vaccinations for abroad

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My eldest Ds went to the GP for travel vaccinations and was told he had to have 5 plus tablets, Typhiod, Hep a Heb b, rabies, malaria, Went to a private clinic and only needed Hep b. Typhoid and Hep A he had the year before, which was on record but they said he need a booster. Went to Nomad clinic in Bristol which specialise and said no booster was necessary, malaria was only in the far north of the country, which he going nowhere near, rabies was rare so dont go near any stray animals.

YABU

Where is abroad, exactly?

And your point is what exactly?

You can google for a country cant you.

I feel for you though.

Our GP is ace. Until it comes to vaccinations for abroad. Then it is an absolute shambles. Takes forever to get itself organised. For some reason, notes are in the wrong place or elsewhere. They only seem to operate on a wednesday or somesuch. If something cant be resolved on one wednesday because of their ineficiencies you are shunted to the next wednesday I could go on

Yes google like this took me 30 seconds

If there is rabies in the country I would have the vaccination. If you are bitten it buys you days to get to an appropriate centre if you don't have it you ave hours. Once clinical rabies develops it is an in curable fatal condition.
All over the world thousands of people die each year from Rabid dog bites, often these dogs fly itch no provocation they are after all rabid.

As a disclaimer, I dont normally google for health related stuff. But I notice the vaccination nurse does it repeatedly. That is how she seems to get the main bulk of her info. And because I dont now necessarily trust her, I do it too for this subject.

I'm hazarding a guess at India. I am involved in a charity project trying to vaccinate street dogs in India to try and prevent the hundreds of unnecessary human death from rabies there.

Lonecat. Agree with you. The rabies one is one we had particular trouble with. I think it takes 3 vaccinations? And you have to start them at least 5 or 6 weeks before you go? And they can be £50 per time?
But once you have had all 3 veccinations that is it. No more in your lifetime? I may have got that a bit wrong.