San Antonio, Tx.-
Porque los tiempos para vacunación son más lentos en México, Marcos decidió ponerse la vacuna en San Antonio, Texas. ¡Y hasta le dieron cien dólares!
Él fue uno de los tres millones de maestros en México que se pusieron la vacuna CanSino, anti Covid-19.
“Tengo un viaje programado a Estados Unidos a finales de noviembre, pero vi en las noticias que ya iban a pedir la cartilla de vacunación. Como soy maestro me pusieron la CanSino y esa vacuna no está autorizada en los Estados Unidos por ser china”, expresó.
Entonces decidió comprar un vuelo a San Antonio, donde una amiga lo recibió.
Fue otra persona conocida de Austin quien le recomendó buscar una cita en el portal de heb.com donde buscó el código postal cercano y podía escoger la vacuna, entre Pfizer, Modera y Johnson & Johnson.
“Decidí ponerme Johnson & Johnson porque es una sola toma, además de que como hay grupos de personas antivacunas, hay programas del gobierno, en San Antonio que ofrecen incentivos para que te vacunes: si lo haces tal día te regalan cien dólares”, comentó.
Señaló que tenía su cita a las 4:00 de la tarde, pero decidió ir a formarse en la fila de espera durante la mañana, para adelantar el proceso.
“En el lugar había como 10 chavitos de 15 años, eran de Guanajuato; dijeron que fueron porque en su estado estaban poniendo la Sputnik y no iban a poder viajar, por la que pidieron la de Johnson & Johnson. También vi a varios gringos que fueron por la Pfizer”, expresó.
Luego llenó una forma con sus datos, una dirección de Estados Unidos y un teléfono, además de responder preguntas de su salud.
“Después te llama una enfermera y te explica las ventajas de vacunarse, te advierte que te puede doler el brazo, luego te pasan a una sala por si hay reacciones y luego te entregan la cartilla de vacunación, que con esa voy a poder cruzar la frontera”.
Al final le regalaron una tarjeta de cien dólares que pude gastar en HEB, para comprar lo que quiera.
“Es chistoso, hay tanta gente que no se quiere vacunar en Texas, que hasta les ofrecen dinero y yo fui uno de ellos”, dijo el regiomontano.
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In Texas, they give a hundred dollars to get vaccinated
By Jose Luis Montemayor
Reynosa, Tam.-
Because vaccination times are slower in Mexico, Marcos decided to get the vaccine in San Antonio, Texas. And they even gave him a hundred dollars!
He was one of the three million teachers in Mexico who received the CanSino vaccine, against Covid-19.
“I have a scheduled trip to the United States at the end of November, but I saw on the news that they were already going to ask for the vaccination card. As I am a teacher they gave me the CanSino and that vaccine is not authorized in the United States because it is Chinese”, he said.
So he decided to buy a flight to San Antonio, where a friend met him.
It was another friend of Austin who recommended that she look for an appointment on the heb.com portal where she looked for the closest zip code and could choose the vaccine, between Pfizer, Modera, and Johnson & Johnson.
“I decided to wear Johnson & Johnson because it is a single shot, in addition to the fact that since there are anti-vaccine groups, there are government programs in San Antonio that offer incentives for you to get vaccinated: if you do it on such a day they give you a hundred dollars”, he commented.
He pointed out that she had his appointment at 4:00 in the afternoon, but decided to go to line up in the waiting line during the morning, to advance the process.
“There were about 10 15-year-old kids in the place, they were from Guanajuato; They said it was because in their state they were putting Sputnik and they were not going to be able to travel, for which they asked for Johnson & Johnson. I also saw several gringos who went to Pfizer”, he said.
Then he filled out a form with his information, an address in the United States, and a telephone number, in addition to answering questions about his health.
“Then a nurse calls you and explains the advantages of getting vaccinated, warns you that your arm may hurt, then they take you to a room in case there are reactions and then they give you the vaccination card, which with that I will be able to cross the border”.
In the end, they gave him a $100 card that I could spend at HEB, to buy whatever he wanted.
“It’s funny, there are so many people who don’t want to be vaccinated in Texas that they even offer them money and I was one of them”, said the Monterrey native.
