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Any way to help Cozumel with vaccinations?
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That is good to know they are that far with second shots, I thought it was no where near that..
Where is your friend seeing that this Friday there are shots?? The Secretaria de Salud page is the only one I know anouncing them and rechecking their page, I don't see any anouncement???? They are in the 30+ group in places on the mainland....
Good question. I will have to ask him. Maybe they told him to expect it friday?
And Centro gained a spot going from 9 to 8! Winning....
and they are doing/did the 30-39 around the mainland, but Cancun got the AZ and Tulum got sinovac, that just SO effective Chinese vaccine....
I wonder if the island is JUST doing Pfizer? So maybe that is the delay? Getting the good stuff in?
Diverlady13
Contributor
We were just in Akumal a couple of weeks ago. At that time they were just opening the 40-49 age group. He and his wife are both 39. He had covid in January, so I guess they allowed him to get the first dose and he's waiting on the second. I'm not sure if she was allowed to get it yet or not. What he told us is that besides just not having enough vaccine yet, the bigger issue is people's distrust of the vaccine and distrust in what the Mexican government is telling them. (I suppose that distrust is the same here in the USA amongst lots of people since the vaccination rate is substantially down here as well.) Our friend's father was very afraid to get the vaccine, but was finally convinced to do so. I got the impression that many older people feel this way, but that's only anecdotal. sure hope things improve in Mexico. They really cannot afford shutdowns, based on what I've been told.
I think you are very correct - it seems there is no gray area here - people are either waiting 6 hours in the sun with a smile on their face wanting the vaccine and there is the other group that are firmly firmly heck no......
Living here a few years, I will never fully understand the culture but I have learned a heck of a lot more - there are groups that trust nothing and the group isn't small.
Living here a few years, I will never fully understand the culture but I have learned a heck of a lot more - there are groups that trust nothing and the group isn't small.
Well in fairness there are a number of people that timed it right and got in an out rather quickly.
Mi vecino went at 1145 and was out at 1230 for his second shot. First shot he waited 6 hours and they told him next time come at noon. We will be done with the 6 am people by then. And that advice worked.
Mi vecino went at 1145 and was out at 1230 for his second shot. First shot he waited 6 hours and they told him next time come at noon. We will be done with the 6 am people by then. And that advice worked.
andyhi
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As a direct answer to the original question, there's not really a way a visitor could help directly with vaccination efforts.
Visitors certainly CAN help, though.
A major way would be by reducing burden of infection in a population of whom many are not vaccinated, including lots who would like to be.
Δ variant is very contagious. My fully-(Moderna-)vaccinated nephew got sick on the way to see his parents and got his fully-(J&J and Pfizer-) vaccinated parents sick. He's not a jerk, but thought everything was OK because he's vaccinated, and flew from San Francisco to DC. We don't know when he became infected or when he became contagious. Either he infected a bunch of people in the airports and on the plane or someone infected him and a bunch of other people on the trip. Half of our inpatient respiratory department night shift is out sick, traced to a single patient who presented to the ED (unvaccinated and refusing to wear a mask). Emergency and respiratory departments in the US are starting to see a sharp uptick in the number of people presenting sick. Cozumel has decent medical resources but they don't have access to what we do including adequate PPE for staff.
The primary way, though, that I personally intend to help is by being as sure as I possibly can that I don't travel to the island while contagious. Even though I'm fully-vaccinated, I act as if I'm not. I work in an acute-care hospital inpatient setting where I have high exposure to a range of pathogens and live in a part of the country with poor vaccination rates where they've completely given up on masking or social distancing.
If you can't see your way clear to wear a mask and maintain social distance because you're vaccinated, strongly consider doing so for 2 weeks prior to traveling to the island and certainly while traveling.
Even if you're vaccinated, you're still required to wear a mask in pubic everywhere on the island, so do that. Maintain distance. Wash hands.
Visitors certainly CAN help, though.
A major way would be by reducing burden of infection in a population of whom many are not vaccinated, including lots who would like to be.
Δ variant is very contagious. My fully-(Moderna-)vaccinated nephew got sick on the way to see his parents and got his fully-(J&J and Pfizer-) vaccinated parents sick. He's not a jerk, but thought everything was OK because he's vaccinated, and flew from San Francisco to DC. We don't know when he became infected or when he became contagious. Either he infected a bunch of people in the airports and on the plane or someone infected him and a bunch of other people on the trip. Half of our inpatient respiratory department night shift is out sick, traced to a single patient who presented to the ED (unvaccinated and refusing to wear a mask). Emergency and respiratory departments in the US are starting to see a sharp uptick in the number of people presenting sick. Cozumel has decent medical resources but they don't have access to what we do including adequate PPE for staff.
The primary way, though, that I personally intend to help is by being as sure as I possibly can that I don't travel to the island while contagious. Even though I'm fully-vaccinated, I act as if I'm not. I work in an acute-care hospital inpatient setting where I have high exposure to a range of pathogens and live in a part of the country with poor vaccination rates where they've completely given up on masking or social distancing.
If you can't see your way clear to wear a mask and maintain social distance because you're vaccinated, strongly consider doing so for 2 weeks prior to traveling to the island and certainly while traveling.
Even if you're vaccinated, you're still required to wear a mask in pubic everywhere on the island, so do that. Maintain distance. Wash hands.
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Great post.
Personal hygiene is the first line of defense for oneself and others.
SARS 1 infected a mere 8422 but killed 11%. We are lucky with this one but how about those in the future?
Unfortunately we are living in a free world.
Antivaxer Kate Shemirani’s son says she should be prosecuted | News | The Times
There is NO solution for the problem.
Great post.
Personal hygiene is the first line of defense for oneself and others.
SARS 1 infected a mere 8422 but killed 11%. We are lucky with this one but how about those in the future?
Unfortunately we are living in a free world.
Antivaxer Kate Shemirani’s son says she should be prosecuted | News | The Times
There is NO solution for the problem.
Aaron Harmon
Contributor
I’m in Cozumel now. I have been told be several locals that there is a lot of resistance to the vaccine out of fear (not unlike the U.S.). I have heard this multiple times from several different people. They are beginning some new restrictions soon, including the need to show vaccination records for certain things (like going to the movies). They have laminated vaccine cards that some locals carry.
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