Went to Bang Sue station with 2 friends today for our second dose of Astra Zeneca, of a couple of thousand people we were the only foreigners. The organization of the whole process was very well orchestrated including a live band as well as a few types of juice, and bottled water, there was no shortage of help on hand and you had your choice of Astra or Pfizer; 45 minutes later we were headed home with a certificate of full vaccination in hand.
"In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king"
Brad the Impala (October 2nd, 2021), dab69 (October 2nd, 2021), dinagam (October 1st, 2021), francois (October 1st, 2021), Ruthrieston (October 2nd, 2021), splinter1949 (October 3rd, 2021)
Did you receive Pfizer or Astra Zeneca?
Being that my first dose was AstraZeneca I followed with the recommended 2nd dose of Astra I also ordered through a local hospital 1 dose of Moderna as a booster sometime in December.Originally Posted by francois
"In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king"
francois (October 1st, 2021), goji (October 1st, 2021), poshglasgow (October 2nd, 2021), Ruthrieston (October 2nd, 2021), splinter1949 (October 3rd, 2021)
I presume the latter is private ? Do they require proof of residency to book this ?
In the UK, the booster doses will be either Pfizer or half a dose of Moderna, given a minimum of 6 months after the second dose. By the time I'm entitled to my UK booster, I could be in Thailand.
It the Thai hospitals offer mRNA vaccines to anyone for a reasonable price, it solves that problem.
Congrats on being fully jabbed.
You may want to consider getting your booster a bit later than December. According to the experts (there's a billion of them) around 6-8 months after the second jab is recommended. Tests are still in the process of determining the best duration for the the boosters but 6 months seems to be a pretty good bet.
Also, the experts are suggesting that we don't mix vaccine types (even for the boosters), as there is not enough data yet to reach a conclusion on this. Getting a jab of Moderna, even with its slightly higher efficacy level than the AZ you received, probably wouldn't make any difference anyway. I know that I'm staying with the same vaccine during this whole roller coaster ride.
I have to wait until 30th October for my second dose of AstraZeneca at MedPark Hospital in Bangkok, then two weeks more to build immunity and then I shall finally be set free again and able to meet friends for the first time since early April. The bars might even be open again by then with any luck. I think I shall wait six months after that to get my booster shot of Moderna.
Brad the Impala (October 2nd, 2021), Dodger (October 3rd, 2021)
Not to put a dampener on that for you but if it's important to you to keep well health wise do just remember that even when fully double jabbed you can still catch Covid and suffer quite debilitating symptoms for quite a few weeks.
I personally know over 10 friends who all found themselves in that position and each one reported feeling awful for the 2 or 3 week period after catching it. The plus point (and reason for getting vaccinated in the first place of course) was that thankfully none of them needed intubated in hospital and none died, so ultimately the vaccine worked - but do perhaps be aware of that risk of still catching it when travelling back out in the world again and still take as many sensible precautions re reducing close physical contact and the wearing of a mask etc as you can perhaps to limit the chance of that happening.
I should add that most of my friends who picked that up DIDNT do that last part and decided to go to busy concerts and packed gigs etc and it really showed how silly that perhaps was when there was still a lot of Covid floating about out there.
AdamKY (October 3rd, 2021), catawampuscat (October 3rd, 2021), Dodger (October 3rd, 2021), francois (October 3rd, 2021)
If you don't mind me asking, which vaccine & where are they on the risk scale, considering age, mass, health etc ?
Out of the couple who I know who had covid after the vaccine, well one didn't know he had it except for the test. Another couple were very mildly ill.
I'm slightly miffed at not being in line to get my mRNA booster until mid-Dec, when I would already hope to be in Thailand.
I'd prefer to have that before going or soon after arrival, then party hard.
This won't stop me having a holiday, but I shall need to consider tactics to get a booster.
In the UK Covid is rattling through the vaccinated population. There's not a lot of evidence that any of the vaccines get in the way of Delta to any great extent, but they do greatly diminish the impact on the individual.
One good friend is currently enduring a slow recovery from Covid, unusual as everyone else I know who's had it recently has been knocked sideways for a couple of days and then quickly recovered.
Lo and behold, despite being type 1 diabetic and age 53, he's not been vaccinated, as his wife it turns out, is a passionate anti-vaxxer - for anything..
So he's suffering the full Monty..
Careful now, you might end up being accused being "dangerous" by passing on totally accurate information like that it seems !And yes it was surprising at first that covid as you said seemed to be rattling around even more than previously this last while and more people I know were catching it, but I guessing once you factor in places and venues reopening again and other measures such s mask wearing etc being reduced that's only to be expected. Which was of course the whole point of my original post in saying we should be aware of that still and weigh up the risks and time off work required etc should we pick it up and balance that risk when choosing where to go, what to do and who we mix with etc.
Yep most of my friends / workmates seemed to get hit for the first 3 / 5 days at the start and then eased from there, but that seemed to vary quite a lot, some from the next week they were getting close to fine again and the others it took up to a full 3 weeks before they started to feel totally clear of it. The weird thing was it was the exact reverse of the people I expected drama queen wise who reported feeling sick longer etc which lead me to believe they were telling the truth about how crap they were feeling, plus I could hear it in their voice. Also a few of those people are people who wouldn't stay home at the weekends instead of going to the pub etc even if their house was on fire but stay home they DID and for the 3 whole weekends weeks and that NEVER happens and equally even when home they didn't have as much as a glass of wine over that period so I knew then that they just have felt bad as that is never their norm !
I just can't understand someone's logic in that position, especially when them not vaccinated "as their wife or partner is very against it etc". I think I'd be saying "ok thats up to you love, but I"M getting it NOW rather than risking dying NOW and I'll take my chances re growing that third arm ( or whatever it is they seem worried about happening) later perhaps!
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