Pre-departure Preparation - Vaccination (Part 1)

Although western Europe is considered safe from health perspective, it is always good to be prudent about health concern and vaccination. Just like travel insurance, consider this as a prevention. It surely won't be fun to get infected by some diseases that should be easily prevented.

My vaccinations that I know I already got are:

• Polio
• BCG for tubercolosis
• MMR for measles, mumps, and rubella
• DPT for diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus
• Hepatitis A

And just this evening, I went to my physician to get advice on which vaccinations are necessary for my trip. He only recommended me a flu shot, but I insist on getting a booster of tetanus shot as well. He gave me one jab of flu shot on my right arm and one jab of tetanus booster shot on my left arm, just to be safe.

The flu shot (which already includes the H1N1 vaccine) is good for 1 year, and the tetanus booster is good for 10 years. Hopefully I won't be getting any fever tonight.