Are there any suggestions to any types of preventitive vaccines if any that would be of benifit in these longer OW swims? The bodies of water that I enter are not all bad...Lake Mich, finger lakes, Lake Erie, Potomac. As endurance atletes we are already a little bit immuno compromised. Plus, my insurance is changing and figured I would get caught up before the end of the year if possible. Thanks.
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there are two other vaccines I'd consider, the shingles/chicken pox vaccine although you wont' catch it in the water per se. Shingles is a version of chicken pox that hsows up in adults and can cause permanent disability its now reccomended to get this shot when you are? over 50 I think? but you can get shingles in your 30's and 40's. Another is the pnuemonia shot again not waterbourne but an issue and reccomended for folks in their ?60's? (check me on those) but I've also seen younger folks suffering.
there are two other vaccines I'd consider, the shingles/chicken pox vaccine although you wont' catch it in the water per se. Shingles is a version of chicken pox that hsows up in adults and can cause permanent disability its now reccomended to get this shot when you are? over 50 I think? but you can get shingles in your 30's and 40's. Another is the pnuemonia shot again not waterbourne but an issue and reccomended for folks in their ?60's? (check me on those) but I've also seen younger folks suffering.
