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On my Facebook page, I have "liked" a couple of resorts. There was a thread started today, where a woman asked what to pack. She got the usual responses, but my favorite was....
"Make sure to stock up on antibiotics, they don't have western meds, and their medicines will not work on us"
Really? I mean really?? Apparently, Jamaica is now the wilds of the world, with only rum and coconut to live off of. I may have to stay away from that page for a bit.
At least the ignorance and small-mindedness of other people give us something to laugh about :D
Never mind the fact that we had a visa program in place at my last job for Jamaican and Phillipino nurses... Those two countries have some of the best trained... But she can assure me that they have no western medicine.
Smh...ignorance at its best. Ive seen western meds in downtown negril and in mobay.
I ran out of my allergy meds while there. I took the empty bottle to the pharmacy and was given a similar one. The ONLY difference was the name - instead of acetaminophen it is paracetamol, which I know is a British name (I have bought this in England). So, as I see it, there does not appear to be a problem. Oh, and it worked exactly the same as the one I get here.
Wow, the screenshot Hussyband posted of that message board. Kristin, a citizen of Jamaica, spent a week in the hospital in Negril?
sounds suspect.
like a white lie to try and be right...but mayyybe????
As there is no hospital in Negril it calls the veracity of her information into question.
I forgot about that... Back to Facebook.