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hhinner wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:49 am
According to a report on the Thai Enquirer a senior (unnamed) doctor reckons Chinese tourists vaccinated with Sinovac shouldn't be allowed into the Phuket sandbox.
Yes, I read that yesterday, which is crazy when Sinovac has been used to vaccinate/create herd immunity in Phuket.
Well isn't it the case that the use of Sinovac was a political decision taken by a floundering government to get hold of any Covid-19 vaccine, no matter its efficacy, when it saw that AZ was never going to be sufficient on its own? Not to mention the need to please the Chinese.
I doubt the medical profession was involved in the decision to use it.
hhinner wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:49 am
According to a report on the Thai Enquirer a senior (unnamed) doctor reckons Chinese tourists vaccinated with Sinovac shouldn't be allowed into the Phuket sandbox.
Yes, I read that yesterday, which is crazy when Sinovac has been used to vaccinate/create herd immunity in Phuket.
Well isn't it the case that the use of Sinovac was a political decision taken by a floundering government to get hold of any Covid-19 vaccine, no matter its efficacy, when it saw that AZ was never going to be sufficient on its own? Not to mention the need to please the Chinese.
I doubt the medical profession was involved in the decision to use it.
About 3.48 percent of the population is fully vaccinated, with 5,844,521 (+165,673) people received the first dose, while 2,303,814 (+75,966) received the second dose. At this rate, Thailand needs to administer an average of 495,027 doses per day within the next 193 days to reach the herd immunity target by year end.
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PeteC wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 1:02 pm
At this rate, Thailand needs to administer an average of 495,027 doses per day within the next 193 days to reach the herd immunity target by year end.
That 150 doses that HH hospital just received then will help ...
Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed? - Hunter S Thompson
Reducing the time between doses of AZ to 8 weeks, against the recommendations from Oxford based on studies. The protection is less than given at an interval of 12+ weeks. Studies have already shown that a single dose gives protection for at least 90 days - 12 weeks.
Reducing the gap will also mean delaying the first dose for other people. The reasoning behind the long gap in the first place, in the UK, was to get more people with at least some protection from a first dose.
Exactly. That was the primary reason for extending but further studies showed that not only did it allow more to be vaccinated, the added benefit was greater protection.
We really must stop thinking logically. It's not the Thai way!
