Get your meds!

I have been so busy! It's been difficult finding time to blog. We've had dignitaries/corporate people to entertain...fun, fun! In between that, I'm on a mission to make sure that everyone has anti-mosquito medication. It's a little difficult convincing some people that it's good for you when there's nothing flying about and the weather right now is only good if you're a penguin. I have to get proof that everyone has it or I'm to give them a new bottle and almost every time the Americans give me a hard time. That's got me wondering... We all know that too much antibiotics is not a good thing. It won't work if you abuse it, so the Americans or anyone that can google- who we call cyberchondiacs (thanks Bill for the term), don't want it or they think they'll get an infection "down under." YUK! Who wants that, but compared to death...come on people. As I've said before, everything here is out to kill you and that includes mosquitoes. Meanwhile the poorest of poor, ie; Indians and Kenyans, want as much as they can lay their hands on. I actually heard one person tell another...take it and send it home. I guess that way they don't have to buy antibiotics when they need them. I understand that it's hard to get care in the poorest of countries. (Like when they thank us for their immunizations) The only gauge I have is Cambodia and I never saw a hospital there. I also heard that I didn't want to either. So in those countries they make it easy to buy medication. (ala Mexico for those back home). One young fellow brought me his prescription from his homeland as proof that he already had some anti- malaria medication and it was exactly what I was handing out...'course I had to tell him that it might not be the same thing...strength and additives and such. But I told him it was FREE to take from the company and in fact it was required. So as a good employee he took it and signed on the dotted line. Another gave the excuse of an allergy. When I offered the suggested medication for allergy prone individuals, they took the original but was not a happy little camper. Another enterprising fellow asked how much it would sell for on Ebay. Good grief...see how it goes when the care is free. Then again...no one wants to be told that they have to do anything... even when it's good for them.