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Old 11-25-2009, 11:29 AM  
quiet
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Originally Posted by bhutocracy View Post
The flu is overhyped, the fear of the shot is overhyped, everything is overhyped, but not getting shots before going to S.E Asia and Africa is on another level. That's pretty careless. A friend of mine just came back with positive test results for Schistosomiasis after visiting Africa, not that there is a vaccine for it but you do have to be incredibly careful, get bloodwork done after coming back, get shots etc.
no it's not. the only things you are 'supposed' to take are malaria pills, tetanis shot, and rabies shot. i've been there before and seen the dogs, so yeah i did get the rabies. tetanis, not a major worry. malaria? the pills make you sick, and if you get malaria, you just go to a doctor and get meds. i know many people traveling to these areas that bought into the hype, and were sick from the malaria pills. fuck that shit.
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