If I am just taking a one week business trip in Southeast Asia and staying in 5 star hotels, do I really need any shots?
Well you sure don’t need them as much as someone who is backpacking on a budget for six months, or someone going to visit their family in India, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t some risk. It’s a good idea to be up to date with your routine tetanus-diphtheria-polio shot. Your food is only as good as the person handling it – consider hepatitis A vaccine. Finally, if you require medical care, or have unprotected sex while away, you are at risk of hepatitis B. So the risks are there, though they may be small. The traveller has to decide.
