Vaccines vs. Travel

I found an article that really caught my eye this week. The article was titled, "Many Americans Don't Get Recommended Vaccines Before Travel". This article caught my attention because I travel a lot. After doing some research and seeing the possible diseases I could catch while traveling abroad it really opened my eyes to how important it is to be up to date with vaccines.

Some diseases that can be caught while traveling are:

• Measles
• Hepatitis A
• Polio
• Cholera
• Schistosomiasis

It interested me to see how each disease was passed on through organisms, and where each disease originated. All the diseases come with great risk and it is important to be properly vaccinated, traveling or not. Sometimes you don't even have to travel to catch a "traveler's disease".

Think about the food you eat. Think about where it comes from. Think about how it is prepared. Do you really know what you're eating? Because a lot of the time when food is bought from a grocery store or prepared in a restaurant it is imported and you never know what your "food" was doing or eating. 

Be cautious when eating:

• Seafood
• Meats
• Vegetables

After reading the article and doing follow up research I concluded that I need to be extremely cautious about vaccinations and being up to date on them for the health of myself and the people that I am around. 

Rettner, R. (2015, October 9). Many American's Don't Get Recommended Vaccines Before Traveling. In Live Science. Retrieved October 11, 2015, from http://www.livescience.com/52449-americans-vaccines-travel-abroad.html

      Rachel Grzanka