Overpacking and Avian Influenza
Sunday, February 26th, 2006It’s now the 25th of February, with just 3 days left until we head out. After researching the websites of the CDC, WHO, and the Malaysia Department of Health we saw no real need to go all out with the immunizations. Since Tioman is predominatly a tourist resort for the Malay looking for a weekend to escape and also keeping in mind how the island hosts 4 star resorts the risk of infection, while still present, isn’t that worrisome to us. Dengue fever is probably our biggest worry and nothing can prevent that aside from good mosquito control. Malaria tabs are widely available and since the initial stay is only a month, well, thats that.
On that note it was just released that Avian Influenza has hit some KL suburbs. We don’t feel any real danger though seeing how many industrialized countries have been “infected” and still the virus hasn’t jumped from foul to human, yet. Don’t worry mom!
Travel insurance and packing are still waiting to be done, so thats it for now. Exciting stuff huh?
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