Yellow fever vaccines, just in case (seriously) if you need one to travel....

[steve2470]

Most of you know I love to travel. Sometimes travel requires vaccinations (COVID-19 and otherwise).

The CDC website implies that getting a yellow fever vaccine is an easy process. Just pick a name !

WRONG. It took me 3 phone calls in Orange County, Florida to locate a clinic that would do it. Not even the official county health department does it.

In case you are in Orange County (or nearby), the clinic is the following:

https://www.passporthealthusa.com/locations/fl/winter-park/507/

Passport Health
Clayton Building
611 North Wymore Road, Suite 210
Winter Park, FL 32789
407-902-9783

or

https://www.passporthealthusa.com/locations/fl/orlando/509/

Passport Health
The Quorum Center
4301 Vineland Road, Suite E-5
Orlando, FL 32811
407-302-9783

To enter South Africa from India, it is required.
To enter Colombia from South Africa, it is required.
It's a good idea, of course, to check all the relevant State Department and Embassy web pages for the mandatory vaccinations and documents.

In case you're really curious:

https://www.cdc.gov/yellowfever/index.html#:~:text=Yellow%20fever%20is%20a%20very,person's%20symptoms%2C%20and%20travel%20history.

The yellow fever virus is found in tropical and subtropical areas of Africa and South America. The virus is spread to people by the bite of an infected mosquito. Yellow fever is a very rare cause of illness in U.S. travelers. Illness ranges from a fever with aches and pains to severe liver disease with bleeding and yellowing skin (jaundice). Yellow fever infection is diagnosed based on laboratory testing, a person’s symptoms, and travel history. There is no medicine to treat or cure infection. To prevent getting sick from yellow fever, use insect repellent, wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants, and get vaccinated.

and:

https://www.cdc.gov/yellowfever/vaccine/index.html

A safe and effective yellow fever vaccine has been available for more than 80 years.

A single dose provides lifelong protection for most people.

The vaccine is a live, weakened form of the virus given as a single shot.

Vaccine is recommended for people aged 9 months or older and who are traveling to or living in areas at risk for yellow fever virus in Africa and South America.

Yellow fever vaccine may be required for entry into certain countries.

Vaccination requirements and recommendations for specific countries are available on the CDC Travelers’ Health page.

Hope all this helps someone. It would not be wise to put off all these vaccines to the very last minute. You might run out of time. I thought this would easier than it turned out to be. One clinic had not had YF vaccine for 3 years, and one clinic did not do them any more, period (bad CDC data).

[CanonRay]

1. I had it prior to a trip to Venezuela

[hlthe2b]

2. CDC hasn't necessarily updated its "Yellow Book" info, given low priorty with little travel dt COVID

But, yes, in recent years, local health departments have referred travel clinics to specialized private clinics. Inconvenient, but this isn't really recent.

While I was vaccinated years ago for yellow fever, fortunately, immunity is considered to be lifelong.

There are a lot more recommended vaccines to consider though and some have a lot of time-dependant scheduling issues. So, yes. You should absolutely prepare for them months ahead of time.

[Tetrachloride]

3. i received the main 2 travel vaccinations plus shingles and flu

the usual aches

i believe yellow fever vaccinations was not in my group.