This cheerful, dancing capsule adorns the informational brochure that came with my oral typhoid vaccine. When the doctor told met that the oral vaccine gave me twice as many years' protection, and didn't involve a shot, I was sold. But it's a live vaccine, I have to take it for a week, and it has more frequent side effects. So far I've had fever, chills, and what is delicately referred to as gastrointestinal distress.
I'll definitely grant that this is better than typhoid, but at the same time I'd have to point out that this vaccine has a 75% effectiveness rate. I wish I had approached this smiling guy with a little more caution. Hopefully the next four days will go more smoothly than the last two.
Where are you going that you need protection from Typhoid?
ReplyDeleteThe Dominican Republic. with my mother. I'll be sure to write more about that soon.
ReplyDeleteLMAO! And mom already asked the question I was pondering.
ReplyDeleteMoi aussi. Beware the Magical Dragon Gecko God of Gastrointestinal Disease!
ReplyDeleteAnd Dad isn't going to motorcycle in the Dominican Republic? I'm shocked.