Have you had your COVID jabs yet?

[Sen Yai]

There has been a lot of talk about the efficacy and availability of vaccines, so I though a poll on the current vaccination status of SGT members might be interesting:

[cdnmatt]

At the rate things are going in Canada, I'll be lucky if I get a jab by year's end.

[Kenny]

Surprisingly positive results so far, vaccines are getting out there.

[goji]

Surprisingly positive results so far, vaccines are getting out there.

I suspect the vaccination results are indicative of:

1 An active membership base predominantly in countries with good availability of vaccines for people of a certain age, ie UK, US, Russia and even the EU, if compared with the rest of the world.

2 People smart enough to look at the data and ignore all the BS from the lunatic anti-vaxxers. All the evidence shows vaccination risks are orders of magnitude lower than covid risks for our age groups.

[christianpfc]

I'm in no rush to get vaccinated. Anyway, as a foreigner in Cambodia, it might take a bit longer until vaccination is available for me and I will wait for other's reports about the procedure. Being vaccinated will bring advantages in international travel, might even be a prerequisite for some airlines or countries, so I will get vaccinated at some point. Else, I would skip vaccination (I didn't get flu vaccinations and I'm not at risk of serious illness from Covid, but vary of a hastily developed and brought to the market vaccine).

[Ruthrieston]

While Thailand struggles to contain the worst wave of the pandemic we are still in complete confusion as to when we might get access to a vaccine. Some suggestions that it might be October at the earliest. This week the "Prime Minister" will talk again about allowing the private hospitals to buy stocks of the vaccine to sell. All we can do is hope they finally get their act together and make the vaccine available at some point this year.

[cdnmatt]

This week the "Prime Minister" will talk again about allowing the private hospitals to buy stocks of the vaccine to sell.

Nothing more than a PR stunt allowing the government to pass the buck. If the government as an entity is incapable of procuring vaccines, how do they expect private hospitals to be able to?

Any vaccines private hospitals will be able to get their hands on are black market that haven't passed FDA regulations. If that market does open up, I'd expect citizens being able to purchase really expensive salene in the future, but that's about it.

[StevieWonders]

Nothing more than a PR stunt allowing the government to pass the buck. If the government as an entity is incapable of procuring vaccines, how do they expect private hospitals to be able to?

Any vaccines private hospitals will be able to get their hands on are black market that haven't passed FDA regulations. If that market does open up, I'd expect citizens being able to purchase really expensive salene in the future, but that's about it.

For those who actually know what’s going on in Thailand, it’s obvious Matt’s first para is somewhat astray from the true situation. I’d suggest those interested could google the name of the Minister in charge of the vaccination rollout (Anutin) along with the acronym BFF (Best Friend Forever) but you’re more likely if outside Thailand to read it in the Twitter feed of @zenjournalist

[christianpfc]

If the government as an entity is incapable of procuring vaccines, how do they expect private hospitals to be able to?

Money, capitalism, free market? Anyway, the private hospitals are for the rich, so the numbers they need are much lower.

[AdamKY]

When the question arises about whether or not to become inoculated against the corona virus one should only seek and take advice from medical professionals. One of the last, if not the last, person I would listen to is a politician. Ideally one should consult with his primary care physician.