Vaccinations don't hurt!

[druffine]

I've been to the public health authority and got all the vaccinations and immunizations I've missed since 1995. Yeah, that right. 13 years. I'm (nearly) 27 years old btw.

It didn't hurt. They even poked me two times, different arm each, and it's not hurting much now.

I got immunizations against Diphteria, Teatnus, Pertussis. I already had Measles, Parotitis and Rubella done when I was a kid. And they talked me into taking the Vaccination against influenza (FIV), too. (Yes, I'm copying this out of the Internation Certificate of Vaccinations, they gave me. It was all free and I was wondering if you whatever country you are in get that, too. Or if you get even more or maybe less or if you have to pay for it.

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[tabaqui]

Oh, and, to actually answer your question - i could get them free or nearly free at the Health Department, and probably they wouldn't cost much at the doctors at all. We *do* have insurance that would cover them, but they try and make something like that as cheap as possible since it's so necessary.

[druffine.livejournal.com]

Hm, I didn't meant to step on toes about the insurance.

In Germany we have obligatory health insurance. If you have an income you pay for it yourself, if you don't the state pays it for you and gives you all kinds of social benefits to have somewhere to live and groceries.

Of course the common vaccines are free for everybody, they're covered by the state independent of insurance.

[tabaqui]

Oh, no toe-stepping. Heh. Insurance over here is gods-awful expensive and way too many people don't have it. I'm pretty sure most of the vaccines *for kids* are free, but if you didn't get them and need them as an adult you might have to pay some small sum of money. I really am not sure.