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before. you. travel?..Good

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x-has_been
‘almost eradicated. The. last

report I read gave most of

the world a clean bill of .
health with the exception.of
two places ~ Ethiopia and
Bangladesh. Even: there, no

by Barbara

“MeCreadie

active cases have ‘been —
‘reported for some time. and.
with luck, that should be the
end of it.

Sad_to say, some labs .
‘“scattered over the world, are
_keeping live  smalipox
* viruses. One broken vial in
, England last year caused a
scare - and a couple of sick

people. That is one of those
things that just should never
happen - but?

¥ don’t want to sound like

4a “crepe hanger”, but, as

“Jong as those labs exist, Tl
keep my smallpox shots up
to date - and those of my
kids. Booster shots DON'T
HURT! The governments of
various countries no longer
: our certificate
‘of immunization - but, I
_ never travel without it.

‘Should something un-
foreseen occur, I don’t want
to be held up in some airport

while people get the once- think so when an‘outbreak tropics, check with them.
health there had people screaming They will arrange for you to

over from the

department

What else? NEVER BUT’ of contamination was traced you think gin and tonic in

NEVER would I travel .
without an up to date.
T.A.B.T. shot. This keeps
you safe from Typhoid A and
B, plus tetanus. Lockjaw -
never heard of it? Not only is

it usually fatal, but it’s a.

damned unpleasant way to

go. It’s victims are usually malaria brought along. If may look after foolsand

middle aged people, which
goes to prove that we take a

just retarmed from Europe,
can you tell me ff there i a
gas shortage there and how
mach gas costs?

ANSWER: .

I visited the Netherlands,
only. We didn’t encounter
any gas shortages and didn't

hear about any in the rest of

the continent. I have a funny

feeling that the American

gas companies have left
something out when they cry
“shortage”. And,
more curious,

sneaking hunch that

lot ‘better care of our kids

‘could if we get

to be even
1 have a’
the
same gas companies have
got together with the car

than we do of ourselves! -.

“Where athere are animal
‘droppings (barns are dandy!)
and, a blister or scratch can
harbor the. bug. Not for me,
thanks.

Typhoid can turn up

- anywhere and people can be

carriers. without having an
active case of the disease.
Food handlers are a prime.
possibility and even the
Cordon Bleu isn’t immune. I
_am, thanks to a free visit to.
“my local health unit. -—

Polio doesn’t give us much
trouble any more! But, it
over-
confident. I took my
children to the doctor one
- day for their- regular “check =
_and puncture” routine. This —
_ doctor has kept my kids
“patched up at regular in-
tervals for the past 15 years.

Asi he doled out the “oral
“polis” stuff in paper cups, he
‘gave me.an impudent grin,
and said, “When did YOU

ve your last polio shot?” _-

. “Well,” I stuttered. “Does
. 1956 sound about right?” —

Fy

ROYAL VIKING LINE:
The 22,000-ton ROYAL

“In that-ease,” he replied;
“May I buy you a drink?”

He handed me a little cup
with some pink stuff in the.
bottom. Oh, well. The price.
was right! .

Should you be travelling
to parts of the world where
cholera and yellow fever are
. still a plague, get shot! The
‘cholera is dispensed by your
local health unit but you
have to go to a special clinic’
‘to get the yellow fever stuff.
Very perishable, this vaccine
is doled out by appointment
because one vial does
several _ people ut once
opened,-it must be used or
destroyed..

Cholera sounds like an
exotic iliness, but, thousands
of people in Naples didn’t

in the streets for vaccine that
wasn’t available. The source

to seafood from the heavily
polluted Bay of Naples. It’s a
good place. NOT
swimming!

Clark Gable and Marlene
Deitrich could do an ex-
-cellent impersonation of the
shivvers and sweats that

you think you'll qualify for
an Academy Award for your

shortage i in Europe? _

+ QUESTION: Since yon've

manufacturers when they

: eliminated Supreme leaded

gas from most stations. That
sure puts “paid” to a lot of
the older cars on the road!

4

Gas, in Holland, averaged
about $2.80 a gallon.
Luckily, the distances over
there are short. In a week of
travelling in a Volkswagen

van,. veo only gassed up the
tank ¢
Many stations have

propane outlets because a’

lot of people have paid to
have their cars converte’ to
propane burners. The one
that I saw lost most of it’s

to go.

-VEKING -SEA> glides—past
Vancouver's Stanicy Park
in the course of a 14-day
\ Alaska/Canada cruise. The
| vessel calls at the scenic
-| Canadian city seven times
this summer during cruises
of the famed Inside
Passage to Glacier Bay,
Alaska. Ports of call in-

Skagway (or Haines), Sitka
and Prince Rupert in
addition to Vancouver.

performangé'in the maiatia
ward, again! Your
unit Has a list of
that harbor the

places
mosquito which carries this
disease.

If you are heading for the

have the medication you
need to avoid catching it. If

large quantities will keep -
you immune - you're wrong.

~ This message isn’t aimed
only at travellers! Keep your
shots up to date if your
furthest travels are the limit
on your car's gas tank! God

children but it doesn’t hurt to
give Him a little help. ‘

trunk space to this piece of

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equipment. Although it's

cheaper by far, two 4:
questions haunt me: Since rai
“propane is so much more Ry S
inflammable than ordinary die ceases

gas, what happens in a rear-
end collision? How do the
insurance companies lke
this economy measure? I'd
sure like to hear from some
experts on this.

Adams
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