Locations Effect Part 3
This is a continuation of 17 locations you can consider.
If you would like one-on-one help choosing an exact location and housing for you I offer that here.
Just a reminder that when I’m speaking of “good air” or “bad air” I’m referring to the toxins that are of particular relevance to mold avoiders (MT, cyano, FRAT and tropical toxins that are similar to those), as that is what has been proven to help people recover from chronic illness.
I will also speak out some of the locations I have been to and what I think of them.
And then lastly touch on how you can move to one of these countries (residency visas, disability pensions).
First, Misconceptions!!
Please be careful in discussion groups with misconceptions that could result in you thinking you can’t go somewhere!
About disability pensions: I recently posted about my benefits to living in Latin America and one person said you cannot get residency on Canadian Pension Plan which is not true as a blanket statement. See the last section of this article on some residency ideas.
Health insurance: There was also a misconception that health insurance is complicated. It’s not, but you can expect to pay something like ~$250 USD a month (even in low income countries) for insurance like Genki. Another option for insurance, which is what I did, is I went three years just on just travel insurance (about ~$100 a month) which covers emergencies but not preventative care. Once you are a resident you will have access to whatever the local system offers which is often cheaper than 250/month.
Air quality: I talked about this in part one, there are concerns with air quality in many areas especially for those with MCS. But many people have gone to Latin America, North Africa, South East Asia, India and Tibet to heal. Even within one region or within one country there is can be a great variety of air quality concerns. My opinion is that while you don’t want to expose yourself to something unbearable if you have MCS you have to move towards avoiding the toxins that are of particular concern to mold avoiders because those are the ones that move the needle on healing from environmental illness including CFS and MCS. This is the opinion of the mold avoidance paradigm (and me).
Safety: a big misconception, at least among Americans, is that the cities in Latam are safer than the countryside or smaller towns. This, as a rule, is false. Cities are almost always more dangerous, have more theft, robbery, druggings, scams etc. The only rural areas that can be broad brush painted as unsafe are those controlled by gangs/paramilitary/cartells/gorilla groups. Those are not hard to avoid as they are well-known areas and you can find that information easily on the internet. Apart from that phenomenon, small towns are often very safe in Latam.
Vaccines: There are very few mandatory vaccines for entry to countries around the world. The only one I have come across is Yellow Fever. And it’s a lifetime vaccine so if you already have it you won’t need it again in your life. Also, most people with MCS, CFS are less likely to go to high Yellow Fever areas though sometimes there are tricky laws about where you can travel to after a country that has Yellow Fever areas even if the vaccine wasn’t required to enter that country.