You might not be fully vaccinated against measles if you're in our age group
Posted by SaltyAir-StarrySkies@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 185 comments
In mid-2019, there was a small outbreaks of measles in my province. The theatre where my husband had attended a show advised he was exposed to someone infected, so he should check with his doctor to ensure he was fully vaccinated.
Both of us have had multiple doctors since we were children, so contacting them wasn't possible. To make a long story short, it took about 6 phone calls back and forth between different members of public health and our current doctor to determine we weren't fully vaccinated.
IIRC, it breaks down like this: People older than us received that massive booster shot and were fully immunized by it. People younger than us received two shots a little while apart, making them fully immunized. But we fell into some strange time in-between where we both only got one dose of the vaccine.
Obviously where you lived will impact what you may have received, but my spouse and I are 6 years apart and grew up in different provinces.
But all this to say, that every healthcare worker we talked to along the journey was surprised to find this vaccination gap existed, so it's worth checking to make sure you are in fact properly immunized.
Bobo_Baggins_jatj@reddit
I started working for a hospital system last year. Part of the hiring process is bloodwork and other medical checkup stuff. I found out some of my vaccines aren’t effective anymore. That’s crazy. Wouldn’t have known had I not got this job.
No-Steak9513@reddit
And yet, everyone says that immunity is forever, and it's clearly not depending on what year or where you got vaccinated.
MaracujaBarracuda@reddit
It used to be that herd immunity was enough. We don’t have herd immunity anymore due to anti vaxxers.
ApparitionBallet@reddit
That is the stupidest shit I’ve ever read. That’s not how herd immunity works dummy.
Deep_Excitement1192@reddit
Those everyone are Dr. Google B.S.
No-Steak9513@reddit
The everyone was the CDC website and other major health organizations. But I guess you can’t trust those either nowadays. 😕
Fluffymarshmellow333@reddit
No immunity lasts forever no matter what year you got it. Immunity depends on many factors. I’ve done so many of these tests on people and the only age range that came up fully immune were teenagers/young 20s. Almost every single person over 25 had lost immunity to at least one of their previous vaccinations.
Stonetheflamincrows@reddit
Who says immunity is forever? Boosters exist for a reason.
Bobo_Baggins_jatj@reddit
That’s what I learned. Got corrected real quick 😂
Donnie_Barbados@reddit
Yep I had the exact same experience when I started at a hospital. The crazy thing is, someone at my previous work actually had the measles, she caught it in India, her parents never vaccinated her. She ended up in hospital, nearly went blind... and the whole time I was effectively unvaccinated and I had no idea.
South-Reception-8669@reddit
I just got a job at a hospital and got a call that i wasn't vaccinated against measles, that you for giving some clarity
Jedaii-Knight@reddit
My mid 30s wife had to get hers redone because she didn’t have any antibodies even though she was immunized as a child.
whoibehmmm@reddit
I got topped up last November. I didn't want to risk not being fully vaccinated under the incompetent clown car administration.
jonasgrimms@reddit
That's pretty paranoid!
whoibehmmm@reddit
Yeah I'm so glad I held off to see if they did something fucking stupid like firing the entire vaccine advisory board.
Oh wait, I didn't.
aubreyrh@reddit
I was vaccinated and still got measles in elementary school. Doctor had a hard time diagnosing it because it didn’t present like a typical case. Luckily less severe due to the vaccine but I remember my face being so swollen my eyes were slits. If that was less severe I can’t imagine a full blown case.
LACna@reddit
I'm a nurse so I get my yearly flu, Covid shots and regular TB tests and MMR titers. But last summer I started getting more vaccines so I'd be caught up just in case and good thing I did cos of what that idiot Kennedy is doing right now to healthcare.
So far I've gotten all my HPV (3 dose series) Twinrix (Hep A/B; also 3 dose series) Prevnar 20 (pneumonia) Menveo (meningitis) and I just started the Mpox series (2 dose series.)
I'm also looking to get my RSV and Shingles vaccines soon too.
Swimminginthestorm@reddit
I’m pretty sure they gave us vaccinations in middle school, and I vaguely remember talk of measles. But that was so long ago. I could be misremembering. But the timing could work out.
I wonder if my middle school had those records still. They’d be easier to reach than whoever I saw as a baby on the other side of the country.
DocBEsq@reddit
I was worried. But then I remembered I got a booster at age 18 (college wanted it). And then again at 22 (joined Peace Corps). So I think I’m good.
MoroseArmadillo@reddit
My wife was pregnant last fall and they discovered that she no longer had a measles resistance. But then it was too late to give it to her.
I had to get the MMR while take me college classes using work benefits about a decade ago because I couldn’t locate my record of the second shot. Also I asked for a TDAP while getting the Covid vaccine because it had been close to a decade since my last tetanus shot.
irishtwinsons@reddit
Not sure how my MMRs went (I know I probably had one), but when I was pregnant they gave me antibody tests and found out I have higher than usual antibodies, so that’s good! If you can’t find your history, try an antibody test?
NoExam2412@reddit
What is the reason this is constantly posted in this forum and the GenX forum?
It's it a brand manager from a pharmaceutical company that makes the vaccine doing this?
What is the reason??????????
SaltyAir-StarrySkies@reddit (OP)
I have never seen this posted before, which is why I shared my experience.
Babies are being born with measles. People in our age group may not be as vaccinated as they think they are, and some of those people might be interested in doing something about it to protect the herd.
I am not affiliated with the healthcare field in any way. I am not farming for karma. I just don't want people to get sick with a preventable disease.
NoExam2412@reddit
Ok. Well in my defense, please do a search of the topic. It's wild how many times it has come up.
SaltyAir-StarrySkies@reddit (OP)
Well in my defense, I did. I can find discussions about vaccines wearing off, but nothing about people our age not being properly vaccinated in the first place. There is engagement on the post because people did not know or found out about their own immunizations in other ways. It's kind of wild that you don't think the message bears repeating when people are literally dying just because someone might have mentioned it before.
Dimplefrom-YA@reddit
i worked in hospitals. i had to get the mmr vaccination.
CorgiMonsoon@reddit
My mom sent me my vaccination record book a while back and I just uncovered it from the drawer I’d stuffed it in back in March. I did get an MMR booster in 92, and that’s the last one she wrote in it, though I seem to recall getting a few more boosters of something in 98 just before starting college
iheartruiner@reddit
That was probably hep c! I remember getting it in high school.
Holmes221bBSt@reddit
If I remember correctly, I was given an MMR in the hospital after giving birth to my first about 8 years ago. Blood tests said I had no antibodies which was strange because I know I was vaccinated as a kid. Don’t know if that shot gave full protection ir if I’d need another one. Both my kids have 2 doses
SaltyAir-StarrySkies@reddit (OP)
There are a few comments about losing immunity when pregnant. It makes me wonder if it's because growing another person takes a lot out of you, or if it just looks that way because pregnant women have a reason to be tested.
No-Steak9513@reddit
If you're not sure ask your PCP for a titer test. It'll let you know if you have antigens/antibodies for all the childhood vaccines.
iheartruiner@reddit
Got mine for polio & for a few other things bc I don’t have any childhood vax records although I know had them done. Mine was covered fully + the vaccines I needed as well (boosters or updated vaccines for). If your primary won’t do them, find yourself a new doc that will. Having a doc advocate for your needs/health is vital.
If they aren’t advocating for your health, why would anyone bother keeping them?
Vorpal_Bunny19@reddit
Some insurances won’t cover a titer test, but getting an unneeded booster shot won’t hurt anything. If the titer test is cost prohibitive and you’re not sure, just get the booster that your insurance will probably (almost certainly) cover.
No-Steak9513@reddit
I'm lucky that my insurance did cover the titer test.
I'm a teacher so I'm gonna get the unneeded boosters rather than play lethal childhood disease roulette at work. I already get sick every year with whatever is plaguing the students. Last year, I got sick twice and worse, I brought that home and got my family sick too.
Better safe than sorry.
ahaeker@reddit
Same, I know our nurse said all our students are all in compliance but I think I'll get another MMR at the end of the summer. Also, if we don't have our shot records we're required to use our sick time to quarantine after an exposure.
Puzzled_Loquat@reddit
I feel the same way. I got all my vaccines as a child but I also work in urban education as a first grade teacher and get exposed to everything!
RabbitLuvr@reddit
This! My primary care doc said he’d order a titer if I wanted, but it wouldn’t be covered and could cost me as much as $500 out of pocket. So I just walked into a Costco and got MMR and HepB boosters for $0 instead. I also got a polio vax at a Walgreens, also for $0.
*I was born in 75. My mom kept me up to date with whatever vaccines I needed for school. Unfortunately, my records were never digitized, and the health department where they were all done purged their paper records at some point. My mom also has no documentation. It was worth my peace of mind to just get these ones redone.
Spartan04@reddit
This. There is no harm in just getting an additional dose of MMR and most pharmacies have it readily available.
Stumpside440@reddit
these aren't usually covered, mostly because they aren't reliable
No-Steak9513@reddit
Okay. That’s interesting that it wouldn’t be covered. It’s there as a tool?
Personally, my vaccination records are from all over and unreliable. Idk, how else I would know if I have immunity.
I got a titer test in March and got approved to get an MMR booster.
Redneck-ginger@reddit
If its coded correctly it will be covered. When i worked at a fertility clinic we did titers on all female pts and had no issues with them being covered. Also had very few pts come back with low or equivocal titer results.
If you have ever been pregnant its very likely your OB did a rubella titer (thats the R in mmr). Catching rubella while pregnant can have disastrous consequences for the baby, so it is usually checked so you can get vax/booster if necessary.
Spartan04@reddit
My vaccine records are incomplete and my mom said I received some vaccines but not others for whatever reason. I talked to my doctor about it and rather than a bunch of testing we just decided to revaccinate for the usual things (MMR, polio, pneumonia, and a few others). Simplest way to be sure.
No-Steak9513@reddit
My PCP was a jerk about the titer test tbh and only ordered it because I was pushy about it and made the case that I’m a teacher and get everything the kids get.
I didn’t have my vaccination records at hand but in hindsight I should have taken them with me.
I’m happy that you’re getting fully revaccinated.
Melonary@reddit
They're actually quite reliable for MMR iirc, although the reliability does vary a little by titre test of course. But mostly they're pretty good.
C4bl3Fl4m3@reddit
I did and she's like "it's not worth doing. Just go get vaccinated again if you want." So I did.
xjsthund@reddit
My Dr just sent me for the shot. Said it would be cheaper than the test and even if I had a booster (not recorded), getting another one wouldn’t hurt.
EnvironmentalAd2296@reddit
Yes- I had to prove MMR immunization to take a college course last year and couldn’t find my original vaccination records so ended up getting a blood test for titers. I was told my immunization was low so I ended up having to get the vaccine again. This makes sense, as I recall only one record and date of the vaccine on my original birth certificate and I was born in 1980.
JeanEtrineaux@reddit
Even if you’re fully vaxxed by our age the benefits can be wearing off. You can get a titer test to verify you’re still good, or just go right ahead and get the shot again.
AbortificantArtPrint@reddit
Yeah, I found this out the hard way. I caught mumps (also included in the same vaccine) from an unvaccinated student in the preschool class I taught. That was a fun experience.
bwnsjajd@reddit
Dope, good lookin' out!
DingbattheGreat@reddit
Joined the military, got vaccinated against everything including smallpox and anthrax.
bwnsjajd@reddit
Boot.
My boot story is the corpsman injecting the guy in front of me in line with anthrax vaccine and then asking his boss if that was supposed to be 9ccs or 19 or something like that.
😐
😐
💉💉
DireRaven11256@reddit
Same. And a titer test showed zero immunity to measles. Everything else was fine.
Accadius@reddit
In navy bootcamp we had to walk down a hallway with people on either side jamming needles into our arms. They vaccinated us for stuf I had never heard of and havent heard of since.
porn_syrup@reddit
I was Army and I'll never forget, we were in the line and a buddy of mine got a shot in the arm, someone walked up and said a few words to the nurse, distracting her, and my buddy didn't move, so she turned back around and gave him the same shot again. 😂 He was all panicked about it later, and we joked on him like he was gonna die lol. He's fine btw.
AnomalyDefected@reddit
I was in the Navy and had a similar experience, except in my case one of the nurses jabbed me with the empty needle she just injected the guy in front of me with.
porn_syrup@reddit
Jesus!
needsmorequeso@reddit
I checked with my parents to make sure they had gotten boosters when the Texas outbreak was in the news earlier this year. My dad was like “I’m a veteran. I’ve been vaccinated for everything.”
sactownbwoy@reddit
Same thing in the Marines. Walk down the hallway getting stuck, last one being the shot in the buttcheck
PickledPixie83@reddit
I’m pretty sure they did not tell me what I was vaccinated against in basic training, lol.
SweetCosmicPope@reddit
Same. I went to the navy when I was a little bit older, in my late 20s. In my 30s I started working for a clinical IT department and had to get titers before I could work and they all came back clean.
OldPros@reddit
Air Force. Same. No clue what they were for. I had a worldwide travel job so I'm sure they loaded me up with all sorts of good stuff. It's the government. I can trust them, right?
ClockworkJim@reddit
With RFK jr in charge I'm expecting smallpox to make a comeback.
sactownbwoy@reddit
Same, joined the Marines. Im vaccinated against everything, lol.
DragonCelt25@reddit
Ngl kinda envious for the small pox one.
handsomeape95@reddit
Then lose your shot record and get them all again!
elliemff@reddit
Happened to my husband more than once.
Stang1776@reddit
The day for the smallpox vaccine, I had a terrible rash going on on my upper arms so I didnt get it. They never asked again and I didnt bring it up.
jfischer5175@reddit
I joined the Army in 94. I have a a second yellow vaccination card. I think I'm good.
I did go check before posting, and I actually got the shot OPs talking about as a kid, and then the two shots in the Army.
Appropriate-Truck614@reddit
I did too, in ‘07, and titers will still low
Stumpside440@reddit
they are also unreliable
porcelinajune@reddit
I started college in the Fall of 98 and remember having to get an MMR booster before being allowed to go college. Like it was a new vaccination requirement starting that year. Does anyone else remember this?
Stonetheflamincrows@reddit
Just get your immune levels (titers) checked. It’s just a blood test. Even if you were fully vaccinated, immunity doesn’t always last (why you need boosters for tetanus and pertussis).
I’m a student nurse and have to be fully vaccinated. Since some of my vax go back to the 80’s there’s no records. And some didn’t exist yet like chicken pox. I just got my levels checked to prove I had immunity.
usernames_suck_ok@reddit
I live in the US. I vaguely remember when I was younger seeing a vaccine card showing I had two shots of the MMR vaccine, tetanus/diptheria and TB. And the card was required for enrolling in school. And then I think to go to college, I had to provide proof of these vaccinations, too. Did y'all not have these school requirements in Canada? Because this is what's confusing me about Texas breaking all this hell loose here.
unlovelyladybartleby@reddit
Ironically they reduced the amount/number of vaccines given because the uptake rate was so high that only one was needed. The medical system didn't anticipate Jenny Garth and the granola squad
petitespantoufles@reddit
Jennie Garth?! How dare you!
(I think you mean Jenny McCarthy)
unlovelyladybartleby@reddit
Probably, lol. The 90s are a blur and since then it's all been mostly yelling
raspberrybee@reddit
Jenny McCarthy (former playboy model and co-host of Singled Out) was/is anti-vax. Jennie Garth starred as Kelly on 90210 and as far as I know is not anti vax.
unlovelyladybartleby@reddit
Which one is the blonde one?
omg_stfu_wtf@reddit
Yeah, here in NY I was required to get boosters of pretty much everything to start college. Not 'show proof of having had them as a kid', but full-on get them again.
SaltyAir-StarrySkies@reddit (OP)
We gave vaccination records for starting school but there was no problem with it at that time, it's just what they were doing then. I do have copies of my vaccination records that show only one shot. My siblings (older and younger) were the same.
MaddyKet@reddit
Yes, but no idea where the copies or records are. I had a titer test done in April at my physical and my measles vax had waned. So I got the shot early May. I was scheduled for shot #2 early June, but then I found out I had to go to S. NJ for work! Best believe I moved that second shot up to exactly 28 days. I’m hoping the 10 or so days will still be better than nothing, even though they usually take two or three weeks to be fully effective.
oakleafwellness@reddit
They check for immunity at your first prenatal appointment when you go in, at least they do here in my state. I came back immune to all MMR.
We also had a terrible outbreak that saw well over 3,000 cases in Texas alone back in 1989/91, and I remember my mom taking us for boosters at the health dept.
OverTheRiver1983@reddit
That 89-91 outbreak was nationwide but also localized in communities with lower vaccination rates. The school district I attended strongly encouraged (required?) an MMR booster for all students. So I got a booster circa 1991.
Automatic_Phone8959@reddit
My husband and I (1981 and 83) both got titers this winter. He had no immunity and I did. He got the shot, no side effects. Definitely worthwhile!
RegionRatHoosier@reddit
I went & got an MMR & TDaP booster a few weeks ago so I should be good for now
wanna_be_green8@reddit
Not vaccinated for it but luckily my mother passed on her antibodies. At 36 when I was pregnant with my daughter I showed immunity.
Icy-Arm-2194@reddit
I got a booster in like 95/96 (or 99/00). They required it for high school or college. I do not remember which it was. But, I do know I got the MMR booster.
austex99@reddit
Yes! I got my titers tested when measles popped up in Texas. Still good!
Went to a convention a few days ago that had a bunch of Mennonites and an antivaxxer display at it. Was very glad to have had the peace of mind of that recent titers test.
MrsNoodleMcDoodle@reddit
Definitely depends on where you live. I ended up getting the MMR at 14 and right before college, because of this discrepancy. But also, I had measles as a baby!
adamroadmusic@reddit
Thank you for posting this. My roommate thinks I am crazy and paranoid about this, but I saw a similar post earlier this year stating the same.
SaltyAir-StarrySkies@reddit (OP)
A single dose is 85-95% effective, so that's good! Our experience was 6 years ago but I decided to share because there are so many outbreaks right now. A lot of people may have in fact received a booster because of school or work or an outbreak happening in their area. But immunity also fades and we are in this weird life period where peers have both babies and grandchildren. This is a way those who are interested can work to strengthen the herd :)
0sqs@reddit
This is what I show in my record. Age 15 months, again at age 12. Am I okay?
Secret_Flounder_3781@reddit
I'm in a similar gap from California, USA.
0sqs@reddit
Looking at my vaccine record: I had 1 MMR in 1985 at age 15 months. I had the 2nd MMR in 1996 at age 12. Dies anyone know What this means?
pilates_mama@reddit
My kid and i got measles this year. I live where there's a huge outbreak. We are both vaccinated and it was some bullshit. I had them on the inside of my nostril 😑
StillhasaWiiU@reddit
Got my first booster last month. Got 2 more over the next 9 months.
RogerClyneIsAGod2@reddit
Same here. Easiest shot ever for me too.
Shingles was...well, both shots were a ride but only for a day or two, but still better than getting shingles. Tetanus, flu & COVID all made me feel kinda ooky for part of one day, always ending up with a big, hot, red lump at the injection site for a week which is par for the course for me for most shots.
But measles? That was a nothingburger for me. It's an intramuscular shot so I had no lump & zero side effects of any kind for both of them.
So here's to hoping it's a nothingburger for those of you that it!!
C4bl3Fl4m3@reddit
I wish they'd give shingles shots earlier. I know 2 people now in their 40s who had it who were too young to be vaccinated against it. (My partner's doc suggested he go get it in his 40s because he's diabetic.)
StillhasaWiiU@reddit
Nothing will ever top the military giving me Anthrax in 2001
WineAndDogs2020@reddit
Im definitely planning to talk with my doctor about another measles shot. I know i got an adult booster over 20 years ago, so probably overkill, but I REALLY dont want measles. I also want to see about getting the shingles vax since it seems people younger than 50 are getting it more than you'd think.
SaltyAir-StarrySkies@reddit (OP)
I want the shingles vax too. I'd rather not risk that til 50.
C4bl3Fl4m3@reddit
Yup, I found this out a few months ago and went to my local drug store chain that does vaccinations. (My partner did too.) I requested an MMR (I already had Chicken Pox back in the day, so no varicella vaccine for me sadly) & they gave it to me w/o asking for my titers. AFAIK, my insurance covered it because i haven't seen a bill and they didn't charge me for it.
The woman who gave it to me, while prepping the shot, was making conversation and asked why I was getting one now (in my 40s.) I told her about how my age group only got the one shot and then they changed it to 2 and I wanted to make sure I was fully protected, esp. with measles going around again.
So, yeah, if you're a millennial, xennial, or gen X, go get another MMR (or MMRV) shot!
plantalones325@reddit
I heard about this gap recently and learned that you can get a blood titer to check MMR immunity! Easy peasy, results came back in a day, and apparently I still have plenty of antibodies. I’m 1981 and my parents did everything right on schedule, if anyone’s wondering.
Also relevant - My daughter is due for her booster in a year, so I asked the doctor if she could get it early. He said perhaps, but we should wait to see how crazy things get and check back if there are outbreaks in our state. My concern is that we live in a place with lots of tourists and summer really brings in the Texans.
sexwiththebabysitter@reddit
Got an mmr shot a couple months ago for this reason
Sunshineal@reddit
I work in Healthcare and I got a repeat MMR vaccine in 2012 because my Child hood wasn't good enough.
anewbys83@reddit
I've had 3 MMR, but the last one was in 2002 when I was 19. Does anyone know if I'm still good?
THElaytox@reddit
i went ahead and voluntarily got my boosters back in 2020 just to be sure
MelofAonia@reddit
I took a job with the NHS (England). I don't have medical records from when I was young (US citizen). I needed to prove immunity for my job. Occy health took my blood (vampires) and advised that I get a new MMR jab as my childhood one was very out of date and from a different country. They thought it was better to have the new, up-to-date immunity.
windowschick@reddit
Got in an argument with my primary physician about this a couple of years ago when I was gonna start traveling for work and was adamant I was in need of a boostet. She sent me for a titer test. Turns out I'm ok. Plenty of antibodies.
teatsqueezer@reddit
In my province they were worried about an outbreak in about 1995. They marched my whole high school into the gym and vaccinated everyone. So I guess I got two! No parental consultations lol
pineapples_are_evil@reddit
Ontario also got the Red measles vaccine at that time. I remember the red spotted dog.. lol I was in 6th grade. We had 2 vaccines that year, then the Hep B series in 7th/,8th grade.
I think the HPV one is now done sometome between 6th and 8th grade as well now, I was always considered "too old", for it...
Never did get the meningicoccal one kids get now, it was really post secondary institution or city specific in early 2000's. My 2 schools didn't require it for residence life, and strangely Lakehead had a mini outbreak, but it was only offered to the students in Residences, not the entire student body which made zero sense... as we were still in classes or hung out on campus with them...
amazonhelpless@reddit
I asked my doc about it and he said he could run a titer, and I said, “Wouldn’t it be cheaper to just give me the vaccine?” and he gave it to me.
hauntedtoaster77@reddit
You don’t even need the titer test. Just schedule it at Wallgreens or cvs.
Forsythia77@reddit
I didn't have my vaccine records handy when I started grad school in 2006, so I had to get an MMR series then. That MF hurt, too. Both doses.
Shanntuckymuffin@reddit
I got 2 doses as a child and still showed no antibodies when I got tested during pregnancy. May be good for everyone to get a boost while vaccines still exist
lunajmagroir@reddit
Depending on your region you may be able to look up your vaccination records. During the pandemic I was able to download my vaccine history from a state website (even though I didn't grow up in the state) and it showed 2 doses of MMR.
BoysenberryAncient54@reddit
This was actually in the news about 10 years ago when there was another outbreak. Apparently a ton of us weren't properly vaxxed because of poor guidelines.
Glittering_Tea5502@reddit
I had to be re-vaccinated as an adult because my titers showed I had lost all my immunity. Same thing with Hepatitis B.
Bearah27@reddit
I’m 41 and had my titers tested about a year ago — it was a simple blood test. I was no longer immune to rubella so had to go get an MMR booster.
bikeonychus@reddit
I emigrated from the UK to India for almost a decade, and before I left, my doctor gave me literally every single vaccine and booster they possibly could. They checked our ages and I remember being. Told we had the MMR vaccine. I think the only vaccine we didn't get was Rabies, and you only really need that if you're in the rural areas of India.
My kid was born in India, and was even given the TB vaccine (they don't give it out anymore in the UK I think?) and chicken pox vaccine (they generally don't give it in the UK, you have to pay for it).
toasterb@reddit
You’re in Vancouver I take it? I remember that outbreak.
We lived generally in that neighbourhood at the time and had a baby and a preschooler. We checked with our family doctor and she said that we were welcome to just get another poke.
So we just got an extra measles vax without much trouble.
GM_Nate@reddit
My family literally just picked up a new measles shot for this reason.
autochthonous@reddit
I was re-inoculated when I went to college in ‘96. Still got a titer test done last month, just in case, but am more than double what is necessary to keep measles at bay. But go get checked. Just a simple blood draw.
_Internet_Hugs_@reddit
I was an Army kid and got vaccinated against ALL THE THINGS every time we hopped the pond. I found out when I was pregnant with my oldest that the immunity didn't take and so I got another shot. Got another with my second because again, no immunity. I got the shot again when I was pregnant with my third and my last, I told them before they even did the test that I would need the shot, but they tested me anyway... No immunity, got the shot again.
I may be the most vaccinated person who can still get fucking measles.
I rely on Herd Immunity and get very angry with people who refuse to get their kids vaccinated.
adelwolf@reddit
Last time we had a scary outbreak, like 2018, a bunch of my coworkers and I ran, not walked, to the nearest state-run vaccination drive.
crapatthethriftstore@reddit
I got my booster a month ago!!
Just go get it guys
DisastrousFlower@reddit
yep i needed two boosters for MMR!
Eureka05@reddit
My parents worked in healthcare. They made sure we all had our shots.. It made things easy during Covid. I didn't have to worry about aging parents and aunts/uncles.
unlovelyladybartleby@reddit
The issue is that a lot of us had every recommended shot, but the healthcare system only gave one shot that is now inadequate. To millions of people
theCaityCat@reddit
My parents are US Navy veterans and teachers who are leftist outliers. They give no fucks about your fears, you're getting your shots if you're coming anywhere near them.
ItJustWontDo242@reddit
May be a dumb question, but when I was in grade 5 (1995-1996) we got vaccinated for German Measles because there was an outbreak at the time. Would this make me safe from the current measles outbreaks, or is it a different strain? I also got the MMR shots as a baby.
lavasca@reddit
Thankyou for this Public Service Announcement.
My mom yanked me out of school once at the first hint of this for a booster. I recently checked mu titres and I am dandy.
It is worth it to check your titres.
sundayfunday78@reddit
I was reading about the measles outbreak and notice that I fell into the “gap”. Fortunately my mom has held on to all of my immunization records and we were given an MMR booster in grade twelve. But this booster is not on my provincial records - the form actually says it won’t be filed so you should hold on to it. So it is possible that those of us in BC didget that second shot.
birdieponderinglife@reddit
It doesn’t matter whether you got one or two shots as a kid. All vaccines wear off as we age. By the time I was 20 I had no immunity and was revaccinated. This is also why babies were getting whooping cough and there were outbreaks in adults. If you don’t get revaccinated as an adult or at the least get your titers drawn to check there’s a good chance you don’t have immunity from childhood vaccines anymore. I don’t know why adult boosters or drawing titers is not routine.
brieflifetime@reddit
My school had a nurse come and give us all second doses when i was in junior high. It stuck out cause it felt so random to me but looking back that was because I went to a tiny country school and this was the only way to ensure herd immunity. Same school probably didn't believe in COVID so.. lead is in everything!? Yay?
breeezyc@reddit
Are you in Manitoba? Lots of measles here. When mumps was making its way around several years ago, that’s when I found out that I only got one MMR shot. At least here, kids were considered fully vaccinated with one dose until 1985, when it switched to two doses. Because of the outbreak where I was, I got the second MMR shot at that time, although they said I was still technically considered fully vaccinated with one.
dance-9880@reddit
My mum took me to my local doctor for my rubella shot instead of having it done at school, as she thought I wouldn't handle the mass vaccination experience well. He gave me an MMR instead of rubella, because I didn't get a mumps vaccination with my initial measles shot. Thankfully measles hasn't run rampant in Australia, but if it did, I think i would be ok. Also, measles really blows, for adults who contract it 1 out of every 2-3 adults gets sick enough to require hospitalisation. It wipes your immune system for at least a few years also, so you will get sick like a toddler in a daycare for a while afterwards. My sister reckons her immune system never recovered from when she had measles just before the age when vaccination was scheduled in the mid 80s.
Reginald_Sockpuppet@reddit
I work at a homeless shelter. I'm vaxxed from my eyes to my asshole.
malln1nja@reddit
Thank the USCIS for the [green card vaccination requirements](https://www.uscis.gov/tools/designated-civil-surgeons/vaccination-requirements)!
somenemophilist@reddit
Had my titers checked a few years ago.
xennial_1978@reddit
I just got my MMR in February! I had blood works done and I wasn’t fully vaccinated for the mumps anymore. My doctor said that the vaccines were not kept refrigerated as carefully as they are now so that might cause issues with immunity after getting the vaccines as kids.
shakespeare-gurl@reddit
According to my doctor, anyone who got MMR vaccines before 1989 likely needs a booster. They can test your levels, but mine just gave me the booster since I knew I hadn't had any additional boosters and my doctor is hours from where I live. Relatively easy, painless compared to flu or TDAP shots. Even my shitty insurance (USA) covered it.
Elegant-Aerie-1233@reddit
I graduated in 2002, during my senior year of high school, they made all seniors go down to the health room and get an MMR booster.
al_brownie@reddit
I got my titter done recently just in case and luckily have immunity.
takisara@reddit
Ok, please tell me how to pronounce "titers" so i dont sound like an idiot.
Reasonable-Wave8093@reddit
Agree!
takisara@reddit
I started using subtitles when my daughter was born. I would have the volume low and just read the subtitles.
I realized soon after that i pronounced "awry" wrong....i think because i rarely read aloud, i seem to have a reading vocabulary and have found im saying a few words wrong. lol
Queenv918@reddit
I've heard the word used, and for the longest time I never realized it was the same word as the one I've pronounced in my head as AW-ree
takisara@reddit
I have found my people here!
Plane_Chance863@reddit
I learned "awry" from reading and pronounced it aw-ree until my mother corrected me.
takisara@reddit
Thats what i did too!! I lived a boring life i guess and never got a chance to say "and thats when everything went awry" in my conversations 😒
pitathegreat@reddit
Tight, rhyming with Right.
I know this because I said it wrong and my EMT brother-in-law hasn’t let me live it down.
TiEmEnTi@reddit
When I was starting out learning welding terms I said "fillet weld" pronounced as "filet weld", as in filet-o-fish. It still gets brought up sometimes 17 years later.
takisara@reddit
😆
TiEmEnTi@reddit
Up until this thread my brain had been adding an extra 'i' and I was pronouncing it in my head as "titty-ers"...
Thank you for asking so I didn't have to
Plane_Chance863@reddit
TY-ter
As opposed to titter, which is giggle.
BoboliBurt@reddit
For some reason I think I got an MMR in last 7 years because of this gap. I should probablt check.
Triette@reddit
I had my titter test, still measles immune
theCaityCat@reddit
Got my MMR booster in 2012 because of a local outbreak! Get your titers checked if you have any doubts.
DesperateNewspaper43@reddit
I'm in Ontario with a 3 year old child. I was able to contact my local public health unit for my records (I live in the city I grew up in) and was able to confirm I received a 2nd dose in high-school. I believe it also said 1997. Or thereabouts. It's a great option to check as well.
Also had my 3 year old vaccinated with dose #2 a few weeks ago. Many areas are updating the vaccine schedule for youngsters here!
NSA_Chatbot@reddit
I got a booster in 2018.
NGinuity@reddit
I got an MMR booster in 5th grade. It was a mass vaccination event at school in the nurses office.
DragonCelt25@reddit
I got a TITER done a few years ago and oddly enough the Measles immunity was fine but no immunity to Mumps at all. Got the booster three days later (they had to get one delivered).
Also info for my comrades who had Chicken Pox: you can get Shingles in your brain. It's a wild ride!
smokiechick@reddit
I got a bunch of boosters to go away to college, then 10 years later, I went to college to complete a degree and I couldn't find my records. My doc gave me a titer and I was immune to measles and mumps, but not rubella. Weird. She gave me a booster. Five years later, I get accepted to a graduate school and they want my records. Old doc had disappeared so I asked new doc for a titer. Same thing: immune to MM but not R. So I got another booster. I'm feeling pretty confident about measles. German Measles? Not so much
EmmalouEsq@reddit
In 7th grade we got offered boosters and only me and 1 other girl got them. So we were older when the boosters came out.
If you remember getting a one great, if not go get one. We need to protect the herd.
CosmicallyF-d@reddit
Nurse here. I have to get titer's (blood test that checks level of immunity) regularly for MMR and other vaccines. About 10 years ago I was no longer immune to the desirable level against rubella. I had to get a full booster of all three. So it's not just measles. Ask your doctor to get your titers taken or just get a booster MMR if they will allow it without the titer.
Battle-Any@reddit
I'm so grateful that measles titres gets checked for every pregnancy. I lost my immunity between my second and third pregnancies. It was scary AF because I live in Ontario, and measles has been on the rise here for years. I was a hermit for that pregnancy. I got vaccinated ASAP after I gave birth.
My kids' school had a measles exposure 2 weeks ago.
Sonoma_Cyclist@reddit
Fortunately I had to get the second dose when I went to college.
Comfortable-nerve78@reddit
lol I got my full, I mean full vaccinations in my younger years 3 times. Shot records lost and schools required me to get new ones or don’t attend. I know I’ve gotten the measles vaccine at least twice because I remember the last two , got sicker than a dog the last two times I had to get vaccinated. My last rounds were my senior year. That and I’m antisocial like a m’fer so I don’t sweat cooties.
indigocherry@reddit
And unfortunately, I can't get it now because it's a live vaccine. Just hoping it doesn't go crazy in my area.
ImaginationAnxious29@reddit
BlueGiant601@reddit
This changed in the US in the late 90's to add a second dose. First one had 95% uptake, Second dose boosted it to 97% which gives some margin for herd immunity. And that protects those who can't take the vaccine due to allergies or are immunocompromised.
OTOH, 3% is basically rolling snake-eyes in terms of odds.
If you have a concern talk to your doctor.
GeetarEnthusiast85@reddit
Just got blood work done and waiting for the results, an MMR titer was included.
CplHicks_LV426@reddit
Yeah I went and got an MMR booster a couple months ago. It might become an issue.
bivo979@reddit
When I started college in fall of 1997 the local health department lost my records and I had to get all the shots you get as a little kid all over again. A few days after my last shots, they found my records.
Transplanted_Cactus@reddit
I got the vaccine again earlier this year. Why not? No harm in it.
Dazzling_Flight_3365@reddit
Just had titters drawn last year and came back medically immune to MMR and chickenpox
Academic_Deal7872@reddit
I had my childhood immunizations and military immunizations. I did a titer and was low on Mumps. Got the MMR anyway. I cannot afford major illness.
Brave_Tangerine5102@reddit
I have two mmr vaccines staggered apart so fully protected. Also grew up in a city which may have helped
bcentsale@reddit
Note to self - stay out of Texas and Downstate NY.
CaptinEmergency@reddit
I just had it checked and I’m still good. I was re-vaccinated in the Army so that might be why.
theyjustappear@reddit
When I worked at a medical clinic years ago they gave us titers for everything and it showed I didn’t have MMR so I got it again. It is definitely a good idea to check!
crazyidahopuglady@reddit
Immunity can wear off. I had titers run, and I still had immunity to rubella, but not measles and mumps. You can get the booster shot as an adult without the hassle of running titers.
Nonsenseinabag@reddit
Thankfully I worked at a blood donation clinic for a few years and they boosted the ever loving crap out of me. I think they shot me full of everything there was at the time.