Yellow Fever

Yesterday, the Peace Corps contacted me and Lisa about getting prepared for our staging and departure. We need to do several things before we leave, including applying for visas and Peace Corps passports. Most of what we have to do is just paperwork, but we also need to get a yellow fever vaccination. 


Last night, Lisa and I went to an office in downtown Santa Cruz to get the vaccination. They had mentioned over the phone that they had enough of the vaccination for the two of us. When we approached the front desk to ask the nurse about getting the yellow fever vaccination, she informed us that the would not give us a yellow fever vaccine without a "travel consultation" with their doctor. This service is $300 per person. That doesn't include the extra $200 per person for the actual vaccination. Oh, and they don't take insurance.


No thanks. I'll find someone else to give us the vaccine that won't cost us $1000.

UPDATE: Lisa and I did get our yellow fever vaccines at Safeway for a little over $120 per person. Definitely much more reasonable. Lisa felt a little ill from the vaccine, but I felt fine. Now we're all set for staging!