Well, I guess the tests will have to be complete soon, since Thailand will begin using this vaccine early next year.
Well, I guess the tests will have to be complete soon, since Thailand will begin using this vaccine early next year.
The Astra Zeneca CEO said the earliest time at which results might be submitted could be the end of October.Originally Posted by Dodger
Furthermore, there are references to 400 million doses being ready at the end of the year.
Kenny (October 11th, 2020)
I currently rate my chances of returning to Thailand by Christmas 2021 at 80%. Returning by next summer at 60% and returning by Easter/Songkran at 30%. All based on the hope of a vaccine and a welcome from the Thai government for vaccinated tourists.
I am not really worried about bars and venues closing during the crisis. They will open again in some form.
Pattaya does not exist so much on supply and demand as "You demand, we supply."
Not so much If you build it they will come , more If you cum, we will build it.
When we return in numbers as part of some new normal, Pattaya will return too.
In a strange way we are Pattaya.
I think that Thailand will welcome visitors as soon as they have had a vaccination.
But they will have to lose their ridiculous insurance and quarantine requirements.
Dodger (October 13th, 2020)
Kenny, I think your odds are pretty well reasoned. I would assess them similarly. It is a bit harrowing to point out however that, according to your odds, there is still a 20% we won't even be back by next Christmas. But yes I think your projections are spot on.
As for the second part of our enjoyable analysis, I also generally agree with your assessment, depending on who the "we" is. If "we" is us over-age Westerners then I would not agree. If however there is a new wave of gay 30-somethings and 40-somethings then I would be very optimistic about the future of Pattaya.
One more point, I think the "New Pattaya" in any case will be very different from our nostalgic reminisces. I think the "New Pattaya" will be even more technologically enabled (the "apps" that we know today are still very crude IMHO) and most of the visible sleaze will have been erased (for all the reasons which have been discussed on this forum). The reason I am optimistic is that Thais in general are fun loving, much more relaxed about sex than the rest of the "Victorian" world, and also strangely entrepreneurial.
Here's an idea for a new (5G-enabled?) app -- you turn it on and whenever there is another "brother of certain characteristics" within range the app alerts you. Then the next phase is to discreetly signal level of interest in each other (MB or otherwise). Well,cum to think about it, maybe this method has no better chance of yielding satisfying results than a simple smile, huh.
Kenny (October 14th, 2020)
Following a suggestion from a member, via the red triangle system, the posts unrelated to finding a vaccine and discussing the merits of bars v apps have been removed from this thread and given their own topic with the title, Go-go bars v apps.
To continue the discussion about this new topic please follow the link below:
https://sawatdeenetwork.com/v4/showt...ars-v-the-apps
Remember: Coughs and sneezes spread diseases
Moses (October 15th, 2020)
Whenever Thailand gets the vaccine, the Bank of Thailand does not expect tourism to recover until the end of next year seems to be the inference of this report -
https://uk.reuters.com/article/thail...-idUKL4N2H519O
I would bet that as soon as a trusted vaccine is introduced, Thai authorities will welcome vaccinated with open arms.
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