cost for covid vaccine

[jollyroger]

Hi
I'd like to clarify a few things...
I have a Doctor friend (unemployed)- I want to buy the COVID vaccine for her.
She advised me that it is not free for medical personel, nor for anyone. Is this true??

I had heard it costs around 4000 peso's, could anyone tell me what it actually costs without insurance?

thx

 

[windeguy]

I am going to make a guess it will be free for many people.

I am going to make another guess we will know more in a couple of months.

 

[drstock]

As far as I know the vaccine is not available for anyone in the DR yet, so its price is pretty much a moot point.

 

[windeguy]

As far as I know the vaccine is not available for anyone in the DR yet, so its price is pretty much a moot point.

10 million doses in March of the Astra Zeneca vaccine was the latest info I have seen.

(The UK has made a decision to allow for mixing and matching vaccines, if you have dose 1 from company A, now you can get dose 2 from company B).

 

[Big]

Hi
I'd like to clarify a few things...
I have a Doctor friend (unemployed)- I want to buy the COVID vaccine for her.
She advised me that it is not free for medical personel, nor for anyone. Is this true??

I had heard it costs around 4000 peso's, could anyone tell me what it actually costs without insurance?

thx

an unemployed medical Doctor, interesting!

 

[rogerjac]

Hi
I'd like to clarify a few things...
I have a Doctor friend (unemployed)- I want to buy the COVID vaccine for her.
She advised me that it is not free for medical personel, nor for anyone. Is this true??

I had heard it costs around 4000 peso's, could anyone tell me what it actually costs without insurance?

thx

I heard about that scam. I think it happened in Canada. You send the money and they send you nothing. Beware

 

[zoomzx11]

10 million doses in March of the Astra Zeneca vaccine was the latest info I have seen.

(The UK has made a decision to allow for mixing and matching vaccines, if you have dose 1 from company A, now you can get dose 2 from company B).

And the US said it will not follow that path or even go along with extending the time between the first and second injection.
March just to determine the price seems like a long time.
Days equals deaths, illness and a closed economy.
One would think that getting some vaccine into the arms of the population would be a number one priority.

 

[zoomzx11]

an unemployed medical Doctor, interesting!

OP does not say MEDICAL doctor.
Could be a doctorate in anything.

Adding words shows your bias.
Some folks are intentionally unemployed, maybe disabled, who knows and its not important to the ops point.

 

[jollyroger]

OP does not say MEDICAL doctor.
Could be a doctorate in anything.

Adding words shows your bias.
Some folks are intentionally unemployed, maybe disabled, who knows and its not important to the ops point.

I can see you are a critical thinker, a quality I appreciate!!

 

[Big]

OP does not say MEDICAL doctor.
Could be a doctorate in anything.

Adding words shows your bias.
Some folks are intentionally unemployed, maybe disabled, who knows and its not important to the ops point.

Well we all know you are definitely not a PhD in anything other than bloviation. He mislead by stating "Doctor" instead of PhD. Educated people recognize these details. Like the time you attempted to pass yourself off as a ballistic expert and used the term "clip" instead of magazine. So entertaining! He also stated she was a medical person. Oh the fiction posts!

 

[bob saunders]

Hi
I'd like to clarify a few things...
I have a Doctor friend (unemployed)- I want to buy the COVID vaccine for her.
She advised me that it is not free for medical personel, nor for anyone. Is this true??

I had heard it costs around 4000 peso's, could anyone tell me what it actually costs without insurance?

thx

When the vaccine is available it is supposed to cost between 4 and 5 dollars $US so based on that the cost here will be around 400 pesos. I suspect that February/March will be the time period for arrival. It is the OXford one that is apparently easier and quicker to manufacture.

 

[SKY]

The Government said that they expect vaccinations to start in March.

 

[windeguy]

The Government said that they expect vaccinations to start in March.

Another poster said he had a trusted friend who is never wrong that there are already millions of doses of the vaccine in the DR>
I consider that a rumor. March is the time frame the government stated for actual vaccinations with the Astra Zeneca vaccine announcement of approval posted today here on DR1. Cost? No idea.

 

[zoomzx11]

When the vaccine is available it is supposed to cost between 4 and 5 dollars $US so based on that the cost here will be around 400 pesos. I suspect that February/March will be the time period for arrival. It is the OXford one that is apparently easier and quicker to manufacture.

AZ is what it appears to be.

Just my view but if the govt wants the max number of people to get the vaccine then free of charge is way to go.

 

[windeguy]

AZ is what it appears to be.

Just my view but if the govt wants the max number of people to get the vaccine then free of charge is way to go.

It is my guess this will be the case, as in free of charge, but only time will tell. I seem to recall statements to that effect made by the government what now seems so long ago.

 

[Jumbo]

But what will be the pecking order for receiving a shot. Will be interested to see. But I think we already know how this will turn out. The connected beautiful people first and the poor last.

 

[zoomzx11]

Well we all know you are definitely not a PhD in anything other than bloviation. He mislead by stating "Doctor" instead of PhD. Educated people recognize these details. Like the time you attempted to pass yourself off as a ballistic expert and used the term "clip" instead of magazine. So entertaining! He also stated she was a medical person. Oh the fiction posts!

Take it easy big.
No need to be on the defensive.
No one is after you for anything.
No need to think people are trying to pass themselves off as anything.
We all make mistakes.
Lets stay on track and be productive in the new year.

 

[JD Jones]

He didn't say she wasn't a doctor either. He implied she was a medical doctor when he said "I have a Doctor friend (unemployed)- I want to buy the COVID vaccine for her. She advised me that it is not free for medical personnel, nor for anyone. Is this true??"

What difference does it make?

We could have avoided all of this had he written "I have a friend - I want to buy the COVID vaccine for her. Is it available yet, and what does it cost?"

Or better yet: "Is the vaccine available yet, and what does it cost?"

 

[zoomzx11]

But what will be the pecking order for receiving a shot. Will be interested to see. But I think we already know how this will turn out. The connected beautiful people first and the poor last.

Its a small country so there may not be much of an order.
Other countries have had problems just doing plain distribution.
Toss in a pecking order in the DR is could just be a big complication.
The government wants to end the pandemic and the fastest most straightforward way is give if away free to everyone.
Get those tourist dollars coming in.
First country to vaccinate their population will be the first visited by the tourists.

 

[lifeisgreat]

Take it easy big.
No need to be on the defensive.
No one is after you for anything.
No need to think people are trying to pass themselves off as anything.
We all make mistakes.
Lets stay on track and be productive in the new year.

Ignore him he is cranky he can’t skirt chase for flip flops on pedro ...we all know clip is slang for mag...