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1 big thing

Vaccine tourism on the rise

1 big thing

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🗓️ 5 March 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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This week President Joe Biden said that there will be enough vaccines for every adult in the US by the end of May. For many, that can’t come soon enough. Some are even crossing state lines to get vaccinated. Plus, the generational divide over Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s behavior. And, robots are coming to a sidewalk near you. Guests: Axios' Marisa Fernandez, Alayna Treene and Jennifer Kingson. Credits: "Axios Today" is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Dan Bobkoff, Carol Wu, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Amy Pedulla, Alice Wilder, Naomi Shavin and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. Go deeper: "Vaccine tourism" stretches states' supplies Lawmakers hide behind AG's investigation as Cuomo lingers Sidewalk robots get legal rights as "pedestrians" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's March 5th and it's Friday. We made it. I'm Nailibutu.

0:09.6

Here's how we're making you smarter today. The generational divide over Governor Andrew Cuomo's

0:14.2

behavior. Plus, robots are coming to a sidewalk near you. But first, today's one big thing. Vaccine tourism.

0:23.3

This week, President Joe Biden said there'll be enough vaccines for every adult in the U.S.

0:32.8

by the end of May. And for many that can't come soon enough, some people are even crossing

0:38.0

state lines to get vaccines. Take Ohio, for example. As Axios' healthcare reporter,

0:42.2

Marisa Fernandez reports, more than 30,000 people have traveled to Ohio to be vaccinated.

0:48.8

Hey, Marisa, so how did all those people get a vaccine in Ohio? Do they just kind of show up?

0:55.4

So the ethics kind of boils down to this huge frustration between two pockets of people, right?

1:01.7

The groups that are blatantly trying to skip the line ahead of their eligibility. So those are

1:07.4

the stories that we've been seeing are like the wealthy couples taking the private jets to Florida.

1:12.5

Experts have been telling me that those flashy headlines take away from the most common trend

1:18.3

we're seeing is people that are frustrated or confused as to why their local rollouts

1:22.9

and prioritization of certain groups are happening the way they are. And then hearing word of mouth

1:28.0

that a rural county, two states over, has more vaccine than the people that are there or that

1:34.0

their age cohort or medical condition qualifies elsewhere and are taking it into their own hands

1:40.6

in driving to that place. And is that still the case in Ohio or have they put in place restrictions

1:48.1

that limit who can go there? So in the case of Ohio, there hasn't really been a lot of restrictions.

1:53.7

Florida is a really great example of implementing residency requirements. From a legal standpoint,

1:59.2

there are some limits on the extent to which you can prioritize people based on where they are.

2:05.6

I wonder if there are people who are listening thinking the whole goal is to get as many people

2:10.1

vaccinated as possible. Does it matter if they're going to another county or another state to do that?

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