Screw it. I was born in 1955 and got a booster any ways a couple of months ago.
My fear is if I was vaxxed that far into my life, would the longevity of the vax protect me today - and our world is so different now.
Dont believe it for those born before 1957. I'm in my 70s... Definitely born before 1957. My Mom was an RN and she told me I'd had the measles (and the mumps). Plus when I went to college they required that I be vaccinated for measles. So I should have immunity . Right?
I asked my Dr if I should haveva shot since it'd been so long and I'd seen posts on Facebook and Bluesky from people my age who had titers done and had no immunity. She thought I was good, but ordered titers to be sure...
The results came back this morning from the lab. I had NO DISCERNIBLE immunity for measles, mumps or rubella. No immunity for any of the three. I received an MMR vaccination this afternoon and will get a 2nd one in a month or two.
Unfortunately, for many people their records from back in the late '50s no longer exist and their doctors are long gone. How expensive is it to run a titre to see if someone still has sufficient immunity?
I've had to request a referral to the health board to get the MMR vaccine in the UK. They don't make it easy. It's taken several backwards and forwards with my surgery to get to this point!!
What year were you vaccinat? You might have been on the cusp
Alternately, immune systems are different! Maybe yours took one look at an attenuated measles virion and said "oh fuck that noise, carve that wanted poster into every capillary wall"
Well, that explains alot. I got the MMR in 1966. I had a suspected case of mumps in 2016. The county determined that it was NOT the mumps, but also determined I had no immunity to mumps. My doctor had me do the series of two to get back on track :)
In the early 1990s, everyone in college had to get a booster to be able to enroll in classes. Idk if this was because of a particular outbreak in Bakersfield or something larger because my brain wasn't fully formed and I was a math major.
i don’t get how we have optical character reading for phone pictures but that can’t be a semi automated function when someone posts a text slide @bsky.app ? anything to encourage slow adopters
Thank you! Born in '55, ravaged by measles in '60 and was wondering what direction I needed to go.
Measles was easily the most painful experience in my life. Overall pain, shooting headache everytime my mom opened the door to check in on me, and throat so sore I couldn't even swallow ice cream.
I had my booster 6 years ago before my nephew was born because I noticed I only got one shot as a kid. It's fine now. Test your antibody titer if in doubt.
I know, right? I just quote posted the graphic to add alt-text myself, but it’s really important to add useful alt-text to posted images, especially stuff like this.
Thank you, fortunately I'm already covered. This was more of a reminder to the poster of this that at a time when medical information is being made less and less available the ones posting it should be making sure what is out there is at least accessible.
I'm in the "no need to worry, your immunity levels are all good" ranking, but I got a titer done last year and my immunity levels were insufficient!! So honestly, if it's been anymore than 2decades since an MMR vax, it's probably safest to get a booster if possible anyways 😬😬
On my first appointment with my current doc she took one look at my chart and was like, “ah, born in 1977? So you’ll be having a MMR booster today, yes?” I love her.
oh rad as hell!! one of my past doctors made me wary of getting frequent flu vaccines 🫠 every other vax + booster I was and am 100.00% enthusiastic about! but she put doubt in my mind and I lapsed on multiple doses here and there. only learned recently that the flu vaxes are cumulative + benefits 😭😭
thankfully I'm healthily obsessive/responsible about masking and sanitizing hands + devices and surfaces, but still. ugh. WHY DON'T THEY LEAD WITH THAT FOR FLU VACCINES? I would have gotten every single one possible if I had known 🙃 specifically about how they build + give wider protection overall 🥲
Been revaccinated multiple times for measles. It's way easier than waiting for a titer to prove immunity. And seeing how sick people get from the virus, I'm not in a hurry to become a teaching case.
Born in 1958, never had measles. Had titers run last week and I do NOT have immunity. Since I work in healthcare I've scheduled a vaccine for next week. Good to have reliable information and act accordingly
If you had measles infection, you should be protected for life, provided your immune system is still good.
If any question, it's easy to get your titers checked.
I've needed to show proof of immunity for work, and its cheaper to just get the shot anyway and use that as proof.
Hey guys, medical information like this would be SO much more helpful if you used alt text. Ignoring people with disabilities isn't a great look for a medsky hashtag.
I am that person who was vaccinated between 63 and 67. I work in healthcare and had a possible exposure to measles. Titer was nonexistent. Got boosted.Get boosted.
If I had the actual „wild“ measles as an unvaccinated early 1970s West German kid, in the late 1970s or early 1980s, any recommendation? (Same with chickenpox, mumps and rubella.)
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My fear is if I was vaxxed that far into my life, would the longevity of the vax protect me today - and our world is so different now.
Alternately, immune systems are different! Maybe yours took one look at an attenuated measles virion and said "oh fuck that noise, carve that wanted poster into every capillary wall"
Bluesky could have set "require alt text" on by default and solved a whole lot of this
Measles was easily the most painful experience in my life. Overall pain, shooting headache everytime my mom opened the door to check in on me, and throat so sore I couldn't even swallow ice cream.
Notwithstanding the vaccine and having contracted measles back then.
If any question, it's easy to get your titers checked.
I've needed to show proof of immunity for work, and its cheaper to just get the shot anyway and use that as proof.