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Originally Posted by DevilsSon
Yes, because China and Indonesia and Africa it's all the same 'part of the world'. I spent about 8 months in South East Asia incl. India and there are no mandatory vaccination requirements. Certainly no requirements for Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. India has some recommended ones but again, no problem entering the country without them. And you do realise that Africa is not even close. Not geographically. Not culturally. Not socially. Not climate wise. Different from a disease landscape. Why on Earth you'd even mention it, completely beyond me. Aren't you a teacher?
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Yes, I'm quite aware that Africa is a different part of the world. I've seen a map. I just threw it in as an example of another place that I was personally aware of people being *required* to have vaccines to travel to. But you are aware that China WAS on the schedule until about 2 days ago right, so they DID have to prepare to go to China which would have meant, at the very least, a yellow fever vaccine. So, it seems to me that if you have to have vaccines to go to China when traveling from the USA that it would be logical that you might have to have certain vaccines to go to other places on the schedule as well.
No, I'm not a teacher. I work in a school setting, but I do psychological assessments.
You're making mountain out of a molehill because I dared to suggest that he would need proper vaccines to travel out of country--which is absolutely true, btw. But since you're being obstinate and stubborn and acting like I'm stupid, here is some info for you with a list of recommended vaccinations for a few of the countries on the schedule. BTW--yellow fever is "required" for all of them.
www.passporthealth.com
These are general travel guidelines:
International Travelers should verify their history of vaccination against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, poliomyelitis, hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae type b, and pneumococcal invasive disease before traveling. If there are gaps, immunization should be obtained, whether or not international travel is planned.
China
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Japanese Encephalitis
Polio
Rabies
Typhoid
Yellow Fever
Indonensia
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Japanese Encephalitis
Polio
Rabies
Typhoid
Yellow Fever
Thailand
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Japanese Encephalitis
Polio
Rabies
Typhoid
Yellow Fever
Singapore
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Polio
Rabies
Typhoid
Yellow Fever