Any word on when and how foreigners can get the COVID vaccine? Thanks!

I totally understand. For every bit of hopeful news, some other stuff makes me pause… the EU botched roll out, the variants, those who refuse to get the vaccine, the CCP possibly meddling in Taiwan getting it… but even having vaccines available after only a year of the virus is a medical miracle. Th…

[image] DrewC: even having vaccines available after only a year of the virus is a medical miracle. Totally true and something important to keep in mind. That being said, I want to see my parents and brother and niece and nephew and friends in Canada! Plus I’m out of lots of the stuff I norma…

Whoa. How did I miss this? Today?? [image] Taiwan to begin administering AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Monday - Focus... Taipei, March 19 (CNA) Taiwan will start administering the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to priority groups at 57 designated hospitals across the country on Monday, th…

[image] lostinasia: That being said, I want to see my parents and brother and niece and nephew and friends in Canada! Yes, I hear you. I want my parents to see my daughter. They’re missing her entire third and fourth year of life and both are in their 70s and have health issues. …

[image] BiggusDickus: jack up with the Chinese crap if it gets me a vaccine passport. We’ve all read about Nano transmitter bullshit in Virus vaccines, if any possibly did I’d say Chinese one most likely.

[image] DrewC: Whoa. How did I miss this? [Vaccinations in Taiwan began] [t]oday?? You should have been following us over here. :grin: [image] Coronavirus vaccine in Taiwan - Feb/Mar 2021 Health & Fitness Eh, not exactly. There are too few doses so on the authorize…

[image] DrewC: If you are under 60 and healthy, then getting it before September is reaaaaally optimistic. The relevant age groupings on Taiwan’s priority list (at least so far) don’t include “under 60” as a category; the last priority group seems to be “50-64 with no preexisting conditions.” …

[image] afterspivak: The relevant age groupings on Taiwan’s priority list (at least so far) don’t include “under 60” as a category; the last priority group seems to be “50-64 with no preexisting conditions.” Um … I have a really, really specific question. Is there any birth date information l…

If the rollout in Taiwan remains slow, who knows maybe you will be deemed to be “50” by the time this last priority category has its turn. :grin: Guy

[image] afterspivak: If the rollout in Taiwan remains slow, who knows maybe you will be deemed to be “50” by the time this last priority category has its turn. I do wonder, in more dismal moments, if I’ll reach that milestone by any and all reckonings before I get the vaccine. Fortunately, ho…