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Drs. Paul Pottinger and Chris Sanford discuss travel health questions, including safety tips for traveling and what to do if pepper sprayed.

Selamat tengah hari! Today, travel medicine specialists Drs. Paul Pottinger & Chris Sanford answer your travel health questions, including: Thoughts on safety of traveling in El Salvador? Tips for fun and safe travel in Belize? What to do if I get pepper sprayed--at a protest or otherwise? Is now a bad time for US citizens to travel overseas? Any reaction to a recent NYT article on traveler's diarrhea published in January 2026? How can you tell if an airline is generally safe? Reflections on the passing of Dr. Bill Foege? Here is a link to Dr. Glaucomflecken's post on eye health in case of getting pepper-sprayed . We hope you enjoy this podcast! If so, please follow us on the socials @germ.and.worm, subscribe to our RSS feed and share with your friends! We would so appreciate your rating and review to help us grow our audience. And, please visit our website: germandworm.com where you can find all our content and send us your questions and travel health anecdotes. Or, just send us an email: germandworm@gmail.com . Our Disclaimer: The Germ and Worm Podcast is designed to inform, inspire, and entertain. However, this podcast does NOT establish a doctor-patient relationship, and…

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