{"id":398,"date":"2020-03-02T11:05:58","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T11:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jenstutoring.com\/wordpress\/?p=398"},"modified":"2020-03-03T06:35:40","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T06:35:40","slug":"vaccinated-at-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jenstutoring.com\/wordpress\/uncategorized\/vaccinated-at-last\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaccinated at last!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>March 2nd, 2020 &#8211; Lakatoro<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just a quick post today. Shortly after I arrived home following my big trek yesterday, a neighbour came by to say that the plane had brought my Hep-B vaccine earlier that day, and then he had brought it to my house, but I wasn&#8217;t in. I gladly took it from him and popped it in the fridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jenstutoring.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG-20200301-WA0007-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jenstutoring.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG-20200301-WA0007-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.jenstutoring.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG-20200301-WA0007-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.jenstutoring.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG-20200301-WA0007-203x270.jpg 203w, http:\/\/www.jenstutoring.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG-20200301-WA0007.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Brigitte had very kindly kept it in an ice-box, so the vaccine&#8217;s cold chain was uninterrupted since it had begun its Vanuatu journey about 10 days ago in Port Vila.<br><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This morning, the government driver agreed to take me to the hospital in Norsup to have it injected (it came in a pre-filled syringe, so I had considered self-injecting, but chose not to risk it). The hospital seemed to be quite a good setup, fronting onto the ocean and kept nice and clean. The doctor was friendly, and said for a volunteer with his own syringe, there would be no charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jenstutoring.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200302_101840-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jenstutoring.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200302_101840-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.jenstutoring.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200302_101840-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jenstutoring.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200302_101840-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.jenstutoring.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200302_101840-1536x864.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.jenstutoring.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200302_101840-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.jenstutoring.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200302_101840-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The hospital main waiting room.<br><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently they are well-staffed with qualified personnel, but like all developing countries, they face shortages of medical supplies and technology, and so for serious cases, they arrange evacuation to Port-Vila. I think, and my doctor in France had advised, that I will be exceedingly unlikely to contract Hep-B in Vanuatu unless I get up to any funny business with the local girls, but VSA insisted on the vaccination, I think mainly for insurance purposes. I can now funny business away with my new-found immunity (only joking, Jen!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jenstutoring.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200302_103223-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-401\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jenstutoring.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200302_103223-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.jenstutoring.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200302_103223-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jenstutoring.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200302_103223-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.jenstutoring.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200302_103223-1536x864.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.jenstutoring.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200302_103223-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.jenstutoring.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200302_103223-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The road just outside the hospital gate. I did enjoy hearing the waves breaking from within the hospital wards &#8211; while open air ventilation may not be the most hygienic imaginable from a medical standpoint, it definitely beats any London hospital I&#8217;ve been to in terms of patient mood lifting.<br><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s really all I have by way of news today, but I figured I&#8217;d try to see if I could manage to post a video from my walk yesterday, and if successful, I might take a few more videos in future:<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HoDo3_F3jrw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p><figcaption>Video taken on my trek yesterday. Turns out it was quite a hassle uploading the video, so I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll be sharing many videos unless they are terrific ones.<p><\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 2nd, 2020 &#8211; Lakatoro Just a quick post today. Shortly after I arrived home following my big trek yesterday, a neighbour came by to say that the plane had brought my Hep-B vaccine earlier that day, and then he had brought it to my house, but I wasn&#8217;t in. I gladly took it from him and popped it in the fridge. 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