Vaccine Tourism and COVID 19

Vials containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine sit on a table in preparation for vaccinations at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 4, 2021. As part of the DoD strategy for prioritizing, distributing and administering the COVID-19 vaccine, those providing direct medical care and emergency services will be prioritized to receive the vaccine at units based in Japan, including Kadena AB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Anna Nolte)

Let me make this clear, if this was happening when getting a vaccine was easy, I would have little issue with this. But at this point, we even have United States Postal Service workers who cannot get their shots. We have lost many an essential worker, that should be getting the shot now. We also have many low-income areas, where people cannot get the shot. We still have trouble finding them with ease. But while we are having all these issues with equity, we already have vaccine tourism coming into the United States.

Of course, this is not announced in American newspapers, because we are not the target of these ads. For example, according to AM, a paper from the State of Guanajuato in Mexico, Winn hotels are offering a stay in Las Vegas, for four nights and five days, which includes a vaccine.

It is not just Mexico. We have travel agencies in India doing the same exact thing, with destinations to the US, the UK, and Russia. And this is bad enough that Florida authorities seem to be cracking down on this. To be fair, these vaccine tourists seem to at least be American citizens.

Data from the Florida Department of Health revealed more than 1.1 million people have been vaccinated in the state. Out of those 1.1 million people, 39,000 reside outside of Florida.

It’s a new trend being called “vaccine tourism,” in which…