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  1. jeff1234

    COVID-19 vaccine development pipeline gears up

    #421 Does anyone know the latest projection for when Pfizer's or Astrazeneca vaccine will be available here?
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    COVID-19 vaccine development pipeline gears up

    Ahhh. The secret third phase. I have a Russian friend that's absolutely convinced the Russians landed on the moon not Americans. I'll ask him about it
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    Vaccination Tourism Has Started

    Thats why I titled this thread vacation tourism. For every senior in Fla thats impatient to get his/her vaccination there are some number of hotel workers happy to have people arriving.
  4. jeff1234

    COVID-19 vaccine development pipeline gears up

    Does anyone know the latest projection for when Pfizer's or Astrazeneca vaccine will be available here?
  5. jeff1234

    Would you like to spend the rest of your life in Argentina?

    Same here, I Ilive with my wifes family and wonderful grandchildren, we do infrequent trips back to New York, and I wish I had learned more spanish (although I've become remarkably adept at communicating with hand gestures). We're happy here but since we're both Americans we sometimes wonder if...
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    Vaccination Tourism Has Started

    Lots of people are heading to Fla for vaccinations, not only from Argentina but from other states. Florida will be needing a lot more vaccine. Fortunately we happen to have a lot of doses of Sputnik that nobody wants. Maybe be can make them a deal. A thousand doses of Sputnik for a week at...
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    Vaccination Tourism Has Started

    The rules will be changed soon. The backlash has already started. In a recent Instagram story, Argentinian television personality Yanina Latorre is seen celebrating that her mother was going to be able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine while on vacation in South Florida. This has outraged many...
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    Vaccination Tourism Has Started

    Clain has an article about Argentinians travelling to Miami to get vaccinated. They just need an appointment and to be over 65. 21 days later get the final shot. That's wonderful and long awaited news...
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    Just when I was beginning to think WTF am I doing here something rather nice happened.....

    I've lived in La Plata with my wife for 8 years and what you describe has been my constant experience. Once people know I'm American they treat me like a rock star. They are all smiles, and chatty and curious about me. They are even more thrilled if I let them use whatever english words they...
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    A second quarantine?

    Healthcare workers, here in La Plata, are discussing going on strike. They feel that if people don't care enough to follow simple precautions, then doctors, nurses and emt's, shouldn't risk their lives to care for them when they get sick.
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    A second quarantine?

    As we get closer to having vaccinations, people will believe the crisis is almost over and they will resume their worklife and social life regardless of what the government wants.
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    COVID-19 vaccine development pipeline gears up

    Israel wants to be the first country to work their way out of the pandemic through vaccinations. More than 10% of the country is has already received their first vaccination. They've offerred inducements to encourage people to get vaccinated. For example you will be able to go to theaters and...
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    Argentina's New Tax On Residents Global Wealth

    Two intersting points: It does not say 'net assets'. So if you own a $5mm house you pay the tax even though you may have a $7mm mortgage. Many people will have to sell assets to pay the tax. Whether you meet the threshold depends on the exchange rate...
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    Argentina's New Tax On Residents Global Wealth

    You're very welcome. It works out to about $2,400,000usd. We're on page 12 of this thread, if you're interested theres alot of info on the preceeding pages. It is likely that more countries, including the U.S. will implement wealth taxes because of the common belief that the rich are too adept...
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    Argentina's New Tax On Residents Global Wealth

    Greetings, I did study Finance at CUNY so I'd distinguish between income and wealth. Taxing your SS checks would be an income tax. Taxing you house, car, savings is a wealth tax. In an extreme case Argentina could argue that SS has the same value as if you bought an annuity therefore it's...
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    COVID-19 vaccine development pipeline gears up

    Could anyone really believe that they were capable of keeping the vaccine at -78c? Or that Pfizer would train and support a different distributor in every country?
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    Borders remain closed

    and lockdown fatigue. The predictable result of continually moving the end date.
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    Arriving in EZE from Asuncion with 2 Laptops

    I've never been checked but still I try to make new products look like I have been using them for awhile.
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    Aerlolinas Credit Expiring. They aren't answering their phones.

    In Jan. 2019 I booked a flight for two people to go from EZE to MIA in August. I used Expedia to reserve the seats on Aerolinas. Expedia notified me that that the flight was cancelled and I had 12 months from the date of my original booking to make another reservation. Today Expedia told me...
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