too.
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8 hours ago, keith101 said:
Is there a site that lists cases by Province (every one ) .
Yes. https://dashboard-vaccine.moph.go.th
That info is available on the Thai Health Services LINE account.
Try searching "covid-19 vaccination info graphic" MOPH - Immunization center (IC).
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2 hours ago, Tonypandy said:
The report starts off with how many have had jabs then deviates to the worst hit cases by province, why don't they tell us the jabs given in each province
That info is available on the Thai Health Services LINE account.
Try searching "covid-19 vaccination info graphic" MOPH - Immunization center (IC).
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8 hours ago, webfact said:
A total of 394,073 people have had three jabs.
The total today reported as 414,066. Got to wonder how many more frontline health workers are still to receive their third jab it being with AZ and is Pfizer to be their fourth jab?
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On 8/3/2021 at 11:03 AM, mtls2005 said:
My best guess is that they took ownership of the vaccination of foreigners as a result of the Pfizer donation from the U.S. Whether they volunteered or were assigned, I can't say.
The DCA has the experience and language skills, after having served in many foreign countries, so may better know how to manage our expectations.
They seem to be doing a good job so far, and most know I am (un-?)fairly critical of the regime, so stingy with any sort of accolades.
I was 0-fer on ~ ten-ish registration schemes here since the days of mor prom.
Since the DCA took over I'm Three for Three.
What does DCA stand for?
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I have received a SMS message today for a first jab tomorrow Sinovac followed by Astra Zeneca 21 days later with a named CM city Hospital.
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22 hours ago, Scrotobike said:
A million vaccines per day?
10m Vaccines
Then each month has 10 days
Ah this excludes the holidays/long weekends etc.....
Exactly..............in an emergency you would think the Health Service immunisations teams would be fully functioning 7 days a week.............the vaccinated numbers reported show a big drop off at the weekends. The second jab figures seem very low considering how many have been vaccinated since the 7th June.
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Any good news to be had ASEAN now ?
1 gbp=45.906 baht.
1 usd=32.864 baht.
The sun is shining in CM.
Thai gf freaking out about not being vaccinated (with anything) - so bought her a flu jab yesterday seems happy enough.
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11 hours ago, Tarteso said:
smog session, start in February until April.
Thais burn all year around in every province to some extent........................CM in and out of town can have poor air quality starting from December to May some days better than others.
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11 hours ago, webfact said:
......everyone should do their best and look at what was happening elsewhere in the world.
Should of done that from day one.................................mind you no one in the West took any notice of Thailand's initial success story in controlling the original covid-19.
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7 hours ago, Rookiescot said:
Would this vaccination cocktail be recognised in Western countries is you had to travel?
I think not...................UK just announced it is planning to let those fully jabbed in USA & EU can enter without quarantine.
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If it is just about crowd control just use the military to organise the lines & enforce social distancing.
Thai roads are deathtraps to motorcyclists, says campaigner: Spend 15 billion a year to save 7,500 lives
in Thailand News
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Potholes appearing on new roads or recently resurfaced roads point to a failure of quality or care. If you cannot get newly laid black top to stay in place what hope for other design & engineering issues - none.
I see more & more concrete roads being constructed.