why is it that a person allergic to peniccilin can't be given a shot of yellow fever vaccine? Any other optio

Question

My husband is a seaman, he was not allowed to board a ship which has a trip to Africa because they found out he has no yellow fever vaccine which other medical examiners did not give him because he was allergic to peniccilin. How is he going to work?

Answer 1

I am sorry that i can not remember how, but my brother did get a yellow fever shot before we went to Kenya and he is also allergic to penicillin, so there is a way, but perhaps that doctor/nurse/provider has not looked at all the options.