Hard to say if my YF shot made me sick back in ‘92: we went through a gauntlet of airguns in each arm. I’m thinking the Anthrax “phase 2 testing serum” was a greater detriment for my time at Ft. Jackson, SC. Reminder for those on meds that suppress immunity response: talk to your RA doctor about the option of tapering off meds long enough to take the YF shot and be monitored before returning to medication routine (3-6 month process prior to travel); my 30+ year old shot doesn’t cover me in my situation. Healthy folks can normally get away with “1 & done”
In Cda, YF-VAX: live, attenuated, yellow fever vaccine, Sanofi Pasteur Limited. (YF) Bunch of sources say it can take up to a month for anti-bodies (aka feel sick) however it's 'old school' vs mRNA tech (for now, anyway). I'm ok w/that - could be ~$200 but mostly covered if one has private/extended health ins. Thnx Scott.
As someone who has never had a primary doctor, I have no idea, lol. But like everything in Nicaragua, you ask around. Absolutely everything is word of mouth (except restaurants, that's Instagram.) You can ask people you know, or just go to the hospital and ask. Or ask a non-primary care doctor who'd they'd recommend. Medications (and care) are often different here. So generally start by talking to a doctor and find out if the medications have different names, might not be recommended, if there is a better treatment and then what would need to be done. You can attempt to replicate your American or Canadian care here, but generally you want to take the chance to be evaluated by the medical system here. THe number of times that people get things fixed or improved, rather than "maintained" once they get here is surprising. It's worth an investigation in most cases.
I got vaccinated in 2005 (while in the US Army) -but I don't have my card anymore. I think I'm still good for Nicaragua, but I have never travelled to those yellow fever at-risk countries.
If you are enrolled in VA Healthcare, you can pull up all archived vaccination records through them. If you filed disability claims, you can request your entire medical & personnel file and get it on a disk through the mail. Once you have the data, visit your local state/county health department for an “official” list of all vaccinations that can be used for travel.
You know how the USA prefers their own vaccines that american big pharma gets paid for and that's part of why they give dogs vaccinated against rabies in other countries a hard time, right? So, with you getting a Nicaraguan yellow fever vaccine instead of an American one, if you were to go to a couple of countries that are high risk for yellow fever, then fly directly from there to the USA, would the USA have any problem seeing your vaccine as valid? Do you know if they just leave that up to the airline to decide, which, i assume, would accept a vaccine from any country? 🤔
For travel, I'm not aware of any country in the world that doesn't accept all countries' vaccines. Especially as most of the vaccines that people associate with the US are actually from Europe.
Refusing the vaccine of a country just to be.... naughty let's say to be kind, would be expected to result in some bad results. For example, if Honduras had their own vaccine and it was recognized by the WHO and was valid. And Airline X decided "we don't like the Honduran people and we won't accept their vaccines", you'd risk not just having your airlines banned from their country, but you'd risk having planes seized when you land if you are using your airlines as a means of waging economic war on a country. It would be a highly risky endeavor. It would be no small stretch to claim a pilot or flight crew for an airlines breaching international law were criminals. There are certain lines airlines won't cross.
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Hard to say if my YF shot made me sick back in ‘92: we went through a gauntlet of airguns in each arm. I’m thinking the Anthrax “phase 2 testing serum” was a greater detriment for my time at Ft. Jackson, SC.
Reminder for those on meds that suppress immunity response: talk to your RA doctor about the option of tapering off meds long enough to take the YF shot and be monitored before returning to medication routine (3-6 month process prior to travel); my 30+ year old shot doesn’t cover me in my situation.
Healthy folks can normally get away with “1 & done”
In Cda, YF-VAX: live, attenuated, yellow fever vaccine, Sanofi Pasteur Limited. (YF) Bunch of sources say it can take up to a month for anti-bodies (aka feel sick) however it's 'old school' vs mRNA tech (for now, anyway). I'm ok w/that - could be ~$200 but mostly covered if one has private/extended health ins. Thnx Scott.
It's about $25 if you do it here in Nicaragua.
How do you find a primary doctor and make sure if you are on certain medications, they are available in Nicaragua?
As someone who has never had a primary doctor, I have no idea, lol. But like everything in Nicaragua, you ask around. Absolutely everything is word of mouth (except restaurants, that's Instagram.) You can ask people you know, or just go to the hospital and ask. Or ask a non-primary care doctor who'd they'd recommend.
Medications (and care) are often different here. So generally start by talking to a doctor and find out if the medications have different names, might not be recommended, if there is a better treatment and then what would need to be done. You can attempt to replicate your American or Canadian care here, but generally you want to take the chance to be evaluated by the medical system here. THe number of times that people get things fixed or improved, rather than "maintained" once they get here is surprising. It's worth an investigation in most cases.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog ty!
I got vaccinated in 2005 (while in the US Army) -but I don't have my card anymore. I think I'm still good for Nicaragua, but I have never travelled to those yellow fever at-risk countries.
Nicaragua ONLY requires YF if you've been to an at risk country. I know of no country that requires it if you haven't been
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog Thanks for the clarification and informative video.
If you are enrolled in VA Healthcare, you can pull up all archived vaccination records through them. If you filed disability claims, you can request your entire medical & personnel file and get it on a disk through the mail.
Once you have the data, visit your local state/county health department for an “official” list of all vaccinations that can be used for travel.
@@1stLukecifer Thanks, I'll try that.
Copa Airlines in Panama will not let you fly to Nicaragua without it
Avianca does not allow it, either.
You know how the USA prefers their own vaccines that american big pharma gets paid for and that's part of why they give dogs vaccinated against rabies in other countries a hard time, right? So, with you getting a Nicaraguan yellow fever vaccine instead of an American one, if you were to go to a couple of countries that are high risk for yellow fever, then fly directly from there to the USA, would the USA have any problem seeing your vaccine as valid? Do you know if they just leave that up to the airline to decide, which, i assume, would accept a vaccine from any country? 🤔
For travel, I'm not aware of any country in the world that doesn't accept all countries' vaccines. Especially as most of the vaccines that people associate with the US are actually from Europe.
Refusing the vaccine of a country just to be.... naughty let's say to be kind, would be expected to result in some bad results. For example, if Honduras had their own vaccine and it was recognized by the WHO and was valid. And Airline X decided "we don't like the Honduran people and we won't accept their vaccines", you'd risk not just having your airlines banned from their country, but you'd risk having planes seized when you land if you are using your airlines as a means of waging economic war on a country. It would be a highly risky endeavor. It would be no small stretch to claim a pilot or flight crew for an airlines breaching international law were criminals. There are certain lines airlines won't cross.
Never mind you already answered that. I suffer from premature texting. Lol
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Best to get the battery of vaccinations IMHO.