The Future for Travellers?

[KhaoYai 3,106]

Several travel companies and airlines have stated that they plan to introduce a requirement that customers must have been vaccinated against Covid 19. Personally, I think this will become widespread and make travel difficult for those who refuse to be vaccinated.  Its possible that this could also be introduced in other spheres.

 

The latest:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55738918

 

I said a while back that some employers would go down this path - its already started.

 

Linked in the above BBC article:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55654229

Edited January 23 by KhaoYai

[bkk6060 13,322]

Ok, great.

Certainly seems responsible and makes proper sense.

[Surelynot 9,496]

I agree....I think it will go that way.....cruises are already doing it.

 

Commercially it makes sense......I can see unbelievably stupid people who refuse to be vaccinated suing companies if they contract covid because the company didn't prevent unvaccinated people traveling.......

[KhaoYai 3,106]

4 hours ago, bwpage3 said:

I can see unbelievably stupid people who refuse to be vaccinated suing companies if they contract covid because the company didn't prevent unvaccinated people traveling.......

That is entirely possible as is the case of employers requiring vaccination.  You can imagine someone trying to hold an employer responsible for letting un-vaccinated people work - although I think it may be necessary to change employment laws.

Edited January 23 by KhaoYai

[sammieuk1 20,673]

Life is a risk I will take my much improved chance to cling onto it for as long as possible with the help of the vaccine asap reactions are rare covid is not

[sirineou 17,900]

No one is forcing someone to be vaccinated, but as with everything else in life  choices have consequences.

If someone thinks that it is dangerous to  cross the street, we get it and we are not forcing him to cross, He can stand there and wait until there are less cars coming and cross then. 

[Mike E 12]

16 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Life is a risk I will take my much improved chance to cling onto it for as long as possible with the help of the vaccine asap reactions are rare covid is not

 

Well, covid is pretty darn rare if you're here in Thailand.  Now I don't know what the percentage of bad reactions to the vaccine are but lets say they are a very small half of a percent.   If 70,000,000 people get vaccinated, that will be about 35,000 bad reactions.  Significantly higher than the 13,000 cases so far and 72 deaths.  As long as cases stay as low as they've been here, I'm perfectly happy if the government insists on vaccinating all citizens first before they decide to get around to farang.

[sammieuk1 20,673]

45 minutes ago, Mike E said:

 

Well, covid is pretty darn rare if you're here in Thailand.  Now I don't know what the percentage of bad reactions to the vaccine are but lets say they are a very small half of a percent.   If 70,000,000 people get vaccinated, that will be about 35,000 bad reactions.  Significantly higher than the 13,000 cases so far and 72 deaths.  As long as cases stay as low as they've been here, I'm perfectly happy if the government insists on vaccinating all citizens first before they decide to get around to farang.

You fell head first into the numbers trap with reliance on figures posted by the Thai government safer asking is it black or white to the colour blind 

[GinBoy2 8,343]

I think the covid 'passport' is definitely on the cards for international air travel.

 

This damn virus doesn't seem to recognize national boundaries, and especially with these new new super transmittable variants governments are going to get twitchy, especially if they have suppressed it in their country.

 

This is really no different to the mask wearing concept. I had a 'conversation' with a particularly unruly passenger last week who wouldn't obey the instructions to wear a mask.

"Sir, You have choices. Wear a mask as instructed, or drive to your destination. If not you don't travel on this aircraft and I suggest the car rental desks in the terminal"

 

That was one of many encounters I've had recently

[Joinaman 757]

46 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

You fell head first into the numbers trap with reliance on figures posted by the Thai government safer asking is it black or white to the colour blind 

ahhh, but you have fallen into the trap of not believing the Thai authorities

Do you have any facts to show they are wrong ? 

I'm not saying you are wrong, cos who the hell can believe anything the goverment says, but without any other facts to dispute their claims, we can only accept them at face value.

And as far as paperwork for travelling, Khaosan road is your friend 

[Joinaman 757]

18 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

I think the covid 'passport' is definitely on the cards for international air travel.

 

This damn virus doesn't seem to recognize national boundaries, and especially with these new new super transmittable variants governments are going to get twitchy, especially if they have suppressed it in their country.

 

This is really no different to the mask wearing concept. I had a 'conversation' with a particularly unruly passenger last week who wouldn't obey the instructions to wear a mask.

"Sir, You have choices. Wear a mask as instructed, or drive to your destination. If not you don't travel on this aircraft and I suggest the car rental desks in the terminal"

 

That was one of many encounters I've had recently

So 200 people all wear a mask to get on a plane to travel

Yet 200 people all remove their mask for up to 1 hour while eating and drinking 

does the virus know something we don't ? 

[GinBoy2 8,343]

2 minutes ago, Joinaman said:

So 200 people all wear a mask to get on a plane to travel

Yet 200 people all remove their mask for up to 1 hour while eating and drinking 

does the virus know something we don't ? 

You do recognize that most airlines have basically stopped serving food?

The best you get is a drink and a snack bag to minimize the time you aren't required to wear a mask.

 

Nothing is without risk, but the more exposure, the more risk!

[VBF 2,475]

2 hours ago, Mike E said:

 

Well, covid is pretty darn rare if you're here in Thailand.  Now I don't know what the percentage of bad reactions to the vaccine are but lets say they are a very small half of a percent.   If 70,000,000 people get vaccinated, that will be about 35,000 bad reactions.  Significantly higher than the 13,000 cases so far and 72 deaths.  As long as cases stay as low as they've been here, I'm perfectly happy if the government insists on vaccinating all citizens first before they decide to get around to farang.

But this thread is about travellers, not people currently in Thailand.

 

I'm in UK, longing to go to Thailand again - i have one problem with the vaccine - I can't get it today and need to wait my turn!

The more a country vaccinates its people, and the more evidence (hopefully) emerges to show vaccinations assist in at least  reducing transmission, the sooner countries will start to relax their restrictions.

Personally, i would love a Covid vaccine stamp to be added to all my other vaccines in my yellow book, alongside Yellow Fever, Polio, Smallpox, Tetanus etc etc

If that helped me to travel, what's not to like?

[CharlieH 29,691]

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[GinBoy2 8,343]

1 hour ago, VBF said:

But this thread is about travellers, not people currently in Thailand.

 

I'm in UK, longing to go to Thailand again - i have one problem with the vaccine - I can't get it today and need to wait my turn!

The more a country vaccinates its people, and the more evidence (hopefully) emerges to show vaccinations assist in at least  reducing transmission, the sooner countries will start to relax their restrictions.

Personally, i would love a Covid vaccine stamp to be added to all my other vaccines in my yellow book, alongside Yellow Fever, Polio, Smallpox, Tetanus etc etc

If that helped me to travel, what's not to like?

Thats where I think this is going. My wife had her first shot this week, 2nd shot in 3 weeks. Mine is scheduled for April.

I think that covid passport is inevitable