Rants, Stupid Shit and Coronavirus in Thailand

[GentileBear]

Glad to hear the Thai Pass is no longer. I just found what appears to be a recent Youtube video that explains a 6-8 step process to getting the QR code. Of particular concern to me was paid lodging reservations that could be confirmed for one's first 7 days, or so in the Kingdom. I dislike those commitments; prefering to only make 2-3 days in BKK upon arrival before I move on. This time, I am considering a trip to Koh Chang with a stopover in Pattaya going down and back.

Yeah that is old news. Over and out. I also forgot to mention you won't be testing for Covid anyway unless you choose to. You are good. All the Covid stuff is over with the exception of masks but they are not mandatory and like you know. Asian's wear those masks a lot anyways.

[LookingToSwing4]

NO. You don't need any Covid tests or Insurance. There is no more Thai Pass. If you test positive you will buy treatment but there is no more "Prison. ".

This info is easily verified. Plus you got vaxed so you are 100% good.

Glad to hear the Thai Pass is no longer. I just found what appears to be a recent Youtube video that explains a 6-8 step process to getting the QR code. Of particular concern to me was paid lodging reservations that could be confirmed for one's first 7 days, or so in the Kingdom. I dislike those commitments; prefering to only make 2-3 days in BKK upon arrival before I move on. This time, I am considering a trip to Koh Chang with a stopover in Pattaya going down and back.

[GentileBear]

COVID 19 Q's.

NO. You don't need any Covid tests or Insurance. There is no more Thai Pass. If you test positive you will buy treatment but there is no more "Prison. ".

This info is easily verified. Plus you got vaxed so you are 100% good.

[LookingToSwing4]

I am an experienced traveler to Thailand (10+ trips) and considering a return in February 2023. I have not left the states since 2020 because Covid travel rules were often complicated and confusing. But I am still confused by what is written and discussed (here and other sites) about recent potential travel related issues. So I thought I would see if I could get a response to my specific questions without a Rtff response, which I have! I am sure the information will be useful to many others given the most recent post on the matter was June of 2022. If you'd rather reply via private message, please do!

1. I see, since June 2022, that a test or vaccination proof is not required to enter the Kingdom. But I am unclear if insurance is required should you get Covid in Thailand and be forced to stay or become hospitalized. Is medical insurance (trip specific or otherwise) required? I am fully vaccinated and boosted and will seek another booster before I would go.

2. Is this insurance where the Thailand pass comes in? Never had to apply for a Thai Pass for any trip before.

3. If you contract Covid and test positive in Thailand, do you quarantine in hotels selected by the Thai Govt or are you just required to quarantine somewhere at your own expense?

4. If you have to quarantine and miss your flight home, do the airlines generally waive associated change fees?

5. Less concerned about traveling back home, but recent experiences getting back into the states would be most welcome. Especially if testing prior to return flight is required and / or wise. From what I read, it is no longer required for citizens upon return after June 12,2022, but I would assume having my vaccination Record Card would be wise.

Thanks in advance.

[Buksida1]

Hahahaha.

Your massage girl sure would enjoy it.

Seeing she normally accepts 1000฿ all up for FS.

Your easy request and higher payment rate is an easy cum for her.

Mr. Thai good times.

Did I say that I had FS with her? Or has she been done 3 or 4 times already and just waiting for you to be the 5th of the day with no shower? Perhaps that is what you like by saving $10.

Hahahaha yourself!

[ThaiGoodTimes]

Bintabaht was heaving last night with all bars open. Music, lots of customers and many girls. Some aunties and grannies but there were quite a few younger good lookers. Also a few obvious chicks with dicks. The younger ones are not aggressive and you need to get past the older sisters to find the gems. Panama bar, Kings bar were packed. You turn bar had 2 lovelies. Bar fine is 300 baht.

At the end of Soi Poonsuk are numerous full service massage shops. Also half a dozen or so on Soi 57. I have a favorite lady that enjoys me cumming in her mouth for 1,000 baht and 300 baht to the shop.

Hahahaha.

Your massage girl sure would enjoy it.

Seeing she normally accepts 1000฿ all up for FS.

Your easy request and higher payment rate is an easy cum for her.

[Bunky]

According to the Washington Post, starting in 34 hours the USA requirement for pre-return COVID testing is eliminated.

International travelers will no longer need to show proof of a negative coronavirus test before boarding flights to the United States, federal health officials announced Friday, ending one of the nation's last pandemic-related travel requirements.

The requirement will end at 12:01 am (Washington D.C. time) Sunday (June 12).

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said science and data show the requirement is no longer necessary.

"CDC has determined that travelers have access to tools (e. G. , vaccines, therapeutics, and recommended prevention measures) and guidance that allow travelers to make informed choices about the use of pre-departure testing and other prevention measures," the order read.

The agency said it continues to recommend that individuals test before and after travel and after any known exposure to a person with covid-19.

The CDC will reassess the decision in 90 days and would reinstate the requirement if necessary.

[TConor]

According to the Washington Post, starting in 34 hours the USA requirement for pre-return COVID testing is eliminated. The link might be for Post subscribers only.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/06/10/covid-testing-requirement-ends/

About time. Now we just need Thailand to wake up and drop the Thai Pass.

[HorseTrader]

According to the Washington Post, starting in 34 hours the USA requirement for pre-return COVID testing is eliminated. The link might be for Post subscribers only.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/06/10/covid-testing-requirement-ends/

[MamaGuevos]

I may be inconsiderate, stupid, or just uneducated

The scientists who report the studies aren't making this shit up. Why would they?

The experience of one "uneducated" mongerer and his drinking buddies isn't as useful as the results of multiple clinical trials involving 40-60,000 people. The CDC data base is extensive, and vaccines, masks and drugs have all been studied. It is no secret what works and what doesn't. Of course, rolling the dice is exciting and often pays off (I once made a fortune in the casino at the Jaragua Hotel-but I usually lose money there). In the case of COVID, with "only" a 2-3% overall death rate in the unvaccinated / untreated, the odds of escaping the big reaper aren't terrible, and Mr E may fall into the lucky group. I prefer to enhance my odds of surviving by being vaccinated and receiving antiviral medications (if the disease breaks through the vaccines).

[EihTooms]

I know a few fellow punters whose main strategy for getting BBBF+CIP with the girls is to work on the reality of their general unattractiveness and present themselves as shy losers in the sexual arena at home and abroad, that they just arrived in Thailand, it's been a very long time since they got laid in their home country, not sure how things work around here, gee it would be great and so lucky if they found a beautiful lady like you I could see while I am here, blah blah blah.

The girl might and often does conclude, yep, he is damn unattractive, probably has not had sex with anyone in a long time (therefore little or no chance of having HIV or any other STI) and certainly not with a girl as young and hot as me and if I rock his world in bed like he has likely never experienced I will be his go-to girl throughout his entire stay. Besides, she might conclude, not many other girls would agree to have any kind of sex with this troll much less Real Sex but I am special and can deal with it.

Therefore, his being seen trotting around multiple girls from that and other nearby bars tends to contradict that little scenario strategy. Who knows what the first and subsequent bare back girls will say to everyone else about his "unfortunate but sexually safe" profile once they realize they've been fooled.

Those are the guys I know who are terrified to be seen by previous ladies with other ladies and would never take another girl from the same bar..

I meant to type BBFS+CIP of course.

[EihTooms]

Yeah it's ridiculous.

I always tell them that I usually only take the same girl once, which is usually true, and might come back for the other girls in bar. If they get a bad attitude I just pay my check bin and move onto another bar.

I know a few fellow punters whose main strategy for getting BBBF+CIP with the girls is to work on the reality of their general unattractiveness and present themselves as shy losers in the sexual arena at home and abroad, that they just arrived in Thailand, it's been a very long time since they got laid in their home country, not sure how things work around here, gee it would be great and so lucky if they found a beautiful lady like you I could see while I am here, blah blah blah.

The girl might and often does conclude, yep, he is damn unattractive, probably has not had sex with anyone in a long time (therefore little or no chance of having HIV or any other STI) and certainly not with a girl as young and hot as me and if I rock his world in bed like he has likely never experienced I will be his go-to girl throughout his entire stay. Besides, she might conclude, not many other girls would agree to have any kind of sex with this troll much less Real Sex but I am special and can deal with it.

Therefore, his being seen trotting around multiple girls from that and other nearby bars tends to contradict that little scenario strategy. Who knows what the first and subsequent bare back girls will say to everyone else about his "unfortunate but sexually safe" profile once they realize they've been fooled.

Those are the guys I know who are terrified to be seen by previous ladies with other ladies and would never take another girl from the same bar.

The funny part is the guys who can and do get away with presenting themselves that way and have the looks to make it believable get more BBFS+CIP with more new and different girls in two weeks than I do in 6 months! LOL. So any girls who think fucking guys like that is in any way safer for them in terms of risk of disease could not be more wrong.

[TConor]

Except I disagree. That is not it. I may be inconsiderate, stupid, or just uneducated, but I have had experience.

While me and other friends and family members have been stomping all over South and Central America and the Caribbean with no vaccine and no masks and as of late been on planes all around the USA with no vaccine and no mask and have not contracted any virus, I have had other fully vaccinated friends and family members that barely left the house and got the disease. Most said it was the worst 2 weeks of their life although they were not hospitalized.

And what exactly is the treatment for someone that is hospitalized? Last I heard was when they were only sticking tubes down the patients' throats and most of them did not make it home from that anyway.

So let's hope you and your friends continue to beat the odds, but when the wheel turns to "oo" , let's hope God or if you are here, Buddha has mercy on why'all.

Oh, and the Pfizer pill is a treatment BEFORE you get into a hospital. The pill is Paxlovid:

Pfizer said safety data in the trial was consistent with previous studies, which had shown the pills to be nearly 90% effective at preventing hospitalization or death in COVID patients at high risk of severe illness when taken for five days shortly after symptom onset.

[Mr Enternational]

That said, the difference in the way the two groups should be treated is maybe have the unvaccinated have a higher insurance coverage than the vaccinated, since they are more likely to spend more time in the hospital. But that is it.

The unvaccinated also have a greater chance of getting the virus and anyone getting it (even the break through cases) have a chance to spread it. So they need to be treated as the they are, inconsiderate or stupid, or just uneducated. The exceptions are for medical reasons, I mean exception for not being inconsiderate or stupid, or just uneducated.

Except I disagree. That is not it. I may be inconsiderate, stupid, or just uneducated, but I have had experience.

While me and other friends and family members have been stomping all over South and Central America and the Caribbean with no vaccine and no masks and as of late been on planes all around the USA with no vaccine and no mask and have not contracted any virus, I have had other fully vaccinated friends and family members that barely left the house and got the disease. Most said it was the worst 2 weeks of their life although they were not hospitalized.

And what exactly is the treatment for someone that is hospitalized? Last I heard was when they were only sticking tubes down the patients' throats and most of them did not make it home from that anyway.

[AggieDad1]

The unvaccinated also have a greater chance of getting the virus and anyone getting it (even the break through cases) have a chance to spread it. So they need to be treated as the they are, inconsiderate or stupid, or just uneducated. The exceptions are for medical reasons, I mean exception for not being inconsiderate or stupid, or just uneducated.

In most cases I would agree with you. But we are talking about Thailand, which is still having 10 to 20 thousand new cases a day. Considering reported cases are only a small percentage of actual cases (lots of asymptomatic cases with omichron), the major concern is not unvaccinated tourist adding to the spread, but the unvaccinated getting sick and ending up in the hospital. Anyone coming to Thailand at this time needs to be aware that the virus is still very active in Thailand. Even the vaccinated is taking a risk. That said, I will be there May 3rd with a bag full of masks looking for a good time. LOL.