…for now.
Bottom line. Whatever your choice, it’s a throw of the dice. Know the odds before you roll.
As of now, the odds favor those who vaccinate.
DutchMan is overlooking that the risk of getting infected by covid in Dutchland is about a zillion times higher than in Taiwan…
7000 new cases on a daily basis. And life continues mostly normal… but only because we managed to avoid overloading the hospitals. Outlook is good, hopefully. India cooled down a lot of “opening up” speculation these past few weeks.
I hope these reminders give Taiwan a chance to get proper vaccination going, otherwise its a virgin population waiting to get Covid, and then things go wrong quickly.
Just heard on the news CDC is saying employers must allow a day off for employees getting the vaccine.
Can anyone find info about this?
Paid or unpaid leave?
Unpaid.
I don’t get it.
So if it’s unpaid, what’s the point of mandating this leave policy?
Is it just so people won’t be fired for taking a day off?
Or lose a vacation day?
For now .
At some stage though one must travel again and you will be exposed , covid is unlikely to disappear completely. It wil become something like measles or chicken pox or a bad strain of flu that can be managed by vaccination but if no immunity in adulthood and over 50 or 60…Watch out …!!
They need to shape up with their vaccine rollout it’s a disaster so far. Singapore is already at 20% vaccinated I believe…Stupidly high risk to the population and economy with so many elderly and general popn unvaccinated. Waiting for Taiwan’s manufacturers untested population wide vaccines is the solution ? Come on…Let’s get serious.
For a guy who joined way back you don’t post much 
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I just got the first dose today at Far Eastern Hospital. There were a fair number of foreigners (none of whom will even acknowledge me) there.
Right now there’s a slight pain at the injection site and I am beginning to feel a little bit of a flu symptom…
I left the good place a while ago, but with my now adult daughters travelling in/out Taiwan I keep an eye on what is going on … and of course we are planning is to retire in Taiwan in a few years.
All the people I know who got the shot have had the same symptoms within 24 hours.
moderate to extreme lethargy / fatigue
headache
lack of appetite and some nausea
light fever
sore throat
I’m beginning to feel fatigued, and a slight chill…
I hope you feel better. I’m glad to hear you’re ok. I might just keep my appointment on Friday.
Everyone tells me: drink a lot of water. They claim it helps.
I already bought some real electrolyte drink, no Picaro Sweat not Fin, but pharmacy bought. It helps with colds, should help with this.
As the @DutchMan said, we have to weight the risks and the benefits.
Personally, I know if I get COVID, it’s curtains down.
In the old country, my risk group is getting vaccinated. Guess what they are getting? AZ.
If there was something we could do to minimize the clot risk, I am all ears. Other vaccines also have issues. Better cover our fanny the soonest, me thinks.
That was my first thought as well lol.
Although it also seems that employees can’t lose monthly attendance bonuses if they miss work because of the vaccine, so I guess that’s the main advantage?
I’ve been looking into booking an appointment and checking what times are available for self-paid shots…seems most places only have a few hours each day for Monday-Friday to administer self-paid shots and only a few on Saturday…
At least in Taichung, if I’m reading the CDC website correct, no Saturday appointments are available…welp guess I’ll go ahead and try and register and see how it goes.
Warm water! Cures everything from Covid to Cancer to Amputated toes…
Alles Klar. Did you try striking up a conversation with anyone?