I am not getting the #vaccine....

... this month, or anytime soon, because I don’t have the option. Unlike many of you, I live and work in a developing nation. There is no Covid-19 vaccine in Kenya and no one really knows when it will arrive. (1/5)

Those of us working here do not yet get to experience the relief and promise that comes from the receipt of even the first of the two doses. Although #COVID19 rates are much lower in Kenya than the US, I had a Covid exposure three days ago... (2/5)

...and now I’m smelling the candle on our coffee table daily, looking for even the faintest of sub-clinical symptoms. Those of us working in the developing world will continue living in this fear until the day the vaccine reaches us- will it be in the spring? Summer? 2022? (3/5)

Even still, I am fortunate because I have the ability to travel back to the US at some point and receive the vaccine there. What about the Kenyan physicians, nurses, techs and custodians that I work with? When will they feel that same relief so many of you feel now? (4/5)

Please pray for the parts of the world that will not receive the vaccine for months or even years. Please, PLEASE get the vaccine if you’re able. On behalf of all of us who don’t have a choice, don’t miss your shot! (5/5)
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