Vaccines - Covid 19

[Big Boy]

This is the one I was thinking of https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... -jabs-loom

[Edit].........and reading it again, it does mention vaccine as well

[PeteC]

[hhinner]

In one of those articles earlier today there was reference to 2,000 Baht per dose from the private hospitals regardless of what vaccine they offer. I'll quote it if I see it again.

I saw that. That's probably OK for Pfizer because of the special handling requirements but all others should be cheaper. Isn't the J & J vaccine supposed to be at cost like AZ?

[hhinner]

This vaccine procurement is a fiasco and is a failure of planning and procurement by the Thai government.

I have my doubts that private companies will be able to buy vaccines in the short term anyway, only government agencies. And if a Thai government agency like the GPO, for example, procures vaccines and supplies them to private hospitals for profit then my opinion is that that would be a moral and ethical failure of the highest level. Nevermind any corruption that would be inevitably involved.

[hhinner]

^^ The silver lining could be the downfall of prayut and his cronies.

[PeteC]

U.S. pauses use of J&J COVID-19 vaccine over rare blood clots, rollout delayed in Europe

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-heal ... SKBN2C01BC

(Reuters) - U.S. federal health agencies on Tuesday recommended pausing the use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine for at least a few days after six women under age 50 developed rare blood clots after receiving the shot, dealing a fresh setback to efforts to tackle the pandemic.

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) said it would delay rollout of the vaccine to Europe, a week after regulators there said they were reviewing rare blood clots in four recipients of the shot in the United States.

Acting U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Janet Woodcock said the agency expected the pause to be a matter of days, and was aimed at providing information to healthcare providers on how to diagnose and treat the clots.... (Continued at link)

[buksida]

Anutin puts his faith in Chinese vaccines
Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has defended the quality of the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine following reports that Chinese-made vaccines "don't have very high protection rates".

The minister said on Facebook that the issues surrounding Covid-19 vaccines from China had caused much confusion in the last few days and some politicians were exploiting it.

"[Thai] politicians with no vaccine knowledge have exaggerated foreign news and claimed the AstraZeneca and Sinovac vaccines that the government has purchased are not effective.

"Both vaccines were approved by the World Health Organization for use and many countries have already used them," he said.

Concern was raised over the efficacy of China's Covid-19 vaccines after a senior Chinese health official acknowledged the level of protection they provide was not high, before backtracking on the comments.

George Fu Gao, head of the Chinese Center for Disease Prevention and Control, told a forum that something needed to be done to address the low protection levels of Chinese shots, according to local news outlet The Paper.

Mr Gao has since told China's Global Times newspaper that his remarks were misinterpreted and were only meant to suggest ways to improve the efficacy of vaccines.

Mr Anutin said on Tuesday that the misleading information about the Sinovac vaccine might derail the country's vaccination drive, which is expected to be completed by the end of this year.

People were free to choose to believe experts or politicians who know nothing, he said.

The ministry on Tuesday declared the Sinovac vaccine was 100% effective in preventing severe cases of Covid-19.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... e-vaccines

The guy with absolutely no medical qualifications whatsoever speaks up - I wonder how much he made out of the deal ...

[HHTel]

Sinovac is 'approved for emergency use' in:

Albania, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Paraguay, Philippines, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Zimbabwe

WHO/SAGE require 50% efficacy to 'approve' a vaccine. Sinovac scored 50.4% depending upon various trials.

People were free to choose to believe experts or politicians who know nothing, he said.

Coming from a guy with zero medical qualifications and is unfit to give any relevant opinion.

[handdrummer]

Sinovac is 'approved for emergency use' in:

Albania, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Paraguay, Philippines, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Zimbabwe

WHO/SAGE require 50% efficacy to 'approve' a vaccine. Sinovac scored 50.4% depending upon various trials.

People were free to choose to believe experts or politicians who know nothing, he said.

Coming from a guy with zero medical qualifications and is unfit to give any relevant opinion.

But he did save his ass from prison or worse.

[Big Boy]

General public can register for vaccinations starting May 1

https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30404871

[joelle]

General public can register for vaccinations starting May 1

https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30404871

Would this be for expats too or only Thai citizens?

[HHTel]

What I find strange is the order of vaccinations. High risk groups - i.e. hospital workers (front line) and the like is understandable. However, certainly in Bangkae and Nongkaam, under 60's will be vaccinated first!
My mother-in-law and several of her friends in both places, have been told that over 60's will be vaccinated after the under 60's.

That doesn't make sense, unless in the Buddhist belief is that they will die anyway so protect the younger ones first!

[hhinner]

^^ Probably because under 60s get Sinovac and over 60s get AZ. And they expect Sinovac to be available first. HHH is registering over 60s and saying they'll start vaccination in June.

[GroveHillWanderer]

HHH is registering over 60s and saying they'll start vaccination in June.

My wife was told the same thing when she registered - she can expect to get her first vaccination in June.

[benmo]

Can foreigners register