Of course it would help folks if they wore masks—those who may be ill and those who want to keep from getting ill. Sadly, very few in this country are wearing protective, well-fitted masks.
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I was indeed first vaccinated in the USA before 1968 (I got an MMR in 1996).
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I was vaccinated early on, and I had immunity when pregnant with my older child. Three years later, when pregnant with my younger child, I no longer had immunity. My pediatrician had me enter through the back door & go directly into a thoroughly sanitized room if I took my older child there while I was pregnant. Immediately after my younger child was born, a nurse came to give me a booster. My doctors didn’t play around.
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How did you know you had no immunity? Did you have a titer done?
Yes, for both pregnancies. It was part of the normal bloodwork my doctor did.
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We traveled over Presidents’ Day weekend with the flu roaring around and Covid making a resurgence (we were thankfully not near the measles outbreaks), and the number of people wearing masks in the airport was minuscule. I mean, maybe everyone else had been vaccinated against the flu…but I somehow doubt it.
Interesting anecdote today, a colleague of my husband’s was refused boarding in Europe to come back to the US. Family displayed flu symptoms, and were refused boarding until they come back with negative COVID test results. I don’t know more detail but am assuming that is airline policy rather than a US one.
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I’m sure airlines can enact policies to protect their crew & passengers. This would fall in that category. Other countries can also enact rules & laws they see fit.
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This happened to me after both of my kids’ births. I had to get the vaccine before being released from the hospital, both times. So the first post-birth vaccine in 2001 didn’t get me immunity, I guess. Having no more kids I have not been tested again, I guess I don’t know if I am immune. Probably not? Hmmmm
Antibody titers only tell part of the story, which is the level of antibodies. They do not measure T-cells, which are another part of immune response (basically they look for cells that display viral proteins that they recognize and then tell those cells to die by apoptosis).
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That makes sense, thanks. My son’s previous meds turned down his T cells; the new biologic works in a slightly different way. This is his second try at a new, less toxic med, so we’ll see how it goes. Thanks again.
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The Dallas Morning News is reporting that one of the now 124 measles patients in Texas has died. No age or other details have yet been given.
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So sad. In the 21st century, from a preventable disease!
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If this was a kid, it’s no different than one dying in a car accident because you refused to use a seat belt. Gross parental negligence.
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From AP:
A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015.
The death was a “school-aged child who was not vaccinated” and had been hospitalized last week, the Texas Department of State He
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I put this on the state legislators. They could require all students in school to be vaxxed, no non-medical exemptions, but they choose not to.
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But a lot of anti-vaxxers homeschool so that’s not an infallible option.
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of course, and there are those who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons, but still, it definitely helps build herd immunity. In other words, society still benefits even when stupid is as stupid does.
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It was reported that parents are choosing to vaccinate their previously unvaxed kids as the outbreak grows. Hope this can help stop the spread. The true numbers are likely much higher as kids who are not very sick may not get tested.
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Yes, it could help. But the point made still stands–the parents ultimately have the responsibility to care for their children properly. This is gross negligence.
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