Are we near to having a vaccine and returning to Thailand?

The two are really not the same thing.

Even if the first vaccines appear before Christmas, it will take ages to mass produce and distribute them.

And, according to all I've read, they're unlikely to be 100% effective anyway (few vaccines are).

So the crisis will continue for the foreseeable future. I think the hope is that with multiple vaccines, and improving treatments, that can reduce the severity of the overall pandemic to a manageable level.

Maybe some time in 22 I'll be able to go frolicking around Asia again. Maybe. It might be expensive and unpleasant though

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Originally Posted by Nirish guy

I think the news on muliple platforms today that Immunity to Covid may in fact not last as long as they might have hoped ( i.e a few months just perhaps) is maybe more worrying.

That of course then means that even those who have had Covid before could then catch it again in another few months time again so repeating the whole (re)infection process, so without some form of a vaccine this would suggest that this thing could just keep running on for quite some time to come then ? :-(

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-10-26/...me-study-finds

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Not necessarily there are more parts to the immune system than antibody levels.
https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/20...fected%20calls.

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Originally Posted by Old git

"In fact the points that Armando made completely undermined your whole assumption"

If they were facts, they would have done, but he was only reporting a theory that is a very long way from being proven, and stumbles under scrutiny.

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What do you mean - if they were facts? They were facts as produced by the WHO. If you doubt them, here is the link -

https://www.who.int/csr/sars/country...08_15.pdf?ua=1

At least I post a link, You merely make vague assumptions based on nothing more than what you might or might not have read somewhere. As Brad the Impala pointed out above, we await your evidence.

...based on what I've read here I'm starting to believe that Trump may be on the right path with injectable janola and all...

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Originally Posted by latintopxxx

...based on what I've read here I'm starting to believe that Trump may be on the right path with injectable janola and all...

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Get on to your share account quick there and be ready to buy buy buy as apparentlyTrump is about to suggest his next guaranteed to work "therapeutic" idea .... :-)
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Brazil will let you in if you have already HAD CoVid-19?

Now if TH would adopt that I would almost be that desperate.

charles, trump, bolsanaro, boris...all got it...and are all fine...suspect its all a commie plot to keep us the masses cowed and obedient...

As always, Latin must be dead right. Just one question; have the four characters he named, something in common? Clue; $.

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Originally Posted by dab69

Brazil will let you in if you have already HAD CoVid-19?

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Brazil lets us in whether or not we have had Covid-19.
However, anyone who has already had Covid-19 is likely to have T-cells ready to deal with any further infections. So they are probably at lower risk (non-expert assessment).
[If you intend to leave the UK in November, you will also need to depart before Thursday]

As for the vaccine:

1 The UK regulator has apparently started a rolling review of the Oxford vaccine data.

2 One of the newspapers said Astra Zeneca intended to review the vaccine data after 75 infections. With 10,000 UK people in the trial and a current infection rate of near 1%, they really ought to be close to 75 if not past it. That's without even considering additional trials in Brazil, South Africa etc.
This is a slightly illogical target as well, as the better the vaccine, the longer they wait before reviewing the data. If the vaccine were perfect, all of the infections would be in the placebo group (5000) and none in the vaccine group (5000).

When the vaccine is available,,and one gets the injection..will/do they give some letter or certificate proving you ACTUALLY got the shot??? Otherwise
you cannot enter many countries as just saying "I got it" will not do