Vaccines, Covid, Hospitals

We got our second vaccine last week.  Twenty-four hours after the shot, we were feeling exhausted.  We just laid around for a day. By day three were were good. 

I am sure these shot cards look different from the ones in the US.  These are what they look like in Bonaire.

The island has over 10,000 people signed up for the vaccine.  That's about half of the population.  They are making progress to get everyone vaccinated and stop this surge in Covid cases. On April 12 the island had 109 active cases of Covid with 330 in quarantine.  These numbers are way down from a high of 400+ cases a month ago. Fourteen people have died.

In Bonaire, 10 people are in the hospital with five in intensive care. The hospital is small but has intensive care units and respirators.  Holland sends nurses and doctors to help out the local staff. We have also had a medical military boat visit the island in one of the previous outbreaks.  

They have sent five people to a hospital in Columbia because they are overloaded here on the island.  I told Rick that I would rather die than go to Columbia for treatment.  I can't imagine being in a third world county hospital. They also send people to the Aruba and Curacao hospitals that are also supported by Holland in both staff and equipment. Hospital and medical care is socialized and provided without charge to residents of the island or Holland. 

We hope lockdown will end this week.  We are anxious to get back to living our lives in Bonaire.