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I was on an English boat going from Siracusa in Sicily
to Tunis in North Africa. I had taken the
cheapest passage and it was a voyage of two
nights and one day. We were no sooner out
of the harbor than I found that in my class no
food was served. I sent a note to the
captain saying I’d like to change to another
class. He sent a note back saying I could
not change and, further, asking whether I had
been vaccinated. I wrote back that I had
not been vaccinated and that I didn’t intend
to be. He wrote back that unless I was
vaccinated I would not be permitted to
disembark at Tunis. We had meanwhile
gotten into a terrific storm. The waves were
higher than the boat. It was impossible
to walk on the deck. The correspondence
between the captain and myself continued in
deadlock. In my last note to him,
I stated my firm intention to get off his boat
at the earliest opportunity and without being
vaccinated. He then wrote back that I
had been vaccinated, and to prove it he
sent along a certificate with his signature.
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