Less than a month to go before I head for Malawi. Hard to know what to make from this distance about reports of a possible attempted coup.
As for the things that are somewhat under my control, I got most of my shots last week (hepatitis B, meningitis, TdaP for tetanus, diptheria and whooping cough). My typhoid and hepatitis A vaccinations from a few years ago are still good. No need for yellow fever since Malawi is not in a yellow fever zone. Filled my prescription for malarone against malaria. Ordered a mosquito net.
The CDC recommends a pre-exposure rabies vaccine as a precaution but the travel doctor I consulted here in Cambridge says there's a shortage of vaccine in the U.S. and so it's being restricted only to folks who have actually been bitten by a bat or a dog or cat, etc.
In other words, I have taken the recommended medical precautions and will hope for the best.
Considering I'll be in Malawi in their winter, the biggest threat is probably from traffic accidents.
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