Agreed but I didn’t bother asking my doctor. I simply made an appointment at CVS and got the vaccine.
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1963 was the first year measles vaccine was available in the US.
If you received one dose in 1963-1967 in the US, you may have gotten the less effective dead virus vaccine. Some years ago, there was some publicity about this with a recommendation that people that applies to get boosted.
Prior to 1989, it was typical in the US to get one dose at age 1, rather than two doses at ages 1 and 5.
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I thought most colleges required proof of vaccinations (my daughter’s did).
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In this new environment, you never know. Maybe also worth seeing what exemptions they allow?
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I can’t imagine being the parent of an infant that’s too young to be vaccinated yet, knowing that people are purposely encouraging measles outbreaks and putting all these babies in the country at risk.
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My grandson just turned 6 months and D does worry about that.
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That’s what my doctor advised me to do, so I did.
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My doc and H’s had us get titers which showed we have immunity. We are getting older tho, so hope our immunity continues to protect us.
The kid can now get the extra dose of vaccine that is suggested as early as six months for those going to places where measles is present (this now describes the US) before they get their regular dose at one year.
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First case in Napa county in over a decade. Unvax’d kid.
The case in Napa County occurred in an unvaccinated child, who became ill after traveling to South Carolina, where a large outbreak of the highly contagious virus is currently underway.
“This is exactly how outbreaks start,” Matt Willis, a former public health officer for Marin County, told SFGATE via email. “Every outbreak begins with one case, usually someone who’s infected outside of the community.”
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/unvaccinated-child-bay-area-measles-21311776.php?
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Well, now that polio vaccines have been deemed “optional”, how long before we have kids in iron lungs again???
Not a measles post, but measles-adjacent, i.e. related to vaccines
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My mom, a nurse, took care of kids in iron lungs. If she were alive, she’d be appalled at this lunacy.
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I wasn’t sure when I got the measles vaccine, so I got the titre and I am safe.
Annals of Internal Medicine article on measles outbreaks:
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-25-01730
Includes reference to this document from Texas Department of State Health Services, which includes recommendations for those in outbreak areas:
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There have been a couple recent reports of measles in Southern California. The latest was a toddler who flew into LAX, went to Goofy’s Kitchen and Disneyland and Dunkin Donuts. So scary!
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“South Carolina reported 847 measles cases on Friday, state health data showed, including 58 additional infections since Tuesday, as officials warned the widening outbreak could last weeks or months amid lagging vaccine uptake.”
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Apparently the “avoid vaccination” problem is not limited to the USA. There is a recent CBC article about an outbreak in Manitoba.
Google AI just claimed that the vaccination rate in Canada is only about 90%, which is low enough for an outbreak to occur, particularly if some communities have a lower rate.
A few years ago I got a demonstration on how easy it is to get a vaccination in Canada. Basically you walk into a clinic, show them your provincial health card, they give you a vaccination, and you are out and on the way to dinner (or whatever) in ten minutes. It is quick and free (or fully covered by taxes that you have already paid). I do not understand the reason for such a low vaccination rate.
I did by the way see my NP last week for a different issue and asked about the measles vaccine. With a known case of measles 65 years ago, plus the MMR vaccine 30 years ago, they are quite confident that I am safe. Any exposure if it occurs should not be a problem. When watching a train wreck in slow motion, there is something to be said for being personally immune to the damage (and having my immediate family be similarly immune).
Apparently the idiocy here is contagious.
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There is a case at UW in Madison: Measles risk in Madison is real, UW Health doctor says
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