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Published: September 6th 2009
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To Innoculate or Not? Or What to Innoculate For? Four months to go before we head off to Ecuador and Peru for our four month family travel/volunteer trip. I went to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention website, to learn more about traveler's health recommendations for Ecuador and Peru. Measles, H1N1, Yellow Fever, Dengue, Hepatitis A & B, Typhoid, Rabies, Malaria...
Oh My! Needless to say, our heads are spinning around as we try to make heads or tails out of all of this. While I want to take all necessary precautionary measures as we head off to a region of the world that may have different health threats than we are used to, I don't want to subject ourselves (especially the children) un-necessarily to innoculations that we may not really need.
So -- I am inviting anyone who reads our travel blog to put in their 2-cents worth of advice or information on this topic.
La Familia Dunning
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Linda
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I say YES
Hi folks - yes, I think you should. but, of course, talk with your daughters' physicians to make sure there are no special considerations for them. I think if the CDC says you need the shots, I say get them. They must have some reason for recommending. I myself cannot get certain vaccines and may never be able to travel to certain parts of the world - so personally, I think if someone is able to get shots and tavel, they should. IMHO - Linda