Suriname is about as bad as things can get, there's little to build in an economy in freefall, and from what I hear, things are much better in Venezuela, especially in terms of food security. It's easy enough to be anti-vaxxer when you're in your home country and you have no reason to leave, but that is not our situation.

We are tired of foraging for food, tired of looking at the same 3 rotten eggplants at the market, tired of smuggling cash into the country in boxes. I wish I could say Suriname ain't that bad, but if you're following international news, you'd know the Haitians crossing into Texas are fleeing the conditions here in Suriname.

I can't place not getting a vaccination of greater importance than my family reuniting again one day. At this point I'd consider drinking a glass of uranium if it could get my family back to the life we once had. We're plagued by so many problems much bigger than COVID-19 right now that we haven't even had the luxury to be pro or anti-vax. I do hope to someday get to a point where we can begin to worry about COVID instead of food security and access to cash, that will be a joyous day.