Green&Gold
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Hey Susie, I understand. One individual on the forum has claimed to have been told to go get records.This is the issue doing it yourself, you can end up doing vaccines you don’t actually need. Not all of the vaccines on the list are applicable to every immigrant and the panel doctors will know which ones you can be waived for (example based on age, flu shot is seasonal, etc). We never had hep A done to my recollection. As ausjess27 lists, the vaccines covered by Tdap and MMR are the most important, flu shot seasonally, varicella waived if you’ve had chicken pox.
And no you definitely don’t need anything that isn’t on the list.
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As my case number is not yet current I do not want to add any more wait time.On another note I had my medical the other day and I think I was too relaxed about the immunisation history stuff (just thinking they'd shoot me up with everything on the day) but instead the doctor has now sent me on a bit of a goose-chase to get more info that's pretty slow-going to get at the moment, so I doubt it will be completed by the time of the interview. Not a big deal though and probably serves me right haha.
Doctor has confirmed I am healthy and should have had some shots at 18 according to original paperwork (i.e. Meningococcal).
Blood test came back with me missing some as a child as well (chicken pox, and hep B)
Adding most vaccines are now combined, i.e. to receive Hep B it was combined with Hep A, cheaper then getting Hep B on its own.
This time it will all been on the government record (MyGov). For about ~500 dollars (total spend, inc blood work), I'm provided peace of mind.
Keeping in mind adults cant get vaccinated for Rotavirus or Hib as those are child only vaccinations.
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