On another workday in Taiwan, there were 1752 vaccine doses administered—first doses only, with the second doses on the distant horizon. Let’s roughly estimate Taiwan’s population to be 23,000,000. If they keep up this daily pace, it’ll take almost 36 years to administer the first dose to everyone…

You can pay for a shot sooner, or wait longer for the free one. I want to get vaxed ASAP (would really like to visit family back home), so I am happy to pay for the privilege of a shot next week.

it’s just a joke anyways. I don’t know how much longer Taiwan can keep it under control and it’s looking like it may lose control. Might as well get vaccinated now.

Cheers, I was thinking whether I should call next week for it, but if you’ve been told to just wait, then that’s fine. I’m guessing they are gonna see how many second jabs need doing and then get that sorted.

[image] The_Ghost: Cheers, I was thinking whether I should call next week for it, but if you’ve been told to just wait, then that’s fine. I’m guessing they are gonna see how many second jabs need doing and then get that sorted. Yeah, I guess they don’t know. From what I’ve read (IIRC), all of…

I would really like to get a shot but I have no plans to leave Taiwan until end of this year at the earliest

Just go for it. By the sounds of it, they’re gonna end up in the bin. So there’s no moral dilemna about jumping the queue. I’m not planning to go visit home until next year and got it. Figure it’s better in my arm than in a bin.

[image] Chris: You can pay for a shot sooner, or wait longer for the free one. There are no ‘free’ vaccine shots. The subsidized shots still cost like 200 TWD. Similar to visiting a doctor and getting medicine with NHI.

Yeah…given the low vaccination rate of the priority groups and more and more doses being made available for self-paid…I feel like I’ll just go ahead and try to register to get a shot next month sometime.

[image] Andrew: Still seems that a lot is going to expire. Maybe Taiwan should donate the surplus doses to India or something, if nobody is gonna use them They could open vaccinations up to more days and times. It’s so limited now I can’t fit it into my schedule.

[image] lunlan: I would really like to get a shot but I have no plans to leave Taiwan until end of this year at the earliest Yeah, maybe just get it if you want? My logic was twofold: My brother is getting married in the UK in August (originally May but they postponed). I haven’t yet decide…