PSA: I’m turning 55 next month, and there’s an issue with people who got vaccinated for measles around the same time I did as a kid having waning immunity.
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PSA: I’m turning 55 next month, and there’s an issue with people who got vaccinated for measles around the same time I did as a kid having waning immunity. I got tested and it turned out I had no immunity, so I got revaccinated this week. Don’t listen to the science deniers: measles is not a trivial disease if you’re 5 or 55 and we can no longer rely on herd immunity.
@overholt This is really interesting. I'm wondering if anyone who's replied is in the UK? We can't just request vaccines on the NHS, for example I wasn't eligible for a free flu jab this year, but this is something I could look into getting done privately, esp as I have a health plan through work instead of a pay rise
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@overholt 58. I got re-vaccinated without any test. All upside and no downside.
@alwirtes @overholt Similarly, I had all my vaccines in childhood, but (without bothering with a test) I got an MMR and a Tdap in the last year because I work with young people and I don’t want to be an asymptomatic spreader of anything.
Hearing people talk about feeling side effects from either is a bit of a wake-up call. I had zero side effects, which may mean my immunity had waned significantly!
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PSA: I’m turning 55 next month, and there’s an issue with people who got vaccinated for measles around the same time I did as a kid having waning immunity. I got tested and it turned out I had no immunity, so I got revaccinated this week. Don’t listen to the science deniers: measles is not a trivial disease if you’re 5 or 55 and we can no longer rely on herd immunity.
56. Had to go to Texas for work last year when they were having an outbreak. I got a booster before going.
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PSA: I’m turning 55 next month, and there’s an issue with people who got vaccinated for measles around the same time I did as a kid having waning immunity. I got tested and it turned out I had no immunity, so I got revaccinated this week. Don’t listen to the science deniers: measles is not a trivial disease if you’re 5 or 55 and we can no longer rely on herd immunity.
@overholt I had the same 11 years ago (at age 43)
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@alwirtes @overholt Similarly, I had all my vaccines in childhood, but (without bothering with a test) I got an MMR and a Tdap in the last year because I work with young people and I don’t want to be an asymptomatic spreader of anything.
Hearing people talk about feeling side effects from either is a bit of a wake-up call. I had zero side effects, which may mean my immunity had waned significantly!
@aprilfollies @alwirtes @overholt It's only a sample of one, but my medical practitioner said there was no correlation between vaccine response and current levels of resistance.
I asked after a recent vaccination which hit me quite hard and I figured it meant that my body thought it was fighting a big war against a new bad guy, but apparently no, no correlation, just luck of the draw.
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PSA: I’m turning 55 next month, and there’s an issue with people who got vaccinated for measles around the same time I did as a kid having waning immunity. I got tested and it turned out I had no immunity, so I got revaccinated this week. Don’t listen to the science deniers: measles is not a trivial disease if you’re 5 or 55 and we can no longer rely on herd immunity.
@overholt @wendynather I got my measles boosted a few months ago too. No thanks, I'll take a helping of science.
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PSA: I’m turning 55 next month, and there’s an issue with people who got vaccinated for measles around the same time I did as a kid having waning immunity. I got tested and it turned out I had no immunity, so I got revaccinated this week. Don’t listen to the science deniers: measles is not a trivial disease if you’re 5 or 55 and we can no longer rely on herd immunity.
@overholt Same. I'm in my mid-forties, but it turned out that in the state & year that I was born, they only gave one MMR shot to kids, not two. So I got a second one last year.
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@aprilfollies @alwirtes @overholt It's only a sample of one, but my medical practitioner said there was no correlation between vaccine response and current levels of resistance.
I asked after a recent vaccination which hit me quite hard and I figured it meant that my body thought it was fighting a big war against a new bad guy, but apparently no, no correlation, just luck of the draw.
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PSA: I’m turning 55 next month, and there’s an issue with people who got vaccinated for measles around the same time I did as a kid having waning immunity. I got tested and it turned out I had no immunity, so I got revaccinated this week. Don’t listen to the science deniers: measles is not a trivial disease if you’re 5 or 55 and we can no longer rely on herd immunity.
@overholt that’s what smart people do!
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PSA: I’m turning 55 next month, and there’s an issue with people who got vaccinated for measles around the same time I did as a kid having waning immunity. I got tested and it turned out I had no immunity, so I got revaccinated this week. Don’t listen to the science deniers: measles is not a trivial disease if you’re 5 or 55 and we can no longer rely on herd immunity.
@overholt @mainframed767 and so much is about not necessarily helping yourself, but your community.
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PSA: I’m turning 55 next month, and there’s an issue with people who got vaccinated for measles around the same time I did as a kid having waning immunity. I got tested and it turned out I had no immunity, so I got revaccinated this week. Don’t listen to the science deniers: measles is not a trivial disease if you’re 5 or 55 and we can no longer rely on herd immunity.
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@overholt T|Y.Thank you
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PSA: I’m turning 55 next month, and there’s an issue with people who got vaccinated for measles around the same time I did as a kid having waning immunity. I got tested and it turned out I had no immunity, so I got revaccinated this week. Don’t listen to the science deniers: measles is not a trivial disease if you’re 5 or 55 and we can no longer rely on herd immunity.
@overholt This is a really important PSA! When I was getting ready to go to college in the late '80s they were systematically requiring a re-up of the measles vaccination due to the exact concern you mention. As a know it all teenager at the time, I was annoyed. But in the last several years, I've been grateful for that proactive requirement - made by the US Naval Hospital in Bethesda MD, which has since been merged with Walther Reed Army Medical Center.
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PSA: I’m turning 55 next month, and there’s an issue with people who got vaccinated for measles around the same time I did as a kid having waning immunity. I got tested and it turned out I had no immunity, so I got revaccinated this week. Don’t listen to the science deniers: measles is not a trivial disease if you’re 5 or 55 and we can no longer rely on herd immunity.
At least in some pharmacies, you can get the MMR set as a booster if you're a certain age without having to get tested for it. It's now well known that the immunity wanes slowly over time, as well as the early versions of the measles vaccine being less effective than later ones.
I'm 65 and was able to get it this year without any testing required. It's probably a good idea for anyone this age.
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PSA: I’m turning 55 next month, and there’s an issue with people who got vaccinated for measles around the same time I did as a kid having waning immunity. I got tested and it turned out I had no immunity, so I got revaccinated this week. Don’t listen to the science deniers: measles is not a trivial disease if you’re 5 or 55 and we can no longer rely on herd immunity.
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PSA: I’m turning 55 next month, and there’s an issue with people who got vaccinated for measles around the same time I did as a kid having waning immunity. I got tested and it turned out I had no immunity, so I got revaccinated this week. Don’t listen to the science deniers: measles is not a trivial disease if you’re 5 or 55 and we can no longer rely on herd immunity.
@overholt Last annual physical, I asked my doc if I need a boost, and she said, "no." I'm over 60; time for the jab! I have the latest COVID and flu boosters on board.
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PSA: I’m turning 55 next month, and there’s an issue with people who got vaccinated for measles around the same time I did as a kid having waning immunity. I got tested and it turned out I had no immunity, so I got revaccinated this week. Don’t listen to the science deniers: measles is not a trivial disease if you’re 5 or 55 and we can no longer rely on herd immunity.
I am a few years older. The long-term efficacy of the MMR vaccine i probably received in childhood was later questioned.
So i signed up for another one last autumn. Partly due to the recent explosion of US measles cases and partly out of concern that the current administration might decide to ban the vaccine altogether.
Told the pharmacist i didn't know what MMR i originally received. He said it didn't matter because by this point i would need a booster regardless.
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PSA: I’m turning 55 next month, and there’s an issue with people who got vaccinated for measles around the same time I did as a kid having waning immunity. I got tested and it turned out I had no immunity, so I got revaccinated this week. Don’t listen to the science deniers: measles is not a trivial disease if you’re 5 or 55 and we can no longer rely on herd immunity.
@overholt The bad news is that I never got MMR vaccines as a child because I actually got the diseases before there were vaccines. The good news is they didn't kill me. The other good news is I had titers done and my immunity is still strong.
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@geolaw Different things to my understanding. I got the shingles vaccine before my measles immunity test.
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@overholt I also got tested recently and found I had no immunity - either a booster or first time, we're protecting ourselves as well as others. I saw recently that Massachusetts has fallen below the herd immunity level for measles.
@CuriousMagpie @overholt
I *also* had to get the full MMR series a second time, because my titres showed no immunity. This is so important! -
PSA: I’m turning 55 next month, and there’s an issue with people who got vaccinated for measles around the same time I did as a kid having waning immunity. I got tested and it turned out I had no immunity, so I got revaccinated this week. Don’t listen to the science deniers: measles is not a trivial disease if you’re 5 or 55 and we can no longer rely on herd immunity.
@overholt Slightly younger than you (50) and also got tested and was still immune. Boosted so people can get boosted.
