Hey man, when I flew to the Philippines in the Air Force, we HAD TO get the malaria vaccine. No different.
If you get the shot(s), you won't catch it. You may however, pass it along to someone else unknowingly (so they recommend keeping a mask on).
I know what you mean Dante,
When I was in the Navy, aboard the USS Independence, we were going to make a port visit to Mauritius. Three weeks before we got there, we got the malaria vaccine, and the whole crew was on Quinine tablets up until a week after we left there.
I'm well aware that anyone could have the virus and not know it, and can be passing it along to everyone they get close enough to. That's why I've been keeping to myself. Reported cases of it in NE Ohio have been up and down, and back up again, because generally here, people are pretty careless about it. I wear my mask anytime I have to leave the house, and for the last month or so, I've been double-masking when I go to a supermarket and places like that.
Since I don't have a family physician, I don't know when or if I might get a notice to get jabbed, so I'm playing it close to the vest.
Harley