Originally Posted by david4455
Not sure where else to put this....
We have some friends who are flying a charter jet to the San Miguel de Allende ( BJX) area to visit us this winter. They are using Netjets who has advised them that malaria immunization (the course of pills) is required for travel into this area. I said that is ridiculous. I checked the CDC and nothing is listed. We have been travelling down there for 20 years and have never heard of any malaria cases in this mountain desert town.....
I suggested my friends try another service if netjets is insistant......
Weird. I also checked CDC for friends who are in SMA right now. They flew commercial, no recommendation made, but some friend mentioned thye should have it. Malaria pills, Lariam, are not something to be taken lightly (no joke intended.) They don't bother me, but many people have had severe side effects.
Maybe something's going on in SMA, where the countryside is dry brush, but I'd save the pills for India, parts of Asia, Africa ... maybe the jungles of Mexico.