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Q: teburculosis booster shots before going to China?
Anybody have TB shots before going to China ? My Step Son just got tested and got a reaction to the test .My wife and him had the xray before they came here however it seems to have layed dormant all these years . I got a heap of shots before I went overseas but Chinese do not understand how important it is to protect against these things .
10 years 39 weeks ago in Health & Safety - China
Of course you should have all your shots up to date before traveling abroad.. That's true wherever you go in the world.
I know there are some countries where it is endemic and China is a high risk country. yet as you point out, TB shots are not part of the overall vaccination package given when traveling to China....... TB is airborne, and the main culprit for spreading is........spitting. (and spending a long time in confined air-conditioned spaces like the subway and airports.) Thanks for high-lighting that to me 
My Chinese ex had tuberculosis when he was a teenager, it's latent now. After he recovered his family told him not to study that hard at school.
He is an ex, because his family freaked out when they heard that I'm rhesus negative. "Panda blood? You can't have children, break up, break up!"
I don't know what's wrong with Chinese people. I had a TB shot when I was in college, maybe I should get a booster now.
I did. I also had my typhoid shots (BADLY NEEDED).
PLEASE KEEP YOUR PERTUSSIS, TYPHOID AND HEPATITIS 'B' SHOTS UP TO DATE! IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah I think I must have gotten that shot through the VA services...they usually provide those shots for free. That reminds me I need to go back....well it's funny I won't be able to use the same VA hospital doesn't bother me any...
