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alljokingaside
Joined: 17 Feb 2010
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 Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 12:35 pm Post subject: Don't Cough on Me; I won't promise the same |
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Hi all,
EPIK come (here by) date's coming up (woo?) and I was wondering-
Are travel immunizations available once I've landed and settled in Korea (w/ the health insurance) or is it a better idea to pay the exorbitant US prices for the little things like not dying?
The sub-question here prolly'd be - is this a good idea?
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:02 pm Post subject: Re: Don't Cough on Me; I won't promise the same |
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| alljokingaside wrote: |
Hi all,
EPIK come (here by) date's coming up (woo?) and I was wondering-
Are travel immunizations available once I've landed and settled in Korea (w/ the health insurance) or is it a better idea to pay the exorbitant US prices for the little things like not dying?
The sub-question here prolly'd be - is this a good idea?
Thanks! |
All you really need are the basics (that you should have had as a child).
The exception that you may not have had are: Hep A/B.
Even without insurance they are not expensive here (40k or less per shot) and you only need 2 or 3 shots (depending on serum type).
IF you have not had any immunizations as a child then you may want to start them now because the series for some can take months or years to complete (shot and boosters). |
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alljokingaside
Joined: 17 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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Hey, thanks for the reply.
I think I should be fine then; I've had childhood immunizations and a Hep B shot last years, as well as the first step of the Hep A shot last year. So Hep A, which probably can wait for a month or something.
My guess is that CDC's assessment of epidemiology on things like Japanese Encephalitis is good then? Good to know!
I don't know about where your at, but the cost/shot around here hovers around a hundred bucks. Ouch. |
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callmeishmael
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
Location: old seongnam
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| Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Get your tuberculosis immunization. The US doesn't vaccinate against it (they only test to see if you've been exposed) but it's a pretty prevalent in Korea. |
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runthegauntlet
Joined: 02 Dec 2007
Location: the southlands.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:41 am Post subject: |
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Vacs are cheap in Korea. Got my yellow fever vac for 26k won a month ago.
Would have been 140 USD in my city in the U.S. Ouch. |
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