Today's WSJ has an article entitled as above. It states that the U.S. government has no plan to provide vaccinations to Americans who don't reside in the U.S.
Wayne, in that you are, to my knowledge the only poster who resides outside the U.S., i.e. Costa Rica. I am curious of the policy of Cost Rica towards its non-citizens. I have no interest in knowing whether you have been vaccinated or not. Rather what has been the experience of a U.S. citizen living abroad.
IIRC, Wayne was vaccinated in Costa Rica. I suspect Americans living abroad have two options, wait and get vaccinated in their host country or fly home if they can. Be great if US embassies and consulates held vaccine clinics for Americans abroad.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
Yes, my wife and I were vaccinated here in Costa Rica because we have applied for residency. Some U.S. citizens are flying back to the U.S. to get vaccinated and some are waiting until CR possibly opens its vaccination program to all.
"Non-citizens" are usually here on a 90-day tourist visa and are therefore considered tourists.
Read an article yesterday about vaccine tourism. People from all over the world are flying to the US to get inoculated, but the majority of passengers are from Latin America. New York and Alaska are even promoting this. Demand is so high that airlines are raising ticket prices. American hotels should love this, if these wealthy Latinos get the two dose vaccines, it is at least a three week stay at their complexes. Plus if they have lockdowns and masks back home, America has no masks and open restaurants and bars.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
