Traveling & Health
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Good morning, everybody in Health Chatter World. Welcome to today's show. We're going to be talking about traveling and health. What are the things you need to keep in mind when you travel? And also the benefits of traveling on our health. And there are some benefits and maybe not some for some people. So we'll be talking about all of that. We've got a great crew, Manny Levine-Wolfe. Aaron Collins, Deandra Howard, Matthew Campbell, and Sheridan Nygaard are all great behind-the-scenes people that keep this show really moving for us, do our research, our production, our marketing, so thank you to you guys. Dr. Barry Baines is our medical advisor, provides insight from a medical lens, and we've really greatly appreciated his insights since he's joined the Health Chatter team.
And then, of course, there's Clarence Jones, who's co-host with me on these shows. We do a lot of chatting on air and off air. And it's been a pleasure. So thanks to everybody. Human Partnership is our sponsor for our Health Chatter shows. Thank you to them. Great community health organization. Does wonderful things in the community. Check them out at humanpartnership.org. Check us out at healthchatterpodcast.com. Feel free to leave questions, reviews, ideas on our website. We would really appreciate the insight. So thank you to you as well. So today's subject is health and travel, which it's kind of interesting because in my estimation, during the COVID pandemic, when it was at its height, there were really travel implications as it related to health, and in this case, COVID, And it was interesting, all the different things that you had to be aware of when you were traveling. But there are other things as well.
So our crew is going to be talking about travel and health today. Every one of us has done some traveling, whether it's in the United States or overseas. And it really is interesting when, if you just think about packings, You know, when you pack and get ready to go, you know, what kind of health-oriented things are in your mind? You know, Barry, you're probably a good one on this one. You know, what kind of health things do you keep in mind when you're getting ready to go to wherever you're going to go?
Yeah, I think that top of mind for me is sort of the first division in the tree is are you traveling domestic or are you traveling overseas? Some things are common to both. I think the biggest issue when you're traveling overseas from really a purely health perspective is are you going someplace where you need immunizations before you travel? And I know that certainly the Twin Cities area. We have international travel clinics because it's sort of hard to keep up on all the vaccines that you might be needing if you're going overseas. And so that's extremely important because the one thing you don't want to do is be getting on a plane, getting off the plane, and then being asked for your immunization status on this, that, or the next thing. And and then they don't let you in.
Although realistically, what's more of an issue is really to protect yourself when you're traveling, particularly with third world countries, and depending where you're actually going to be going. So I think the vaccination thing is an important thing. And I just encourage people, to talk to their doctor or call the international travel clinics that are, you know, that are in town to find out about that. And maybe we could just get some resources for folks so they can save them some investigatory work to try and find out.
You know, it's like when you go overseas, you know, it's one thing to be vaccinated. And then how do you show proof that you have been? So to be honest with you, it certainly was heightened during COVID where you had an actual card with you that indicated your vaccinations. But other vaccinations, like I can tell you right now, I don't have any kind of a card or a certificate. Right.
Yeah. There are some apps. Actually, my daughter, who works for the health department, put me on to one thing. It's called Docket. Yeah. And it keeps track of all the immunizations that you get because they're all reported. You know, your immunizations are, you know, reported in. And so that's one easy way to to do that. So that was just the one thing that that just. you know, more of an aside.
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