for you it may look sad. But for people working in this business it means rice on the plate. A roof over the head. And pocket money.
I think they prefer to keep the job and agree to the closed border. Instead of risking Covid. And closures. We will see... if the new variation is less dangerous. The government will open the border again. And there is hope... see Durban some days ago
You can. But you put your Thai partner in big trouble. Because all friends and relatives will ask your partner to help out with a "loan" immediately. And "no" is no answer to such requests 🤔
Sure they have to do the same quarantine. There is no advantage if you are vaccinated. Some experts even warned from vaccinated people. Because if they get the virus. Mutations they spread are much more powerful than the original virus.
They know from tests with animals. When they tested vaccines for older SARS viruses. Now they didn't do this tests. Because it means to pass the Corona virus to healthy vaccinated humans.