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Wow this is great news. I was the type of person to not even give thought to these types of diseases, thinking they only applied to poorer populations in less-d
by imjk 11y ago
Wow this is great news. I was the type of person to not even give thought to these types of diseases, thinking they only applied to poorer populations in less-developed nations. When I went to a destination wedding in Jamaica two years ago, I laughed at all my friends who I thought were being excessively paranoid in constantly applying bug spray for fear of mosquito born viruses. You can imagine what happened next: I was infected with one of those viruses - Chikungunya more specifically - and it was one of the worst year and a half experiences of my life. I've just recently completely gotten over it, but man has the experience changed my outlook on these kids of things.
- ghaff 11y agoI caught Dengue in Bali a couple years ago. In retrospect I wasn't as careful about mosquitos as I should have been because I hadn't really noticed any. Fortunately it was "mild" in that I "only" spiked a 104 degree or so fever and was out flat for a week. (And had my doctor send me to the ER after I got some blood work done.) I was OK after a few weeks but now I'm rather paranoid about the (increasing) number of places where the disease can happen. I do like to travel and I'd really like to be able to get a vaccine (although I expect it will be a while) given the risk of re-exposure to a different variety.
- tjbiddle 11y agoI've been living in Bali for the past year; the past couple months I've had multiple friends come down with Dengue - It's not fun!