Happy to report that I had a titer done last week and I am immune to measles. One less thing to worry about!
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Three hundred and twenty-one cases have been reported in the ongoing measles outbreak in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma, the states said Tuesday. This is an increase of 25 cases since an update on Friday.
Texas has reported 279 outbreak-associated cases, New Mexico has reported 38 cases, and Oklahoma had previously reported four cases.
Thirty-eight patients have been hospitalized, an increase of two over last week. Ninety-five cases are in children up to age 4, and 130 are among young people ages 5 to 17.
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I also had my MMR titers drawn yesterday. I have immunity to all 3; my measles titer was over 300, with immunity being over 16.5. My guess is the measles I remember having was this one, and not Rubella, although I might have had both.
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Our first local measles patient apparently infected a second oneâŠ
378 confirmed cases so far in 2025, of which 341 are outbreak related. There may be additional unconfirmed or unreported cases.
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I had my annual physical exam yesterday and mentioned measles to my doctor. She said I could get a titer, or just go ahead and get another shot. I went for the shot. I would have had to pay for the titer, so I figured I might as well skip that step. Iâve had no side effects at all.
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Iâll be asking my doctor about measles vaccine when I have an appt in May. I had a very intense case of the measles as a kindergarten student, and had rubella also. Never had mumps. I had an MMR before I got pregnant with my first childâŠbecause of the mumps.
My H was at the doctor last week and asked if he needed an MMR booster or titer. He was told that he is âyoung enoughâ that if he were fully vaccinated as a child, that is sufficient. Iâm younger than H, and had an MMR booster before getting pregnant that Iâm assuming Iâm fine too.
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More from the parents of the child who died from measles in Texas:
âWe would absolutely not take the MMR,â the mother said in English, referring to the measles-mumps-rubella vaccination children typically receive before attending school. She said her stance on vaccination has not changed after her daughterâs death.
âThe measles wasnât that bad. They got over it pretty quickly,â the mother said of her other four surviving children who were treated with castor oil and inhaled steroids and recovered.
The deceased girlâs father insisted that measles helps build up a personâs immune system. âAlso the measles are good for the body for the people,â the father said, explaining âYou get an infection out.â
The ignorance is staggering. The refusal to admit to being wrong about something is the new American cancer.
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OMG. I canât evenâŠ
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Exactly the opposite. The ignorance is staggering, and at least for the next four years itâs only likely to get worse. What we need is a massive public health info campaign about the facts, although that somehow would also need to bleed into the insular communities who largely homeschool, and Iâm guessing neither of those outcomes is likely now.
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This is exactly what happened during covid, when dying anti-vaxxers, upon being told they had covid, insisted they didnât, right up until they died.
It has really shown me how (some) people hold on to their beliefs, despite the evidence, and despite the fact that their beliefs exacted a tremendous price.
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The Facebook page of someone I knew who died of covid was a fascinating (in the way that a train wreck is fascinating) collection of comments by people from his church, not just in how they dismissed people from his sport but especially the way they rounded on a fellow church member who in an anguished post said something like âweâve lost so many people, shouldnât we try vaccinateâ. Some stuff about satan being in the vax or something.
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Some people actually believe that doctors let that little girl die on purpose, so sheâd be an example of what can happen when youâre not vaccinated.
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I read the other article about the little girlâs father where he said something to the effect that it was Godâs will. God gave us measles and he took the daughter, or something similarly upsetting.
What I canât understand is why doesnât that sentiment carry through for everything in their lives? If torrential rains and a flood comes, donât they move the animals to higher ground? Why isnât the flood, and subsequent drownings, âGodâs willâ?
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Or if itâs gods will, why are you taking them to the hospital when they get sick in the first place?
Sorry but I have heard this phrase so often in my life. Often I would have sympathy as in - people trying to make sense of a tragedy and find whatever form of comfort they can. When that tragedy is entirely preventable, it lands very different.
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I think for the Amish and Mennonite, that is their philosophy.
Isnât the little girl who died, part of a strict Mennonite order?
Meanwhile, it is known that measles reduces immunity against other past infections, so while surviving measles infection gives immunity to measles, it also reduces immunity to anything one has had previously. Not exactly a way to âbuild up a personâs immune systemâ.
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Hâs childhood friend is married to a Mennonite doctor who is the chief of his department at a large hospital. Youâd never know his religion - modern Mennonites donât dress or act any particular way. But he lives a life of service, which is important to his religion. Yes, some Mennonite groups separate themselves from society, but others do not. He absolutely believes in vaccinations.
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