Reminder that if you were born before 1989 in the US, your MMR vaccine may not be up to date. Prior to 1989 one shot was considered fully vaccinated, then they switched to two. One shot protects something like 93% of people and the second vaccine bumps it up to something like 97%. If you don’t have your vaccine records you can have your doctor check your immunity with a blood test.
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Some veterans were given an additional MMR vaccine in bootcamp. I don't know if there was a cutoff for people born after '88 though. Regardless, it's still good to get a titer if you're worried your immune system has lost some strength against measels
I skipped the titer and just got a fresh MMR vaccine because that was more convenient and covered by my insurance.
That's fair! I am fully covered by the VA so I don't have a real idea of what things cost. And I'm also on an immune suppressant, so vaccines like the MMR aren't things I can safely get unless I stop the medication in advance.
i think you could get the tdap, though since it only uses the toxin of those bacteria, instead of attenuated?
Fair! I just didn't want to go in for a blood draw, I don't actually know if my insurance would cover titers.
A+ for the article saying "in {number} states" and actually listing the states. So many articles fail to do that, and it's one of my biggest pet peeves.
You live a charmed life, friend. 🤗
I...kinda actually do (long story), but I also have a lot of pet peeves lol.
The vaccine is available at most drug stores.
dont think anti-vaxxers will take those. they would rather do a "measles parties", that apparently was never a thing in the past, i only knew of chickenpox parties. measles is too dangerous to have parties on it.
varicella is also pretty dangerous to an adult if they never had it.
I read that as "causes"and had a moment of disapproval at such a needlessly-risky method of unwinding from one's presented reality for a while... 🤦🏼♂️