[QUOTE=goji;286079 But I won't be taking any COVID test that will have the result shared with the authorities. I'm not being sent to a quarantine hospital.
On that topic, there was an article in the Bangkok post today, saying Phuket has assigned about 500 rooms in quarantine hotels, as tourists are refusing to go to quarantine hospitals and refusing to pay the hospital deposit.
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Link to that article in the Bangkok Post. https://www.bangkokpost.com/business...uest-isolation
I bought several tests online from Lazada and happily have tested negative, I take a screenshot of the test result with the date and time of the test and keep it on my phone as this is adequate proof for 72 hours as I too am leery of using the 3 official test sites. I enjoy dining out but frankly I have seen little or no enforcement of the required test of customers. I spend no time in the Complex and doubt if every bar/restaurant is following testing protocol.
"In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king"
daydreamer (January 6th, 2022), goji (January 5th, 2022)
Theoretically, I believe we are either supposed to test on the premises that we visit or use the official test centres, where they firstly take details off our ID cards.
Photographing a test proves nothing as I could photograph the same test result every day.
In the above left corner is the date and time of the of the result pic.Originally Posted by goji
"In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king"
That's the best plan I've heard yet.
I'll be connecting to Lazada tomorrow to do the same thing.
Great tip!
I Thai friend told me if you have a Thai iD you can go to 7/11 and buy a kit for 49baht of course if there are any left.
"In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king"
Dodger (January 5th, 2022)
That proves when the photo was taken (if we overlook the possibility of editing file properties).
How does it prove when the test was taken or who took the test ?
I’m sorry but that proves nothing.
You could have taken a pic of any test..maybe the test was taken weeks ago.
Anyway the good news is that in JC tests and signing in are available. They are being “sensible” about it.
daydreamer (January 6th, 2022)
Under the new mandate it is perfectly exceptable as for JC you say they are available, that’s nice but are the being used or are a few prominently on display should there be a raid?
"In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king"
Dodger (January 6th, 2022)
Does it really have to? From what I'm hearing, very few venues have been asking for test results in the first place and the ones that do want to see test results have been accepting whatever they are shown.
The only way I know of to prove the results would be to do the test right there at the venue with a staff member witnessing you do it. Even then, you could be keeping one in a pocket that shows a negative result and you can do a switch if the one you do at the venue results in a false positive.
However, if the test does result positive and you can't be sure whether you are truly positive or not, I'd say to get to a doctor and find out. If you legitimately are ill and need to be quarantined, I'd say to do it for your own good. I take Omicron or any other variant seriously and I'm not going to play games. If you do have to be quarantined, it may not be so bad or so expensive. My understanding is unless your symptoms are severe, they are letting people self-quarantine at home.
Of course, if you are in Thailand for a holiday and test positive, that could be a completely different story. If you are not already staying in one, you might have to move to a "hospitel".
I am among those who think having to do the test just to in a restaurant is absurd and overkill. But doing the test on your own every so often - to me that's a good idea.
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