[jacquej]

Help me out here.

I would assume the military heading into the hot zone will get shots upon shots to protect them from everything they have a shot for. (sorry about grammar here)

Am I wrong? Probably, given this cluster freak we have running things.

[Cementjungle]

They can take Chloroquine pills to prevent Malaria.

[Jemian]

Malaria is still deadly. AFAIK, there are no shots to prevent malaria. A person can take 100mgs of doxycycline daily to help prevent malaria but it is not a 100% protection.

Malaria is also a very opportunistic illness. When a person’s immune system becomes compromised through another disease, the malaria parasite often seizes its chance and becomes active in the system.

[Domestic Church]

Given the recent news story about the cameraman from one of the networks contracting ebola without any contact with the sick, the question of it possibly being contracted through an insect vector similar to malaria has crossed my mind.

[Delta Dawn]

Well, there is no shot for poor grammar...yeah, being a member of the Armed Forces means that your shot record is always up to date...Having said that, I got assigned to Comiso AB in 1984...Everyone got what was euphemistically called, the Comiso Crud after being there about 6 weeks. The Crud was rampant diarrhea that lasted for a week or so...it's always something...

[caww]

....”military heading into the hot zone will get shots upon shots to protect them from everything they have a shot for.”....

Well yes, that was also my first thought after reading this article. Which includes for Malaria.

Guess I’ll have to read rest of the thread to see further what the concern might be...as I believe, still, this Ebola beast is far more dangerous to our troops.