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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@overholt This is an excellent reminder, thankyou!
Somehow I assumed some vaccines need a booster every 10 or so years and other vaccines last for your entire lifetime. But, occasionally the protection they offer can wane over time. Imagine my surprise when a friend (who received the usual suite of vaccines as a young kid) was recently tested for immunity, and the result indicated they have little or no defence against measles. Naturally, they got a fresh vaccine immediately.
There's a disturbing amount of science-denial and anti-vax nonsense going around. Predictably, this is leading to a sharp rise in highly-infectious communicable diseases going around in the community. I can only encourage people to ask their doctor about getting tested, protect themselves, and to do your part to boost herd immunity because it's an easy way to be being caring and protective of other people.
#Health #Medicine #Measles #MMR #Vaccines #VaccinesSaveLives #HerdImmunity #AntiVax
@BinChicken Covid19 variant Omicron has also depleted immunity in people who have been infected by it, and consequent subvariants. #WearAMask @overholt
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@overholt I got tested at 35 and had no immunity anymore! FYI no one warned me about fever and general crud one week into vaccine application.
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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 damn, I’m 56 and now I think I’m gonna have to broach the subject with my doctor
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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 Yep. As a general precaution, I took a vaccination for measles before a US trip late last year. When I told the doc I didn't have my childhood vax records, he said immunity would have faded by now anyway.
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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 got titres done this year and was relieved to find out I still have full immunity. It was nice, they did the “nursing student” panel. Apparently that’s the easiest way to frame it
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@BinChicken Covid19 variant Omicron has also depleted immunity in people who have been infected by it, and consequent subvariants. #WearAMask @overholt
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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 measles about 1982 and recently got tested for antibodies for a job - immunity confirmed
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@Kpasa @Mab_813 @overholt @geolaw rare but possible yes. Wouldn't take the chance. Wish I'd been able to have the vaccine as a child, instead I have a bunch of pox scars and live in fear of shingles, which just took out my friend of same age (late 30s/early 40s) for weeks on end.
Yay vaccines. #vaccinesWork
@noodlemaz @Kpasa @overholt @geolaw
I was luckier with my shingles case but couldn't wear trousers for weeks. Had planned on getting vaccinated but in my country the shingles vaccine is recommended from age 60 and authorized from age 50, so I thought, well I'll get it when I get to that 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 I'm fifty, and came to the same conclusion. I tested my titers and had zero immunity to measles, despite having decent immunity for rubella. So another booster was in order.
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@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.
@elkwisdom @overholt they did the same when I went to college in the early 90s, so I think I had an "extra" beyond what was standard at the time (meaning 3 total) but yet I still had no immunity when I tested a few months ago. It's worth testing again to check.
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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 rubella as a child despite being vaccinated for it at the time. Unfortunately I suspect this means I get less protection from vaccines (especially since I'm also on immunosuppressant meds now ) but should do it anyway.
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@callunavulgaris @overholt I got measles vaccination at Boots just a few weeks ago, cost was about 30 pounds I think.
@callunavulgaris @overholt I looked at my records and the MMR was 45 pounds per shot, but I needed 2 shots with a month in between, so it was 90 pounds in total.
The service at Boots was generally quite good; you book online and they were competent and friendly. I got various other vaccinations (tick borne encephalitis, DTP and others) there and that was all good.
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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 @BlackAzizAnansi I'd recommend anyone that age or older get tested to see if they are immune...or just get a new MMR. I had one ten years ago, but I was no longer immune.
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@BinChicken Indeed.
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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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@BinChicken Omicron is Mild, they kept bleating. They were soooo wrong. It evades the immune system. @overholt
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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.
waning immunity, Me too.
No test available so I started a booster program, that means not just measles were on the list.
Very Important Covid as the partial immunity wanes within a few months.
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@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
@callunavulgaris @overholt In the UK, and we got MMRs about a year ago. We pointed out that we were going to be visiting the US, and managed to persuade them that that was sufficient cause
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@callunavulgaris @overholt In the UK, and we got MMRs about a year ago. We pointed out that we were going to be visiting the US, and managed to persuade them that that was sufficient cause
@callunavulgaris @overholt We also pointed out that we were pre-MMR, having had the actual measles disease before that vaccine came along, and had no desire to repeat the infection now
(I also have no desire to repeat shingles - most unpleasant)
