Useful Vaccinations

[Little Lou]

I know not everyone trusts vaccinations, but post-SHTF I think there'll be a lot more nasties about than there are now - including a few we think we've eradicated. Once the clean water supply goes, for instance, it'll probably be only weeks before cholera and typhoid are back.

They'll be harder to treat too - especially as the most important part of cholera treatment is still drinking gallons of clean fresh water to sluice the bacteria through. Many strains are becoming resistant to antibiotics, and if we get cholera now we'll have no more chance than people did in the 1850s - ie very little.

So I'm prepping by getting innoculated against as much as I can. TB and tetanus we've already discussed on another thread, but good news is that both the cholera and typhoid vaccines can be had FREE from your GP if you're travelling to Asia. So can Hepatitis A. I've already had that one, but I've just booked myself in for the others.

Others cost money, but I've already had the rabies jab and plan to top that one up later this year. I know it sounds ridiculous, but we don't know what form SHTF is going to take, and if it's a gradual process with a massive influx of refugees then we won't be able to count on border controls as we have in the past. One little boat with some idiot bringing their dog is all it would take to let rabies loose here, and it's NOT something I want to risk. There'll be a ton of cats and dogs wandering wild after SHTF, to say nothing of the bats and foxes, and all the survival skills in the world won't protect against a rabies bite.

I guess I'm just saying - think about it. I certainly am.