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What are the best insurance policies to cover the unfortunate event of testing positive (without symptoms) and being admitted to hospital?
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27 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:
Hand carry ‘should’ be no problem at all... Never heard of anyone facing issues carrying a helmet on international or domestic flights.
As others have written, the standard ‘helmet sack’ which comes with the helmet.
Decent places to purchase a new helmet in Bangkok: Paddock (Ratchadapisek Rd) & Panda Rider (Kasaet-Nawamin rd).
Don’t worry about size with the carry on - you will be able to place it on the empty seat next to you - not too many ppl travelling around at the moment.
If you wanted to be 100% sure, call the airline and ask if you can hand carry a Motorcycle helmet.
Awesome, thank you! Do these shops sell western brands?
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Do any of the Thai airlines allow you to bring a motorcycle helmet into the cabin along with a small laptop bag?
I'm travelling to Koh Phangan and am assuming that I won't be able to acquire a proper helmet on the island? So my plan is to purchase one in Bangkok and fly with it. -
1 hour ago, shy coconut said:
The AZ Oxford vaccine will be made in Thailand for domestic and SE Asian markets.
Maybe their regulatory rules are stricter than the UK's as the vaccine passed there.
Mind you the Pfizer vaccine was ok'd in the UK a few days before anywhere else which makes
me a little nervous, especially as they have stuck the first dose into my mother already.
British regulatory and safety standards are some of the strictest and best in the world, I doubt there is much to worry about.- 1
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20 hours ago, misterjames said:
They ordered 26 million doses of the Oxford vaccine from UK but I speculate the Oxford vaccine will go to the richest people while the poor will probably get some shady Chinese one.
Oxford plan to distribute the vaccine globally at no profit, and at just £3 a shot it's very cost effective. The bottleneck for other countries will be the distribution pipeline, as the UK has the first 100 million doses on pre-order while other nations are not as well prepared.
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10 hours ago, Andreas2 said:
Please stop complaining or making fun of the Thai government as they try so hard to contain this very deadly disease, this pandemic. They just care about all of us.
According to the CDC, this is the actual Infection Fatality Ratio:- 0-19 years: 0.00003
- 20-49 years: 0.0002
- 50-69 years: 0.005
- 70+ years: 0.054
Source: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html
As I'm in the group "50-69", does this mean that 5 out 100,000 people in this segment are going to die from this super lethal disease?
I really hope, this high number - 5 - is a massive exaggeration! I'm seriously scared now.
In mentally terrible situations like this, it always helps me a lot if I go and I sit on my scooter for a little ride to relax.
Tracking devices have absolutely nothing to do with disease prevention.- 1
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Yes, there's lots of high earning nomads & expats in Thailand who have been keen to pay taxes in Thailand for years, but gov doesn't care and they end up sending $ back home.
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Meanwhile, toxic air pollution is taking years off people's lives and affects 100% of the population.
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Every multi-millionaire's dream – a work permit to teach English in Thailand.
Secondly, anyone with $1m to invest is not stupid enough to invest it into a country that has locked out foreigners for the past 6 months and could potentially separate them from their investment at a moments notice.- 4
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3 hours ago, Nout said:
Charter flights used to be very common in UK. They were organised by travel agents called bucket shops. Charter flights are much cheaper than regular flights. As is not uncommon on this forum a lot of comments are based on ignorance , hysteria and a desire to to find fault and seek failure in Thai endeavors. So to clarify. Individuals travelers to not charter a flight. An organization does so and then sell the tickets. The buyer/travelers are not part of the charter process they just buy a ticket in the normal way.
The total daily intake on the STV is ~40 people (globally) - how many of those 40 people are going to be travelling from the same destination on the same flight? 1, 2? Which organisation is going to run a chartered flight for such a low number of people? Even if they did - who's paying for it?
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1,000,000 a month ????
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2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:Dr. Thanarak is misinformed and misguided.
A safe approach is to allow ANY person from ANY nation starting tomorrow, in unlimited quantities, if they are willing to subject themselves to a 14 day quarantine and pay excessive fees for that two week sentence. There is no downside or risk, and only upside for the nation. No groveling from a local consulate should be required. That is utter nonsense. And no special health insurance either. Just another hurdle tourists will NOT jump over! A covid free letter and a booking at an approved hotel. 2 requirements. That is all that will be tolerated by tourists.
In reality if they were serious about reinvigorating long term tourism, they would subsidize the quarantine, pay for at least half of it, and then maybe some people would come. At this point, they may be sabotaging tourism long term, beyond repair. Expect a million tourists in 2021, two to three million in 2022, and beyond that?
Thailand will never, ever again see over 30 million tourists. That is in the past. Trillions of baht invested in tourism down the drain. The sooner these companies write off their Thai investments, the better.
The covid letter is a deal breaker. It's difficult to get and no guarantee of it being turned around in time. Why is anyone going to pay $1000s for over-priced flights and ASQ with the risk of being denied entry onto the flight because of a lack of test (or negative result) when they were going to be quarantined at their own expense anyway?
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Seems reasonable - I never go anywhere without travel/health insurance for my *own* benefit – especially in Thailand and driving on Thai roads. Insurance for most tourists is cheap as chips for a few weeks of cover. Even a longer annual policy is not that expensive in the UK and provides millions of £ of cover.
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As one of these people, I'd happily jump on a plane to Thailand, providing:
1. No pro-flight covid tests and paperwork – too much stress & hassle arranging all this and the there's no guarantee the test will be returned in time. There's no chance I'm shelling out £1000s for flights and ASQ at the risk of not even getting on the plane. I can hop on a plane anywhere in the EU tomorrow without any of this BS.
2. No ASQ and weekly covid-tests, although happy to self-isolated in my condo and participate in track & trace.
As much as I love Thailand and have ties there, it's just way too much hassle.- 5
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1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:
Have you ever noticed that the only people who advocate for closure, economic shutdown, keeping the borders locked down and preventing foreigners from coming into the country, are people that are collecting a full salary, with major benefits?
A message to this doctor. Keeping the country closed another 6 months will be a complete catastrophe for millions of people who are not earning the kind of money you are earning you simple minded man. You are blind. You have no compassion, only fear and timidity.
The country needs to be open tomorrow to everyone from any country, who is willing to undergo quarantine. It is zero risk for Thailand if they follow protocols, there's no need to have foreigners go to the consulate to beg for permission. Just buy a ticket get a covid test, and jump on a plane. If you are willing to pay an exorbitant amount of money to be locked up for two weeks in a hotel room. Anybody who's willing to do that should be allowed with open arms.
The panic mongers should be jailed.
The covid test is part of the issue, they are difficult to come by and there's no guarantee if getting results within the timeframe required. Most tourists will not take that risk. It's also completely pointless asking for this if people will be quarantined regardless.
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18 hours ago, Disparate Dan said:I can see where OP's coming from but I have no connection to the tourism industry and can therefore say I LIKE Thailand far better without tourists clogging the place up. Last few months have been really pleasant (except of course I can't travel anywhere else either).
Thailand needs tourists like it needs more submarines. Keep the doors shut.
Compared to almost anywhere else in the world right now, here is less authoritarian (in terms of virus crackdowns) and more easy-going. Unable to fulfil my usual travel schedule, I can't think of anywhere better to be and tourists would only spoil it (again).
What an extremely selfish attitude. Millions of Thais are out of work because of the lack of tourism, and here you are supporting their suffering because you want to have a 'really pleasant' time.
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3 hours ago, johnch99 said:
The problem with that is that it only means the person doesn't have covid at the time of the test
+ that such tests are hard to come by in that timeframe - any sane tourist won't bother with the stress of missing their flight because a test wasn't back in time.
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Wishful thinking.
For years, digital workers have been businesses from Thailand and exporting sales while the gov turn a blind eye. The smart thing to do would be cut the red tape and let them set up their business in Thailand and pay taxes, but... nope.
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48 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:It would be interesting to know what might happen if the Thai govt simply dropped all the other rules and said as follows -- ANYONE from anywhere can come to Thailand whenever they want, as long as they:
--pass a COVID test before departing
--have adequate health insurance, and
--undergo and pass 2 weeks mandatory quarantine upon arrival, period.
No more rules about only people with work permits, or only short-term tech/exhibition staff, or only those married to Thais, etc etc....
I wonder how much demand for ASQ that would really create, and could they scale up ASQ capacity enough to handle it... You'd think they could, what with all the closed up hotels around BKK currently sitting empty and employing no one.
Nothing would happen.
No-one in their right mind is going to pay for tests, visa, flights and a 60k quarantine package and risk being denied and all that money going to waste.
I love Thailand, I spend most of the year there and have a visa that would enable me to return now, but there are simply too many hoops to jump through, too much expense, stress and hassle.- 9
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Very sad news and feel for the guy but there's really no excuse for riding without a helmet and when riding high speed, he should have had full protective gear on. He has quite a few videos on his FB page of him riding recklessly taking selfies with no helmet on - seems like it was just a matter of time.
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Now is definitely not the time to be choosy over which class of tourists can visit.
Also, high end tourists will stay at big chain hotels owned by foreign companies and do little for the local economy.
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These horrendous PR releases have no consideration for the Thai people the government are supposed to represent. Almost all of my Thai friends are in terrible situations right now ad because their jobs and businesses depend on tourism and the gov. is doing everything it can to drive tourists away.
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2 minutes ago, Fallangpakwan said:
Speaking of the $100K insurance required does anyone know of an insurance company that will provide it.
I think Safety Wing do, not sure though but they used to.
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I don't think any country trying to stimulate tourism can be too choosey on which nations they allow in. People all over the world aren't exactly itching to get away on holiday to Thailand this year.
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Sell bike while not in Thailand?
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The bike is in her friends garage, along with the papers, green book.