Others I spoke with told me that the apparent uptick in vaccine tourism to the U.S.—in which wealthy foreigners travel to America for vaccination—as well as the country’s vaccine surplus influenced their decision to travel or extend their stay. “It was kind of a free-for-all, as I understood it,” said Daniel, a London-based American currently visiting family in Miami, who asked to be identified by only his first name. “There was this general feeling that if people are getting [a vaccine] and they aren’t even U.S. citizens and they don’t even live here, then surely we can get it.” Not every American has the means to travel home, though, and some don’t think they should have to. They pay tax. Many vote. They are eligible to receive stimulus checks as part of the government’s economic-relief program. So why shouldn’t they be granted access to the government’s vaccination program too? “I keep seeing news about how soon America will have a surplus of the vaccine and they will start sending it to other countries to help out,” Jeff, an American living in Paris who asked to be identified by only his first name, told me in an email. “While that is an honorable thing to do, they should ensure Americans overseas are offered access first.” Marylouise Serrato, the executive director of American Citizens Abroad, a nonprofit that advocates in Washington, D.C., on behalf of overseas citizens, told me that she has received dozens of messages from Americans around the world who share the same opinion.