desert dweller
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May 3, 2019 13:23:42 GMT -8
Post by desert dweller on May 3, 2019 13:23:42 GMT -8
I read an article that people who got their measles vaccination from 1963 to 1968 should get the shot again. I have my vaccination records from when I was a child. When I get home I'm going to check on when I was vaccinated.
Do anyone else have their shot records from when they were young?
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zeke
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May 3, 2019 15:06:25 GMT -8
Post by zeke on May 3, 2019 15:06:25 GMT -8
I don't, but I was born in the early '50s so I was exposed to everything. I probably should've been more attentive grabbing my records when Mother died.
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mk
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Post by mk on May 3, 2019 17:27:54 GMT -8
I was born in 1963 and don't have records. I don't think my mom ever had them, because she would have passed them along with my elementary school report cards. haha. I did contract the measles when I was 8 or 9. It was miserable -- I was really sick with a fever high enough to cause hallucinations. I think you might be able to be vaccinated if you don't know whether you've been.
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Measles
May 3, 2019 17:29:14 GMT -8
Post by Campfires&Concierges on May 3, 2019 17:29:14 GMT -8
I've been wondering this, too - although I was born in '75, I read somewhere anyone before the '80's? I definitely do not have my childhood shot records, only the ones I've gotten as an adult for travel or volunteer work.
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RumiDude
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Post by RumiDude on May 6, 2019 8:44:29 GMT -8
"A blood test is the most reliable method. The measles IgG test shows whether the body has antibodies to fight off the virus. If enough measles antibodies are present, then the person is said to have evidence of immunity to measles. Vaccination records are also reliable. People who have written documentation that they had at least 2 doses of a measles-containing vaccine (with both doses given in 1968 or later, after their first birthday, and at least 1 month apart) are considered to have vaccine-based immunity to measles. There are also presumptive criteria for immunity, meaning that people in these categories are probably (but not definitely) immune to measles: Born before 1957, OR Written documentation of at least 1 dose of a measles-containing vaccine, given in 1968 or later AND after their first birthday; Medical test records confirming they had measles in the past; OR Served in the U.S. armed forces; OR Born in the U.S. in 1970 or later and attended a U.S. elementary school (and were not known to have refused vaccinations); OR Entered the U.S. in 1996 or later with an immigrant visa, or have a green card (and were not known to have refused vaccinations)." Source which contains lots of good info about measles.I do not know if this test for immunity is readily available or how costly it is. I suppose you can ask your health provider. Rumi
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May 6, 2019 11:58:14 GMT -8
Post by rebeccad on May 6, 2019 11:58:14 GMT -8
When I got pregnant they gave me a measles shot, because I’m from that age range when it probably wasn’t a good vaccine. I have none of my childhood vaccination records. They were most if not all administered at school and we probably then carried home some slip of paper saying we’d gotten it. God knows what became of those.
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Post by Roger on May 6, 2019 14:48:50 GMT -8
I had the measles in ~1956 and received a vaccine when I was at the University of South Florida College of Medicine. Regretfully I do not have records. A blood test to see if you are immune most likely will cost more that vaccination and will not be covered by insurance. The extra vaccine is not harmful.
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mk
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Post by mk on May 7, 2019 18:40:24 GMT -8
They were most if not all administered at school I completely forgot that we were immunized at school. It's kind of amazing to think about, really. Nowadays it almost takes an act of Congress to get your kid a Tylenol.
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RumiDude
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May 8, 2019 16:29:03 GMT -8
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Post by RumiDude on May 8, 2019 16:29:03 GMT -8
I completely forgot that we were immunized at school. I got the polio vaccine at school. I can't remember about the rest like small pox. I contracted mumps, rubella, chicken pox. I remember being tested for TB at school. Also we got inspected for lice at least once a year. Rumi
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Measles
May 9, 2019 15:14:32 GMT -8
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Post by bobcat on May 9, 2019 15:14:32 GMT -8
When I started grad school, the university required proof of immunization for several things including measles. Not having any childhood records, I would have had to get all the shots, until I had the idea to contact my hometown board of education and get a copy of my school health cards. All those times over the years when the county health dept gave all the second graders polio vaccine, the third graders a tb time test, and every kid in the county got a measles shot during an outbreak when I was a Ninth grader, it was all there. Plus, there were secondary notes about all the childhood vaccination records my mom provided when I started kindergarten. Saved me getting a whole lot of duplicate vaccinations!
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