Question: How many vaccinations will I need as an adult?

Zoe Vance answered on 18 Mar 2025:

You shouldn’t really *need* to get any, most vaccinations happen when you’re quite young before you get exposed to most things. But if you’re travelling to some countries that have viruses or other pathogens you would have never been exposed to or vaccinated for then you might need a few extra. And then of course there are special cases of newly emerged diseases – most adults will have recently had a few doses of the covid-19 vaccine because it didn’t exist when we were younger!