Backlogged Vaccine

Since we posted last we have worked really hard to get our immunizations up to date. By that I mean - there are some things that we just aren’t immunized for in the states any more. One of those shots is Yellow Fever. If you plan on traveling to an area that recommends this vaccination, and you’re planning on getting it, you might consider scheduling it. The reason being is that the only manufacturer the United States uses has them on backorder. This is because a company that supplies a piece of equipment to them went bankrupt and they have to certify that another company can supply the same piece of equipment. Supposedly in March, we’ll be back to a normal supply. However, until then your certified Yellow Fever shot-giver has to schedule five people to take the vaccination. That’s right the CDC has asked them to schedule five people at a time to make sure that none of the vaccine will go to waste. Anyway, our advice to anyone out there who made need it, is to go ahead and get yours scheduled ahead of time, just in case. Also, if you’re wondering, the shot itself isn’t bad at all, and I’d say it’s much more tolerable than any other shot I’ve received for an infection. Just a real simple prick on the left arm is all it takes, and then you get a nice WHO yellow card declaring you have been immunized. By the way, if they ask you to wait around awhile after you’re given the shot, it’s just to make sure you’re not likely to experience any of the potential side effects (the side effects can show up in minutes!).

As for us, we’re inoculated; so if for some reason we ever have a widespread outbreak, which hasn’t happened in at least 100 years, we’ll be good to go for 10 years!

We also had our fingerprints taken (again). Let’s just say, we recommend that anyone needing F.B.I. background check fingerprints - go to a larger county that has a lot of experience taking fingerprints. We had a little problem getting ours done correctly the first time, so we headed to a much larger area to our South. We’re confident that these prints will do wonders!

We feel like we are super close, but at the same time, incredibly far away. I must say though, that everything we cross off our list now, seems more and more important. Hopefully we’ll prevent any delays on our part!

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