"In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king"
They must all know something the rest of us dont then re when a vaccine will be available ......
This won’t help those of us trapped outside Thailand!
You would imagine that IF and when a vaccine becomes available, both in the UK and in Thailand ( at the same time according to the article) that the obvious thing for (all) Governments to do would be to agree on some form of "vaccine passport" showing you'd already received the vaccine in your own Country and so were safe and able to travel.
Mind you even IF the vaccine comes out as planned it's sounding very unlikely that that will be early in the new year before us of the great unwashed are offered it.
There are plenty of “informed sources” now saying that not only will there be a priority queue but the manufacturing constraints of producing sufficient doses together with the logistical constraints of distribution mean that it’s unlikely those great unwashed will be vaccinated in 2021 at all.Originally Posted by Nirish guy
However - assuming a vaccine is proven both safe and effective - “vulnerable” people ie. old farts like most of us SGT members will be in the priority queue. The other manufacturing/distribution challenge will be whether a second, booster shot is required shortly after the first vaccination.
On the “safe and effective” front one of the things being downplayed is the side effects experienced by some of the trial vaccine participants, especially similarities to strong reactions to the annual ‘flu shot. It was announced recently that the Australian government has indemnified the drug companies against unspecified “unforeseen circumstances” of vaccination.
You can bet your bottom dollar that the Thais will invent some longwinded, convoluted, bureaucratic, nonsensical, paperwork requirement prior to accepting your “vaccine passport”.
It all been seen already...
I used to think the only thing the Thai military were any good at was shooting their own civilian population but latterly they have added a new skill - shooting themselves in the foot. AFAIK Thailand is the only country so reliant on mass tourism that’s attempting to make medical travel insurance mandatory. It’s an interesting concept given that the moment this coronavirus was declared a pandemic most insurance companies voided their policies for anything related to COVID-19.
The Oxford Vaccine failed trials in early September when volunteers became ill after taking the vaccine. Phase 3 testing has just started...could take months...could take years...may, or may not, even get approved.
Thailand's "hype" regarding the availably of this vaccine in early 2021 is just that... "hype".
There are 1,102 participants in the trial and ONE became ill this triggered the shutdown of the trial, it was a woman in the UK who experienced neurological symptoms consistent with transverse myelitis. Since the trial has restarted.
catawampuscat (October 12th, 2020), francois (October 10th, 2020)
Your numbers are a little low. There are just over 10,000 participants in the UK phase 3 trial, of which about 50% get the vaccine and 50% get a placebo. The same vaccine is also undergoing trials in Brazil, South Africa and the US, although I'm not sure if the US has restarted the trial. I think India was also going to arrange a trial.
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