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I would not be offended by the blood donation thing. They generalize based on administrative regions (Amazonas in this case) and not whether you visited a big
by RajT88 2mo ago
I would not be offended by the blood donation thing. They generalize based on administrative regions (Amazonas in this case) and not whether you visited a big developed city or not.
I had a similar blood donation issue for visiting a particular island in the Philippines, and could not donate for 4 months.
- DanielHB 2mo agoIt is funny there is no similar treatment about TBE (tick disease) which is predominantly an European disease and very dangerous and much more common than Malaria is in most (all?) South American countries... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick-borne_encephalitis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick-borne_encephalitis
- Tangurena2 2mo agoThere is a vaccine available for TBE. I got it. It is expensive, and my insurance won't cover "travel vaccines". https://www.cdc.gov/tick-borne-encephalitis/prevention/tick-borne-encephalitis-vaccine.html https://www.cdc.gov/tick-borne-encephalitis/prevention/tick-...
- metadat 2mo ago$1,200, wow that is pricey!
- throwaway2037 2mo agoThis page explains it is active in Central Europe all the way east to Eastern Russia and China. Ref: https://www.cdc.gov/tick-borne-encephalitis/data-maps/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/tick-borne-encephalitis/data-maps/index....