Current Events > Germans are paying 2000€ to go to Russia and get the jab

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Two short four-day trips to Moscow, with a day of sightseeing and a jab of Russia's coronavirus vaccine, Sputnik V: That's what the Norwegian tourist agency World Visitor is advertising to travelers hungry for immunity. Prices for the COVID-19 vaccine package tours cost 1,200-3,000 ($1,400-3,500), though travelers won't be billed until they officially receive a Russian visa. As countries across Europe face vaccine shortages, the prospect of immunization trips could be alluring to many travelers even if Russia's Sputnik V vaccine has not yet been approved for use by the European Medicines Agency. [...] The initial German travelers on a World Visitor tour are set to arrive in Moscow for their first dose of Sputnik V on April 8, with a trip for the second jab scheduled for a few weeks later. [...]

Elisabeth Straub, a 56-year-old Berlin-based copywriter, is one of the Germans planning to travel to Moscow for the jab next week. "In a pandemic people shouldn't think too politically," Straub told DW. "Instead, they should think about how to get everyone vaccinated as fast as possible to curb the pandemic." Straub said she wanted to get vaccinated because she often has to work in open-plan offices and is worried about getting sick.
Manfred L., from Mainz, is more conflicted about his planned trip. "Of course I don't want to become the long arm of the Putin administration," the 63-year-old said. But he added that the "dirty" politics he has between governments and within the pharmaceutical industry have convinced him to go ahead with the trip. "I don't want to play this game anymore," he said. "This is about me now. And that's why I'm just going to say: I'll be a little pig and just do this." He added: "I am just scared that if COVID gets me, it will really get me."
Manfred said he was facing criticism from friends and family and didn't want his name published for fear of a public backlash including for paying to get vaccinated before his turn comes up in Germany.

https://www.dw.com/en/sputnik-v-russian-vaccine-tours-preparing-for-blastoff/a-57067669

>_>

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tldr april fools or no?

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ARUGULA posted...

tldr april fools or no?

Nope, I read about this a few weeks earlier too

and the tl;dr is the topic title
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EU vaccine rollout is ass, but i would not trust either of the russian vaccines

cuh posted...

I didnt realize it was that bad elsewhere wtf

not surprising
american shitposters have been spamming the internet with "waaahh where vaccine we have it the worst" for weeks if not months, and nobody but me cares to correct them
i haven't gotten a stimulus check either

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ARUGULA posted...

nobody but me cares to correct them

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Ngl, I'm kinda tempted <_______<
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isn't that the vaccine that's so "safe" that members of the russian government wont even get it?

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Dude, the chocos are just being wiped out.

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