In todays world you should definatley get the twix (A&B) hep vacinations. Why you ask?

Very simple answer.

If you are involved in any kind of accident such as a motor vehicle accident or need stitches etc, etc. It is very important to protected against hep B as it is at epidemic rates in most all African countries. And the number one way to catch it is in a health care facility.Hep b is usually contracted from Blood, urine, saliva or mucous transmission. You'd be shocked to know how many people are contract heptitus in hospitals and resturants in this country every year much less in Africa. Hep A is usually caught from food or water.

By the way hep A&B are also at epidemic levels in some area in the USA.

A hep vacination is kind of like a parachute you most likely won't need it but if you do you'll need it real bad.

Hepitus is a miserable SOB of a sickness and it's preventable.

My insurance paid for 80% of the vacination costs..

By the way twix A&B vacinations are standard for children in this country now days if that tells you anything.

Save your liver get the vacination.

My wife and I got both the hep a & b...I dont know for sure but I know it wasnt that expensive. I would definately get them. My wife kind of remembers about $150 for each of us...

That price is totally out of line for what you want. I would definitely double check it.

I think someone is trying to take you to the cleaners!
We went to the Tarrant County (Ft. Worth) Health Dept. and got ours and looking in my diary of the trip it says $235 is what we paid for those shots.

Some Hepatitis bugs tried to bite Will's leathery ass. They fell over dead.

You can often get the vaccines cheaper from your local health department. Sorry, you tried that. Around here $400.00 for two people is more like it. Call the nearest medical school family practice clinic. They usually carry those vaccines at a good price.

Not getting your vaccines is foolish in the extreme (even for you, Will).

Treatment for hepatitis A is mostly supportive. Every one that I have cared for with that condition has had a miserable few months. A common report later is that they don't have the strength and endurance afterward that they used to have.

Hepatitis B leads to cirrhosis often enough. That is a particularly bad way to spend your golden years.

How much did your rifles cost? The plane tickets? The Safari?

Traveling to the cesspool of infectivity called Africa without vaccinations is like, so, like, words fail me.

JCN

I already had my Hep B shot because of my job, so I went to my county health clinic and for $40 had them give me the Hep A. Try that, most county health clinics off these vacinations at a greatly reduced price. My tetanus shot was an addtional $10.

Roger,

Hep A is food/drink transferred. Even though RSA is a relativly clean country compaired to other places in africa, It's easy to be exposed to if you visit a "less than fancy" eating establishment. And you never can know who's touched your food at the market and so on when eating at a place you think is safe. Even at someones home.

As Surestrike mentioned, Hep B is more likey to be contracted from accidents. which can happen anywhere to anyone.

Get the shots. It's cheaper to be safe than sorry...

Erik D.

I got both. One is a series of three shots. I got bored after the second one and never went back. I didn't pay one tenth of what you quoted.

I got Hep A&B, Yellow Fever, Typhoid, Meningitis, and DTP for $430 - you're getting gouged. Although I would gladly spend double not to end up with any of the things I was vaccinated for!

The Hep series costs 30 dollars a shot here at the Albany County Health Dept.

And next time you hear that 20 people who ate at Friendlies or 100 people at a wedding got sick over the weekend, you have nothing to worry about if you were there. Often those cases are Hep A from some dope not washing his hands after going to the bathroom.

Thanks for the replies. I will check my insurance. I just found out that my company gives free Hep A shots to employees and Hep B cost $180. Thanks. Roger

Both are highly recommended. See Noak's post and read it again. Shop around, like everyone else is saying, that is an awful high quote. Insurance paid for all of mine. Do you have a dedicated travel clinic in your area?

Either way, if that is what it is going to cost you folks, I think your health is well worth $800 bucks. If your brother is a doc can't he get you a "GM" discount????